Spanish Conversational Fluency Core Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the Spanish Conversational Fluency Core guide covering sentence engines, verbs, function words, and conversational chunks.

3-pass rule

A study method consisting of three steps: understand it → recall it → use it in your own sentence.

Tengo que + infinitivo

I have to + verb

Quiero + infinitivo

I want to + verb

Voy a + infinitivo

I'm going to + verb

Puedo + infinitivo

I can + verb

Necesito + infinitivo

I need to + verb

Me gusta + sustantivo/infinitivo

I like + noun/verb

Me encanta + sustantivo/infinitivo

I love + noun/verb

Creo que…

I think that…

Sé que…

I know that…

No sé si…

I don't know if…

¿Qué significa…?

What does … mean?

¿Cómo se dice … en español?

How do you say … in Spanish?

¿Cómo se pronuncia…?

How do you pronounce…?

¿Puedes repetir?

Can you repeat?

Más despacio, por favor

Slower, please

Otra vez, por favor

Again, please

¿Qué dijiste?

What did you say?

¿Qué quieres decir?

What do you mean?

No pasa nada

No worries / it's okay

No hay problema

No problem

Por supuesto

Of course

Más o menos

More or less

Dame un segundo

Give me a second

ser

to be (identity / inherent)

estar

to be (state / location)

tener

to have

hacer

to do / make

ir

to go

venir

to come

querer

to want / love

poder

to be able to / can

saber

to know (facts / how)

conocer

to know / meet (people, places)

decir

to say / tell

llevar

to carry / wear / take

traer

to bring

quedar

to stay / remain / meet up

pasar

to happen / pass / spend time

pensar

to think

creer

to believe / think

gustar

to like

encantar

to love / really like

levantarse

to get up

despertarse

to wake up

sentarse

to sit down

pararse

to stand up / stop (regional)

conducir

to drive

manejar

to drive / manage

llevarse

to get along / take away

llamarse

to be called

contestar

to answer

responder

to answer

acabar

to finish / just have done

seguir

to continue / follow

probar

to try / taste

intentar

to try / attempt

volver

to return / come back

regresar

to return

pedir

to ask for / order

mandar

to send / order

contar

to count / tell (a story)

escoger

to choose

elegir

to choose

aquel

that over there (masc.)

aquella

that over there (fem.)

ya

already / now / anymore

todavía

still / yet

tampoco

neither / not either

quizás

maybe

por eso

that's why

sin embargo

however

ahora mismo

right now

ayer por la noche

Last night

la semana que viene

Next week

hace dos días

Two days ago

dentro de una hora

In an hour

me da igual

I don't mind / it's all the same to me

eso tiene sentido

That makes sense

o sea…

I mean / in other words