GCSE Spanish Vocabulary

a diario

daily, everyday

estación

season

valer la pena

to be worth the trouble

sentir (se)

to feel

reconocer

to reason

querer decir

to mean

ponerse de acuerdo / quedar en

to agree

pasarlo bien/mal

to have a good/bad time

parecer

to seem

fastidiar

to be fed up of

estar harto de

to be fed up of

estar en contra

to be against

estar a favor

to be in favor of

estar de acuerdo

to agree

esperar

to hope

desear

to wish

decir

to say

dar igual

to be all the same, to make no difference

creer

to believe

aprovecharse (de)

to take advantage (of)

aprovechar

to make the most

alegrarse (de)

to be happy about

adorar

to adore, to love

viejo

old

ventaja

advantage

único

unique, only, single

sencillo

simple, plain

inseguro

unsafe, uncertain

impresionante

impressive

horroroso

horrible

hermoso

beautiful

fatal

awful, fatal

estupendo

fantastic, marvelous

espléndido

fantastic, great, terrific

entretenido

entertaining, amusing

encantador

charming

duro

hard

distinto

different

desvantaja

disadvantage

desagradable

unpleasant

decepcionante

disappointing

decepcionado

disappointed

calidad

quality

apropiado

correct, appropriate

afortunado

lucky

saludar

to greet, to say hello

encantado

pleased to meet you

vale

ok

¿de veras?

really?

saludar

to greet, to say hello

hasta pronto

see you soon

con permiso

excuse me

¡socorro!

help!

¡qué lo pase(s) bien!

have a good time!

¡qué va!

come on! rubbish! nonsense!

¡qué (+noun)!

what a…!

¡qué (+adj)!

how…!

¡ojo!

watch out! careful!

aun (si)

even (if)

pues

then, since

tal vez

maybe, perhaps

ya (que)

as, since

hacia

towards

hasta

until

según

according to

jamás

never

ni…ni

neither nor

nadie

nobody

ninguno

none, no-one

sino

but, except

ya no

not anymore

acabar de + infinitive

to have just (done something)

comenzar

to begin

dar

to give

darse cuenta (de)

to realise

dejar de

to stop (doing something)

echar

to throw

empezar

to begin

hacerse

to become

hay que

one must, one has to

irse

to go away, to leave

ocurrir

to happen

pasar

to happen, to go though, to spend time

poder

to be able, can

poner

to put

ponerse a

to start doing something

quisiera

I would like

saber

to know (a fact, how to do something

seguir

to continue, to follow

soler

to regularly do something

tener lugar

to take place

tener que

to have to do something

volver a

to do (something) again

volverse

to become

docena, una

dozen

número, el

number

par, un

pair, couple

¿cómo?

how?

¿cuál (es)?

which?

¿cuánto?

how much?