| A | B |
| las ruinas | ruins |
| la civilización | civilization |
| los pueblos | towns, peoples (ie. the peoples of the Americas) |
| existir | to exist |
| el observatorio | observatory |
| el movimiento | movement |
| el mes pasado | last month |
| hace muchos años | many years ago |
| la luna | the moon |
| calcular | to calculate |
| pesar | to weigh |
| varias toneladas | several tons |
| la función | function (of an object; show (ie the next show will be at 10:00pm) |
| la pared, el muro | the wall; (interior vs. exterior) |
| la pirámide | the pyramid |
| los diseños geométricos | geometrical designs |
| el triángulo | triangle |
| el rectángulo | rectangle |
| el diámetro | diameter |
| el círculo | circle |
| el óvalo | oval |
| un arqueólogo | archeologist |
| excavar | to excavate, dig up |
| medir (i) | to measure |
| las estructuras | structures |
| el ancho / ancho | the width vs. wide |
| el largo / largo | the length vs. long |
| el centímetro | centimeter |
| el alto / alto | the height vs. tall |
| trazar | to sketch |
| la distancia | distance |
| entre | between |
| un misterio | a mystery |
| cubrir | to cover |
| la tumba | tomb |
| el dibujo | drawing |
| parecer | to seem |
| estar sentado | to be sitting (already seated, not in process of...) |
| una nave espacial | space ship |
| una evidencia | a piece of proof/evidence |
| los extraterrestres | extraterrestrians |
| es probable; es improbable doubt --> subjunctive | is it probable; it is improbable |
| Machu Picchu | ruins of an Incan city in Andes of Peru |
| Palenque | ancient city of Mexico; drawing of el Sr. Pakal seated in space ship? |
| es posible -- doubt --> subjunctive | it is possible |
| protegerse | to protect oneself |
| un centro comercial | a commercial center (modern: mall) |
| unir | to unite, to put together |
| los muros | walls |
| ya que | since (connector word) |
| la argamasa | mortar |
| resolver (ue) | to resolve |
| Tiahuanaco | city near La Paz, Bolivia; built with enormous rocks from over 80 kilometers away |
| un enigma | an enigma (mysterious problem that seems unsolvable) |
| estar llena de | to be full of |
| no dudar (no subj needed) | to have no doubt of |
| un lugar | a place (generic) |
| resultar | to turn out; to result in |
| transportar | to transport |
| suceder | to occur |
| un fenómeno | a phenomena |
| extraño | strange (adj.) |
| redonda | round (adj.) |
| el astrónomo | astronomer |
| estar hecho de | to be made of |
| sirvir para | to function as/for |
| es dudoso -- doubt --> subjunctive | doubtful; it is doubtful |
| cubierto | covered (adj.) |
| evidente; es evidente --> no subjunctive because there is no doubt | evident (adj.) |
| inexplicable | inexplicable (adj.) |
| fenomenal | phenomenal |
| pesado | heavy; slang: too much/a drag |
| Las piedras redondas de Costa Rica | perfectly round balls of stone found in Central America |
| Las líneas de Nazca | strange lines/drawn figures found in the ground in the southern coast of Peru |