spanish vocab
Word | Meaning |
Estacional | Seasonal |
Destinos | Destinations |
Naturales | Natural |
Sol | Sun |
Reclamo | Claim |
Declarada | Declared |
Media | Media |
Riqueza | Rich |
Verde | Green |
Viñedos | Vineyards |
Se ha matado la galina de los huevos de oro | The hen with the golden eggs has been killed/Ending something that makes you money will leave you with no money |
Pinares | Livestock |
Tienen los días contados | Their days are numbered |
Desocupadas | Unoccupied |
Puestos | Posts |
Proyectos | Projects |
Descontroladas | Uncontrolled |
Especulación | Speculation |
Desgastado | Worn Out |
Medidas | Measures |
Destino | Destination |
Crucero | Cruise |
Restringir | Restrict |
Por tu cuenta | On Your Own |
Ambientalmente | Environmentally |
Armonía | Harmony |
Albergan | Host |
Empressarios | Entrepreneurs |
Panificiación | Bread |
Eslogan | Slogan |
Paraíso | Paradise |
Ecosistemas | Ecosystems |
Pernoctaciones | Overnight Stays |
Invierte | Invest |
Fuentes | Sources |
Parques | Parks |
Equilibrio | Balance |
Respaldan | Support |
Publicitarios | Advertising |
De moda | Fashionable |
Oficinas | Offices |
Promocionar | To promote |
Crecer | To grow |
Repetición | repetition/replay |
Golpe | Hit |
Giro | Turn |
Logos | Logos |
País | Genticlicio (m/f) |
Andorra | Andorrano/a |
Argentina | Argentino/a |
Bolivia | Boliviano/a |
Chile | Chileno/a |
Colombia | Colombiano/a |
Costa Rica | Costrricense |
Cuba | Cubano/a |
Ecuador | Ecuatoriano/a |
Espana | Español/a |
El Salvador | Salvadoreño/a |
Guatemala | Guatemalteco/a |
Guinea Ecuatorial | Ecuatoguineano/a |
Honduras | Honureño/a |
Mexico | Mexicano/a |
Nicaragua | Nicaragüense |
Panama | Panameño/a |
Paraguay | Paraguayo/a |
Peru | Peruano/a |
Puerto Rico | Puertorriqueño/a |
Republica Dominicana | Dominicano/a |
Uruguay | Uruguayo/a |
Venezuela | Venezolano/a |
Vocab | Meaning |
Niñez | Childhood |
Pubertad/adolescencia | Puberty/Adolescence |
Vejez | Old age |
Apego | Attachment |
Apoyo | Support |
Alejarse (de las normas) | Moving away (from the norms) |
Realización | Achievement |
(Momentos) duros | Hard/tough moments |
(Momentos) formidables | Formidable moments |
(Despertar) físico | Physical awakening |
Fuerza | Strength |
Capacidad | Ability |
Echar (de menos) | To miss |
Avanzar | Moving forward |
Dejar huella | Leaving a mark |
Conseguir | To achieve |
Complicado | Complicated |
Diferente | Different |
Volver | To return |
Sentir | To feel |
Formar parte | To be a part of… |
Agradecer | To thank |
Estrés | Stress |
Aprender | To learn |
(Mirar) a través de | (Watch) through |
Fomentar | To promote |
Aleccionar | To instruct |
Valores | Values |
Sueños | Dreams |
Esfuerzo | Effort |
Luchar | Flight |
Éxito | Success |
Emprender | Entrepreneurship |
Grabar | Record |
Recuerdos | Memories |
Nostalgia | Nostalgia |
Resultado | Result |
Ambición | Ambition |
Remunerado | Paid |
Eficiencia | Efficiency |
Puesto | Position (i.e. in company) OR well-dressed |
Involucrar | Involve |
Remoto | Remote |
Prioridad | Priority |
Desigualdad | Inequality |
Batir | To beat/defeat |
Todo lo que te propongas | Everything you set your mind to |
La polemica | Controversy/press in newspaper |
Asustado | Scared |
Veteranas | Veterans/old players |
Pataleta | Tantrum |
Infantilizar | Infantilize |
Quejicas | Whining |
Respetuosa | Respectful |
Filtrar | Leaks/filter |
Estar en contra | To be against |
Malestar | Discomfort |
Feminazi | Radical feminist, very negative |
Chantaje | Blackmail |
Putada | Dirty trick/joke |
Moraleja detrás de este | Moral of the story |
2.5 Costumbres y Tradiciones
Word | Meaning |
altar | altar (religious) |
calavera | skull |
máscara | mask |
tumbas | graves |
velas | candles |
esqueleto | skeleton |
ofrendas | offerings |
ataúd | casket |
ceremonial | ceremonial |
dulces | Sweet things |
campanada | bell |
turrón | nougat |
brindar | Toast |
Nochevieja | New Year’s Eve |
Nochebuena | Christmas Eve |
guirnalda | Garland |
pesebre | Manger |
Reyes Magos | Three Kings |
villancicos | Carols |
bromas | Jokes |
danza | dance |
flamenco | flamenco |
sevillanas | sevillanas (folk music and dance of Sevilla, Spain) |
coreógrafo | choreographer |
bailaor | dancer |
mezcolanza | mixture |
folclore | folklore |
Andalucía | Andalusia (large mountainous region of hills/farmland in Spain’s southern coast) |
divertimento | entertainment |
piruetas | Twirl (pirouettes: dance turn) |
tablado | Stage |
disfrazarse | To dress up |
coro | choir |
Banda sonora | soundtrack |
festejos | celebrations |
agrupaión | grouping |
ganador | winner |
Ayuntamiento | City council |
satirizar | To satirize |
nocturno | nocturnal |
tedioso | Tedious |
precioso | Beautiful/Precious |
agotada | Exhausted |
diminuto | Tiny |
prohibitivo | Prohibitive |
gélido | Icy |
desolador | Devastating |
horroroso | Dreadful |
árido | Arid |
ameno | Enjoyable/Pleasent |
arrebatadora | Dazzling |
destacable | Notable |
picar entre horas (comer) | Snacking between meals (eating) |
fijar (los ojos/la vista) | Fixing (Eyes/Sight) |
Romper esquemas | Breaking Schemes |
Hablar (hasta) por los codos | Talking (up to) elbows |
escudo | shield |
solsticio | solstice |
farolillo | Chinese lantern |
parientes | relatives |
triunfar | succeed |
caramelo | caramel |
2.6.7 Migracion
Word | Meaning |
Digno | Worth |
Construir (irregular) | To construct |
Nostalgia | Nostalgia |
Barrera legal | Legal barriers |
Aportar | To contribute |
Calor humano | Human warmth (sense of welcoming and taking care of others) |
Empatia | Empathy |
Población → tiene habitantes | Population |
Habilidades sociales | Social skills |
Desconfianza | Mistrust (lack of trust) |
La discriminación | Discrimination |
Insidioso | Insidious |
Enfrentamiento | Confrontation |
Fuga de cerebros | High qualified people leaving the country (bc they don’t have opportunities in their own i.e. pay, conditions) |
Obligado | Obligated |
Temer | To be afraid of / to fear |
Obstáculos | Obstacles |
Abandonar | To abandon |
Complicaciones | complications |
Rechazar | To reject |
Peligroso | Dangerous |
Esperanza | Hope |
Solidaridad | Solidarity |
Valorar | To value |
Compartir | To share |
Adaptarse | To adapt (oneself) |
Respetar | To respect |
Facilitar | To facilitate |
Apoyo | Support |
Avanzar | To advance/progress |
Prestaciones sociales | Welfare benefits |
Población activa | Active (working) population |
Envejecimiento (población) | Aging population |
Enriquecimiento | Enrichment of the population |
Impuestos | Taxes |
Recorrer un largo camino | Go a long way |
Hacer sacrificios | Make sacrifices |
Alcanzar un sueño | To achieve a dream |
Brindar (una/la oportunidad) | To offer an opportunity |
Tejer vínculos | To knit links (networking) |
Ofrecer alternativas | To offer alternatives |
Dar lo mejor de uno (sí) mismo | To give one's best |
Poner (su/nuestro/…) granito de arena | To put our grain in the sand (The contribution to the bigger picture) |
Agarrar el ritmo | To catch up to the rhythm |
Combatir prejuicios | To combat prejudices |
Salir adelante | To get ahead / to make it |
Vocab | Definition |
Innegable | Undeniable |
Valor | Value |
Incrementar | Increase |
Esta basada/o | Is based on |
Conmover | To move someone emotionally |
A la vez | At the same time |
Tierna | Tender, soft |
Bella | beautiful |
Arduo | difficult |
Se aprecia | One can observe |
Se toma cierta libertad | One can take the liberty of…(doing smth) |
Se compensa | It is compensated |
Detrás | Behind |
Aunque | Even though |
Peque (pecar) | To sin or to have weakness (i.e. tú pecas de ser arrogante) |
Depresentar | To present |
Triunfar | To triumph over something/one, be successful |
Sin duda | Without doubt |
Trama | Plot |
Predecible | Predictable |
Curada | Curated |
Carga | load |
Débil | Weak |
Ocio | Leisure |
Inagotable | Unlimited |
Perderte | To lose/miss |
caído | To fall |
Marcado | To mark/marked |
Ambitos | Area |
Vocab | Definition |
Novela romantica | Romantic novels |
Novela de ficción | Fiction novels |
Novel de no ficción (o ensayo) - biografía | Non fiction - or biography |
Ciencia ficción | Scientific fiction |
Terror (para libros y películas) | Horror |
Fantasía | Fantasy |
Suspense / misterio | Thriller / mystery |
Historia | History |
Literatura juvenil | Juvenile literature (young adult) |
Cómic / novel gráfica | Comic/graphic novel |
Literature infantil | Children’s book |
Poemas | Poems |
Novela negra | Crime |
Novela erótica | Erotic novel |
Libros de cocina | Cocina |
Libros de autoayuda | Mental health books |
Novela corta | Short novels |
Novela de aventuras | Adventure |
Novela distópica | Dystopian novels |
Pintar mal | To look bad |
Los artistas nacen, no se hacen | Artists are born not made |
Verlo ni en pintura | I don’t wanna see this person at all |
Tener arte | To be creative |
Que le quiten a alguien lo bailado | Get loose/be yourself |
Ser un/a artista | To be an artist |
Dar mucho baila | To give much dance |
Flamenco | Flamenco |
Maternos | Maternal |
Inseparables | Inseparable |
Certeza | Certainty |
Fusión | Fusion |
Gira | Tour |
Sobre las tablas | On stage |
Entre bambalinas | Behind the scenes |
Disco | Disc |
Partituras | Scores |
Visitantes | Visitors |
Estilo | Style |
Auditorios | Auditoriums |
Corrientes | Currents |
Donaciones | Donations |
Emocionante | Touching |
Conmovedora | Touching |
Sorprendente | Surprising |
Inversisímil | Inverse |
enigmática | Enigmatic |
Me dejó pensando | It left me thinking |
Sobrevalorada | Overrated |
Poco convencional | Unconventional |
Añadir a alguien como amigo | To add someone as friends |
Los medios de comunicación | Media |
Avatar | Profile pic |
Bio | Bio |
Blog | Blog |
Bloquear (+ a) | To block |
Compartir (+ con [mis amigos]) | To share |
Configuruar | To configure [settings (configuración)] |
Contacto | Contact |
Enviar | To send |
Filtros | Filters |
Contraseña | Password |
Opciones de privacidad | Privacy options |
Perfil | Profile (the whole thing) |
Publicar | To publish/post (post - publicación) |
Redes sociales | Social media |
Registrarse | To register (reflexive) |
Tuit, tuitear | To tweet |
Aburrir | To bore/bored by |
Acceder a | To access to [someone] |
Animar a | To encourage to (someone/something |
Asustar | To scare/scared by |
Consumir | To consume [media] |
Dar miedo | To give fear |
Dedicar | To dedicate [smth/a someone] |
Elegir | To choose |
Encantar | To love |
Fascinar | To fascinate/be fascinated by |
Incluir IRR | To include [smth/a someone] |
Ofrecer | To offer |
Ojala | to wish (ala – like inshallah) |
Dejar de | to stop doing something |
Besar | To kiss |
Acabar | To finish |
Borrar | To erase/delete |
Caigan | The light in sunrise |
Olvidar | Forget |
Retener | Retain or keep |
Irse | reflexive of “ir” means to leave |
Vinculos | Connections |
Expatriados | Expats |
Amargado | bitter |
Con la pata en alto | Pata (leg of animal) pero en informal lenguage “leg raised” informal |
Escayola | Plaster |
Estado de alarma | State of alarm / emergency |
Confinamiento | Confinement |
Recapacitar | reconsider |
Aplaudir | Applaud |
Estaban de mala leche | In bad mood |
Esta de cachondeo | To be joking |
Esta muy mona | She is very cute |
Video | |
vicenos | neighbours |
Cercano a | To be close to [a person / place] o “un lugar cercanoa” |
A medida que pasa el tiempo | As time goes on |
Mejorar | To get better |
Empeorar | To get worse |
Entorno | Environment (what surrounds you not the ecology) |
Espirit | Spirit |
4.1.1 | |
Está en auge | To be on the rise / To be booming or trendy |
ONG (organización no gubernamental) OR oenegé | Non-government Organization |
Fortalece | Strengthen |
Entrelazados | Interlinked |
Mutuamente | Mutually |
los derechos humanos | Human rights |
Me comprometi | To commit |
Comprometerse | To commit oneself |
Reivindicar | To claim / defend |
Pobreza | Poverty |
Grave | Serious |
Tomar conciencia | To become aware |
Solventar | To solve / find a solution |
A parliarlos | To alleviate them |
Desigualdad | Inequality |
‘Aportamos un granito de arena..’ | We put our grain of sand |
Pasear | To go on a stroll |
4.1.2 | |
Está en auge | Rise (on the rise) |
A menudo | often |
Trasciende | Transcend |
Entablar | To start/begin [conversation or friendship] i.e. entablar sounds like people around a table socialising |
Vagar/merodear | Wander/roam around |
Me llevo bien/mal | I get along well/bad |
Llevarse bien/mal | To get along well/bad |
Tolerar | To tolerate |
Mentalidad cerrada/abierta | Open/closed mindset |
Arraigo | Family ties/roots |
Auguraban / Predecir / Presagiar | To predict (like to pre-say) |
escondersa | To hide |
escondidas | hidden |
Abrazar | To hug |
Abrazarnos | To hug eachother |
Ya no | Not anymore |
Sonreír | To smile |
La sonrísa | The smile (noun) |
Reír | To laugh |
La risa | laughter |
Soplar las velas | To blow the candles |
Hay (present) → Había (past) | There was |
Aislados | Isolated |
malentendidos | misunderstand |
Ancianos | Eldery / seniors |
Mandar | To send (anything or anyone) |
Borrar | To erase |
Compromiso | Commitment |
Le da mil vueltas | Way too good (she’s a million times too god for a boy) |
Cotillear | To Gossip |
cotilla | A gossiper |
4.14 | |
La gente con la que me llevaba | The people that I see (either at work, places etc) |
Se han forjado | To be forged |
Afín | Affinity |
Acompañamiento | Company (he kept me company, or “la sensación de acompañamiento”) |
Montón | A heap, a pile |
Inquietudes | Interests |
Matrimonio homosexual | Gay marriage |
Simpático ≠ antipatico | |
Borde (very informal) / antipatico | Unfriendly / unpleasant |
respaldada | supported |
Amistad en linea Debate | |
Cara a cara | Face to face |
Insustitutible | irreplaceable |
Sustituible | |
En segundo lugar | Need to say lugar to add on |
Comida casera | |
Nutritiva | nutritious |
Herramienta de supervivencia | Survival tool |
Clases particulares | tutoring |
Un estudio | study |
“Es tán efectivo como” “Es menos/más efectivo que” | Is as effective as Is less/more effective than |
cibernéticos | Cybernetics (the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things). |
De nuevo Otra vez / Una vez más | As said/stated, Another time, [repeat/summarise points] |
4.2 Comunidad | |
Papel | Role |
Revindicar | To claim a right to something |
Asentarse | To settle (in a place) |
Identificarse | To identify |
Desfavorecidos | Disadvantages |
Pobreza | Poverty |
Chabolas | Slums |
Crecimiento | Growth |
Brecha | Gap (i.e. una brecha social o digital) |
Vertiginosamente | Extremely fast |
Discapacitada | Disabled |
Una reunión | A formal meeting |
Estar dispuesto | To be ready/willing to do something |
retroalimentación | Feedback |
4.3 Compromiso Social | |
Estar comprometido | To be committed |
Creencia | Beliefs |
Injusticias | Injustices |
Comportamiento personal | Personal behaviour |
Implicarse | To get involved |
Líder | Leader |
Sociedad civil | Civil society |
Darse cuenta | To reflect
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Realizar | To make (synonym of hacer) |
Alrededor | Around us (surrounding) |
Actuar | To take action / to act |
Empeorar | To worsen |
Anteponerse | To give priority |
Reprochar | To reproach – (address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment) |
Altavoz | Any kind of speaker |
Derechos | Rights |
Manifestación | Demonstration |
Devolver | To return |
Gente sin techo | People without ceilings (homeless) |
Huelga | strike |
Reivindicación | claim |
La falta | The lack |
Apabullante | Overwhelming |
Llevar a cabo | To carry out something |
Refrán | Proverb |
Un grano no hace granero pero ayuda al compañero | A grain may not make up a granary, but it can help its companion |
Emblemática | Iconic |
Tras de desalojo | After the eviction |
Estar harto | To be fed up |
Exigir | To demand |
Cambio de rombo | Change of course |
Los indignados | The outraged |
Animar | Encourage |
Desanimar | Discourage |
Echar una mano | To lend a hand |
Testarudo | Stubborn |
Trabajar codo con codo | To work side-by-side |
Rendirse | To give up / surrender |
No tiene ni pies ni cabeza | It doesn’t make sense |
Hablar por los codos | Talk with your elbow (when someone is very loud) |
Armonía | Harmony |
Arrancer sonrisas | To bring a smile to faces |
Punto de inflexion | Turning point |
Autodidacta | self-taught |
Banalizar | trivialize |
Controvertido | Controversial |
Vagancia | Laziness |
Actualidad | Nowadays |
De hecho | The fact |
La moda | Fashion |
Robar | To steal |
Topico | Cliche, a stereotype. (e.g italians like pizza) |
Faltar a respeto/no respetar | Disrespect |
Intentar | Attempt/try |
Despojar | To strip |
4.4 | |
herramienta | tool |
Hasta qué punto | To what extent |
Huella | Footprint |
El cambio climatico | Climate change |
Proteger la planeta | To protect the planet |
Hogar | Home |
El rumbo | The course |
La madre naturaleza | Mother nature |
Recursos | Resources |
Los huéspedes | The guests |
Los dueños | The owners |
Hipocondríaco | Hypochondriac (being excessively health conscious) |
Consciente de la salud | Health conscious |
Menospreciado | Neglect |
Supervivencia | Survival |
Sobrevivir | To survive |
A la vez | At the same time |
Mantener a salvo | Keep safe |
Arreglar | Arrange |
Devolver | Return |
Hasta que punto | To what extent |
Atraviesa | To go through |
Deber social | Social duty |
Encender | Turn on |
Apagar | Turn off |
Efecto invernadero | Greenhouse effect |
Fuegos forestales | Forest fires |
Calentamiento global | Global warming |
Lluvia ácida | Acid rain |
Los campos y los cultivos | Fields and crops |
Grabar | recorder |
Concienciar sobre la naturaleza | Raising awareness about nature |
Aparentamos | Pretend |
Aportar nuestro granito de arena [para hacer una playa] | To bring our grain of sand (to do our parts) |
Las abejas | The bees |
Sin querer | Accidentally |
Bosques | forests |
Cuevas | caves |
río | river |
Selvas | Jungles |
Senderos | Path |
arbustos | Bushes |
Cordillera | Mountain range |
Arena | sand |
Mostrar | Show |
Malgastar | Waste |
Dañar | To damage |
Ensuciar | To get dirty |
Ahorrar | To save |