GCSE 2026 vocab

every word edexcel can test you on!

public

público

audience

público

queue

cola

glue

cola

rain

lluvia

reader

lector

representation

representacion

review

crítica

criticism

crítica

river

río

rubbish

basura

litter

basura

junk

basura

sales

rebajas

sand

arena

scientist

científico

screen

pantalla

search

búsqueda

season

temporada

sense

sentido

direction

sentido

session

sesión

sheet

hoja

leaf

hoja

to get lost

perderse

to love

amar

to love (strongly like)

encantar

to matter

importar

to mean

significar

to meet up

quedar

to stay

quedarse

to move

moverse

to need

necesitar

to open

abrir

to organise

organizar

to paint

pintar

to participate

participar

to pass

aprobar

to pay

pagar

to play (instrument)

tocar

to touch

tocar

to play (game/sport)

jugar a

to post

publicar

to publish

publicar

to practise

practicar

to prefer

preferir

to prepare

preparar

to prepare oneself

prepararse

to get ready

prepararse

to pronounce

pronunciar

to protect

proteger

to put on

ponerse

to get

ponerse

to become

ponerse

to rain

llover

to read

leer

to receive

recibir

to welcome

recibir

to recognise

reconocer

to admit

reconocer

to recommend

recomendar

to recycle

reciclar

to reduce

reducir

to remember

recordar

to remind

recordar

to rent

alquilar

to hire

alquilar

to repeat

repetir

to reserve

reservar

to book

reservar

to respect

respetar

to rest

descansar

to return

volver

to ride

montar

to run

correr

to save

salvar

to rescue

salvar

to say

decir

to tell

decir

to see

ver

to watch

ver

to sell

vender

to send

mandar

to serve

servir

to share

compartir

to show

mostrar

to sing

cantar

to sit down

sentarse

to sleep

dormir

to fall asleep

dormirse

to smile

sonreír

to smoke

fumar

to snow

nevar

to speak

hablar

to spend (time)

pasar

to pass by

pasar

to happen

pasar

to start

comenzar

to begin

comenzar

to stop

pararse