Spanish Vocabulary 8 Flashcards
lettuce
lechuga
chickpeas
arvejas
roasted / barbequed
asado
iced tea
el te helado
to choose
escoger
to snack
merendar
to serve
servir
(black) pepper
la pimienta
to relate / link
relacionar
the sentence
la oración
coworkers
Compañeros/as de trabajo
another word for “the foods”
los alimentos
to continue
seguir, continuar
to turn
girar
nearest
más cercano
continue this way
sigue por aquí
the highway
la carretera
the directions
las direcciones
the bedroom
el cuarto
at the end of the street
al final de la calle
down / downstairs
abajo
back / in the back
atras
around here / by here / this way
por aqui
upstairs / up
arriba
object pronouns
In English, we say I know you and I buy it. In Spanish, you say I you know and I it buy.
Use le to say to him, for her, etc., and
les to say to/for them.
You spoke (preterite)
hablaste
I tried (tasted) (preterite)
probé
I traveled
viajé
comer (preterite)
comí comiste comió comimos comieron
Preterite endings
To form the preterite of any regular -ar verb, you take off the -ar ending to form the stem, and add the endings: -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -aron.
To form the preterite of any regular -er or -ir verb, you also take off the -er or -ir ending to form the stem and add the endings: -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -ieron.
I visited that city a year ago.
Yo visité aquella ciudad hace un año.
a long time ago
hace mucho tiempo
shared (taxi, account, dishes)
compartido
private
privado
while
mientras
the cow
la vaca
the pig
el cerdo
the owls
Los búhos
the fish (alive)
el pez
a joke
una broma
the sunrise
el amanecer
the curtains
las cortinas
the adventure
la aventura
Dear and its separate uses in Spanish
Querido/a means “dear” as in “you’re my buddy and I love you”. It’s also sometimes translated as “beloved” for intimate partners as it’s connected to querer which has a secondary meaning of “to love/be fond of”.
Estimado/a means “honorable/esteemed” as in “you’re someone I don’t want to offend so I’m elevating you by giving you this title because I respect you”.
the soul
el alma
the boat
el barco
