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ELELex CEFR A2

3109 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
de
of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner; from (with the source or provenance of or at); of (expressing composition, substance); about (concerning; with regard to); of; from (indicating cause); of (indicates a quality or characteristic); from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at); of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective); from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of); than (in certain phrases); …
Preposition
que
that; than; indicates reason; because, for; used to form sentences with an optative meaning; may; indicates emphasis or repetitive answer
Conjunction
y
and; plus, and; well; what about, how about, and, where is/are the
Conjunction
ser
to be (essentially or identified as); to be (in the passive voice sense); to exist; to occur
Verb
un
an; a
Article
él
he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions); it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (usually used after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)
Pronoun
se
A reflexive or reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; themselves; yourselves; each other; one another; A pronoun used with transitive verbs to create the passive voice; A pronoun used with a verb conjugated in the third-person singular to convey an impersonal meaning; Used to third person subjunctive moods to form an impersonal imperative.; used instead of indirect object pronouns le and les before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las
Pronoun
haber
to have; forms the perfect aspect; to hold, to possess; to exist; there be; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (hubo/había); to have to; to be necessary; used to denote a past obligation
Verb
ir
to go (away from speaker and listener); to be suitable or apt for its purpose, to match or suit well (of clothing); to head towards or lead to a place away from the speaker; to extend in time or space, from one point to another; to play; to approach or consider (something) from a specific angle, or to direct attention towards a particular goal; denotes an ongoing action with a sense of progression or movement through space or time; to go on (doing something), to carry on, to keep on; an action or process is beginning to occur or unfold; to grow (dark), get (cloudy); used ironically with certain adjectives or passive participles; used with the past participle of reflexive verbs to indicate being in a state caused by the verb; …
Verb
este
this
Determiner
todo
all; every; each; every; all together
Determiner
vos
you, familiar form of the second-person singular pronoun; an elevated form of you, either singular or plural
Pronoun
su
apocopic form of suyo; used to express an approximate number: about, approximately
Determiner
ver
to see, to spot; to see, to look at, to view (perceive); to see, to tell, to observe; to see, to check (verify); to watch; to look, to seem; to see oneself, to picture oneself; to find oneself, to be; to see one another
Verb
otro
other, another
Determiner
querer
to desire, to want, to want to; to love; to be fond of (usually used with people or personified objects); would you ... ?; to mean to, to try to; to love each other
Verb
ése
that one; the former; dude, guy, pal, man, buddy; (sometimes) asshole
Pronoun
mismo
same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing; similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities; self; emphasizes the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase; own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun
Adjective
mejor
better; better off; improved; best; top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)
Adjective
donde
where, in what place; whence
Adverb
grande
big, large; great, grand; aged, old
Adjective
algo
something, anything
Pronoun
contar
to count; to tally; to tell (a story); narrate; to be (a certain number of years of age); to rely; to have available
Verb
salir
to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out; to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places); to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder); to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out; to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building); to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work); to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (+ de); to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (+ de); to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (+ de); to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document); …
Verb
esperar
to hope; to expect; to wait, wait (for); to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use); to be expected
Verb
casa
house
Noun
aunque
though, although, even though, albeit; even if, irrespective of (followed by subjunctive verb form)
Conjunction
contra
against, versus
Preposition
problema
problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with); trouble (in the singular or in the plural); question, dilemma, conundrum; condition (illness)
Noun
último
final; last; latest; most recent
Adjective
tú
you (second-person singular pronoun)
Pronoun
como
as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality); as, since (being that); how (in which way); if, unless (under the condition that)
Conjunction
cómo
how?
Adverb
alguien
someone, somebody; anyone, anybody
Pronoun
tres
three
Numeric
buscar
to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour; to look up (in a search engine, dictionary, etc.); to fetch, get, pick up; to bring on (oneself), to ask for
Verb
pedir
to ask for something; to request someone else to do something; to order something; to order; to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor); to plead
Verb
nadie
no one; nobody (anyone or anybody)
Pronoun
hijo
son; child (of unknown gender); team that is often defeated by another team
Noun
ninguno
no; none; (no/not…) at all, whatsoever, in the slightest; any (negative)
Determiner
según
according to; as, just as, the same way; depending on
Preposition
importante
important, that cares, that matters.
Adjective
pequeño
small; little
Adjective
varios
various, several
Determiner
ganar
to gain; to earn; to win; to defeat, to beat; to reach; to attain; to earn (something) for oneself; to position oneself, to situate oneself
Verb
pueblo
town, village; the common people, the working classes; population, people; nation
Noun
hacia
toward, towards; around, about (indicating time)
Preposition
alto
tall; high; loud; upper, top; senior (rank)
Adjective
presidente
president, head (leader); president (head of state of a republic)
Noun
mucho
much, a lot, far, way, many times; very; long (a long time)
Adverb
medio
half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole); half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole); middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives); average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values); average (of or related to a representative example of a group); tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime); mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed); middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive); impressive (extremely large or good)
Adjective
padre
father, parent; father; team that often defeats another team
Noun
escribir
to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate); to write (to) someone (a letter, etc.); to write someone something; to write (to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.)); to write (to be an author); to type (on a phone or computer keyboard); to text; to chat regularly with someone on social media
Verb
señor
mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male); gentleman; master
Noun
e
and
Conjunction
español
Spanish (from or native to Spain); Spanish (pertaining to Spain or to the language)
Adjective
seguro
secure; safe (free from danger); certain; sure; positive; definite (of being correct); secure; firm; stable; reliable; surefire; foolproof (not likely to fall); security; security-related; confident; self-confident
Adjective
pasado
past; former; last
Adjective
acabar
to finish; to end; to end up (eventually doing); to have just; just (indicates recency); to exhaust, to use up; to finish, to put an end to; to run out of; to come to an end, to be over, to be done, to be finished, to be it, to be no more, to be up; to orgasm; to cum
Verb
parir
to give birth; to think up; imagine; to explain
Verb
algún
apocopic form of alguno; some, any
Determiner
pagar
to pay; to be worthwhile, to have a pay off
Verb
junto
together; joined; next to
Adjective
sociedad
society, social order; high society; community; company, firm, corporation; association, partnership
Noun
humano
human; humane
Adjective
universidad
university, (US) college
Noun
bajo
under (in both literal and figurative senses)
Preposition
joven
young, youthful
Adjective
proceso
process; lawsuit; trial
Noun
lograr
to get, to obtain; to achieve, to manage to, to pull off; to be successful
Verb
orden
order (command); order (request for some product or service or that which is requested); order (law); order (decoration); order; order (arrangement, sequence, organization); orderliness; good behavior; order (highest exponent)
Noun
ojo
eye; keyhole; caution
Noun
acción
action, act, deed (something done); action (way of motion or functioning); action (fast-paced activity); combat, action; general legal action; lawsuit; share (financial instrument)
Noun
cuatro
four
Numeric
desarrollar
to develop
Verb
abrir
to open, open up; to unlock; to turn on; to start, open, open up, set up (a business, restaurant, etc.); to crack, crack open, to pop (e.g., a safe, a bottle, a coconut); to break, break open, (new ground, a game, etc.); to break out (e.g., champagne); to breach; to spread (one's legs, arms, fingers); to answer (the door); to open up (to become communicative); to leave, go away; …
Verb
elección
election; choice
Noun
ambos
both
Adjective
mil
thousand
Numeric
nos
first person (except in vocative, and in the oblique it requires a preposition); I (singular; compare vos); first person nominative, prepositional and vocative plural pronoun
Pronoun
viejo
old (having existed for a long time); old (having lived for many years); old (former, previous); stale (no longer novel or interesting)
Adjective
medida
measurement; measure, gauge; degree, extent; action, step, sanction; moderation
Noun
camino
way, route; road; path
Noun
cinco
five
Numeric
poder
power (the ability to coerce, influence or control); proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another); authorization; possession; property
Noun
web
web (Internet); webpage, website
Noun
desarrollo
development
Noun
fácil
easy, facile, simple (requiring little effort); easy-to-use, user-friendly (clipping of fácil de usar); easy (being readily available for sex); gullible, credulous
Adjective
rico
rich (having a lot of money and possessions); luxurious; tasty, yummy; hot, sexy
Adjective
investigación
investigation; research
Noun
cuanto
whatever quantity, as much, however much
Pronoun
uno
one
Pronoun
resultar
to result, to turn out, to end up, to prove; to work out; to seem, to look; to be pretty
Verb
condición
condition; possibility; the makings
Noun
negro
black (the color perceived in the absence of light); a black person; a person of black African descent; a member of any typically dark-skinned people; ghost writer
Noun
anterior
anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past; anterior (in space)
Adjective
compartir
to share; to split, to divide (in order to share); to pool (e.g. resources); to compartmentalize
Verb
local
local
Adjective
valer
to be worth; to be useful or valid; to be well, healthy; to be strong; (+ de) to make use of; to take care of oneself, to manage (on one's own); to not care (used with some nouns)
Verb
listo
clever, smart (with ser); ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (with estar); alert
Adjective