250421 - New Words Flashcards
(30 cards)
What does ‘sino’ mean as a conjunction?
It means ‘but rather’.
Example: ‘El año pasado no viajé a Cuba sino que me fui de vacaciones en Ecuador.’
What does ‘sino’ mean as a noun?
It means ‘destiny’ or ‘doom’.
Example: ‘Mi sino es viajar a la luna.’
What does ‘dejar de fumar’ mean?
‘To stop smoking’.
What does ‘ladrar’ mean?
‘To bark’.
What does ‘escanciar’ mean?
‘To air (as in wine)’.
What is the meaning of ‘soler’?
to be accusomted to
to usually do
to tend do
It is only used in the present and imperfect tenses.
What does ‘balbucir’ mean?
‘To stammer’.
What does ‘concernir’ mean?
‘To concern’.
What does ‘suceder’ mean?
‘To happen’.
It is a bipersonal defective verb and is only used in the first or third person.
How is ‘fascinar’ used?
‘To fascinate’.
It is used like ‘gustar’.
How is ‘aburrir’ used?
‘To bore’.
It is used like ‘gustar’.
How is ‘molestar’ used?
‘To bother’.
It is used like ‘gustar’.
How is ‘encantar’ used?
‘To love something’.
It is used like ‘gustar’.
How is ‘doler’ used?
‘To hurt (re: pain)’.
It is used like ‘gustar’ and has irregular conjugations - ‘duele’, ‘duelen’.
How is ‘volver loco’ used?
‘To drive crazy’.
It is used like ‘gustar’.
What does ‘parecer + adj’ mean?
‘To consider something as’.
It is used like ‘gustar’.
What does ‘ponerse de moda’ mean?
‘To make fashionable’.
What is ‘mapamundi’?
‘World map’.
What does ‘plano’ mean?
‘Surface’.
Example: In Luiselli when discussing ‘airplane seat screen with map’.
What does ‘guantes’ mean?
‘Gloves’.
What does ‘ansioso’ mean?
‘Anxious’.
What is ‘metro’?
‘Meter’.
What does ‘tomo’ mean?
‘Volume’ (as in a book).
What does ‘ancho’ mean?
‘Wide’ or ‘broad’.
