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An Elementary Spanish Reader (Harrison, 1912)

1267 words, in teaching order

Words 301–400
viejo
old (having existed for a long time); old (having lived for many years); old (former, previous); stale (no longer novel or interesting)
Adjective
ofrecer
to offer, to offer up, to provide; to proffer
Verb
ayudar
to help
Verb
preguntar
to ask; to wonder, to ask oneself, to ponder
Verb
contestar
to reply, retort, answer, respond
Verb
mandar
to send; to order; to lead, be in charge, command; to enjoin; to lead
Verb
loro
parrot, parakeet; chatterbox; ugly person
Noun
peana
pedestal
Noun
agujero
hole (hollow place or cavity); pincushion (device that holds sewing pins); unjustified imbalance, debt
Noun
pájaro
bird, especially a perching bird; homosexual; penis; person of questionable or shady character, or involved in dubious affairs
Noun
examinar
to examine
Verb
llevar
to take somewhere; to take away or take with oneself; to carry, bear, hold; to get along (well, badly, etc.); to wear; to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient); to give a lift, to give a ride; to have spent time, to have been; to take some amount of time; to have done, to have achieved a certain amount or extent of something (which is indicated by the verb and followed by a past participle); …
Verb
seis
six
Numeric
notar
to note (make a written record of and/or purposefully commit to memory); to show, to be noticed, to become obvious
Verb
baldosa
tile, slab
Noun
detrás
behind, at the rear; after
Adverb
bajar
to go down, come down; to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle); to descend; to go to a location that is less elevated, less inland, or more to the south; to lower, reduce, fall; to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.); to download; to download (for one's own private use); to lose (e.g., weight); to take down, bring down; …
Verb
escalera
stairs; staircase, stairway; ladder; straight
Noun
patio
yard, patio; courtyard; schoolyard; recess, break
Noun
entrada
entrance; entry, entering, admission, entryway; entry; driveway; ticket; entrance fee; gateway, gate; starter, appetizer, entrée (food); computer port; input; …
Noun
compañero
companion (someone with whom one spends time or keeps company); mate, colleague; (with a qualifier) fellow X, classmate, coworker, etc. (someone with whom something is shared); fellow member of a political group; comrade; teammate (one who is on the same team); mate, partner (matching item in a set); partner, significant other (especially not a spouse); companion (a thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person); friendly term of address; friend, buddy
Noun
vestido
dressed; dressed up
Adjective
manera
way; manner; method; style
Noun
durante
during, in, over; for (as a duration)
Preposition
noche
night (the period between sunset and sunrise); evening (after sunset)
Noun
sed
thirst
Noun
beber
to drink; to drink alcohol; to draw from (to be inspired by)
Verb
vaso
drinking glass; glassful; vessel (container); vessel (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Noun
agua
water; body of water; rain (condensed water falling from a cloud); river; stream; urine; pop, soda (soft drink); infusion
Noun
mano
hand; front foot; round; hand; coat, lick; skill, talent; mano (a stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate); A group of people united for a job; buddy, friend, bro, homie
Noun
librar
to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve; to free, to exempt; to place, to put (hope, trust); to issue (a check, a decree); to make (an appointment); to wage, to engage (battle, war); to give birth; to expel the placenta; to be free; to be off (from work, school, etc.)
Verb
aquel
that (over there; implying some distance)
Determiner
encierro
confinement, enclosure; reclusion; prison; sit-in (protest); bull run, encierro
Noun
tranquilizar
to calm, to calm down, to tranquilize; to sedate, to tranquilize; to calm down, to tranquilize
Verb
dedo
digit: finger or toe, literally translated as "finger" and thought of that way by Spanish-speaking learners of English; thimble (a small device to protect a thumb or finger during sewing); finger (the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length); dedo (a traditional Spanish unit of measurement about equal to 1.75 cm)
Noun
cinta
ribbon, worn by girls in the hair; tape
Noun
rojo
red (colour)
Adjective
azul
blue
Adjective
sacar
to put out, to get out (e.g. a public statement, an APB, a release of media or entertainment); to take out (e.g. the trash); to pull out, to take out (e.g. a badge, an ID card, a picture, paperwork, the keys, finger); to get out, to take out (e.g. the family, a partner, a friend, a dog); to pull out, to get out (e.g. a pencil, a hand, a key); to remove, to extract, to get out, to take out, to dig up or dig out (e.g., the weeds, a tooth, military forces, information, the truth, remove someone from the equation or a situation); to take (e.g. a photograph, advantage of, etc.); to withdraw, to take out (e.g. money); to rip off (e.g. to steal money); to drive out, expel, to eject; …
Verb
insistir
to insist
Verb
comenzar
to begin, to commence
Verb
primer
apocopic form of primero (first); apocopic form of primera (first)
Adjective
fingir
to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is); to fake, affect, feign
Verb
poder
power (the ability to coerce, influence or control); proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another); authorization; possession; property
Noun
suceder
to happen, to befall, to occur; to succeed to, to follow; to succeed, to triumph
Verb
tercer
apocopic form of tercero (“third”)
Adjective
posible
possible
Adjective
reconocer
to recognize; to acknowledge, to own; to distinguish
Verb
entre
between; among, amongst, from; divided by; as one of, as part of; within, inside
Preposition
escoger
to choose, select, pick
Verb
remedio
remedy, solution; medicine; amendment (alteration or change for the better)
Noun
esposa
wife; handcuff
Noun
libertad
liberty, freedom; latitude, leeway
Noun
enviar
to send
Verb
regocijo
widespread joy, jubilation; an action that leads to this state of mind
Noun
celebrar
to celebrate; to hold, to organize (a formal event, conference, meeting etc.); to welcome, to accept
Verb
boda
wedding
Noun
testamento
will, testament; testament; an exceedingly long text
Noun
lugareño
inhabitant, local
Noun
punto
point (specific spot, location, or place); point (unit of scoring); point (full stop or period); point (decimal mark); stitch (single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture); bombshell (great surprise or shock); punto, Spanish point (traditional small unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm)
Noun
morir
to die; to be dying (for, to); to end, to flow into something (a road, river, etc.); to kill
Verb
solo
only; solely; just
Adverb
perro
dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding); clothes peg, clothespin; asshole (despicable person); lazy person
Noun
tú
you (second-person singular pronoun)
Pronoun
bien
good (as opposed to evil); goodness; good; better (substantive); welfare; benefit; goods; property; possessions; assets; wealth; estate; darling
Noun
apreciar
to appreciate (to view as valuable); to appreciate (to increase in value); to notice, to detect
Verb
tu
apocopic form of tuyo, your
Determiner
recuerdo
memory (a specific thing that is remembered); souvenir
Noun
marido
husband
Noun
mío
mine, my; of mine
Determiner
llorar
to cry, to weep; to mourn
Verb
muerte
death (the cessation of life); death (the personification of death as a hooded figure); death, demise (the collapse or end of something)
Noun
continuar
to continue, to carry on; to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic); to continue, to be continued
Verb
vender
to sell; to sell for (a sum), to fetch
Verb
entregar
to deliver, to hand over, to hand off; to submit; to turn in (e.g. homework), hand in; to surrender (oneself)
Verb
pariente
relative, relation (member of one's family); parents; see parienta
Noun
regalo
present, gift
Noun
generosamente
generously
Adverb
conservar
to conserve; to preserve, retain.
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
fiel
faithful, true; loyal
Adjective
servir
to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service); to serve (to be a servant for; to work for); to be of use, to be good for; to serve (to usefully take the place of something else); to serve (to be in military service); to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten); to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.); to help oneself to (to take freely)
Verb
gran
apocopic form of grande; great, grand
Adjective
consuelo
solace; consolation
Noun
obedecer
to obey; to be caused by, to be due to, to be attributable to
Verb
feria
fair (celebration); street market; money, dinero
Noun
cuánto
how much; how many
Adverb
ese
that
Determiner
cien
one hundred (100)
Numeric
diez
ten
Numeric
real
real; royal, regal
Adjective
aceptar
to accept, to take up, to take up on; to agree; to come to terms with
Verb
precio
price; worth, cost
Noun
razonable
reasonable
Adjective
recibir
to receive, get; to welcome, to greet, to receive (guests, patients); to receive visitors; to graduate
Verb
don
sir, master, lord; a title of respect to a man, prefixed to first names; gentleman; gift, present; gift, talent, knack
Noun
zapatero
shoemaker; cobbler; shoe rack; piece of furniture for storing shoes; water strider
Noun
banco
bank (financial institution); bench; pew; school of fish
Noun
taza
cup, mug; toilet bowl
Noun
leche
milk; cum, semen
Noun