Miscellaneous Spanish Vocab
Terms
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- la caza
- (the sport of) hunting
- los testigos
- wittnesses
- abrumador
- oppressive/overwhelming
- al por mayor
- wholesale
- frotar
- to rub
- que + adjective
- how _____!
- el llanto
- cry/wail
- ajeno
- foreign/irrelevant/of others
- es necesario
- it's necessary
- albañil
- mason/brick-layer
- dar un golpe
- to hit
- un lío
- a mess
- sin aliento
- breathless/out of breath
- amanecer
- to become dawn/ the dawn
- hacer falta
- to be lacking
- torcer
- to twist/wring something out
- cajón
- big box/drawer
- al cabo
- in the end
- las pisadas
- steps
- vecindario
- neighborhood
- de igual a igual
- one on one
- propio/a
- own
- tener ganas de
- to feel like
- a medida que
- since
- apurarse
- to hurry
- sentado
- sitting
- cabello
- hair
- una finca
- a farm
- la madruga
- the dawn
- inalcanzable
- unattainable
- aun
- still/yet
- un terremoto
- an earthquake
- tratar de
- to try to
- cortésmente
- courteously/politely
- la autopista
- the highway
- aclarando
- clarifying
- enterrar
- to bury
- felicitar
- to cheer or congradulate
- el apoyo
- support/encouragment
- al fin y al cabo
- when all is said and done
- dinero suelto
- loose change
- marcharse
- to go/march
- zarzuela
- farce theater
- caer(le) bien/mal
- to fall well/poorly to someone; to like/dislike someone
- agachado
- bent
- Present tense + desde hace + time
- I have been ____ing for [time]
- los críos
- young
- manga
- sleeve
- estar para
- to be about to
- la pista
- the trail/track
- callejuelas
- streetlamps
- tejer
- to knit
- sobresalir
- to stand out
- es imprescindible
- it's necessary
- el escaparate
- the shop window/the showcase
- aprovechar
- to take advantage of (positive)
- quemar
- to burn
- el coco
- the bogeyman
- suceder
- to happen
- vecindario
- neighborhood
- camlorieta
- truck/van/SUV
- voluntario(a)
- volunteer
- anilla
- ring
- el bienestar
- the well-being
- parado
- standing
- la inquietud
- uneasiness
- apacible
- mild, calm
- vericueto
- rough track/winding path
- el fantasma
- ghost
- ver es creer
- seeing is believing
- la vereda
- the lane/path
- el más allá
- (life) beyond/the afterlife
- la melena
- mane (head of hair)
- el tesoro
- treasure
- sudoroso
- sweaty
- peligroso
- dangerous
- acuarelas
- paint brushes
- la sequía
- drought
- enterarse de
- to find out/learn about
- un delito
- crime
- ganado
- livestock
- despacho
- office/office space
- Soltar
- to loosen
- pálido
- pale
- los que
- those which
- avaricioso
- greedy
- aldea
- village
- el alma
- soul
- el caudillaje
- the leadership
- quemado
- burnt
- agotado
- exhausted
- dejar
- to stop
- el hormiguero
- colony of ants
- faltar
- to lack
- lechón
- pork/suckling pig
- zarzuela
- farce theater
- un huracán
- a hurricane
- la tienda de campaña
- camping tent
- recién casada
- newly wed
- a lo lejos
- in the distance
- atardecer
- to become dusk/ the dusk
- apenas
- bareky/hardly
- hígado
- liver
- tal vez
- maybe
- hojas secas
- dry leaves
- un disfraz
- constume
- trepidar
- vibration
- rodear
- to surround
- vericeto
- tracks
- tal
- such a
- el susto
- the fright
- arrebatar
- to snatch
- elcuñado/la cuñada
- brother-in-aw, sister-in-law
- cuyo
- whose
- folleto
- pamphlet
- trapo
- rag
- constar de
- to consist of
- peligro
- danger
- sudar
- to sweat
- rogar
- to beg
- ancho/a
- wide
- resbalar
- to slip
- masticar
- to chew
- lo que
- that which/what
- los sapos
- toads
- perseguir
- to chase
- internado
- boarding school
- murmurar
- to murmur
- bien abrigados
- well-clothed/war
- viviendas
- housing
- asustar
- to suprise or frighten
- cerveza
- beer
- enfadarse
- to anger/frustrate; to become angry
- un charco
- a puddle
- pescadores
- fishermen
- sírvase enviarme
- please send me
- subrayar
- to underline/emphasize
- el lavamanos
- sink
- una inundación
- a flood
- por todas partes
- everywhere
- anochecer
- to become night/ the nightfall
- cerciorar
- to assure
- echar(le) de menos
- to miss (a person)
- párpados
- eye lashes
- intentar
- to be intent upon
- descalzos
- barefoot
- bienes raíces
- real estate
- rezar
- to pray
- cada loco con su tema
- to each his own
- emparado
- paved
- occultar
- to hide
- ventaja
- advantage
- oponerse a
- to oppose
- brisa
- breeze
- un recorte
- haircut
- recién nacido
- new born
- cazar
- to hunt
- entregar
- to hand over
- hace + time
- ago
- la vista
- the view
- proceder
- to be from
- fijarse
- to focus
- atender
- to assist/tend to
- los rugidos de la bestia
- the roars of the beast
- quizás
- maybe
- hacer juego con
- to match
- acontecimiento
- event/achievement
- estar por
- to be for/in favor of
- tener peste
- to stink
- madrugar
- to dawn
- las tristezas
- sorrows/sadness
- asustarse
- to become suprised or frightened
- aclarar
- to clarify
- ensimismado
- self-absorbed
- tirar
- to shoot/throw
- maravilloso
- marvillous
- la linterna
- flashlight
- peste
- odor/stench/plague
- coquetear
- to flirt
- la pirámide
- pyramid
- árabes
- arabic
- alféizar
- windowsill
- de acuerdo con
- according to
- recién
- newly
- el diario
- newspaper
- a medida
- as
- el búho
- the owl
- de hecho
- in fact
- capilla
- chapel
- pesado
- weighed/boring/dull
- la tertulia
- discussion/conference
- encogerse
- to shrink
- maduro
- ripe/mature
- gorriones
- sparrows
- dar una/la vuelta
- to go for a walk
- esclavos
- slaves
- la lejanía
- the distance
- volver para
- to return to do
- tener lugar
- to take place
- suegos
- in-law
- soler
- usually
- demasiado
- too/too much
- apoyar
- to support/encourage
- arriesgo
- risk
- padrinos
- god parents
- sea como sea
- be that as it may
- la alfombra
- rug
- la fuente
- source/fountain
- celoso(a)
- jealous
- atrasado/a
- overdue/slow/backwards/back number
- le ir mal
- to be in trouble
- media docena
- half of a dozen
- los albañiles
- the bricklayers/masons
- alzar
- to raise/to lift
- heredar
- to inherit
- culebra
- snake
- ocurrir
- to happen
- la pesca
- (the sport of) fishing
- cesar
- to stop
- rezar
- to pray
- un fuego
- a fire
- el sudor
- the sweat
- oscurecer
- to get dark
- reposar
- to rest
- a propósito
- by the way
- pesadilla
- nightmare
- reciente
- recent
- sencillo
- simple
- cuyo
- whose
- soler
- to do usually/customarily
- amargo
- bitter/sour
- salvaje
- wild/savage
- perder
- to lose/to miss (the bus)
- en regla
- in order
- asomar
- to look out from
- el barro
- mud/clay
- las hormigas
- ants
- abusar
- to abuse/to take advantage of (negative)
- y pico
- a little more/and then some
- recientemente
- recently
- dormir a pierna suelta
- to sleep like a log (literally: to sleep like a loose leg)
- es menester
- it's necessary
- el modismo
- idiom
- soñar con
- to dream about
- una farsa
- farce
- el hígado
- the liver
- no cabe duda
- there is no doubt
- las albóndigas
- meatballs
- hacienda
- farm
- agachar
- to bend/stoop down
- soltero
- single
- complacer
- to please
- hacer muecas
- to make faces
- la alameda
- avenue/boulevard
- la madrugada
- dawn
- el portamonedas
- change purse
- el estante
- the shelf
- cariñosamente
- passionately
- pasar
- to happen
- extrañar
- to miss (a person)
- acostado
- lying down
- cubierto de
- covered
- Hacía + time + que + imperfect tense
- I had been ____ing for [time]
- al por menor
- retail
- hacerle caso
- to pay attention/to notice
- la guerra
- the war
- anillada
- coiled
- deleite
- delight
- los acontecimientos
- events
- volver a + infinitive
- to do again
- oler a
- to smell like
- la natación
- (the sport of) swimming
- medir
- to measure
- el busto
- the bust
- hoy día
- nowadays
- acogedor
- welcoming/loving/cozy/comfortable/friendly
- el arreglo
- the arrangement
- soltero/a
- single
- la aureola
- halo/aura
- soltar
- to loosen
- que + noun
- what a _____!
- orgulloso
- proud
- rezar
- to pray
- reposado
- resting
- un rato
- a while
- Imperfect tense + desde hacía + time
- I had been ____ing for [time]
- sin número
- countless
- desplumar
- to pluck (a chicken)
- arodillo
- kneeling
- la hormiga
- the ant
- desde
- since
- fingir
- to pretend
- la caspa
- dandriff
- tú sabes mejor que nadie
- you know better than anybody
- las colchas desplegadas
- bed spreads
- vereda
- path
- el paracaídas
- the parachute
- cerciorar
- to assure
- aún
- even
- fastidiar
- to annoy
- reírse de
- to laugh at
- pastoral
- pastoral, rural/pleasant
- esbelto
- svelte (slender, swave, sleek, clean lines)
- antónito
- astonished
- percibir
- to perceive/to sense
- la bata
- robe
- parar
- to stop
- guardar cama
- to stay in bed
- Hace + time + que + present tense
- I have been ____ing for [time]
- anterior
- before
- rizado
- curly
- tristeza
- sadness
- caballero
- gentleman
- pisar
- to step
- estar de acuerdo
- to agree
- la oscuridad
- darkness
- pesar
- to weigh
- abogado
- lawyer
- desde
- since
- pleno
- full