| A | B |
|---|
| el suceso | event |
| oye | hey (familiar) |
| oiga | hey (polite) |
| adivina lo que me pasó | guess what happened to me |
| pasar | to happen |
| ocurrir | to happen |
| suceder | to happen |
| acontecer (zc) | to happen |
| Qué te pasó? | What happened to you? |
| Me pasó algo divertido | Something funny happened to me |
| Participar en | to participate in, take part in |
| ver algo interesante | to see something interesting |
| presenciar | to witness |
| asistir a | to attend |
| Cuándo ocurrió eso? | When did that happen? |
| tener lugar | to take place |
| anoche | last night |
| anteayer | the day before yesterday |
| por la mañana | in the morning |
| por la tarde | in the afternoon |
| por la noche | at night |
| (el sábado) por la noche | (Saturday) night |
| la semana pasada | last week |
| el mes pasado | last month |
| el año pasado | last year |
| Preterite +hace poco tiempo | a little while ago; recently |
| Preterite + hace tres días | 3 days ago |
| Preterite + hace mucho tiempo | a long time ago |
| el día antes de (mi graduación) | the day before (my graduation) |
| Dónde estabas? | Where were you? |
| Estaba en el centro. | I was downtown. |
| ...en las afueras | in the suburbs |
| ...en el campo | in the country |
| ...en la carretera | on the highway, on the road |
| ...en el extranjero | abroad, overseas |
| ...en los Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) | in the United States |
| ...en el estado de (Colorado) | in the state of Colorado |
| ...en el Canadá | in Canada |
| ...en la provincia de Quebec | in the province of Quebec |
| Qué hora era? | What time was it? |
| Era la una. | It was one o'clock |
| Eran las once. | It was eleven o'clock |
| Era el mediodía | It was noon |
| Era la medianoche | It was midnight |
| Era de madrugada | It was (at) dawn |
| madrugar (gu) | to get up early |
| trasnocharse | to stay up late |
| Era de día | It was daytime |
| Era de noche | It was at night |
| Amanecía | It was getting light |
| amanecer | to dawn, get light |
| Anochecía | It was getting dark |
| anochecer | to get dark |
| Qué tiempo hacía? | What was the weather like? |
| Hacía buen tiempo | It was nice out |
| Hacía mal tiempo | It was lousy weather |
| Hacía (mucho) calor | It was (very) warm, hot |
| Hacía (mucho) frío | It was (very) cold |
| Hacía fresco | It was cool |
| Hacía (mucho) sol | It was (very) sunny |
| Hacía (mucho) viento | It was (very) windy |
| Estaba (muy) nublado | It was (very) cloudy |
| Estaba despejado | It was clear |
| Estaba soleado | It was sunny |
| Había (muchas) nubes | It was (very) cloudy |
| Había niebla | It was foggy |
| Había neblina | It was misty |
| Había hielo | It was icy |
| Había granizo | There was hail |
| llover | to rain |
| llovía | it was raining |
| estaba lloviendo | it was raining |
| nevar (ie) | to snow |
| nevaba | it was snowing |
| estaba nevando | it was snowing |
| la lluvia | rain |
| la nieve | snow |
| Qué hiciste? | What did you do? |
| Primero... | First... |
| Luego... | Then... |
| Después... | Then, later on... |
| En seguida... | Right away, right afterwards, immediately... |
| Entonces... | Then... |
| Por fin... | Finally... |
| Finalmente... | Finally... |
| algunos sucesos | some events |
| el suceso | event |
| el acontecimiento | event |
| el evento | event |
| el hecho | fact; event |
| el accidente | accident |
| el fuego | fire |
| el incendio | fire |
| el robo | robbery, theft |
| unos fenómenos naturales | some natural phenomenon |
| el aguacero | shower |
| la tormenta | storm |
| la tempestad | storm |
| la tormenta de nieve | blizzard |
| la nevada | snowfall |
| la granizada | hail storm |
| la inundación | flood |
| el huracán | hurricane |
| el terremoto | earthquake |
| el temblor | small earthquake, tremor |
| llamar a la policía | to call the police |
| llamar a los bomberos | to call the firemen |
| rescatar | to rescue |
| salvarle la vida a | to save (one's) life |
| Le salvaron la vida a mi mamá | They saved my mom's life |
