NEW SPANISH GCSE GENERAL VOCABULARY

acuático

water, aquatic

hispanohablante

Spanish-speaking

internacional

international

latino

Latin American, Latin

nacional

national

situado

situated, located

arena

sand

aventura

adventure

calefacción

heating

distancia

distance

exposición

exhibition, display

frontera

border, frontier

llave

key

llegada

arrival

nación

nation

nacionalidad

nationality

natación

swimming

pobreza

poverty

torre

tower

traducción

translation

velocidad

speed, velocity

visita

visit, visitor

ascensor

lift, elevator

camino

way, route, path

ciudadano

citizen, member of the public

costo

price, cost

destino

destination, destiny

documento

document

gobierno

government

lago

lake

lujo

luxury

monte

hill, hills, countryside

retraso

delay

rincón

corner

turismo

tourism

representante

representative

gastos

expenses, costs, spending

alquilar

(to) hire, rent | hiring, renting

atraer

(to) attract | attracting

caminar

(to) walk | walking

cobrar

(to) charge (money), earn | charging (money), earning

contribuir

(to) contribute | contributing

cruzar

(to) cross | crossing

divertir; divertirse

(to) amuse, entertain | amusing, entertaining; (to) enjoy oneself, have a good time | enjoying oneself, having a good time

firmar

(to) sign | signing

merecer

(to) deserve, be worthy of | deserving, being worthy of

quejarse

(to) complain | complaining

quemar; quemarse

(to) burn | burning; (to) get sunburnt | getting sunburnt

abierto

open, unlocked

aburrido

bored, boring

actual

current

agradable

pleasant, nice

alegre

cheerful, happy, lively

alto

tall, high, loud (volume)

amarillo

yellow

animado

lively

antiguo

former (pre-noun), old, ancient (pre and post-noun)

azul

blue

bajo

short, low

barato

cheap

blanco

white

bonito

pretty, nice, beautiful

buen

good (m) (pre-noun)

bueno

good

caro

expensive

cerrado

closed

cómodo

comfortable

común

common

contento

happy, content, pleased

correcto

correct, suitable

corto

short, brief

debido

owing (to), due (to)

diferente

different

difícil

difficult, hard

directo

direct, straight

divertido

fun, enjoyable

duro

hard, resilient

emocionante

exciting

enojado

angry

especial

special

estupendo

wonderful, marvellous

exacto

exact, true

excelente

excellent

fácil

easy

falso

false

favorito

favourite

feliz

happy, glad, content

físico

physical

general

general

genial

great

gran

big, great (m, f) (pre-noun)

grande

big, large (m, f) (post-noun)

grave

serious, grave

gris

grey

guay

cool

hermoso

beautiful, handsome

horrible

horrible

ideal

ideal

importante

important, influential

imposible

impossible