Spanish Words Flashcards
A LAS
AT
A MENUDO
OFTEN
ABIERTO
OPENED
ABURRIDOS/A
BORING
ACÁ
HERE: near me but far from you
ACEITE
OIL
ADONDE
TO WHERE: Is used when asking for direction or destination. DONDE: used when asking for location of a person, place or thing.
AHORA
NOW
AL
TO THE; expresses direction , destination or how dishes are cooked
AL LADO
NEXT TO
ALEGRE
CHEERFUL
ALEMÁN
GERMAN
ALGO
SOMETHING
ALGUIEN
SOMEONE
ALMUERZO
LUNCH
AMARILLO
YELLOW
ANTES
BEFORE
AQUEL
THAT: is used to refer to an object /person that is far away from both the speaker and the listener
AQUÍ
HERE: near us
ASIENTOS
SEATS
AVIÓN
AIRPLANE
BALÓN
BALL: generally used for larger balls used in sports
BALONCESTO
BASKETBALL
BATIDO
MILKSHAKE
BELLA
BEAUTIFUL: used to describe females or feminine singular nouns
BEBIDA
DRINK
BOTELLA
BOTTLE
BONITA
PRETTY, NICE: can be used to describe anything
BUSCARLA
SEARCH, LOOK
CABALLO
HORSE
CABELLO
HAIR - specifically on the (human) head. PELO is also hair but it can be on anything, anywhere
CABEZA
HEAD
CALOR
HEAT
CAMERERA
WAITRESS
CANCIONES
SONGS
CANSADA / O
TIRED
CARTA
LETTER
CARTERA
WALLET
CELULARES
CELLPHONE
CENA
DINNER
CERCA
NEARBY, CLOSE
CERVEZA
BEER
CHINO
CHINESE
CINTURÓN
BELT
CITA
DATE
COCINA
KITCHEN
COCINADO
COOKING
COMIDA
FOOD
COMO (no tilde)
AS, LIKE, I EAT
¿CÓMO ERES? Whenever a question is being asked cómo needs the accent. No accent is HOW as in I liked how you cooked the rice.
REFERS TO WHAT YOU ARE LIKE AS A PERSON. YOUR PHYSICAL OR PERSONALITY TRAITS.
CÓMO ESTÁS
ASKING HOW YOU ARE CURRENTLY
CÓMODOS
COMFORTABLE
COMPAÑERA de CUARTO
ROOMMATE
COMPLACIDO
PLEASED
CONMIGO
With me
CONTENTO
CONTENT, HAPPY, GLAD
CONTIGO
WITH YOU
CORREO ELECTRÓNICO
EMAIL ADDRESS
CORRIENDO
RUNNING
COSA
THING
COSAS
STUFF, THINGS
CREO
I GUESS, I THINK, I BELIEVE
creo means “I think” and pensar means “to think”:
Creo: Use creo when you would say “believe” instead of “think”.
Pensar: Use pensar when you would say “think”. For example, Ellos piensan que es una buena idea.
Here are some examples of pensar in a sentence:
Estoy pensando en ti means “I’m thinking about you”.
Pablo no piensa en los riesgos means “Paul doesn’t think about the risks”.
Las chicas sólo piensan en divertirse means “The girls think only about having fun”.
Nadie piensa en cambiar las baterías means “Nobody thinks about changing the batteries”.
Pensar is irregular, but it’s regular in the present progressive tense. When followed by an infinitive, pensar is used to indicate plans or intentions.
CUÁL
WHICH : used when asking about a choice from a KNOWN set. (USE QUE WHEN ASKING ABOUT ABOUT GENERAL INFORMATION)
CUANDO
WHEN
CUARTO
ROOM, FOURTH
CUCHARRA
SPOON
CUCHILLO
KNIFE
CUMPLEAÑOS
BIRTHDAY
CURSO
COURSE
DE
OF, FROM, ABOUT, WITH, BY, IN
DE TODAS FORMAS
ANYWAY
DE TODOS MODOS
ANYWAY
DE VERDAD
REALLY
DEL
OF THE expresses origin or possession
DELGADOS
THIN
DEMASIADO
TOO MUCH, TOO
DEPORTE
SPORT
DESAYUNO
BREAKFAST
DESPIERTO
WAKE UP
DICE
SAYS
DICHOSO
BLISSFUL
DONDE
WHERE: used when asking for location of a person, place or thing. ADONDE - TO where. Is used when asking for direction or destination
DORMITORIOS
BEDROOM
DUCHARSE
SHOWER
DURMIENDO
SLEEPING
EDAD
AGE
EFECTIVO
CASH
EMOCIONADA
EXCITED
ENCANTADO
DELIGHTED
ENCUENTRO
FIND, MEETING
ENOJADO
ANGRY
ENTONCES
THEN, SO, THEREFORE, IN THAT CASE
ESAS
THOSE
ESCRITORIO
DESK
ESE (ESA, ESOS, ESAS)
THAT used to refer to an object or person that is near the speaker or away from the speaker but close to the listener
ESPERE
WAIT
ESTÁ (ESTE, ESTOS, ESTÁS)
THIS, THESE:
USED TO IDENTIFY AN OBJECT OR PERSON CLOSE TO THE SPEAKER
ESTAMOS
WE ARE
ESTANTERÍA
BOOKCASE, SHELVES
ESTE
THIS WORD MUST BE PRECEDED BY THE DEFINITE ARTICLE WHEN IT REFERS TO A DIRECTION OR REGION (EL, DEL)
EAST
ESTORNUDA
SNEEZES
ESTOY : indicates temporary status
I AM
EXTRAÑO
STRANGE
FAMOSA
FAMOUS
FELIZ
HAPPY
FIEBRE
FEVER
FRANCES
FRENCH
FRANCIA
FRANCE
FRIJOLES
BEANS
GANAS
FEEL, DESIRE
GORDO
FAT
GORRO
CAP
GENTE/PERSONAS
PEOPLE:
Gente is a mass of people in a crowd, an audience. Personas indicates a number of individuals
GOZOSO
JOYFUL
GRACIOSO
GRACEFUL
GUAPO
HANDSOME, GOOD LOOKING
HABITACIÓN
ROOM
HACIENDO
DOING, MAKING
HAMBRE
HUNGER
HELADO
ICE CREAM
HUEVOS
EGGS
IDIOMAS
LANGUAGES
REFERS TO THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF A COUNTRY
(Lengua refers to the type of language someone is using)
INVIERNO
WINTER
IZQUIERDA
LEFT
JAPONÉS
JAPANESE
JUEGOS
GAMES
JUGANDO
PLAYING
JUNTAS
JOINTS
JUNTOS
TOGETHER
BAHIA
BAY
DERECHA
RIGHT
QUIJADA
JAW
TARJETA DE CRÉDITO
CREDIT CARD
LARGO
LONG
LE
HIM, HER 3rd person. Person being talked about.
LE DA SU
GIVES HIM HIS
LEJO
FAR AWAY, FAR OFF, FAR
LENGUAS
LANGUAGES
LANGUAGES
REFERS TO THE TYPE OF LANGUAGE SOMEONE IS USING)
(IDIOMA REFERS TO THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF A COUNTRY)
LES
THEY
LETRA
HANDWRITING
LIBRE
FREE
LIBRO DE COCINA
COOKBOOK
LISTA/O
READY
LLEGAR
TO ARRIVE, TO COME:
LLEGO, LLEGAS, LLEGA, LLEGAMOS, LLEGAN
LLUEVE
RAINING
LUGAR
PLACE, LOCATION
MAL
BAD, WRONG
MARIDO (same as Esposo)
HUSBAND
MAYORES
OLDER
MENOS
LESS
MEJOR
BEST
MEJORES
BETTER, BEST
MENSAJE
MESSAGE
MIEDO
AFRAID, SCARED, FEAR
MISMAS
SAME
MORENAS
BRUNETTE
MOSTRADOR
COUNTER
Mucho
A LOT, MUCH, MANY: can be used with an adjective (word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it), pronoun (word or group of words that can be used in place of a noun or noun phrase in a sentence), or adverb (word or expression that modifies another word or part of speech)
MUÑECO
DOLL, WRIST
MURADO
PURPLE
MUY
VERY, REALLY; used with nouns
NADA
NOTHING, IN NO WAY, NOT AT ALL; also ANYTHING
NADIE
NO ONE, NOBODY
NARIZ
NOSE
NERVIOSO
NERVOUS
NEVERAS
REFRIDGERATORS
NIEVA
SNOW
NOS
US
NOSOTROS/AS
WE
NUBLADO
CLOUDY
NUESTRO
OUR
NUEVE
NEW
NUNCA
NEVER
ODIAS
HATE
OLVIDAS
FORGET
OSCURO
DARK
ONTONO
FALL
OTRA VEZ
AGAIN