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An Elementary Spanish Reader (Harrison, 1912)

1267 words, in teaching order

Words 201–300
volver
to return, to revert, to get back; to come back, go back; to do again; to turn; to become, to get; to make, to drive
Verb
tomar
to take (put under one's physical or mental control, often in one's hands); to draw from, take, derive; to grip, grasp, grab; to select, choose; to seize, capture; to take (a path, etc); to take (use as a means of transportation (when one isn't the driver)); to take, consume, drink (mostly used with drinks and medication); used in tomar el sol; to take (regard in a specified way); …
Verb
hambre
hunger
Noun
paciente
patient
Noun
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
por
by; for (indicates something given in an exchange); through, out, via (indicating movement); across (indicating movement); about; due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive); over; times, by, multiplied by; according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone); via, through, by (indicating the means of something); …
Preposition
primero
first, first up; top (head); chief, fundamental; prime, initial, front
Adjective
después
later, afterwards, afterward, post; next; after
Adverb
último
final; last; latest; most recent
Adjective
poco
little (not much)
Adverb
niña
girl, female equivalent of niño; pupil (of eye); maiden (virgin)
Noun
quién
who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?; if only; I wish
Pronoun
pensar
to think, ponder; to reflect, think through; to think of, think that (have an opinion on); to intend, to plan, to want
Verb
llamar
to summon, to call; to call (on the telephone); to knock (on a door); to ring (a doorbell); to refer to, to call; to appeal; to attract; to be called
Verb
nadie
no one; nobody (anyone or anybody)
Pronoun
dormido
asleep, sleeping; numb
Adjective
vez
time, instance; place (in a queue); turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others); place, stead
Noun
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
parecer
to seem, to see fit; to look like, to seem like; to believe; to think; to strike (seem, appear, make an impression); to be like, to take after, to resemble; to perceive; to appear
Verb
quedar
to be (as a result of something), to end up; to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings); to be left; to remain; to fit, to suit; to look good (clothes); to turn out, e.g. well or poorly; to agree on; to agree to meet up with someone; to die; to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions); to stay; to remain, to stick with; …
Verb
minuto
minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or ¹⁄₆₀ hour); minute (a unit of angle measure equal to 60 seconds or ¹⁄₆₀ degree)
Noun
cansado
tired, weary, wearied; tiring; sleepy; boring
Adjective
descansar
to rest, relax (be in a state of rest or inactivity); to sit, to rest; to rest (put into a state of rest)
Verb
probar
to prove; to test, to demonstrate; to taste, to try; to try, to try out, to sample, to test out, to give a go, to have a go; to check out, to probe; to suit; to try out (for a team); to try on, see if it fits; to prove oneself; to be tested, to be proved, to be proven
Verb
frío
cold (having a low temperature); cool; cold (unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling); cool (of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself)
Adjective
le
to him, for him; dative of él; to her, for her; dative of ella; to it, for it; dative of ello; to you, for you (formal); dative of usted; you (formal); accusative of usted; him; accusative of él; it; accusative of ello; her; accusative of ella; to them, for them (singular); dative of elle; to them, for them (singular); accusative of elle
Pronoun
gustar
translated as "to like", analyzable in structure as "to please" [with dative ‘someone’] (the thing being liked is the subject, while the "liker" is in the dative case ("indirect object")). See the usage notes for more. Compare similar structures in Italian piacere, Romanian plăcea, German gefallen and Russian нравиться (nravitʹsja).; to like in a general sense; to like romantically; to like the taste of (some food); to want, to please; to like, to enjoy; to want, to desire; to taste, to try (determine the flavour of something by putting it in one's mouth); to experiment, to try
Verb
tanto
so much; so many
Pronoun
lado
side; face
Noun
cuarto
fourth
Adjective
antes
earlier; before; sooner; previously; formerly; beforehand (at an earlier time); soon (in certain phrases); ahead (temporally), ahead of (when followed by de); once, formerly (in the past); first (before a condition is fulfilled); rather, sooner (used to specify a preference)
Adverb
ancho
wide; broad; proud
Adjective
sentar
to seat; to set, to establish, to lay; to sit down, have a seat; to settle down; to assert; to suit, to fit; to sit well; to report; to leave a mark on (the skin)
Verb
pedazo
piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite (a part of a larger whole); patch (e.g. of sky, cloth, skin, space); scrap (e.g. of paper, information); lump (e.g. of metal, rock, clay, wood); slab (e.g. of meat, of cheese); shard (e.g. of glass, ice)
Noun
luego
then (afterward); later, later on (at some point in the future); soon (within a short time)
Adverb
alcoba
bedroom
Noun
dormir
to sleep; to fall asleep; to sleep in; to die; to rest in death; to put to sleep (someone or something); to anesthetize; to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people)
Verb
siesta
siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)
Noun
blando
soft; bland; flabby; cowardly; flat; softcore
Adjective
duro
hard (not soft); firm, solid; hard, difficult; resilient, strong, tough; harsh, cruel, severe; unbearable, heavy; rude, offensive; mean, stingy, ungenerous; rough, uncouth; stiff, rigid; …
Adjective
mientras
while, whilst, as (at the same time as); as long as, so long as (expressing a condition); however much, however many, “the..., the...” (constructing parallel comparatives); while, whereas (indicating difference)
Conjunction
levantar
to lift; to raise; to put up; to put up; to build up (buildings); to increase; to turn up (volume, power etc.); to adjourn; to close; to end (a meeting); to flush out; to draw up (plans); to take, make (a census); to remove; get rid of (a prohibition); to nick, rob (steal); …
Verb
bramar
to roar, bellow
Verb
alguien
someone, somebody; anyone, anybody
Pronoun
gruñir
to grunt; to growl; to rumble, growl
Verb
gritar
to shout, to scream, to cry out, to call out
Verb
sentado
seated; settled, established; sensible, solid
Adjective
voz
voice; term; word
Noun
agudo
sharp, pointed, acute (terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily); acute, sharp, witty, keen (intelligent); sharp, stabbing, acute, severe; acute (sudden and intense); acute, sharp (sensitive); high, high-pitched, shrill, sharp, piercing; acute; having the voiced accent on the last syllable; acute (less than 90 degrees)
Adjective
ruido
noise, racket, rattle, clatter, sound (various sounds, usually unwanted); noise (unwanted part of a signal); uproar, talk, fuss
Noun
despertar
to wake; to wake up; to awaken; to pique (interest, curiosity)
Verb
ojo
eye; keyhole; caution
Noun
asustado
scared
Adjective
huir
to flee, to run away; to escape; to avoid
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
tras
after, following, in the wake of; upon; behind (on the far side of); beyond; after (in pursuit of)
Preposition
hacia
toward, towards; around, about (indicating time)
Preposition
perseguir
to pursue, to chase, to go after
Verb
éste
this one; substitutes a noun one can't remember or can't remember the name of
Pronoun
acerca
adjacent; only used in acerca de (“about; concerning”)
Adverb
barco
boat (usually with a concave hull)
Noun
cierto
true
Adjective
mayor
of age; adult; grown-up; major; main; head; boss; major; enhanced
Adjective
mundo
world, earth (human collective existence); world, globe (the Earth); world (planet, especially one which is inhabitable); world (an individual or group perspective or social setting); hopscotch; a considerable amount
Noun
padre
father, parent; father; team that often defeats another team
Noun
consentimiento
consent (voluntary agreement or permission)
Noun
joven
youth, young person, youngster
Noun
bendición
blessing; baby
Noun
regalar
to give as a present, to gift; to regale, entertain; to melt (change from a solid to a liquid state)
Verb
dinero
money; wealth
Noun
oro
gold.; or; A suit in a Spanish deck of cards.; A card from this suit.
Noun
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
ciudad
city
Noun
posada
hotel, inn
Noun
mozo
boy, lad, young man, youth; servant, helper, steward, manservant; waiter, server; cat, tomcat
Noun
poner
to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position); to write; to type (with a keyboard, etc.), (with a dative object) to send; to attach, to assign (also in an abstract sense); to give, to provide; (transitive) to put (cause to assume a specified state), (reflexive) to become, to get, to put oneself in a specified state; to pay (attention); to prepare; to turn on, activate (an appliance, light, a mechanism, a functionality etc.).; to play, put on (a recording, a song, a video etc.), put, display (an image); …
Verb
sala
room (a separate part of a building); large hall; ward (section of a hospital); courtroom
Noun
pasar
to pass, to hand, to slip; to happen; to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through; (of time) to pass; to enter a room; to go too far, exaggerate; to exceed, surpass, go over; to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food); to pass (filter); to strain, to sieve, to sift; …
Verb
letrero
sign, signboard, signpost
Noun
dentro
inside (for space); indoors; within, in (for time)
Adverb
escondido
hidden
Adjective
hija
daughter; female equivalent of hijo
Noun
casar
to marry, wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock); to marry off; to match (up), fit (together); to get married, marry (each other, one another); to wed, marry, get married; to overturn
Verb
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
encerrado
pent, shut-in, cooped up, locked up, locked down confined, holed up, shut away; stuck, trapped (e.g. stuck in a room, office, elevator, etc.); encased, enclosed, closed in, sealed; no longer available, discontinued
Adjective
encerrar
to lock up, to coop up; to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital); to enclose, to confine, to immure; to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail; to stalemate; to separate (between brackets, commas); to take over; occupy (a building); to shut oneself up, to withdraw, to shut away oneself, to shut off oneself, to lock up or lock down oneself, to close off oneself; to shy away
Verb
segundo
second (after the first)
Adjective
plata
silver; money, dough
Noun
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
hermano
brother; sibling; bro, dude (friendly term of address for a male of similar age.)
Noun
conocer
to know (a person or a place), to be familiar with, to be acquainted with; to meet; to get to know, become acquainted (with); to see, to visit, to explore (i.e., to get to know a place for the first time); to hear, to know (implies hearing for the first time); to discover, to get to or come to know, to learn about, to find out; to know, to have known; to know oneself; to conceptualize or conceive; to know, have sex with.
Verb
princesa
princess
Noun
suerte
luck, fortune; lot, fate; sort, kind, type; oracular response; stage in a bullfight; lottery ticket; a small white spot on the nails
Noun
esperar
to hope; to expect; to wait, wait (for); to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use); to be expected
Verb
decidir
to decide, to make up one's mind, to determine, to choose to; to decide on; to rule
Verb
hallar
to find something, deliberately or not; to strike (a balance between options); to find oneself in a certain way (+adjective); to enjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time
Verb
dos
two
Numeric
menor
underage, underaged (under the age of majority); (of a person) underage, underaged (under 18)
Adjective
seda
silk (fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod); silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers); thin string (long, very thin, and flexible structure made from threads twisted together)
Noun
piedra
stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks); flint (small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.); hailstone (single ball of hail, or solid precipitation); crack (potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine); pumice
Noun