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Everyday Spanish: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

960 words, in teaching order

Words 801–900
catedral
cathedral
Noun
castillo
castle (a large building that is fortified and contains many defences)
Noun
región
region
Noun
plaza mayor
town square; main square
Noun
corrida
sprint, run, dash; a bullfight; outcrop; orgasm; cumshot (pornography), cum
Noun
turrón
turron (a sweet made from almonds, similar to nougat)
Noun
villancico
villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song); Christmas carol
Noun
gobierno
government
Noun
presidente
president, head (leader); president (head of state of a republic)
Noun
ministro
minister
Noun
ayuntamiento
city council, town council, council (a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen); city hall, town hall; sexual intercourse
Noun
ley
law (a well-established characteristic of nature); law (body of rules issued by a legislative body); law (particular piece of legislation); religion; credence; worship of a god
Noun
derecho
straight (not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length); straight; upright (perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique); right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north); correct, appropriate, right
Adjective
libertad
liberty, freedom; latitude, leeway
Noun
guerra
war, warfare
Noun
paz
peace (warlessness); peace (a state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony)
Noun
seguridad
safety, security; self-confidence
Noun
economía
economy; economics
Noun
sociedad
society, social order; high society; community; company, firm, corporation; association, partnership
Noun
ciudadano
living in a city; city (or of relating to a city or its inhabitants); citizen; citizen's (of or relating to a citizen or citizens); civilian
Adjective
elección
election; choice
Noun
política
politics (activities associated with running a government or organisation); policy (a formal principle or protocol of conduct)
Noun
periodista
journalist
Noun
tribunal
court; tribunal
Noun
juez
judge; umpire; referee; official
Noun
delito
crime; offense
Noun
accidente
accident (unexpected event with negative consequences); accidental; feature
Noun
manifestación
demonstration, protest; manifestation
Noun
contrato
contract, agreement
Noun
impuesto
impost; tax, levy (money paid to the government)
Noun
investigación
investigation; research
Noun
ciencia
science; erudition, knowledge
Noun
tecnología
technology
Noun
medio ambiente
environment (the natural world or ecosystem)
Noun
población
population (of a geographical region, a country, etc.); town, village; a low to middle-class neighborhood, usually in the periphery of a city or borough; a slum; a town center, or the barangay where one is located
Noun
futuro
future (occurring in the future)
Adjective
presente
present (appearing); this
Adjective
internacional
international
Adjective
desarrollo
development
Noun
crisis
crisis; attack; fit
Noun
empleo
job, employment; use, application
Noun
paro
stop, stagnation (action of stopping); unemployment; strike (work stoppage); cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco; pretext; a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")
Noun
lugar
place
Noun
sitio
site, place; taxi stand; ranch; vacant lot; siege
Noun
razón
reason; reasoning; correctness, rectitude, a point; ratio; rate
Noun
resultado
result, outcome, finding, upshot; product, consequence, output; score
Noun
objetivo
objective; aim, goal, target
Noun
posibilidad
possibility; means; potential, chance, odds, opportunity
Noun
oportunidad
opportunity, chance, shot, break, occasion, time (in both senses: “chance for advancement, progress or profit” and “favorable circumstance or occasion”); timeliness
Noun
vida
life; lifestyle; livelihood; living; liveliness; lifespan; lifetime; a term of endearment; darling, sweetheart; the game (prostitution); life (in a computer game); protagonist
Noun
muerte
death (the cessation of life); death (the personification of death as a hooded figure); death, demise (the collapse or end of something)
Noun
parte
part; section; portion; share; piece; bit; cut; proportion; place; somewhere; side; party (e.g. a third party, state party, to be party to); behalf; stint (i.e. allotted portion of work); message; report; dispatch; traffic ticket; sticker
Noun
tipo
kind, type, sort, manner; rate, interest rate; composure, cool; build; figure (of a body); guy, fellow, fella, dude, bloke (UK), chap (UK); Minthostachys spp
Noun
forma
shape; form; figure; way; manner; basis; method; form (“sheet to fill out”)
Noun
ejemplo
example; instance
Noun
principio
principle; cause, origin; beginning, start, outset, get-go
Noun
final
end (the terminal point of something in space or time); final (the last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined)
Noun
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
otro
other, another
Determiner
situación
situation, scenario, picture; position (based on circumstance or the effect of another's actions); status, state of affairs, condition; location
Noun
experiencia
experience; expertise
Noun
éxito
success; hit (something popular or well received)
Noun
fracaso
downfall, ruin, calamity, disaster; failure, flop
Noun
ayuda
help, aid; assistance; guidance; helper
Noun
plan
plan; scheme (systematic plan of future action); intention; mood
Noun
decisión
decision
Noun
fuerza
force; strength
Noun
valor
value (all senses); security; worth; courage
Noun
nivel
level, tier, height (distance relative to a given reference elevation); level, standard (degree or amount); level (tool for finding whether a surface is level)
Noun
cantidad
amount; quantity; figure; plenty; shedload
Noun
calidad
quality (level of excellence); kind, type
Noun
manera
way; manner; method; style
Noun
relación
relation; relationship
Noun
sentido
sense (faculties of perception); sense, way (manner); sense, meaning; sense, point, use; feeling; direction
Noun
traer
to bring (in the sense of transport, for differences with llevar and examples see that entry); to bring about, cause, occasion; to make (cause to be in or have a certain condition or state); to wear; to bring forward, advance, adduce; to make, compel, oblige; to persuade; to have, carry (in a publication, in stock); to include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient); In dialectal usage, the preterite and imperfect subjunctive may be conjugated as in classical Spanish (truje, etc., and trujera, etc., respectively). This may occur in Chilean dialects.
Verb
mover
to move (to cause to change place or posture); to shake (e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather); to wiggle (e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes); to wag (e.g., an animal's tail wagging); to move to, to cause to; to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail); to move (to change place or posture); to shift; to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel); to budge, to stir, to twitch, to fidget, to move (in an agitated manner); …
Verb
coger
to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize; to pick, harvest; to fish; to seize, arrest; to overtake; to get (a joke); to collect; to have sex, to fuck, to bang; to imitate, learn; to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking); to turn to (when driving or walking); …
Verb
agarrar
to grab or take hold of; to hold on; to catch (an illness, feeling etc.)
Verb
meter
to put in, insert; to score; to make (noise); to cram, stuff, stick, shove, pack; to hit, to punch, to strike something hard; to attempt something, to try hard; to meddle, interfere, to get into; to mess with someone; to get into (a small space); to get into, to get in; …
Verb
construir
to build; to construct
Verb
romper
to break; to break up, terminate (a relationship, friendship etc.); to begin to do something; to break into; to rupture; to do something well
Verb
arreglar
to fix, to repair, to mend; to settle, to sort, to sort out, to patch up, to solve; to straighten out, to fix up, to tidy, to tidy up, to clean up; to arrange; to adjust; to get ready; to get by, to make do, to manage; to work out, to straighten out
Verb
caer
to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity); to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend); to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground); to fall out (to come out of something by falling); to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by; to fall into (to enter a negative state); to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated); to get (to understand); to be granted, awarded, or given (potentially by chance); to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization); …
Verb
saltar
to jump; to skip; miss (a meal etc.); to sauté; to miss (accidentally); to break, breach (rules etc.)
Verb
tirar
to drop intentionally; to throw, to toss; to throw out, to toss, to dump; to shoot; to launch; to take (a photograph); to print; to skip (e.g. a rock or stone); to knock over; to knock down; to roll (dice); to go somewhere, head somewhere; …
Verb
lanzar
to throw; to launch; to pitch; to release (a product, etc.); to emit, let out, utter
Verb
empujar
to push, to shove, to jostle; to nudge (push into action by pestering or annoying a person)
Verb
guardar
to save (to store for future use); to save (to write a file to disk or other storage medium); to keep; to order; to clean; to put away
Verb
mostrar
to show (have somebody see something); to demonstrate or display
Verb
mirar
to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes); to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time); to watch (to mind, attend, or guard); to consider, think over (to think about seriously); look (with adjectives); used for emphasis; look; to seek, look for (to try to find); to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes); to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing); to look at oneself
Verb
fijar
to fix, fasten, set, establish, determine; to determine, ascertain; to pin; to notice; To cheat on (a test)
Verb
decidir
to decide, to make up one's mind, to determine, to choose to; to decide on; to rule
Verb
seguir
to follow; to continue (on); to keep, to keep on (can be combined with the gerund to indicate that someone or something continues doing something); to further do something; to follow, observe, to obey (a rule, religion); to follow (to subscribe to content from an account); to remain, to stay, to still be; to ensue; to follow, to pursue, to track, to trace, to tail, to chase; to proceed; to continue, to keep up; …
Verb
crecer
to grow
Verb
morir
to die; to be dying (for, to); to end, to flow into something (a road, river, etc.); to kill
Verb
nacer
to be born, to sprout, to begin to grow; to hatch (out); to grow; to rise, to have its source (river); to rise (sun); to have its roots; to arise; to feel a desire or an urge to do something without anyone asking you to
Verb
conseguir
to achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish, attain; to get, obtain, acquire, find, gain, procure, extract, get to; to ensure, secure; to bring about; to raise (e.g. funds or money); to enlist (e.g. support, help or participation); to score
Verb
acostumbrar
accustom, inure, familiarize; to use to (be in the habit of); to get accustomed to
Verb
confiar
to reassure; to be certain; to trust; to confide; to entrust
Verb
soñar
to dream; to knock someone out.
Verb