Spanish vocabulary Chapter 3 Flashcards
Vocabulary (44 cards)
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aceptar
A
to accept
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asustar
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to frighten
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cumplir
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to complete, fulfill
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cumplir ___ años
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to turn ____years old
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disfrazarse (de)
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to disguise oneself (as)
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festejar
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to celebrate (wine and dine)
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gastar una broma
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play a prank
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hacer travesuras (a)
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to play trickes (on)
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morir (ue, u)
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to die
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rechazar
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to reject
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tener miedo
A
to be afraid
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la bruja
A
witch
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el Día de las Brujas
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Halloween
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el cementerio
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cemetery
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el cumpleaños
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birthday
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el Día de los Muertos (de los Difuntos)
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All Souls’ Day
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el Día de Todos los Santos
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All Saints’ Day
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el disfraz
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costume, disguise
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los dulces
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candy, sweets
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el esqueleto
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skeleton
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el fantasma
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ghost
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el más allá
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the hereafter; life after death
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el miedo
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fear
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el monstruo
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monster
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la muerte
death
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el/la muerto/a
dead person
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la Semana Santa
Holy Week (week prior to Easter)
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la vela
candle
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travieso/a
mischievous
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lo sobrenatural
supernatural
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hora, vez, and tiempo How to use them
hora-specific time of day e.g. Qué hora es?
veces-time as an instance or ocurrence e.g. He estado en N>Y> muchas veces. I've been to N>Y> many times.
tiempo-time in the abstract sense e.g. No tengo tiempos para ayudarte. I don't have time to help you.
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el cuento, la cuenta How to use them
Cuento means story, narrative or tale
| Cuenta means bill
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pagar, prestar atención, hacer caso (de), hacer (una) visita
Pagar is to pay for something e.g. Tuvimos que pagar todos los gastos. We had to pay all the expenses.
Prestar atención is to pay attention and not let one's mind wander. Algunos estudiantes nunca les pretan atención. Some students never pay attention.
Hacer caso is to pay attention in the sense of to heed or take into account. No le hagas caso; es tonto. Don't pay attention to him; he is a fool.
To pay a visit is hacer (una) visita.
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To make a simple sentence complex
Use the word que.
| e.g. David bought the costume. The costume was in the store. David compró el disfraz que estaba en la tienda.
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What does the word que represent in English
That, which, and who
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Usually who and whom is expressed as que, when is quien (es) used???
1. When who or whom introduces a nonrestrictive clause, they are always set off by commas. If the replaced element is a person you can use que or quien(es). Que usually used in spoken language and quien in written.
2. When whom follows a preposition or is an IO.
e. g. No conozco al hombre de quien hablaba.
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conocer
preterite to meet....conocí
| imperfect to know, ongoing state...conocía
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pensar
preterite suddenly it dawned on me e.g. pensé
| imperfect is pensaba, I thought (ongoing opinion)
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poder
preterite pude I managed or was able
| imperfect podía, I was able or had the ability to do it
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no querer
preterite no quise to refuse
| imperfect no quería did not want to go
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querer
preterite quiso tried
| imperfect quería wanted
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saber
preterite supo found out
| imperfect sabía knew
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tener
preterite tuve I had (action took place)
| imperfect Tenía I had on going situation
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tener que
preterite Tuve que I had to go and did
imperfect Tenía que I was supposed to go
if used with ir but no action is implied.
