DPs for Prueba 1

Question 1

parecer

Answer 1

look, seem, appear

Question 2

aparecer

Answer 2

appear; come into view

Question 3

comparecer

Answer 3

appear before an authority

Question 4

pedir

Answer 4

ask for (something); request

Question 5

preguntar/hacer una pregunta

Answer 5

ask a question

Question 6

preguntar por/sobre

Answer 6

to ask/inquire about

Question 7

cuestión

Answer 7

quesion-issue

Question 8

parar, detener(se)

Answer 8

stop, cease movement, come to a halt

Question 9

parar, dejar, cesar (+de + infinitive)

Answer 9

stop or cease doing something

Question 10

impedir

Answer 10

to impede someone from doing something

Question 11

obstruir

Answer 11

to stop-be in the way

Question 12

tapar

Answer 12

stop up a hole; cover one’s ears

Question 13

probar

Answer 13

try (something), try out; test

Question 14

probarse

Answer 14

try on (clothes), on oneself)

Question 15

intentar, procurar

Answer 15

try (to do something), attempt

Question 16

ensayar(se)

Answer 16

try out (for), audition

Question 17

juzgar, procesar, poner en juicio

Answer 17

try (a suspect, court case)

Question 18

el pedazo

Answer 18

piece, fragment, shard, scrap ( of something broken)

Question 19

el trozo

Answer 19

piece, chunk, piece ( of cake)

Question 20

la pieza

Answer 20

piece/part of a mechanism; game piece; piece of music or drama

Question 21

escuela

Answer 21

elementary school- teachers are maestros

Question 22

colegio, escuela secundaria, instituto de segunda enseñanza

Answer 22

high school-teachers are profesores

Question 23

universidad

Answer 23

college, university

Question 24

facultad

Answer 24

school as a branch or division of a university

Question 25

instituto, academia

Answer 25

general words applicable to ‘schools’ outside general education system

Question 26

título

Answer 26

‘degree’ earned on graduation

Question 27

grado

Answer 27

grade=level of schooling (año)

Question 28

nota

Answer 28

‘grade’, mark evaluating work