Spanish 4 Summer Vocab List

For Los Ojos de Carmen

Abogado

Abogado

Lawyer

Ardilla

Squirrel

Belleza

Beauty

Calificaciones

Grades

Concurso

Contest

Cualquier

Any

Estar de acuerdo

To be in agreement with

Fotógrafo

Photographer

Genial

Wonderful

Paisajes

Scenery/Landscapes

Premiar

To reward/award

Proponer

To propose/suggest an idea

Reír

To laugh

Relajarse

To relax (Reflexive)

Avión

Airplane

Aduana

Customs (In the airport)

Altura

Altitude/Elevation

Apretón de mano

Handshake

Caridad

Charity/Kindness

Ceniza

Ashes (From a volcano)

Costa

Coast

Empleadas

Employees/Housekeepers

Facciones

Physical traits

Lujo

Luxury

Mestizos

“Mixed” Offspring of Spanish and indigenous people

Montañas

Mountains

Nubes

Clouds

País

Country

Quehaceres Domésticos

Household Chores

Rasgos

Physical Features

Sierra

Mountain Range

Volcán

Volcano

Amables

Friendly

Chistosa

Funny

Estar de suerte

To be lucky

Estar pendientes

To be attentive

Himno

Anthem

Invitado de honor

Guest of honor

Locura

Craziness

Mayor de edad

Adult

Muy Seguido

Very often, frequently

Ruido

Noise

Salsa, Merengue, Ballenato

Forms of Latin American music

Sentido de humor

Sense of humor

Arquitectura

Architecture

Barrios

Neighborhoods

Comportamiento

Behavior

Conversar

To converse, talk to someone

Darse cuenta

To notice

Escuela nocturna

Night/Nocturnal School

Ganarse la vida

To make a living, sustain oneself

Madre soltera

Single mother

Mercancía barata

Cheap goods

Minoría

Minority

Pobreza

Poverty

Prender

To start

Recorrer

To traverse, look around

Servidumbre

Servant

Tener vergüenza

To be ashamed

Al aire libre

Open air

artesanías

Handiwork

Campesinos

Farmers, Peasants

Carretera peligrosa

Dangerous highway

colcha

quilt, bed cover

Curvas

Curves

Demorarse

To delay oneself

Portarse frio y cortante

To act more distant

Fábrica

Factory, Mill

Feria

Exhibition

Hacer a mano

To make by hand

Indígena

Indigenous

Inmensidad

Immensity

Masa

Dough

Mostrar

To show

Quedarse muda

To become speechless

Pedazos

Pieces, Sections

Qué tiene de malo?

What’s wrong with

Tela

Fabric

Aprovecharse

To take advantage of

Billetera

Wallet

Tener caras largas

To have long faces (be upset)

Contradecir

To contradict, go against

Hábil

Skilled

Paseo (Viaje)

Trip

Pedir disculpas

To ask for forgiveness

Tener razón

To be correct

Trabajar a tiempo completo

To work full time

Árido

Arid, Dry

Buceo

Diving

Cálido

Warm

Ciclismo de montaña

Mountain biking

Clima

Climate,Weather

Excursionismo

Hiking

Húmedo

Humid

Llevarme bien

To get along with

Mejorar

To improve

Montañismo

mountain climbing

No aguantar más

To not be able to tolerate something any more

Parientes

Relatives

Recolectar

To collect,gather