| A | B |
| funcionar | to work, function (machines, not people) |
| manejar | to drive |
| parar | to stop |
| en el camino | on the road |
| la autopista | highway, toll road |
| el carro | car |
| el peaje | tollbooth |
| el taller | repair shop (workshop) |
| preocupado | worried (mas.) |
| preocupada | worried (fem.) |
| ¿Qué tiempo hace? | What's the weather like? |
| Hace buen tiempo. | The weather's nice/good. |
| Hace muy buen tiempo. | The weather's very good. |
| Hace calor. | It's hot. (Lit. It makes heat.) |
| Hace mucho calor. | It's very hot. (Lit. It makes much heat.) |
| Hace fresco. | It's cool. |
| Hace mucho fresco. | It's very cool. |
| Hace frío. | It's cold. |
| Hace mucho frío. | It's very cold. |
| Hace mal tiempo. | The weather's bad. |
| Hace muy mal tiempo. | The weather's very bad. |
| Hace sol. | It's sunny. |
| Hace mucho sol. | It's very sunny. |
| Hace viento. | It's windy. |
| Hace mucho viento. | It's very windy. |
| Está despejado. | It's clear (cloudless). |
| Está nublado. | It's cloudy. |
| Está muy nublado. | It's very cloudy. |
| llover | to rain |
| Llueve. | It's raining. or It rains. |
| Está lloviendo. | It's raining. (right now) |
| nevar | to snow |
| Nieva. | It's snowing. or It snows. |
| Está nevando. | It's snowing. (right now) |
| La temperatura está a # grados. | The temperature is (at) # degrees. |
| caliente | hot (adj.) (not used with weather or people) |
| las comparaciones | comparisons |
| más...que | more....than |
| menos...que | less/fewer...than |
| tan...como | as...as |
| tanto/a/os/as...como | as much/many...as |
| mayor | older (sing.) |
| mayores | older (pl.) |
| mejor | better (sing.) |
| mejores | better (pl.) |
| menor | younger (sing.) |
| menores | younger (pl.) |
| peor | worse (sing.) |
| peores | worse (pl.) |
| Las expresiones con tener | Expressions with tener (when tener means to be or something other than to have) |
| tener (mucho) éxito | to be (very) successful |
| tener (mucho) frío/calor | to be (very) cold/hot (describing a person) |
| tener (muchas) ganas de + inf. | to feel (very much) like (doing something) |
| tener (mucho) miedo de | to be (very) afraid of |
| tener (mucha) prisa por + inf. | to be in a (great) hurry (to do something) |
| tener (mucha) sed | to be (very thirsty) |
| tener (toda la) razón | to be (completely) right |
| no tener razón | to be wrong (not to be right) |
| tener (mucho) sueño | to be (very) sleepy |
| tener (mucha) suerte | to be (very) lucky |
| tener...años | to be ... years old |
| tener (mucha) hambre | to be (very) hungry |
| tener que + inf. | to have to (do something), must |
| tener (mucha) vergüenza | to be (very) embarrassed |
| al principio | at first, at the beginning |