| A | B |
| un ábol | a tree |
| un testigo | a witness |
| una escalera | a ladder, stairs |
| tras | after, behind |
| una patria | a homeland |
| una isla | an island |
| un tránsito | transit, traffic |
| una riqueza | wealth, riches |
| specific actions & events | the preterite is used to describe |
| circumstances & conditions | the imperfect is used to describe |
| time, weather, location, age, physical appearance, mental or emotional state, attitudes, beliefs | imperfect circumstances & conditions |
| una pelea | a fight |
| usar preterite tense | a specific action or event completed in the past |
| usar imperfect tense | the circumstances of a past action or event |
| usar imperfect tense | an ongoing past action or event |
| usar imperfect tense | a repeated past action or event |
| usar imperfect tense | continous actions - in progress during a certain period of time |
| usar preterite tense | isolated actions - occurred at a specific moment in time |
| la contaminación | pollution |
| la misa | Mass |
| un bigote | mustache |
| una barba | a beard |
| un cómplice | an accomplice |
| claramente | clearly |
| claro | clear |