IB Spanish B (SL) Important Vocabulary

tierra

land, earth

luchar

fight

aprender

learn

amante

lover

pobreza

poverty

finca

land field

duro

hard

todavía, aún

still

crecer

to grow

crecimiento

growth

asesinar

kill

basado

based on

regresar

come back

embajadora

embassador

golpear

hit

el fin, finalidad

objective

fin

objective

olvidar

to forget

pantalla, teclado

screen, keyboard

sólo, casi, siempre, apenas, jamás

only, nearly, always, barely, never

siglo

century

surgir

appear

emplear

to employ to use

escaso

scarce

reemplazar

replace

actualmente, actualidad

nowadays, current

actual

current

mostrar

show

permanecer

remain

suceso, éxito

event, success

acercarse, alejarse

to get close to, to get far

equivocarse

to be wrong, make a mistake

nacer

to be born

abrazar

to hug

viejo

old

pared

wall

camino, pasear, pasar, correr, recorrer, recorrido

path, have a walk, run, go (around) journey

alejarse

to separate, get far

caer

to fall

aunque

altough

desear

to wish

edificio

building

mujer, esposa

wife

avisar

to warn

tal vez, quizás

maybe

ayer

yesterday

la semana que viene

next week

parecer

look like

contar, dar, darse cuenta

to tell, to give, to realise

atreverse

to dare

intentar

to try (to do sthing)

probar

to try (have the experience, eg. food)

tratar de, trata de

try (to do sthing), is about

conducta

behaviour

señalar

to point out

orgulloso

proud

lo más guay

the most cool

acontecimiento

event

advertir

to warn

soso

plain, boring

aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas

that (book)

pedir, pido, pides

to ask

alegremente

happily

estupidamente

stupidly

rapidamente

rapidly

tranquilidad

quietness

volatilidad

volatility

amabilidad

amability

personalidad

personality

conseguir, coger, recoger, escoger

achieve/to get, to get, collect, choose

maleta

luggage

tanto

so much

lo que (me gusta)

what (i like)

esquina

corner

opuesto

opposite

(for synonyms of) ir: recorrer, bajar, subir

to go (around), to go (down), to go (up)

recordar, acordarse de, estar de acuerdo

to remember, to remember, to agree

mirar

to look

contra

against

despedirse

to say goodbye (me despido de David)

seguro

for sure

comportarse

to behave

antes, ante, delante

before, infront of

cualquier, cualquier cosa, algo, alguien, nadie, algún (+noun)

any, anything, something, someone, noone, some/any

correr

run

cielo

sky

sin embargo

however

afueras

outskirts

casi

nearly

amenazar

to threaten

el temor

the fear

hasta

until

encima

over

seguir, sigo, sigues sigue

to continue (to follow)

llover

to rain

locutor

speaker (radio)

coger

to take

incluso

even

aparcamiento

parking

fabricar

to produce