| A | B |
|---|
| relatar | to relate |
| ¡Adivina lo que me pasó! | Guess what happened to me! |
| ¡Adivina lo que me ocurrió! | Guess what happened to me! |
| ¿Qué te pasó? | What happened to you? |
| ¿Qué te ocurrió? | What happened to you? |
| Me pasó algo divertido. | Something fun happened to me. |
| Participé en algo divertido. | I participated in something fun. |
| Vi algo muy interesante. | I saw something interesting. |
| Presencié algo muy interesante. | I witnessed something very interesting. |
| Asistí a algo muy interesante. | I attended something very interesting. |
| ver | to see |
| presenciar | to witness |
| asistir a | to attend |
| ¿Cuándo ocurrió eso? | When did that happen? |
| Ocurrió | It occurred, happened |
| Sucedió | It happened |
| Aconteció | It happened |
| Tuvo lugar | It took place |
| anoche | last night |
| anteayer | the day before yesterday |
| por la mañana | in the morning |
| la semana pasada | last week |
| el día antes de mi graduación | on the eve of (the day before) my graduation |
| hace poco tiempo | a short time ago |
| hace tres días | 3 days ago |
| hace mucho tiempo | a long time ago |
| ocurrir | to occur, happen |
| suceder | to happen |
| acontecer | to happen |
| tener lugar | to take place |
| el centro | downtown |
| las afueras | suburbs, outskirts |
| el campo | country (side) |
| la carretera | highway |
| el extranjero | abroad |
| los Estados Unidos | the United States |
| el estado | state |
| el Canadá | Canada |
| la provincia | province |
| ¿Qué hora era? | What time was it? |
| Era la una. | It was l:00. |
| Era el mediodía. | It was noon. |
| Era la medianoche. | It was midnight. |
| Era de madrugada | It was at dawn. |
| Era de día. | It was daytime. |
| Era de noche. | It was nighttime. |
| Amanecía. | It was getting light, day was dawning. |
| Anochecía | It was getting dark, night was falling. |
| amanecer | to get light, day to dawn |
| anochecer | to get dark, night to fall. |
| ¿Qué tiempo hacía? | What was the weather like? |
| Hacía buen tiempo | It was good weather. |
| Hacía mal tiempo | It was bad weather |
| Hacía calor. | It was hot. |
| Hacía frío. | It was cold. |
| Hacía fresco. | It was cool. |
| Hacía sol. | It was sunny. |
| Hacía viento. | It was windy. |
| Estaba nublado. | It was cloudy. |
| Estaba despejado. | It was clear. |
| Estaba soleado. | It was sunny. |
| Había nubes. | There were clouds. |
| Había niebla. | There was fog. |
| Había neblina. | There was mist. |
| Había hielo. | There was ice. |
| Había granizo. | There was hail. |
| Llovía. | It was raining. |
| Estaba lloviendo. | It was raining. |
| Nevaba. | It was snowing. |
| Estaba nevando. | It was snowing. |
| llover (ue) | to rain |
| nevar (ie) | to snow |
| la lluvia | rain (noun) |
| la nieve | snow (noun)` |
| primero | first |
| luego | after that |
| después | after that |
| en seguida | at once, immediately, right after |
| entonces | then |
| por fin | finally, at last |
| finalmente | finally, at last |
| el suceso | event |
| en acontecimiento | event |
| evento | event |
| el hecho | fact |
| el accidente | accident |
| el fuego | fire |
| el incendio | fire |
| el robo | robbery, theft |
| los fenómenos naturales | natural phenomena |
| el aguacero | shower (rain) |
| la tormenta | storm |
| la tempestad | storm |
| la tormenta de nieve | blizzard |
| el terremoto | earthquake |
| el temblor | small earthquake |
| la granizada | hail storm |
| la nevada | snow fall |
| la inundación | flood |
| el huracán | hurricane |
