Advanced Spanish Vocabulary

aconsejar

to advise

ingrediente

ingredient

simpatía

sympathy

hembra

female

índole

class, kind

agravar

to aggravate, to make worse

angustia

anguish

contenedor

container

impresionar

to impress

restablecer

to reestablish

apurar

to hurry; to rush

aliviar

to relieve

esforzar

to make an effort

hundir

to sink

recolectar

to recollect

encarnar

to embody

admirar

to admire

paraíso

paradise

imitar

to imitate

retrasar

to postpone, to delay

niebla

fog

contraste

contrast

tentación

temptation

alertar

to alert, warn

impresora

printer

ránking

ranking

encerrar

to lock up

escasez

shortage

pesadilla

nightmare

sospecha

suspicion

desechar

to throw away, to discard

goce

joy

supervisar

to supervise

desventaja

disadvantage

casco

helmet

abastecer

to supply

mosca

fly

encarar

to face

neumático

tire

minimizar

to reduce, lessen, diminish

maravilla

wonder

telenovela

soap opera

patrocinar

to sponsor

receso

recess

prosperar

to prosper

contagiar

to infect, to be contagious

desigualdad

inequality

brecha

gap

enriquecer

to enrich

reelegir

to re-elect

zurdo

left-handed

oler

to smell

pelar

to peel

acarrear

to carry

oxígeno

oxygen

recrear

to recreate

asustar

to frighten

azar

chance, fate

vencimiento

expiration

pronosticar

to predict/forecast

inundación

Flooding

entretener

to entertain

institución

institution

brillar

to shine

imposibilidad

impossibility

taza

cup

contrastar

to contrast

congestión

congestion

coincidencia

Coincidence

popularidad

popularity

noción

notion

detección

detection

ambición

ambition

anticipación

anticipation

ajedrez

chess

horror

horror

bloquear

to block

curiosidad

curiosity

correspondencia

correspondence

inundar

to flood

natación

swimming

barriga

belly

comparecer

to appear

acrecentar

to increase

prevalecer

to prevail

congelar

to freeze

inspiración

Inspiration

pájaro

Bird

oreja

ear

derrumbe

landslide

pronóstico

Forecast

valla

fence

reservar

to reserve

miseria

misery, wretchedness

inyección

injection

torturar

to torture

carbono

carbon

inhabilitar

to disable, incapacitate, disqualify

cortina

curtain

incursionar

to break into, expand into