Spanish Vocabulary and Expressions
Vocabulary Expressions
- a propósito – on purpose
- causar buena/mala impresión a alguien – to make a good/bad impression on someone
- como Pedro por su casa – with confidence, calmly
- darle pena a alguien – to upset someone
- desenredar – to straighten out, sort out
- el día menos pensado – when you least expect it
- estar conforme con – to agree with
- feliz de la vida – happy as could be
- meter preso – to put in jail
- meterse en líos – to get into trouble
- mirar de reojo a alguien – to watch someone out of the corner of one’s eye
- para colmo – on top of it all; as if that weren’t enough
- por casualidad – by chance
- por cualquier cosita – for any little thing
- por si fuera poco – on top of it all
- quedarse callado – not to say anything
- sentir rabia – to be furious
- tener remedio – can be remedied
- tomarle el pelo a alguien – to kid someone
- ahorros – savings
- alcancías – collection boxes
- amor propio – self-esteem
Nouns
Common Nouns
- andén – train, subway platform
- bigotes – mustache
- bolsón – book bag
- bostezo – yawn
- calcomanía – decal
- cantante – singer
- casualidad – chance
- cierre – zipper
- cintita – small ribbon (for girls)
- codazo – a blow with the elbow
- cohete – rocket
- crisol – crucible
- escritor/a – writer
- etiqueta – label
- exiliado – one who is living in exile
- fantasma – ghost
- historieta – comic strip
- hoguera – bonfire
- huellas digitales – fingerprints
- manicomio – insane asylum
- mechas – locks of hair
- militar – soldier
Verbs
- parche – patch
- ranura – slot
- respaldo – back of a chair
- revistas de historietas – comic books
- semáforo – traffic light
- táctica – tactic
- tener rabia – to be angry
- tetera – teakettle
- tijeras – scissors
- trueno – thunder
- uña – nail
- valija – suitcase
- aplastar – to crush
- atravesar – to go through
- atender a – to attend to, to help
- brincar – to leap
- conseguir – to achieve, obtain
- delatar – to inform on somebody
- derramar – to spill (out)
- despedir a alguien – to let go, lay off (from a job)
- encogerse – to huddle against the cold
Additional Actions
- pestañear – to blink
- ponerse a + inf – to start doing something
- probar – to prove
- resfriarse – to catch a cold
- roncar – to snore
- tejer – to knit
- apurado – in a hurry
- a tientas: andar or ir a ~s – to feel one’s way
- buenmozo – good looking, handsome
- pésimo – terrible, dismal
- predilecto – favorite
- revuelto – messy
- rizado – curly (hair)
- tieso – stiff, hard