Palabras de Ojo

Trabajar

To do physical or manual labor (vs funcionar)

Funcionar

To run or to function

Bajo

Shortness of height

Corto

Shortness of length

Breve

Short as in concise or brief

Mirar

To look; to look at or waych

Buscar

To look for

Parecer

To look like, to seem, to appear

Pensar

To think

Pensar en

To have general thoughts (about someone or something)

Pensar de

Indicates an opinion or point of view; it is generally used in questions and frequently is answered with Pensar que

Pensar que

Indicates thought/ answer to pensar de

Consistir en

To consist of

Depender de

To depend on

Enamorarse de

To fall in love with someone

Casarse con

To Marry

Soñar con

To dream about (of)

Hora

Specific Time of day or a specific amount of time

Vez

An instance or occurence

Tiempo

Time in a general or abstract sense

A tiempo

On time

El cuento

Story, narrative, or tale

La cuenta

Bill (money owned), calculation, account

Pagar

To pay for

Prestar attención

To pay attention (and not let one's mind wander)

Hacer caso

To pay attention in the sense of to heed or to take it into account is hacer caso (de)

Hacer una visita

To pay a visit

Soportar

To tolerate or to put up with

Mantener

To support financially

Apoyar

To support in the sense of to back or to favor

Sostener

To support in the physical sense of hold or hold up

Cerca/ cerca de

When close refers to the physical proximity of people or objects

Cercano/ a

Describe the degree of blood relationship between relatives

Íntimo/a

When close describes friendship or emotional ties

Unido/a

Expresses the closeness of family ties but not blood relationships

Importar

When to Care has the meaning of to be interested in, it is expressed in Spanish by importer. Conjugated same as gustar. Often equivalent of to matter to (someone).

Cuidar

To care for or to take care of. When used to reflexively it means to take care of oneself

Volver/regresar

Volver their means to return to a place; with this meaning, it is synonymous with regresar

Devolver

Devolver means to return something (to someone)

Mudarse

When to move means to change residence

Transladar(se)

To move or to be moved from place to place from city to city or from office to office

Mover(se)

To express to move in object or a part of the body

Sentir

Both sentir and sentirse mean to feel. Sentir is always followed by nouns, and sentirse by adjectives. Sentir can also mean to regret.

Sentirse

To believe or to have the opinion must be expressed with pensar, creer, or opinar.

Tener éxito

To be successful (in a particular field or activity); it emphasizes the condition of being successful

Lograr

To succeed (in doing something) or to obtain or achieve a goal; it emphasizes the action of achieving the goal. It can also mean to manage to (do something).

Suceder

Suceder means to occur, happen, or to follow in succession

Asistir a

Asistir is a false cognate. It's primary meaning is to attend (a function) or to be present (at a class, at a meeting, play, etc). It is always followed up by the preposition "a"

Atender

To attend to, to take into account, to take care of, or to wait on

Ayudar

To assist

Ponerse

To become- indicates a change in physical or emotional state. It can be followed only buy an adjective

Volverse

To become- indicates a change in physical or emotional state. It indicates a dramatic often irreversible, change

Llegar a ser/ hacerse

To get to be- (both verbs) A gradual change over a period of time. They can be followed by either knowns or adjectives. Hacerse usually implies a conscious effort on the part of the subject. Llegar a ser may describe an effortless change.

Ya que

Because (since) preceding a conjugated verb, ya que, or porque can be used. Only porque cannot be used to begin a sentence. Como must be used at the beginning of a sentence.

Cuestión

Question is the sense of matter, subject, or topic of discussion

Pregunta

A question or interrogation. Hacer una Pregunta means to ask a question.

Fecha

A calendar dste

Cita

An appointment or social arrangement

Los/las dos

Ambros/as

Tanto... Como

Both= ambos/as and los/las dos. They agree in gender with the nouns to which the refer

The expression both ...and...