NCEA 1 Spanish

hard words only

¡No me digas!

You don’t say!

¡No puede ser!

It can’t be!

¿Qué quieres decir?

What do you want to say?, What do you mean?

a veces

sometimes

abajo

down, below

abrir

to open

adelante

forward, ahead

adentro

(towards) inside

afuera

outside

ahí/allí

there

al lado de

next to

algo

something

alguien

someone

alguno

some, any

anoche

last night

anteayer

day before yesterday

antes

before

así

so, like this

aunque

although

ayer

yesterday

barato

cheap

barco

boat

bienvenida

welcome

billete

ticket, bank note

boca

mouth

brazo

arm

cabeza

head

cada

each, every

caja

box, cash register

camarero

waiter

caro

expensive

casi

almost

castellano

Spanish language

castillo

castle

cebolla

onion

coger (Sp)/tomar (LA)

to get, catch, or take (transport)

comedor

dining room, dining hall

comenzar

to begin

como/cómo

how

común

common

conductor

driver

conmigo

with me

contestar

to answer

contra

against

contrario/lo contrario

contrary, opposite

correr

to run

cosa

thing

costa

coast

costumbre

custom, habit

creer

to believe, to think

cruzar

to cross

cuál/cual

which

cuándo/cuando

when

cuánto/cuanto

how much

cuenta

bill, account

cuento

story, tale

cuerpo

body

cuidar

to look after, to take care of

curso

course, school year

de repente

suddenly

debajo de

under

deberes

chores, homework

decir

to say, to tell

delante (de)

in front of

demasiado

too much

dentro

inside

dependiente

shop assistant

descansar

to rest

desde

from, since

desear

to desire, to wish, to want

despertarse

to wake up

después

after, later

detrás de

behind

diente

tooth

dinero

money

director

director, school principal

discutir

to discuss, to argue

doler

to hurt, to have pain

ducharse

to shower

dulce

sweet

duro

hard, firm, difficult

echar de menos (Sp)/extrañar (LA)

to miss a thing or person

edificio

building

emocionante

exciting

empezar

to begin

encantar

to like a lot, to love

encima de

above, on top of

encontrar

to meet, to find

enfadarse

to get angry

enfrente (de)

opposite

enseñar

to teach

entender

to understand

entonces

then, so

entrada

entrance, ticket

entre

between

equipo

team

equitación

horse riding

escalera

stairs, ladder

espalda

back (body)

espectáculo

show, performance