AP Español: Vocabulario Preliminario

Escribir a computadora

to type on the computer

El enlace

the link

la pestaña

the tab (on a computer screen)

Está bien

It's okay

Otro, Otra etc.

Another (nunca se usa "un" o "una" antes de otro u otra

Mil dólares

one-thousand dollars (nunca se usa "un" antes de Mil dólares)

Tampoco quiero ir de pesca./ No quiero ir de pesca tampoco.

I don't want to fish either.

Pedimos una pizza cada semana.

We order (ask for) a pizza each week.

Estamos preguntando por nuestra directora. (Ella ha estado enferma y no ha estado aquí por una semana.)

We are asking about our principal. (She has been sick and hasn't been here for a week.)/

Preguntar por

to ask about

La lectura

reading (selection, passage)

El taller

the workshop, studio

La conferencia

conference; lecture

La cita

the appointment/the date/ the quote

La fecha

date (calendar)

Es importante que + subjuntivo

It is important that + subjunctive

Es bueno que + subjuntivo

It is good that + subjunctive

Recomiendo que + subjuntivo

I recommend that + subjunctive

Fijar

to affix/fasten

Fijarse (en)

To notice

Arreglar

to fix/straighten up

De hecho

In fact

Los hechos

the facts/events

Por

for: movement by, around, along, through/ reason or motive/ in exchange for/ substitution on someone's behalf/length of time or distance/ means of communication or transportation

Para

for: for the purpose of/expectation or goal (in order to)/ opinion/ deadline/ destination/ goal/ recipient

El problema

the problem

El sistema

the system

La parte

the part

Debido a/ a causa de

due to/ because of/ on account of

Porque

because

Ser

to be (DOCTOR: description, origin, characteristic, time,
occupation, relationship)

Estar

to be (PLACE: position, location, action in progress, condition, emotion)

Hay (haber)

there is/there are

La cuenta

the accoun/ bill

El cuento

the story/tale

La dirección

the address

Las instrucciones

the instructions

Las ventajas

the advantages

Las desventajas

the disadvantages

La similitud

similarity/ resemblance

La semejanza

similarity/ likeness/ resemblance

Los derechos

the rights (human) (civil)

Tener razón/ estar corecto(a)

to be right

Estar equivocado(a)/ equivocarse

to be wrong/to make a mistake

Hacer fila/ hacer cola

to wait in line/ to stand in line

Discutir

to discuss/argue/ debate

Platicar

to chat

Conversar

to converse/ to chat

Avisar

to warn/to inform

advertir (ie)

to warn/advise/notify

Sencillo(a)

simple

Complicado(a)

complicated/ complex

Mirar

to look at/ to watch

Ver

to see/ to watch

A la vez

at the same time

Ubicar

to be located

Quedar

to be located (to fit, to stay)

Estar

to be (located)

Cotidiano(a)

daily, everyday

No sólo...sino (que) también

not only...but also

Pero

but

Y => e

"Y" se cambia a "e" antes del mismo sonido (me gusta el español e historia)

O=> u

"o" se cambia a "u" antes del mismo sonido (¿Quieres este libro u otro?)

Backwards verbs

-use indirect object pronouns (me,te,le,nos, os, les)
-the subject comes after the verb
-faltar, quedar, encantar, doler, interesar, aburrir, fascinar, gustar
-subject agrees with the verb

Todo de acuerdo

adjetivos con sustantivos/ sujetos con verbos

Preguntar

to ask a question

Pedir

to ask for (something)/ to order

Todavía/ aún

still, yet

Ya

already, now

la expectativa

expectation

Intentar

to try, attempt

Tratar

to treat

tratar de (+ inf.)

to try (to do something)

Firmar

to sign your name

Dejar

to let/ to leave behind

Salir

to leave, to go out