Spanish Vocab Quiz

ama de casa

housewife (domestic worker, usually the mother of a family)

aparato

device / machine

aplastados (aplastar)

crushed / flattened (deformed due to pressure)

conviven (convivir)

they live together (to live with another person)

coger un catarro

to catch a cold

crecer

to grow / become bigger

despáchame (despachar)

send me / dispatch for me

domicilio

home / residence

electrodomésticos

household appliances (kitchen machines)

embarazo

pregnancy (gestation, usually nine months)

enciende (encender)

turn on (a machine)

encontrar

to find

esforzar

to strive / make an effort

estar harto(a)

to be fed up / tired of a person or situation

dichoso(a)

lucky / fortunate

hogareño(a) / hogar

home-loving / a person who prefers to stay at home; home

gusano

worm / larva

jefe

boss / supervisor

me faltaba / me falta

I was lacking / I lack (to need something)

manejar

to drive

milagros

miracles / pleasant surprises

mojar

to wet / to make something damp

nacer

to be born

nada le falta

he/she lacks nothing / has everything needed

no me puedo quejar

I can’t complain

ordenador

computer

padecer

to suffer

piedra

stone / rock

quemar

to burn

recién nacido

newborn baby

rincón

corner

sentir

to feel

se retuerce

to twist / writhe (move in a convulsive way)

socorro

help

sonajero

baby rattle

sueldo

salary

suena un disparo

a gunshot is heard

soñar

to dream

trastos

junk / useless objects

vencer

to overcome / to triumph