Vocab x2 Flashcards
(292 cards)
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Float (carnival)
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Las carrozas
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Red nose (clown)
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La narizota
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Flag
A
La banderola
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Party hat
A
El gorrito de fiesta
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Pattern
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El adorno
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To wrap
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Envolver
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Birthday cake
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Tarta de cumpleaños
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Candle
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La vela
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To blow
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Soplar
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Ribbon/tape
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La cinta
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Birthday card
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La tarjeta de felicitación
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Balloons
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Los globos
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To strain
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Colar
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To persue
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Perseguir
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Middle
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Medio
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To register/run a business
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Regrentar
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Diners
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Comensales
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Tray
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La bandeja
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Menu/letter
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La carta
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Imperative form of ‘hacer’
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Haz
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Imperative form of ‘ir’
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Ve
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Imperative form of ‘salir’
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Sal
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Imperative form of ‘decir’
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Di
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What do vosostros imperatives look like
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They are all regular, even irregular imperatives stay regular. Replace the ‘r’ at the end of the word to a ‘d’ e.g comer becomes ‘comed’
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Example of vosotros imperatives
Abrid la puerta = open the door
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How do you add a reflexive/object pronoun to an imperative
Always add it on to the end of the verb - will always go after the verb never infront (me/te/se) or (Lo/la/le)
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Put it here
Ponlo aquí
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Call us soon (you guys - vosotros)
Llámadnos pronto
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What happens when we want to use a reflexive and an object pronoun at the end of an imperative
Attach one after the other
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Give it to me
Dámelo
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Send it to us
Mandánoslo
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When do ‘tu’ commands get an accent mark
When we attach one or more pronouns e.g. the accent mark will be on the 3rd / 4th vowel - llámanos
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When may ‘vosotros’ commands get an accent mark + where
Never when we attach one pronoun - but when we attach 2 pronouns. The accent mark must be on the 3rd vowel e.g. mandádmela
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What happens when we use a reflexive verb with the ‘vosotros’ commands
It loses the ‘d’ and we add ‘os ‘ = duchaos NOT duchados
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Imperative of contar
Cuenta
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Imperative of repetir
Repite
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To get in (to bed)
Meterse
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To concentrate
Concentrarse
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To express oneself
Expresarse
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To be happy
Alegrarse
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Present tense form of morir
(Me) muero
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Season
La estación
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Gives me allergies/ hay fever
Me da alergia
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Layer (of clothes)
La capa
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Neighbourhood
El barrio
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Period
Época
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To imagine / figure
Imaginarse
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What do you use when comparing something + explain (x2)
De lo que - used to compare / refer to something that’s already been mentioned or implied in the sentence. Can also refer to a general idea related to what is being spoken about
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Example of ‘de lo Que’
Es más difícil de lo Que pensaba
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To get angry
Enfadarse
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Staff
Personal
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Wood
La madera
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Grumpy
Gruñón
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Funeral
Funeral
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Funeral
Funeral
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Pedestrian area (s)
Las zonas peatonales
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Parking lot
El aparcamiento
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To fix / repair
Arreglar
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Toilets
Los aseos
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Healthy
Sana
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Congratulations
Enhorabuena
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Priest
El sacerdote
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To fail
Fracasar
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Paths
Los caminos
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Steel
El acero
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To measure
Medir
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Salary
El sueldo
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Rush / hurry
Prisa
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Notice / warning
El aviso
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To throw / to throw away
Tirar
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Container
El envase
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Nervous
Atacado
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Splendid / generous
Esplendidos
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Square (not the shape)
La plaza
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Unpleasant
Desagradable
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Rowdy / troublemaker
El gamberro
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To damage
Estropear
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Mass outdoor drinking session
El botellón
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Disgusting
Asqueroso
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Crowded / popular
Concurrido / a
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Performance / acting / proceeding
Actuación
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To disappoint
Decepcionar
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Flood
La inundación
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To exhaust
Agotar
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Thin (weight)
Delgado
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Lung (s)
El pulmón (es)
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Gap year
El año sabático
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To (get) dirty
Ensuciar
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To warn
Advertir
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To hurt
Hacer daño
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To threaten
Amenazar
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To narrow
Estrechar
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Narrow
Estrecha
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Jam / jelly
La jalea
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Long time no see
Cuánto tiempo sin verte
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Sightseeing
Hacer turismo
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Workshops
Los talleres
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Sign
El letrero
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Location
La ubicación
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When using the subjunctive - what form do you use regardless of who we are speaking about
He / she / it form - subjective is in this from e.g. probalmente salga - i will probably go out
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Prefer staying at home than going out (adjective )
Casera
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Homemade (food)
Casera
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What’s the difference between ‘vamos’ and ‘vamonos’
Vamos - let’s go / come on (general)
Vamonos - talking to everyone there - let’s leave this place (come from irse)
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To wear
Llevar
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Dark
Oscuro
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Silver
Plata
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Strands of hair
La Cana
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To get a coat and get warm
Abrigarse
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Blanket
La manta
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What do teenagers say when someone is bad at something
eres un / Una manta
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To get a blanket and get warm (specific to blankets)
Arroparse / cabijarse
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Repeat it please
Repitelo por favor
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What do reflexive ‘tu’ commands look like + explain
Duchate / lavate - has the ‘te’ at the end as it is reflexive but works in the same way as other imperatives e.g trabaja
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To knock (on a door)
Llamar
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Banker
Banquero
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To notice
Darse cuenta
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Norway
Noruega
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To sign -up
Apuntarse
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To get used to
Acostumbrarse
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Piece of clothing
La prenda
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Polite
Educado / a
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Middle class
Clase media
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2000
Dos mil
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Heater
El calentador
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Radiator
El radiador
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Heating (in a house - can be from the fire / radiator etc)
La calefacción
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4x reasons as to why we use the preterite tense
- Actions that have happened + stated a number of times
- Chain of events
- Verbs for beginnings + endings (empezar / terminar)
- actions that have stated the duration
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2x reasons when we use the imperfect
- Descriptions of people (physically or mentally) , things + places
- Time phrases: time, age, dates
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Describe preterite and imperfect actions
Preterite - shorter
Imperfect - longer
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What question does the preterite tense answer - explain (x2)
What happened?
The preterite tense is the main action whereas the imperfect is the background info. The preterite is isolated - not connected to anything
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Subjunctive of saber
Sepa
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Subjective of haber
Haya
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It is daytime
Es de día
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To demand
Exigir
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To beg
Rogar / suplicar que
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Heavy
Pesado
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Tooth
La muela
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Gums
Las encías
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We are fed up
Estamos hartos
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Broad daylight
A plena luz del día
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Cough
Tos
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Foam
Espuma
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To prevent
Impedir
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Really small town
La aldea
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To be called (name)
Llamarse
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To call (phone)
Llamar - not reflexive
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Bushes
Los arbustos
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To recover
Recuperarse
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When we use ‘mientras’ in the past tense - what tense do we use in Spanish and why?
Imperfect - as its action and interruption
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How do verbs ‘pedir’ ‘sentir’ and ‘repetir’ look like in the preterite tense
The ‘e’ becomes ‘I’ - e.g. pidí
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What are palabras esdrújulas + example
We stress the third to last syllable e.g sábado / simpático
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When do you add an accent on palabras esdrújula
ALWAYS
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What is another palabras esdrújula - name / meaning / accent
La palabras sobresdrujula
Stressed on the 4th to last syllable - before the palabras esdrújula
Accent ALWAYS
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What are las palabras llanas + examples
Stress is placed on the 2nd to last syllable e.g árbol / fútbol
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Where / when do you place the accent on las palabras llanas
Must have an accent if the word DOESN’T end in an n/s/vowel
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What are palabras aguadas + examples
When we stress the last syllable e.g. café / reloj
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How do you pronounce ‘palabras aguadas’
Palabras agoodas
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Where / when do we place the accent on palabras aguadas
If the word ends in an n/s/vowel - MUST have an accent
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What letters can only have accent
Vowels
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Why is ñ not an accent
Because it only distinguishes difference between:
No sounds
Ñ sounds
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Artichoke
Alcachofa
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What is the difference between ten / tenga un buen día
Ten - tú - you (used for friends and family)
Tenga - usted - you formal
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Camel
El camello
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Quad bikes
Quads
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Only
Única
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Solo
Alone
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Pyramids
Pirámides
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Hand dryer
Los secadores de manos
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To answer
Contestar
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To give (formal)
Entregar
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Was happy (ended up happy)
Quedó contenta
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To put on clothes, to put on an emotion, put on a state (I am ill)
Ponerse
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I (had become) ill
Se puse enfermo
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She is grumpy (using ponerse)
Se pone grosera
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Permanent change / become another person
Convertirse
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Destructed
Distraído
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To stop working (electrics e.g. TV)
Estropearse
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At least
Por lo menos
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To herself
A sí misma
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To myself
A sí mismo / a
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Reírse - in the preterite tense
Reí
Reíste
Rió
Reímos
Rieron
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When using olvidarse / darse cuenta / decidir what past tense do you use
Preterite
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Cute
Que mono
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Throat
La garganta
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Whale
La ballena
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Horse riding lesson
Una clase de hípica
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Subjunctive of hacer
Haga
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What is the difference between ‘solo’ / ‘única’ / ‘únicamente’
Sólo - used majority of time
Única - used if not using the noun
Únicamente - not really used - posh way of saying only
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Island
La Isla
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If use tal vez - what tense do we use
Subjunctive
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To bite
Morder
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What’s the Spanish way of saying to catch a bus / train etc
Coger el tren
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What is the Spanish way of saying place
El sitio
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Personality - character
La personalidad
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Scam
La estafa
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Health and safety
La sanidad y seguridad
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What is the difference between feliz and contenta
Feliz - use ser
Contenta - use estar
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I am satisfied
Estoy agusto
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Explain with an example of ‘estilo indirecto’ using the present tense
What is said in the present, you repeat in the imperfect. E.g. quiero un cafe = maddie dijo Que querría un cafe
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Eraser
El borrador
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Failure
El fracaso
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Tights / stockings
Las medias
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Wastebasket / washing basket
El basurero
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Housewife
La ama de casa
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Leather
El cuero
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Purse
La cartera
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Noodles
Los fideos
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Beef
El pino
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To miss (someone / something)
Echar de menos
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Agreement
El acuerdo
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Dusk
El anochecer
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By yourself
Por su cuenta
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Face (not ‘cara’)
El rostro
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What do you do for a living (formal)
Se dedica
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Terrace
La terraza
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To make bonfires
Hacer fogates
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Striking
Llamativo
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Gifts
Los obsequios
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To hunt
Cazar
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Sparrows
Los gorriones
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Coins
Las monedas
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Handkerchief
El pañuelo
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Stable
El establo
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Goat
La cabra
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Sheep
La oveja
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Widow
El / la viuda
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To die
Fallecer
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Twins
Los mellizos
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Bat
El murciélago
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To fall
Caerse
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Hip
La cadera
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Layers
Las capas
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Helmet
El casco
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Headphones
Los auricuales
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Leggings
Los leggings
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Brakes
Los frenos
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What is the vosotros form in pluscuamperfecto
Habíais
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Ginger
Jengibre
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Age
La edad
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To take time to do something
Tardar
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How is ‘como’ used in Spain at the beginning of a sentence
Threat / warning but means if
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If using estilo indirecto and it is a question how do you quote it
Me preguntó - you have to say they asked me, if the speech you are repeating is a question
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Is someone says venir using the estilo indirecto, how do you repeat?
You use ‘ir.’
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What two adjectives can you not use ‘muy’ at the beginning
Genial y fatal
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What happens if you have two vowels in a word and you use it in the past tense in the he/she/it form?
It becomes a y e.g leer becomes leyó or caer become cayó
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Estilo indirecto - what happens when you use any past
Repeat in the pluscuamperfecto - e.g compré un café becomes había
comprado un café
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Estilo indirecto - what happens when you use the future
Repeat in the conditional e.g iré a verte becomes iría a verme
IT IS ONLY THE SIMPLE FUTURE
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Estilo indirecto - what happens when you use an imperative
Repeat using the past subjunctive e.g traeme el vaso de agua becomes trajera el vaso de agua
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Easter
La Pascua
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I’m looking forward to
Tengo (muchas) ganas de
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Approval
La aprobación
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Lift
El ascensor
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Enjoyment
El gusto
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To try / taste (fancy food)
Degustar
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Soul
El alma
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To move to a place
Desplazarse
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To get / achieve something
Conseguir
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Serious
Serio
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To catch (a virus)
Contraer
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To borrow
Pedir prestado
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To challenge
Desafiar
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To house
Albergar
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Injuries
Las lesiones
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Sweet bread
El bizocho
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Banana bread
El bizocho de platano
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Curry
Curry
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BBQ
La barbacoa
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Korean
Corena
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House (fancy way to say it)
El domicilio
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Buffet
Buffet (bufyet)
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Animarse
To encourage / brighten / make one feel alive
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Desanimarse
To discourage / put one off
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What words / phrases work the same as a lo mejor & what tense do we use
Igual / Al mismo = present tense
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Give an 3x examples of an indicativo phrase
Seguro Que (unless no at the beginning)
Está claro (unless no at the beginning)
Está Demostrado
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To make a mistake
Equivocarse
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To make peace with someone
Reconciliarse
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When using the present subjunctive, what tenses can and can’t you use them for
Can - present / future
Can’t - past
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To forgive someone (both forgive someone)
Perdonarse
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To forgive someone (only 1 person forgiving)
Perdonar
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To note / sense something
Notar
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What is the pronunciation of:
Aís & eís
Aís - ice
Eís - ace
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Give another example as to when we use the subjuntivo
Espress feelings & reactions
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Give 2x examples of phrases when to use the subjunctivo
(No) es normal Que
(No) es conviniente Que
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To fear
Temar
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To regret
Lamentar
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To get up early
Madrugar
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To gain weight
Engordar
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To exaggerate
Exagerar
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Curtains
Las cortinas
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Cardboard
El cartón
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Messy
Desordenado
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When using Querer / Necesitar etc - what happens when we use 2 VS 1 subject? Example
1 subject - indicativo - quiero pasear al perro
2 subjects - subjuntivo - quiero que pasees al perro
