| A | B |
| atender | to take care of someone |
| últimamente | lately |
| solicitar | to apply |
| atreverse | to dare |
| el milagro | miracle |
| meterse | to meddle |
| el / la remitente | sender |
| suceder | to occur |
| inesperado | unexpected |
| la beca | scholarship |
| querer | to love |
| se ve | it seems to be |
| la cita | appointment or date |
| en el extranjero | abroad |
| acerca de | about |
| procedente de | to come from |
| pertenecer | to belong to |
| la abuela | grandmother |
| la bisabuela | great-grandmother |
| la solicitud | application |
| no nos hemos llevado muy bien | we have not gotten along well |
| pasar la tarde | to spend the afternoon |
| pasar por | to go to or through |
| ella es bastante mayor | she is old enough |
| sería (conditional used to wonder about a past event) | it was probably |
| Santo que no es visto santo que no es adorado | Out of sight out of mind |
| tener toda la vida por delante | to have all of one’s life ahead of them |
| una hora de retraso | an hour delay or behind |
| será por algo | there’s a reason |
| perder la cuenta | to lose count |
| ¿Qué te parece? | What do you think? |
| una vasija | jar |
| una vasija silbadora | whistling jar |
| precolombino | before Christopher Columbus |
| el sancocho | PR beef stew |
| el anillo | ring |
| el ejército | army |
| vencer | to defeat |
| los pagos | payments |
| la deuda | debt |
| derrotar | to defeat |
| poderoso | powerful |
| el orgullo | pride |
| la raíz | root |
| el ciudadano | citizen |