| A | B |
| amable | nice (person) |
| aventurero(a) | adventurous |
| bondadoso(a) | generous |
| buena gente | (a) nice (person); good folk; a mensch (= a person having admirable characteristics) |
| caerle bien/mal (a alguien) | to make a good/bad impression (on someone); to like/dislike someone |
| callado(a) | quiet (person) (does not talk much) |
| cariñoso(a) | tender, affectionate |
| (un/a) chismoso(a) | a gossip (noun)/gossipy (adjective) |
| (un/a) chistoso(a) | a comic or joker (noun)/funny, amusing (adjective) |
| ¿Cómo eras...? | What were you like...? |
| consentido(a) | babied, spoiled (=mimado/a) |
| conversador(a) | talkative |
| el cuento | the story/the tale (= la historia) |
| curioso(a) | curious (adjective) |
| egoísta | selfish (adjective) |
| en aquel entonces | back then |
| estricto(a) | strict (adjective) |
| impaciente | impatient (adjective) |
| juguetón/juguetona | playful (adjective) |
| obediente | obedient (adjective) |
| paciente | patient (adjective) |
| ¡Qué chismoso(a)! | What a gossip! |
| el recuerdo | the memory/the souvenir/the momento, the keepsake |
| solitario(a) | likes to be alone (adjective) |
| el bautizo | the baptism |
| ¿Cómo te sentiste cuando supiste lo de...? | How did you feel when you heard [found out] about...? |
| Cuando me enteré, no lo pude creer. | When I found out, I couldn't believe it. |
| enterarse (de) | to find out (about), to notice |
| Cuando oí la noticia, no lo quise creer. | When I heard the news, I didn't want to believe it. |
| la enfermedad | the sickness |
| la muerte | the death |
| el nacimiento | the birth |
| Me pareció... | I thought it was.../[It seemed to me ...] |
| la partida | the departure (the opposite would be the arrival = la llegada) |