Spanish Phrases Flashcards
Asistir
To attend
False cognate (assist is ayudar)
In any case …
En todo caso …
To go to bed
To fall asleep
To wake up
To get up
Acostarse
Dormirse
Despertarse
Levantarse
I regret that…
Yo lo siento que …
Chocar
Hit or punch
How have you been?
Cómo has estado?
Hacer
Past participle
Hecho
Done/made
To surf
Surfear
Me encanta surfear.
Estrangular
To choke or strangle someone.
Se me olvidó
I forgot
Realizar
To perform/execute.
False cognate
Daily
Cotidiano
Diario
Hartar
To get tired of
Nunca jamás!
Never ever!
Nunca less emphatic than jamás
Cubrir
Past participle
To Cover
Cubierto
Ya no hace tan calor.
It is no longer so hot.
Los cigarillos son malos
Cigarettes are bad
El violador
Rapist
Lo difícil
The difficulty, the difficult thing
Lo + adjective = noun
I realized that …
Me di cuenta de que …
Lo de …
The matter of …
The neighbor whose dogs bark.
El vecino cuyos perros ladran.
Cuyo agrees with the noun it modifies, not the subject
Atender
To look after or deal with
To serve
False cognate
El baúl
The trunk
I’m sad that the hotel hasn’t called.
Estoy triste de que el hotel no me haya llamado.
I am going to bed
I am asleep
I am waking up
I am getting up
Me acuesto
Me duermo
Me despierto
Me levanto
Ser listo
To be clever
Las nueces
Nuts
Singular (la nuez)
By accident
Sin querer
Lo más importante
The most important thing
Lo + adjective = noun
Abrir
Past participle
To open
Abierto
El contrato de arrendamiento
The rental contract, the lease.
Peatonal
Pedestrian
A pesar de…
In spite of…
Pay attention!
Presta atención!
El remolino
Eddy, swirl
El delito
The crime
Lo antes posible
As soon as possible
Los víveres
The provisions
Pensar por sí mismo
To think for oneself
Aprobar
Aprobarse
To approve or pass
```
To pass
speaking of yourself, like a test
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Bucear
To snorkel
El hongo
Fungus
El uno del otro
Each other
Actually
En realidad
La quebrada
Stream
Snack, Appetizer
La botana
Introducir
To insert
False cognate
Más allá de…
Right outside of…
Sin aliento
Out of breath
The students whose teacher is excellent.
Los estudiantes cuyo maestro es excelente.
Cuyo acts like adjective
no aguantaba más
I couldn’t take it any more.
Aguantar = to bear, to put up with.
Pelear
To fight
Ya llegamos?
Are we there yet?
To winter
To hibernate
Invernar
Invierno en Florida
Lo de la mujer
The matter of the woman
The issue of the woman
A mild climate
Un clima temprado
M’hija / M’hijo
Contraction/term of affection
My daughter / My son
Desde abajo
From below
To enjoy oneself
To enjoy
Gozar
El imán
Magnet
Aquí vs. ahí vs. allí
“aquí” means “(en) este lugar”: where the speaker is. “ahí” means “(en) ese lugar”: where the hearer is, or some location that is close. “allí” means “(en) aquel lugar”: where neither the speaker nor the hearer is, far away location.
La tumba
The grave
El inquilino
The tenant
Lo mas posible
The most possible
Decir
Past participle
Dicho
Told/said
Freír
Past participle
Frito
Fried
Poner
Past participle
Puesto
Put
Está Ahogado de trabajo
Up to my neck in work
Drowning in work
Almost everything
Casi todo
To choke, on something.
Includes to drown.
Ahogarse
Recordar
To remember
False cognate
They regret that …
Ellos lo sienten que …
Anyway
De todos modos
Desde arriba
From above
tápate la boca al estornudar.
Cover your mouth when you sneeze.
Estar listo
To be ready
Morir
Past participle
Muerto
Died
The glass has broken.
El vaso se ha roto.
El rasgo
Feature, characteristic
Más allá de mi ventana.
Right outside my window.
Para nada
Not at all
Escribir
Past participle
Escrito
Written
¿Sabes esquiar?
Do you know how to ski?
Don’t have to say “sabes como”
Constipado
To have a cold
Estoy constipado
To sneeze
Estornudar
Constipation
El Estreñimiento
Romper
Past participle
Roto
Broken
El párrafo
Paragraph
Or
Chat
I choked on my food.
Me ahogé con la comida.
She likes the red one.
Referring to the red shirt
Le gusta la roja.
(Adjective acts as noun).
The disguise
El disfraz
Broke on purpose
Vs.
Broke on accident
(To break)
Romper
Vs.
Romperse
Olivia’s book and that of her brother are interesting.
El libro de Olivia y el de su hermano son interesantes.
Pronoun “el” acts as noun
Las levaduras
Yeast
El preservativo
The condom
Also, el condón
Volver
Past participle
Vuelto
Returned
To summer
Veranear
Estamos veraneando en Ecuador
El barbero
The barber
Tiene sentido
It makes sense
Arreglar
Organized, tidied, fixed, repaired
Keep the change.
Quédese con el cambio.
Reflexive quedarse similar to “keep”.
el bañero
Lifeguard
Hallar
To find or discover
Los traeré de todos modos
I will bring them anyway.
El rascacielos
Skyscraper
Prender el horno.
To turn on the oven.
Grabar
To record
la marea alta.
La marea baja.
High tide
Low tide
Compartir
To share
Meter vs poner
To put IN
vs
To put or place
El suspiro
Sigh
Piece of cake.
It’s a breeze.
Es pan comido.
Chispeante
Sparkling, shiny
May I?
Se puede?
On purpose
Con querer
El entredicho
Argument, dispute
Lo menos posible
The least possible
Dichoso
Fortunate, lucky
(Soy muy dichoso)
Damn, blasted
(Apaga el dichoso teléfono)
El quebrada
Masculine
Ravine, canyon, gorge
Eventos actuales
Current events
Fuñebre
Gloomy, funereal
Quédatelo.
Keep it.
Preservatives
Los conservantes
Actual (español)
Äct-oo-all
Current
El aliento
Breath
Confidence
Today is Sunday
Hoy es domingo
Pudrir
Past participle
Podrido
Rotted
Despedirse
Despedir
To say good bye
To fire or lay off
Acabar de + Infinitive
Acabo de llegar
To have just done something
I have just arrived
Rope
La soga
El peluquero
The barber
Meterse
To become involved
Pertenecer
To Belong to
To be a part of
