Spanish Vocabulary: Family, People, Professions, Nationalities, Adjectives, and Verbs

Vocabulary flashcards covering family members, people, professions, nationalities, descriptive adjectives, and common verbs in Spanish.

el/la abuelo/a

grandfather/grandmother

los abuelos

grandparents

el apellido

last name

el/la bisabuelo/a

great-grandfather/great-grandmother

el/la cuñado/a

brother-in-law/sister-in-law

el/la esposo/a

husband/wife; spouse

la familia

family

el/la gemelo/a

twin

el/la hermanastro/a

stepbrother/stepsister

el/la hermano/a

brother/sister

el/la hijastro/a

stepson/stepdaughter

el/la hijo/a

son/daughter

los hijos

children

la madrastra

stepmother

la madre

mother

el/la medio/a hermano/a

half-brother/half-sister

el/la nieto/a

grandson/granddaughter

la nuera

daughter-in-law

el padrastro

stepfather

el padre

father

los padres

parents

los parientes

relatives

el/la primo/a

cousin

el/la sobrino/a

nephew/niece

el/la suegro/a

father-in-law/mother-in-law

el/la tío/a

uncle/aunt

el yerno

son-in-law

el/la amigo/a

friend

la gente

people

el/la muchacho/a

boy/girl

el/la niño/a

child

el/la novio/a

boyfriend/girlfriend

la persona

person

el/la artista

artist

el/la doctor(a), el/la médico/a

doctor; physician

el/la ingeniero/a

engineer

el/la periodista

journalist

el/la programador(a)

computer programmer

alemán, alemana

German

argentino/a

Argentine

canadiense

Canadian

chino/a

Chinese

costarricense

Costa Rican

cubano/a

Cuban

dominicano/a

Dominican

ecuatoriano/a

Ecuadorian

español(a)

Spanish

estadounidense

from the U.S.

francés, francesa

French

inglés, inglesa

English

italiano/a

Italian

japonés, japonesa

Japanese

mexicano/a

Mexican

norteamericano/a

(North) American

puertorriqueño/a

Puerto Rican

ruso/a

Russian

venezolano/a

Venezuelan

alto/a

tall

antipático/a

unpleasant

bajo/a

short (in height)

bonito/a

pretty

buen, bueno/a

good

delgado/a

thin

difícil

difficult

fácil

easy

feo/a

ugly

gordo/a

fat

grande

big

guapo/a

good-looking

importante

important

inteligente

intelligent

interesante

interesting

joven (sing.), jóvenes (pl.)

young

mal, malo/a

bad

mismo/a

same

moreno/a

brunet(te)

mucho/a

much; many; a lot of

pelirrojo/a

red-haired

pequeño/a

small

rubio/a

blond(e)

simpático/a

nice; likeable

tonto/a

foolish

trabajador(a)

hard-working

viejo/a

old

abrir

to open

aprender (a + inf.)

to learn

asistir (a)

to attend

beber

to drink

comer

to eat

compartir

to share

comprender

to understand

correr

to run

creer (en)

to believe (in)

deber (+ inf.)

should

decidir (+ inf.)

to decide

describir

to describe

escribir

to write

leer

to read

recibir

to receive

tener

to have