Spanish Weekly Vocab

Peng, Joshua, Period 7

He was planning a trip to Mexico.

Él estaba planeando un viaje a México.

Planeando has the beginning of the word, that being plan so it could mean that he was planning.

I like to travel and take a flight to new places.

Me gusta viajar y tomar un vuelo a nuevos lugares.

I bring a suitcase to trips with my family.

Yo llevo una maleta en los viajes con mi familia.

Viajes would be a word where in this scenario is I think of vacations because of the v and how it ends in Spanish, sounding similar to tions and so, vacations.

He used to buy a ticket for the game with his friends.

Él compraba un boleto para el partido con sus amigos.

Partido sounds a little like a party which is also an event so I think a game could also be an event to buy a ticket to with friends and family.

My dad visited his relatives and brought his suitcase.

Mi papá visitó a sus familiares y trajo su maleta.

My family and I are going to check the luggages to visit Washington.

Mi familia y yo vamos a facturar el equipaje para visitar Washington.

My family and I took the suitcase to Michigan to visit my cousins.

Mi familia y yo llevamos la maleta a Michigan para visitar a mis primos.

My sister has her luggage before going to Indiana.

Mi hermana tiene su equipaje antes de ir a Indiana.

Someone told me a story about the airport.

Alguien me contó una historia sobre el aeropuerto.

Aeropuerto reminds me of a word similar to airplane, and the airplane reminds me of an airport, where people go to.

When I was younger, I dreamed of working at the airport.

Cuando era joven, soñaba con trabajar en el aeropuerto.

My parents boarded the plane at the airport to live a better life.

Mis padres abordaron el avión en el aeropuerto para vivir una vida mejor.

Avión is a word and I would try to think about, where or how this sentence was in the context and by using this context clue, would be that they were in the airport to possibly go somewhere.

My dad’s parents boarded the plane at the airport to meet their grandchildren.

Los padres de mi papá abordaron el avión en el aeropuerto para conocer a sus nietos.

My dad’s friends visited him at the airport after arriving.

Los amigos de mi papá lo visitaron en el aeropuerto después de llegar.

Visitaron has the word visit in the beginning.

My parents thought about taking me to the airport to visit another country.

Mis padres pensaron en llevarme al aeropuerto para visitar otro país.

I helped my sister pack before going to the airport.

Ayudé a mi hermana a hacer las maletas antes de ir al aeropuerto.

My uncle used to have a friend, who used to be a flight attendant.

Mi tío tenía un amigo que trabajaba como auxiliar de vuelo.

I used to believe that being on vacation meant that you were going to be gone for a long time.

Antes pensaba que irse de vacaciones significaba ausentarse durante mucho tiempo.

Vacaciones reminds me of a similar word to vacation and significaba has the beginning word of significant.

My uncle and my dad knew how to fish.

Mi tío y mi papá sabían pescar.

My dad was once on a vacation by going someplace else.

Una vez, mi papá se fue de vacaciones a otro lugar.

In order for my mom to be on a vacation, she had to call in for work and to inform her boss.

Para que mi mamá pudiera irse de vacaciones, tenía que llamar al trabajo y avisarle a su jefe.

I visited a museum when I was in elementary school.

Visité un museo cuando estaba en la escuela primaria.

Visite reminds me of a word which was to visit, and Estaba, I learned was a imperfect verb or along those lines of “was”

My dad took me to fish and helped me learn.

Mi papá me llevó a pescar y me ayudó a aprender.

When I visited the museum, my cousins took a picture and photographs to remember their moment with me and my family.

Cuando visité el museo, mis primos tomaron fotos para recordar el momento que compartieron conmigo y mi familia.

Me and my family went outside to camp.

Mi familia y yo fuimos a acamper al aire libre.

By using acamper, it reminds me of camp so this could be an activity which could help me remind of as well.

The elevator

El ascensor

The hotel room

La habitación

The hotel

El hotel

The key

La llave

To make the reservation

Hacer un reservación

He was going to make the reservation because he wanted to be on vacation.

Él iba hacer la reserva porque quería estar de vacaciones.

Reserva has the first letters of reservation, so it makes me think of the reservation.

He used to leave after using the elevator in the building.

Él solía salir después de usar el elevador en el edificio.

he was put, or he used to put

Él ponía

a ring

Un anillo

some earrings

unos aretes

A necklace

un collar

The jewelry

las joyas

A keychain

un llavero

He was doing/making, he used to do/make

Él hacia

He was taking, he used to take

Él tomaba

he was wearing, he used to wear

él llavaba

(I said) I told the truth to my friends

Yo dije la verdad a mis amigos.

(I said) I told my future plans to my parents.

Yo dije mis planes del futuro a mis padres.

Mis planes has the word plans, so I would connect it my plans and futuro reminds me of the word future

(I said) I told my parents which university I plan to go to.

Yo dije a mis padres a cuál universidad pienso ir.

I said that I wanted another plate at my family's house, but I ate too much.

Yo dije que quería otro plato en casa de mi familia, pero comí demasiado.

Otro reminds me of the word other, but also where it is in the context and how it is used by Plato which could mean plate, it could talk about wanting another plate or another plate of food.

I wanted to have everything I wanted when I was younger.

Yo quise tener todo lo que quería cuando era más pequeño.

I wanted to use my uncle's credit card for some toys.

Yo quise usar la tarjeta de crédito de mi tío para algunos juguetes.

She made money at her work and bought me a drink.

Ella hizo dinero en su trabajo y me compró una bebida.

Dinero reminds me of dollars and with money, it makes me think of to buy something or to also receive.

I told what happened during my school day.

Yo dije lo que pasó en mi día de escuela.

I had to do the homework for class.

Yo tuve que hacer la tarea para la clase.

I came to my friend's house over the weekend.

Yo vine a la casa de mi amigo en el fin de semana.

El fin reminds me of the word final if rearreanged, and makes me think of the weekend as in the final days of the week.

I brought everything I bought for my birthday.

Yo traje todo lo que compré para mi cumpleaños.

I watched a UFC fight where Joshua Van retained his championship against Pantoja.

Yo vi una pelea de UFC donde Joshua Van retuvo su (el) campeonato contra Pantoja.

I volunteered to be in the competition with my friends during sports day

Yo me ofrecí para estar en la competencia con mis amigos en el día deportivo.

Deportivo resembles deportes, meaning sports and sports also have competitions.

My cousin won an award in another state.

El premio

Mi primo ganó un premio en otro estado.

My dad and his friends watched the World Cup at home all night.

Mi padre y sus amigos vieron la Copa Mundial en casa toda la noche.

I watched the Olympic Games on TV and the athletes competing.

Yo vi los Juegos Olímpicos en la televisión y a los atletas compitiendo.