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spanish 203 final vocab

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Third semester Spanish at UW-Madison, chapters 1-7 vocab for final. The less obvious ones.

Terms

undefined, object
copy deck
el rasgo
trait, feature
el antepasado
ancestor
las inversiones
investments
la costumbre
custom
el más allá
the hereafter, life and death
mimar
to spoil
invertir
to invest
buscar
to look for
el cariño
affection
mantener
to support financially
la vivienda
housing
el cuñado
brother-in-law
hacer una visita
to pay a visit
recuerdo, recuerdas, recuerda, recordamos, recordáis, recuedan
recordar (present)
llegar a ser
to get to be, an effortless change
el vecindario
neighborhood
cuidar
to care for, take care of
la alfabetización
literacy
disfrazarse
to disguise oneself
cierro, cierras, cierra, cerramos, cerráis, cierran
cerrar (present)
pesado
dull, uninteresting
casarse con
to marry
fecha
calendar date
travieso
mischievous
las acciones
stock
tan pronto como
as soon as
pensar en
to have general thoughts about someone or something
hasta que
until
rechazar
to reject
llevarse bien con
to get along well with
consistir en
to consist of
en cuanto
as soon as
devolver
to return something
el sobrino
nephew
el urbanismo
city planning
ya que
because, preceding a conjugated verb
el analfabetismo
illiteracy
criar
to raise, bring up
ya no
no longer
pensar de
used in questions to indicate an opinion or point of view
lograr
to achieve a goal
ahorrar
to save
gastar una broma
to play a trick
llevar una vida feliz/difícil
to lead a happy/difficult life
ayudar
to help
estar a la venta
to be on sale
pagar
to pay for something
hacer cola
to wait in line
funcionar
to work in a functional sense
sostener
to support in a physical sense, hold up
pido, pides, pide, pedimos, pedís, piden
pedir (present)
el despacho
specific room in an office
prestar atención
to pay attention
el yerno
son-in-law
coquetón
flirtatious
la cuenta de ahorros
savings account
sentir
to feel, always followed by nouns
la cuenta corriente
checking account
la crianza
child-rearing
trasladar
to be transferred from one place to another
la autoedición
desktop publishing
bruto/a
stupid, dense
mirar
to look at, watch
como, puesto que
because, at the beginning of a sentence
el huérfano
orphan
tanto...como
both this and that
la autopista de la información
information superhighway
mudarse
to change residence
apenas
hardly
pedir prestado
to borrow
pregunta
question
golpear
to hit
el edificio
building
suceder
to occur in succession
el reciclaje
recycling
los gastos
expenses
castigar
to punish
jamás
never
lo moderno
modern things
el suegro
father-in-law
cuestión
question in the sense of matter or subject
cobrar
to charge someone for something
soportar
to tolerate
el sindicato
labor union
parecer
to look like, seem, appear
ingresar
to deposit funds
íntimo
close as in friendship or emotional ties
ponerse
to become, a change in physical or emotional state, followed only by adjectives
de manera que, de modo que
in such a way that
pagar a plazos
to pay in installments
sugiero, sugieres, sugiere, sugerimos, sugerís, sugieren
sugerir (present)
torpe
clumsy, awkward
la nuera
daughter-in-law
apreciar
to hold in high esteem
tiempo
time in a general or abstract sense
ni siquiera
not even
bajo
shortness of height
el almacén
department store
volver/regresar
to return to a place
hora
specific time of day or amount of time
asociar
to associate
la despoblación rural
movement away from the country
festejar
to celebrate, to wine and dine
juego, juegas, juega, jugamos, jugáis, juegan
jugar (present)
tener en cuenta
to take into account
mientras que
while, as long as
cerca
close in physical proximity of people or objects
unido
closeness of family ties, but not blood relationships
hacer caso (de)
to take into account
estar a cargo de
to be in charge of
oigo, oyes, oye, oímos, oís, oyen
oir (present)
soñar con
to dream about
por
because of, preceding a noun
analfabeto
illiterate
el barrio bajo
slum
preconcebido
preconceived
moverse
to move an object or part of the body
el suburbio
slum
trabajar
to work, as in physical or mental labor
pensar
to think, as in mental processes
sentirse
to feel, always followed by adjetives
en vías de desarrollo
developing
el aprecio
esteem
pedir un préstamo
to request a loan
depender de
to depend on
la vela
candle
caer bein/mal
to refer to individuals one likes or dislikes
importar
to be interested in
las deudas
debts
despreciar
to look down on
lo tradicional
traditional things
discutir
to argue
volverse
to become, a dramatic change in physical or emotional state
retirar
to withdraw funds
sensbile
sensitive
trabajadora
hard-working
el bromista
joker
aunque
although
soler
to usually do something
el marido
husband
conocer
to know in the sense of to be familiar with a person, place, or thing
hacer travesuras a
to play tricks on
despedir
to fire
prestar
to lend
aun
even or still
almacenar
to store
el cuento
story
la pareja
couple
el medio ambiente
environment
tonto
silly, dumb
portarse bien/mal
to behave/misbehave
breve
brief
la cuenta
bill
todavía no
not yet
gastar
to spend
el desprecio
scorn, contempt
tener éxito
to be successful
asistir a
to attend
la pantalla
screen
acabar de
to have just done something
atender
to wait on
asustar
to frighten
renunciar
to quit
expressing negation
1) no + verb 2) no + verb + negative word 3) negative word + verb 4) negative word + verb + negative word
hacerse
to get to be, a change involving a conscious effort
el noviazgo
courtship
los dos, ambos
both
cariñoso
affectionate
el disfraz
costume, disguise
cargar
to charge to one's account
pensar que
to have an opinion about something
pertenecer
to belong
enamorarse de
to fall in love
saber
to know facts
apoyar
to favor, to back
corto
shortness of length
cita
appointment or social arrangement
vez
time as an instance or occurence
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