| A | B |
|---|
| agradable | pleasant |
| atrevido/a | daring |
| callado/a | quiet |
| chistoso/a | funny |
| culto/a | well-educated |
| dulce | sweet |
| educado/a | polite |
| encantador/a | charming |
| hablador/a | talkative |
| llamativo/a | showy, flashy |
| bruto/a | stupid, brutish |
| cursi | tasteless, pretentious, corny, affected |
| despistado/a | absent-minded, scatterbrained |
| grosero/a | rude |
| pesado/a | tedious, annoying |
| presumido/a | conceited |
| raro/a | strange |
| tacaño/a | stingy |
| testarudo/a | stubborn |
| el arete / el pendiente | earing |
| la arruga | wrinkle |
| la barba | beard |
| el bigote / los bigotes | moustache |
| la pestaña | eyelash |
| la ceja | eyebrow |
| la cicatriz | scar |
| las gafas / los lentes / los anteojos | eyeglasses |
| el lunar | beauty mark, mole |
| la patilla | sideburn |
| el pelo | hair |
| el pelo canoso | gray hair |
| el pelo liso / el pelo lacio | straight hair |
| el pelo rizado | curly hair |
| el pelo teñido | dyed hair |
| la peluca | wig |
| el rasgo | trait, characteristic |
| el rostro / la cara | face |
| el tatuaje | tattoo |
| calvo/a | bald |
| pelirrojo/a | red-headed |
| caerse (irreg.) bien / mal (a alguien) caer functions like gustar: me cae bien, me caen mal | to like / dislike (someone) |
| darse (irreg.) cuenta de | to realize |
| estar (irreg.) de moda {This is for things. Ir a la moda is for people.} | to be in style |
| ir (irreg) a la moda {This is for people, whereas estar de moda is for things.} | to dress fashionably |
| llevarse bien/ mal con | to get along well / poorly with |
| parecer (parezco) | to seem, appear |
| parecerse a | to look like |
| rechazar | to reject |
| alucinante | incredible, impressive |
| degradante | degrading |
| deprimente | depressing |
| emocionante | exciting |
| preocupante | worrisome |
| repugnante | disgusting |
| a primera vista | at first sight |
| las apariencias engañan | looks deceive |
| hablar por los codos | to talk a lot |
| meter la pata | to put one's foot in one's mouth |
| no tener (irreg.) pelos en la lengua | to speak one's mind |
| ser (irreg.) buena / mala gente | to be a good / bad person |
| tener (mucha) cara / que cara dura | to have (a lot of) nerve / Argentina |
| engañar | to trick, to mislead |
| asustar | to scare |
| subrayar | to underline |
| en cambio | on the other hand |
| por eso / por lo tanto | therefore |
| porque | because |
| puesto que / desde / ya que | since |
| sin embargo | nevertheless |
| prestar attención | pay attention |
| prestar | 1) to lend, to loan 2) to render a service, to give aid |
| a la larga / a lo largo de | in the long run / along |
| sensible | sensitive |
| emisora de radio | radio station |
| la tesis | thesis |
| ayer | yesterday |
| hoy | today |
| la ayuda | help |
| el ayo | tutor |
| la sugerencia | suggestion |
| cuando tenía catorce años | When I was forty years old. |
| cazar / casar | to hunt / to marry |
| las esposas | handcuffs |
| Hace dos años que Javiar.... | It's been two years since Javiar... |
| satisfecho | satisfied |
| ingresar | to join |
| con un énfasis | emphasis |
| iré a... | I'm going to go to... |
| muerto/a / la muerte | dead (adj) / death (noun) |
| perfil personal | personal profile |
| renovar | to renew, to renovate |
| el cartel | sign, poster, bill |
| decorar | to decorate |
| la cartera | wallet |
| cartero/a | postman / postwoman |
| rico/a, sabroso/a | delicious |
| distrito teatral | theater district |
| la bodega | warehouse |
| el café simpre está lleno | the cafe is alway full |
| disfrutar | to enjoy |
| el lugar | place, location |
| ocupado | busy |
| ruidoso | noisy |
| sofisticado | sophisticated |
| éxito | success |
| meterse | to get involved |
| A pesar de todo | In spite of it all |
| oracione, frase | sentence, clause |
| el/la cantante | singer |
| las canciones | songs |
| ganarse | to earn a living |
| percibir | to perceive |
| los/las demas | the rest, everyone else |
| la acera | sidewalk |
| estudiantes estadounidenses | U.S. students |
| asustar | to scare |
| tuyo/a ¿es tuyo este libro? is this book yours? | pos. yours (pronoun) Is this book yours? |
| la aguja | needle |
| el metro | underground rail, meter (100 cm) |
| mezclar | to mix |
| la mezcla | mixture |
| mi / mí | me / my |
| me parezco | I look like... |
| Indiquen si las siguientes oraciones son ciertas o falsas | Indicate if the following sentences are true or false. |
| la canoa | canoe |
| contesten las siguientes preguntas | answer the following questions |
| ¿Qué lío? | What a mess! |
| ¿De veras? / ¿En serio? | Really? |
| ¡Qué suerte! | What (good) luck! |
| ¡Qué vergüenza! | How embarrassing |
| aspecto físico | physical aspect |
| Haga una comparación.. | Make a comparison.. |
| ¿Qué haría? | What would you (usted) do? |
| la fuente | fountain / spring / source |
| el árabe | arabic (adj) / arab (noun) |
| la leyenda | legend |
| llevar | to take, to carry, to wear |
| ridículamente | ridiculous |
| evitar | avoid |
| entonces | then |
| ofensivo | ofensive |
| la gordura | obesity |
| la vejez | old age |
| aunque | although |
| circular | to circulate |
| dejar | to leave, to give up, to stop, to drop, to abandon |
| animar | 1) to animate, 2) to encourage, 3) to liven up. |
| abierto/a / cerrado/a | open / closed |
| resultar | to turn out, to prove |
| la resulta | result, consequence |
| nadie | nobody, no one |
| tratar | to handle, to use (objecto) |
| traer | to bring |
| tragar | to swallow |
| sino | but |
| el temor, el miedo | fear |
| la pena | pity |
| el comentario | comment |
| mientras | while |
| puro/a | pure, simple, refined |
| el propósito, la intención | purpose, intention, aim, objective |
| embriagarse, emborracharse | to get drunk |
| la actitud | attitude |
| causante | causing (adj) |
| aludir | to allude |
| la ansia | anxiety (ansiedad), yearning (deso) |
| gozar, disfrutar | to enjoy |
| miles de personas / cientos de personas | thousands of people / hundreds of people |
| sin embargo | never the less |
