Vocabulary Flashcards from Lecture Notes

Commonly Used Terms

  • A menudo - Frequently

  • Actividades al aire libre - Outdoors activities

  • Acudieron - They went/arrived

  • Alejados - Far or apart/ Lejos o aparatados

  • Alfajores - Cookie with filling

  • Almacenar - To store

  • Alquilar - To rent

  • Alucinó - To hallucinate

  • Alzarse - To rise up

  • Anécdotas - Anecdotes

  • Anfitrión - Host of a guest

  • Angosto - Very narrow/ Muy estrecho

  • Antelación - With notice, in advance

  • Aprendizaje - Learning

  • Armonía - Harmony

  • Arraigar - To establish firmly; to create roots

  • Arribe - To arrive

  • Arropa - To keep from harm; to wrap up

  • Asentados - Established in a place

  • Asiática - Asian

  • Asombrarse - To be amazed

  • Atravesar - To cross

  • Avisar - To let someone know

  • Barrera - Barrier

  • Bendecida - Blessed

  • Billetes - Bills; paper money

  • Bohío - Small indigenous hut made of palm

  • Bolsillo - Pocket

  • Calentamiento global - Global warming

  • Campaña - Campaign

  • Carboncillo - Charcoal

  • Carecer - To lack something

  • Carencias - Lack of essentials

  • Caretillas - Wheelbarrow

  • Castellano - Spanish language

  • Cebar - To prepare (to brew mate)

  • Cercano - Near/close

  • Cruentas - Very violent; cruel

  • Cuca - Currency of Cuba (Colloquial)

  • Cursos de formación - Training courses

  • Despilfarrar - To waste extravagantly

  • Desvelo - Sleeplessness; insomnia

  • Deuda - Debt

  • Diversos entornos - Diverse surroundings, environments

Additional Terms

  • Docenas - Dozen

  • Echar de menos - To miss, to long for

  • Ejercer - To perform a job or occupation

  • Ekekos - Andean figures that bring abundance

  • El entorno - Setting, surrounding

  • El gabán - Jacket

  • El grifo de la monedad - The flow of money

  • El Horeo - Small raised barn/storage used in Spain

  • El vaivén - Swaying, rocking

  • Elogio - Praise; acclaim

  • Embotellada - Bottled

  • Emparentados - Related by family

  • Empeñar - To pawn (shop)

  • Empresas - Businesses

  • Encargado de - In charge of

  • Endeudarse - To incur debt

  • Entrevista de trabajo - Job interview

  • Envase - Container

  • Estar confeccionada - Made of

  • Este - East

  • Estrecha - Narrow

  • Estrecho - Tight/narrow

  • Fajos - Bundles of money

  • Fastuosa - Luxury; ostentatious

  • Fijar precio - To set a price

  • Fuera de mi elemento - Out of my element

  • Gallos y gallinas - Roosters and hens

  • Ganas de - Desire to

  • Gobiernos - Governments

  • Grifo - Faucet

  • Guanín - Gold medallion used by Taínos' leader

  • Guardavidas - Lifeguard

  • Guijarro - Small round stone; pebble

  • Haz - Beam/ray (like light)

  • Herencia - Heritage

  • Hojalata - Tin

  • Horchata - Mexican drink made from rice and cinnamon

  • Humillante - Humiliating

  • Internarse - To enter or go deep into

  • Ladrillos - Brick

  • Lamentablemente - Unfortunately

  • Lección - Lesson

  • Legarme - To leave something as an inheritance

  • Lenguaje corporal - Body language

Further Terminology

  • Lesiones - A lesion; injury

  • Letárgica - Without energy; lethargic

  • Libreta - Notebook

  • Litoral - Shore/coast

  • Llanuras - The plains (geographic)

  • Locutor - The person who speaks in the news or who carries out a conversation

  • Lomo - Back of a person, animal, or book

  • Lujo - Luxury

  • Medioambiente - Environment

  • Mensualmente - Once a month

  • Meter la pata - To mess up; to put one's foot in it (idiom)

  • Miniatura - Very small; miniature

  • Mosquetones - A carabiner

  • Mosquitero - Mosquito net

  • Norte - North

  • Oeste - West

  • Ondas cerebrales - Brain waves

  • Oscilar - To move between values; to oscillate

  • País natal - Native country

  • Pajitas - Straw

  • Paseos de senderismo - Hiking trails

  • Patria - Homeland

  • Patrimonio - Heritage/heritage site

  • Patrocinar - To sponsor

  • Paz - Tranquility

  • Pegollos - Pillars for the hórreos

  • Personas transgénero - Transgender people

  • Piecitos - Little feet

  • Pionera - Pioneer

  • Porteño - Person from Buenos Aires

  • Postura - Posture

  • Primordial - Fundamental, essential; primordial

  • Queda lejos - It’s far

  • Quema - Act of burning

  • Ranura - A small slot or narrow opening

  • Rayos - Rays

  • Readaptarme - To readapt

  • Rechazo - Rejection

  • Recorrer - To traverse

  • Recursos Humanos - Human Resources

  • Reformulación - To be rephrased

  • Rendija - Small crack/opening

  • Revalorización - To re-value something

Final Vocabulary

  • Rodear - To surround

  • Roedores - Animals like rats or mice; rodents

  • Ruedas - Wheels

  • Sabelotodo - Know it all

  • Saturan - To fill up; overload

  • Seguidores - Fans; followers

  • Semillas - What you plant for a plant to grow; seeds

  • Sentimientos ambiguos - Ambiguous feelings

  • Ser humilde - To be humble

  • Sociedades hispanoparlantes - Spanish-speaking societies

  • Soga - Rope

  • Solicitando - To apply for; to seek

  • Sostiene - To claim

  • Subestimación - To underestimate the value of something

  • Sueldo - Salary

  • Sujetar - To fasten in place

  • Sumado - Together with; added

  • Suma - You add

  • Sur - South

  • Tamaño - Size

  • Tejado - Roof

  • Televidentes - Television viewers

  • Trasladarse - To move (from one place to another)

  • Vagar - To wander

  • Vidrio - Glass

  • Vínculo - Connection/bond

  • Vitrolero - A large glass container for drinks

  • Yeso - Clay