| A | B |
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| carta | letter (message); playing card |
| echar las cartas | (expression) to tell a person's fortune |
| carta blanca | (expression) carte blanche, complete freedom/permission |
| demasiado | extremely, too, too much |
| resulta | result |
| ingresar | to enroll |
| ingresar en | to enroll in/at |
| cáncer | cancer |
| dueño | owner |
| registro | register; registration |
| localizar | to find; to localize |
| ministerial | ministerial |
| tarea | homework; task; chore |
| placa | plate (license); plaque |
| histórico | historical |
| matar | to kill |
| matar dos pájaros de un tiro | (expression) to kill two birds with one shot (stone) |
| sangre | blood |
| donante de sangre | (expression) blood donor |
| a sangre fría | (expression) in cold blood |
| banco de sangre | (expression) blood bank |
| pura sangre | (expression) thoroughbread |
| tener sangre fría | (expression) to be as cool as a cucumber |
| tranfusión de sangre | (expression) blood transfusion |
| artístico | artistic |
| amar | to love |
| amar de corazón | (expression) to love wholeheartedly |
| amar con locura | (expression) to love madly |
| sexual | sexual |
| par | pair |
| sin par | matchless, peerless, without comparison (will be on quiz) |
| finalizar | to finalize; to end |
| pertenecer | to belong to |
| autónomo | autonomous, independent |
| disputar | to arge, to dispute, to fight |
| mensaje | message |
| excelente | excellent |
| salario | salary |
| practicar | to practice |
| pared | wall (see the Shakira song "La Pared") |
| presidencial | presidential |
| propósito | purpose |
| a propósito | (expression) on purpose; by the way (will be on quiz) |
| tradicional | traditional |
| contrato | contract |
| recientemente | recently |
| universitario | university (as an adjective) |
| frontera | border; frontier |
| delantero | forward (sport); head, front |
| las luces delanteras | (expression) headlights |
| la delantera | forward position |
| mandar | to send; to order/command |
| ¿Mande? | Yes, ma'am?, Yes, sir?, Pardon me? (will be on quiz, very common) |
| los 10 mandamientos | (expression) the 10 commandments |
| creación | creation |
| acontecimiento | event |
| restaurante | restaurant |
| vagón restaurante | (expression) dining car |
| estrategia | strategy |
| leche | milk |
| leche en polvo | (expression) powdered milk (we don't use this much here, but it is more common in Latin America) |
| precisamente | precisely, exactly |
| acerca de | about |
| aniversario | anniversary |
| un film | film, movie |
| secar | to dry |
| comprometer | to commit |
| comprometerse | to get engaged |
| índice | index (notice the accented i) |
| revelar | to develop (film) |
| montar | to mount |
| montar a pelo, montar en pelo | (expression) to ride bareback |
| petición | petition, request |
| denominar | to denominate; to give a name to |
| implicar | to implicate, to imply |
| reconocimiento | recognition |
| revolucionario | revolutionary |
| promoción | promotion |
| isla | island |
| teléfono | telephone (notice the accented e and different stress than in English) |
| beisbol | baseball |
| derecha | right (direction) |
| periodista | newspaper reporter, journalist (doesn't change for masc./fem.) |
| plantel | campus |
| festival | festival |
| colegio | high school (notice NOT college) |
| cometer | to commit (crime) |
| ciclo | cycle |
| asumir | to assume (a position or responsibility) |
| valle | valley |
| valle de lágrimas | (expression) vale of tears (an expression taken from a famous Catholic prayer) |
| vino | wine |
| vino tinto | (expression) red wine |
| vino de Jerez | sherry (a type of wine) |
| vino de Oporto | port (a stiff fortified wine) |
| caída | fall, drop, descent |
| toro | bull |
| toro bravo, toro de lidia | (expression) fighting bull |
| plaza de toros | (expression) bullring |
| altura | height |
| cuidar | to care for, to take care of |
| delgado | thin |
| herir | to wound, to injure |
| caber | to fit (note that this verb is highly irregular in nearly all tenses, go research it) |
| edición | edition |
| robo | robbery |
| tránsito | traffic, traffic police |
| puente | bridge; three-day week end |
| puente colgante | (expression) suspension bridge |
| puente gigatorio | (expression) swing bridge |
| puente levadizo | (expression) draw bridge |
| negativo | negative, photographic negative |
| sanitario | restroom; sanitary |
| bello | pretty, beautiful |
| Bella Durmiente | (expression) Sleeping Beauty |
| junta | meeting (not to be confused with "junto") |
| reporte | report |
| derrotar | to defeat |
| escena | scene |
| alianza | alliance |
| suspender | to suspend |
| cierre | zipper; closing time |
| testigo | witness |
| testigo presencial | (expression) eyewitness |
| británico | British |
| cuidado | care |
| simplemente | simply |
| colombiano | Columbian (make sure you notice that it has an "o" in Spanish but a "u" in English; very common error) |
| mandatorio | mandatory |
| perro | dog |
| propietario | property owner |
| asamblea | assembly |
| cubano | Cuban |
