Español con Helí 2025

Question 1

Use ‘normalmente’
not so much ‘usualmente’!

Answer 1

both are correct, but usualmente is not used so much!

Question 2

darse bien

Answer 2

to be good at X

se te da bien

Question 3

quedar y quedarse

See Quadar vs Quadarse deck for examples

16 mayo

Answer 3

Quedar
1. Concertar citas - arrange to meet
1. Acordar - to agree, decide
1. Resultado - to become, result
1. Terminar o Acabar
1. Expresar existencia o subsistencia - remain, have left
1. Tiempo o distancia - time or distance remaining
1. Apariencia - to fit, look like, seem to be

Quedarse
1. Permancer - to stay
1. Cambio - change state, condition, look
1. Comprar - to buy, to end up buyin
1. Conservar con o Perder sin - to keep or lose, run out of

See Quadar vs Quadarse deck for examples

Question 4

muro
pared
valla
colina
cuesta

14 mayo

Answer 4

muro - exterior barrier
pared - interior wall
valla - fence
coliña - hill
cuesta - hilly - it ‘costs me’ to do it

Question 5

retroalimentación

Answer 5

feedback

Question 6

estar en un segundo plan

Answer 6

put yourself in the background

Question 7

fijarse en algo

Answer 7

to notice something

Question 8

encimera

Answer 8

countertop

Question 9

orejas
oido
oir
escuchar

Answer 9

outer ear
the entire ear inside & out
to hear
to listen

Question 10

lograr & alcanzar

11 abril

Answer 10

lograr: to achieve (ej: a goal)
Alcanzar: to achieve, to reach in a more physical sense

Question 11

carrerilla

11 abril

Answer 11

to rattle off

Question 12

1. mala leche
2. dar calabazas
3. media naranja
4. dar las uvas

9 abril

Answer 12

1. bad mood, mad, bad humor
2. to reject
3. the ‘other half’
4. to be late

Question 13

todo lo demas

Answer 13

everything else

Question 14

pretender

19 Mayo

Answer 14

tener un objectivo
or hidden agenda/intention