GCSE AQA Spanish ALL Specification words

bastante

sufficient, enough, quite

comparar

to compare

demasiado

too, too much

igual que

same as

más (que)

more (than)

mayor

main, major, larger, bigger, greater

mayoría, la

most, majority

mejor

better, best

menor

smaller, less, least

menos (que)

less (than)

mismo

same

muy

very

parecido a

like, similar to

peor

worse, worst

poco (eg poco ruidoso)

not very

tan ... como

as ... as

tanto ... como

as much ... as

además

moreover, besides

aparte de

apart from

claro que

of course

dado que

given that

es decir

in other words, that is to say

por un lado/por otro lado

on the one hand/on the other hand

por una parte/por otra parte

on the one hand/on the other hand

sin duda

obviously, certainly

a pesar de

in spite of, despite

así que

so, therefore

aun (si)

even (if)

aunque

although, (even) though

como

as, since

cuando

when

incluso

even

mientras (que)

while, meanwhile

o/u

or

pero

but

por eso

for that reason, therefore

por lo tanto

therefore

porque

because

pues

then, since

si

if

sin embargo

however

tal vez

maybe, perhaps

también

also

ya (que)

as, since

a

to, at

de

from, of

en

in

hacia

towards

hasta

until

para

for

por

through, by, in, for, per

según

according to

sin

without

jamás

never

ni...ni

neither ... nor

nada

nothing

nadie

nobody

ninguno

none, no-one

nunca

never

sino

but, except

tampoco

neither/not ... either ...

ya no

not any more

acabar de + infinitive

to have just (done something)

comenzar

to begin

continuar

to continue

dar

to give

darse cuenta (de)

to realise

deber

must, have to

decidir

to decide

dejar de

to stop (doing something)

echar

to throw

empezar

to begin

estar

to be

hace(n) falta

to need, to be necessary

hacer

to do, to make

hacerse

to become

hay

there is, there are

hay que

one must, one has to

ir

to go

ir a + infinitive

(to be) going to (do something)

irse

to go away, to leave

necesitar

to need

ocurrir

to happen

pasar

to happen, to go through, to spend (time)

poder

to be able, can

poner

to put

ponerse a

to start doing something

querer

to want; to love

quisiera

I'd like

saber

to know (a fact, how to do something)

seguir

to continue, to follow

ser

to be

soler

to regularly do something

tener

to have, to own

tener lugar

to take place

tener que

to have to do something

volver a

to do (something) again

volverse

to become

docena, una

dozen

número, el

number