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ELELex CEFR B2

1898 words, in teaching order

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Words 1801–1898
avocar
to advocate; to hear
Verb
hender
to split, to cleave apart; to crack into pieces; to mar
Verb
relinchar
to whinny, to neigh
Verb
puenting
bungee jumping from a bridge
Noun
neurofisiología
neurophysiology
Noun
descoser
to come undone, to fall apart; to unstitch, to unravel
Verb
yudo
judo
Noun
peletero
furrier
Noun
españolizar
to render Spanish; to Hispanicize
Verb
irredento
not redeemed
Adjective
cuchillero
knife salesman; cutler; one who kills with a knife, especially an assassin or ruffian
Noun
chocolatería
chocolate shop; chocolate factory
Noun
arabismo
Arabism (a loanword from Arabic); the study of Arab culture and language
Noun
sociolingüístico
sociolinguistic
Adjective
salpicón
chopped, seasoned meat or seafood; salad, fruit salad
Noun
alioli
aioli
Noun
insobornable
incorruptible, pure
Adjective
menhir
menhir
Noun
pascual
Paschal
Adjective
vano
span (of a bridge, door)
Noun
lisérgico
lysergic
Adjective
expatriación
expatriation
Noun
engominar
to gel (hair); to gel up
Verb
sustitutorio
serving as substitute
Adjective
vitela
vellum
Noun
gradualidad
gradualness
Noun
tisú
lamé; tissue; tissue paper
Noun
caneca
gin flask; any of a number of types of containers; trash (container into which things are discarded; trash can); can (cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium)
Noun
coimero
easily bribed
Adjective
despilfarrador
wasteful
Adjective
fotonovela
photonovel
Noun
sístole
systole (contraction of the heart)
Noun
coplero
a writer of couplets
Noun
llaneza
plainness; frankness; simplicity
Noun
diástole
diastole (period when the heart refills with blood); diastole (lengthening of a syllable)
Noun
ávaro
Avar (person); Avar (language)
Noun
visaje
grimace; face, appearance
Noun
señero
unique; lone, alone, solitary
Adjective
escurridor
dish rack, drainer, drying rack, dish drainer; salad spinner; colander, strainer
Noun
quiché
K'iche' (Mayan people)
Adjective
pinchadiscos
deejay, DJ, disc jockey
Noun
chanquete
transparent goby (Aphia minuta)
Noun
estanco
prohibition over free sale; shop or commercial outlet where controlled items, especially cigarettes, are sold; tobacconist
Noun
domiciliación
direct debit
Noun
pajarero
birdcatcher; bird seller
Noun
pelador
peeling; gossip, calumnious
Adjective
estampido
crack, bang (noise); hit, blow, strike
Noun
respingón
sticking up; pointing up (said especially of a nose or a bottom)
Adjective
mastuerzo
cress (a plant, Lepidium sativum); dumbass
Noun
cañizal
synonym of cañizar
Noun
requiebro
a flattering comment
Noun
opinante
opinionated, critical
Adjective
desperdigar
to scatter; to disperse
Verb
prehistoriador
prehistorian
Noun
avariento
greedy
Adjective
hacendoso
punctilious in domestic matters; house-proud
Adjective
dignar
only used in se ... dignar, syntactic variant of dignarse
Verb
marbellí
of, from or relating to Marbella
Adjective
enlosar
to pave with flagstones
Verb
mnemotecnia
mnemonic
Noun
acupuntor
acupuncturist
Noun
transpirable
transpirable; breathable
Adjective
zacateco
Zacateco
Adjective
escaque
a tile of a board to play chess or checkers; chess
Noun
sen
senna; sen (hundredth of a yen)
Noun
cejijunto
nearly monobrowed; having eyebrows nearly together
Adjective
marqueta
ice block, block of ice
Noun
adinerar
only used in se ... adinerar, syntactic variant of adinerarse
Verb
angélica
angelica (plant)
Noun
aspirante
aspirant; pretender, wannabe
Noun
autodefinir
only used in se ... autodefinir, syntactic variant of autodefinirse
Verb
burlador
libertine (man with loose morals); joker; teaser
Noun
causante
deceased, source (a person) of a right that someone possesses; taxpayer; cause
Noun
colegiado
ref, man in black (referee)
Noun
complutense
native or inhabitant of Alcalá de Henares
Noun
corvo
hook (weapon); curved knife
Noun
cristina
a kind of military hat
Noun
denominador
denominator (that which denominates); denominator (the number or expression written below the line in a fraction)
Noun
descuajar
to melt away, dissolve; to uproot; to dishearten
Verb
desleír
to dilute; to dissolve
Verb
destructor
destructor; destroyer (warship)
Noun
endiablar
to corrupt; to bewitch, bedevil
Verb
estotro
This other one
Pronoun
exponente
example, model, exemplar, archetype; exponent; exponent, proponent
Noun
goleador
goalscorer; attacker (who scores many goals)
Noun
hispanoargentino
Spanish-Argentine
Adjective
indicador
indicator; honeyguide; indicator, trafficator
Noun
intermediario
intermediary; middleman
Noun
litoral
coast; coastline
Noun
léxico
lexicon (dictionary or vocabulary)
Noun
maderista
Maderist (a supporter of Francisco Ignacio Madero González)
Noun
ping-pong
ping pong; table tennis
Noun
provocador
troublemaker, agitator, gadfly
Noun
pósit
post-it note
Noun
romero
pilgrim travelling to Rome; rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis); poor cod (Trisopterus minutus); Cistus clusii
Noun
superpoblar
to overpopulate
Verb
urbanita
urbanite, urban dweller, city slicker
Noun
windsurfero
synonym of windsurfista
Noun