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An Elementary Spanish Reader (Harrison, 1912)

1267 words, in teaching order

Words 901–1000
crecer
to grow
Verb
aparecer
to appear, to turn up, to pop up, to come up
Verb
vadeable
wadeable
Adjective
detener
to detain; to arrest; to stop, halt, to pause; to pull over
Verb
contrariar
to oppose; to thwart; to annoy; to antagonize
Verb
permitir
to allow, permit; to afford, to allow; to indulge in
Verb
delante
in front of, before (spatially); forward, forwards (with hacia preceding it); ahead (with por preceding it)
Adverb
corriente
current (the flow of a gas or fluid); current, trend, tendency
Noun
cruzar
to cross (including of legs); to exchange (words); to fold (arms); to crossbreed
Verb
carretera
road, highway
Noun
felizmente
happily
Adverb
vado
ford
Noun
obsequiar
to present, to gift
Verb
porfía
obstinacy
Noun
fuera
outside; out
Adverb
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
despedida
farewell; farewell party; valediction, complimentary close
Noun
guardia
custodian, warden (male); guard, guardsman; watch, guard, guarding, guard duty, sentry duty; guard (unit or squad); custody; shift (in certain professions such as for medical staff); guard (ground grappling position)
Noun
efusión
effusion, warmth; outpouring, gushing; bloodshed, shedding of blood
Noun
estrechar
to narrow (make narrower); to strengthen (relations, etc.); to shake (hands)
Verb
vencer
to defeat, to win, to conquer; to beat; to expire
Verb
maniatar
to tie someone's hands together; to place in manacles
Verb
combatir
to combat or fight
Verb
desarmado
unassembled; unarmed
Adjective
hidalguía
the state of being an hidalgo
Noun
noble
noble
Adjective
raza
race, ethnicity; breed, strain, lineage; people; group of friends or relatives; cleft, fissure; beam of light, ray of light; crack (in a horse’s hoof); stripe
Noun
asegurar
to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually); to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of); to claim, to maintain; to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone); to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens); to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs); to belay
Verb
invadir
to invade
Verb
dominio
domain; rule, dominion; dominance, domination, power, control; mastery; sway; ownership
Noun
saltar
to jump; to skip; miss (a meal etc.); to sauté; to miss (accidentally); to break, breach (rules etc.)
Verb
brida
bridle; cable tie, zip tie, tie wrap
Noun
alazán
sorrel-colored, chestnut-colored, reddish-brown
Adjective
cambio
change, shift; change (money given back); gear (of a motor vehicle); exchange rate
Noun
caricia
caress
Noun
hala
come on! let’s go!; wow! (an indication of surprise); my goodness! (an indication of surprise, shock, or amazement)
Interjection
tendido
cable, cabling, wire, wiring; seating area in a bull ring
Noun
permanecer
to stay, remain, stand
Verb
amar
to love, have great affection for, care about; to wish
Verb
vano
span (of a bridge, door)
Noun
tristeza
sadness, gloom, sorrow, gloominess, unhappiness, misery; tristeza (plant disease)
Noun
poco
little, not much; few, not many; un-, not
Determiner
comerciante
trader; shopkeeper
Noun
quien
who; whom; whoever; whomever; anyone who; the one who
Pronoun
fortuna
fortune; fortune, prophecy, reading; wealth; luck
Noun
consistir
to consist of
Verb
mar
sea; seaside; lunar mare; loads; really; hella
Noun
negocio
business, enterprise (commercial enterprise or establishment); deal (a particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction); deal (agreement between parties); profit, money-making; shop
Noun
lejos
far, far away
Adverb
aguardar
to wait; to expect; to have in store (for), await
Verb
pique
spade; downward movement; jump, leap; hit, fix (of drugs); rivalry, loggerheads; friction, confrontation; grudge match; sprint
Noun
poseer
to possess, to own, to hold, to have; to sexually penetrate
Verb
arruinado
ruined
Adjective
algún
apocopic form of alguno; some, any
Determiner
puerto
port, harbour; port
Noun
disponer
to prepare, arrange; to order, decide, stipulate; to have at one's disposal, to have available, to make use of, to have; to prepare to, be about to
Verb
pañuelo
handkerchief; handkerchief, neckerchief; tissue, Kleenex; hijab
Noun
bordado
embroidered
Adjective
flor
flower (structure in angiosperms); bloom, blossom (an expanded bud); prime, pick; virginity; compliment, flattery; A globular buildup of carbon on the end of a wick.; showerhead; Something excellent, magnificent, beautiful; gay man; end of a split end
Noun
lis
lily; fleur-de-lis
Noun
huerto
orchard; fruit and vegetable garden (garden used for cultivation of agricultural crops); an undesirable task
Noun
cargamento
load, freight, cargo
Noun
recorrer
to tour; to travel, to go
Verb
planta
plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism); plant (factory); floor, level (of a high building); sole; sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)
Noun
retroceder
to back up, to go back, to step back, to move backward, to shrink back; to retreat, to fall back, to recede, to draw back; to regress; to backtrack; to recoil
Verb
permiso
permission; license; leave (absence from work)
Noun
puesto
position, employment, job; place (physical location where something is found); placing, rank; market stall, market stand
Noun
daño
damage; hex, curse
Noun
remediar
to remedy
Verb
desconsolado
disconsolate, inconsolable; heartbroken; grief-stricken, bereaved
Adjective
oculto
occult; hidden, secret
Adjective
pena
punishment, sentence; pity (sympathy); used in dar pena; sorrow; embarrassment; trouble; bellyache
Noun
porfiar
to insist, persist; persevere; to argue
Verb
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
soler
to be accustomed to doing something, to do something on a regular basis, to do something usually or often; to tend to; used to
Verb
quejido
groan; whimper; whine; yip, yap, yelp
Noun
ordinario
ordinary, standard; low-quality, cheap; vulgar, common
Adjective
moribundo
moribund (approaching death)
Adjective
compasión
compassion; sympathy
Noun
curar
to care, heed, study, strive, seek, work; to cure, heal (body, soul, mind, heart); nurse, treat, dress (a wound); to remedy (an evil); to clean, cleanse; to prepare; to cure, salt, smoke; to ripen; to dress, tan (animal hides); to season, dry (wood); to bleach (linen); …
Verb
señalar
to signal; to show, to indicate, to point out, to flag, to flag up; to point (with the fingers)
Verb
tallo
stalk, stem
Noun
cual
suchlike, like (which), such as
Pronoun
gracia
grace, charm; mercy; humor, comic quality; punch line of a joke or story; pardon; serif
Noun
corte
cut (the act of cutting); cut (the result of cutting); cut (an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound); haircut; embarrassment; style or type; cross section; court (the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered)
Noun
hermana
sister; female equivalent of hermano (“brother”)
Noun
adivinanza
foresight; riddle
Noun
menos
less; least
Adverb
febrero
February
Noun
cuál
which one, what, which
Pronoun
castigo
punishment
Noun
bígamo
bigamous
Adjective
suegra
mother-in-law (spouse's mother); one Salvadoran colón; the coin of that value; heel, butt (of a loaf of bread)
Noun
escrúpulo
scruple (doubt concerning the morality of some action); apprehension (uneasy doubt concerning other issues, especially carefulness or pickiness about food); care (exactitude or rigor in the performance of some action); Spanish scruple, escrupulo (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 1.2 g); English or American scruple (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1.3 g); synonym of minuto: minute (¹⁄₆₀ of a degree)
Noun
sombrero
hat; butterfly pea (Clitorea ternatea)
Noun
emperador
emperor; swordfish
Noun
cochero
coachman; charioteer
Noun
izquierda
left (side, direction); left
Noun
sonido
sound, noise; tone
Noun
campana
bell; a bell-shaped (or roughly) object or component (such as the canopy of a parachute); hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes); extractor hood; cloche, tableware cover, usually metalic
Noun