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Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

3924 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
el
masculine singular definite article; the; feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/
Article
consejo
advice, counsel, piece of advice; council, board
Noun
de
of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner; from (with the source or provenance of or at); of (expressing composition, substance); about (concerning; with regard to); of; from (indicating cause); of (indicates a quality or characteristic); from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at); of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective); from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of); than (in certain phrases); …
Preposition
un
an; a
Article
padre
father, parent; father; team that often defeats another team
Noun
león
lion; antlion; a brave person; cougar, puma, mountain lion; a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao
Noun
rey
king; darling, fellow
Noun
las
feminine plural definite article; the
Article
selva
jungle; forest
Noun
agonizar
to die an agonizing death; to agonize; to die out; to assist dying persons
Verb
en
in, at, on; in (a time); in (a language); used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English; in (in various expressions)
Preposition
hueco
hole, gap; free time, an opening (of time); homosexual man, faggot
Noun
su
apocopic form of suyo; used to express an approximate number: about, approximately
Determiner
caverna
cavern
Noun
a
to; by; at; Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
Preposition
lado
side; face
Noun
estar
to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space); to be present; to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion); to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb); to be in a state (in a passive voice sense); to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion); to be (still); to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
Verb
hijo
son; child (of unknown gender); team that is often defeated by another team
Noun
nuevo
new; brand new, all-new; fresh
Adjective
futuro
future (the time ahead); future, future tense
Noun
todo
all; every; each; every; all together
Determiner
animal
animal
Noun
monarca
monarch
Noun
moribundo
moribund (approaching death)
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
dar
to give, to give out; to hand over; to hit (from any distance); to hit oneself, bump into, crash into; to encounter; to find with effort; to emit; to produce; to perform; to hit upon; to press, activate; …
Verb
penosamente
painfully, sorrowfully; painstakingly, grudgingly
Adverb
último
final; last; latest; most recent
Adjective
más
more; -er (used to make comparisons); most; -est (used to make superlatives); furthermore; in addition; else; used with qué to express emphasis
Adverb
importante
important, that cares, that matters.
Adjective
huir
to flee, to run away; to escape; to avoid
Verb
del
of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
hombre
man, (adult male human); man, (all humans collectively); mankind, humankind; man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina); husband; top; ombre (Spanish card game)
Noun
decir
to say, to tell, to name, to mention; to pronounce, sound out; to say, opine; to say (of writing); to show; to demonstrate; to call; to be said (passive voice structure); it is said; to declare
Verb
siempre
always; in spite of it, still...at least; all the same, ultimately, in the end; of course
Adverb
no
not
Adverb
pretender
to intend, to aim (for/to); to woo, to court; to pretend, purport (claim, allege)
Verb
luchar
to fight, to battle, to do battle; to struggle, to strive, to contend, to grapple; to wrestle
Verb
con
with; Dependent preposition following certain verbs.
Preposition
él
he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions); it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (usually used after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)
Pronoun
ser
to be (essentially or identified as); to be (in the passive voice sense); to exist; to occur
Verb
señor
mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male); gentleman; master
Noun
absoluto
absolute
Adjective
demás
others, other ones
Pronoun
tema
theme; plot (of a book, film or other media); topic; matter; subject; theme; topic; song, track
Noun
dominar
to dominate; to hold sway
Verb
castigar
to punish, to castigate (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct); to ground, gate (to punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges)
Verb
devorar
to devour; to jump out, to do something well
Verb
si
if, whether; points out a contradiction (and often implies that it's obvious or that it's easy to find out about)
Conjunction
tener
to have; to possess; to have; to possess; to be (a condition or quality); to hold; to grasp; to contain; to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.); to have; to feel (internally); to make to feel; to have (a measure or age); to have to; do not have to; must not; …
Verb
hambre
hunger
Noun
poder
to be able to, can; to be familiar with something, or with someone's personality
Verb
vencer
to defeat, to win, to conquer; to beat; to expire
Verb
pero
but; well well; so; well (used for emphasis); expresses surprise
Conjunction
tú
you (second-person singular pronoun)
Pronoun
muerte
death (the cessation of life); death (the personification of death as a hooded figure); death, demise (the collapse or end of something)
Noun
y
and; plus, and; well; what about, how about, and, where is/are the
Conjunction
sin
without
Preposition
piedad
piety; pity, mercy; compassion
Noun
porque
because
Conjunction
cruel
cruel; mean
Adjective
que
that; than; indicates reason; because, for; used to form sentences with an optative meaning; may; indicates emphasis or repetitive answer
Conjunction
nosotros
we (masculine plural); ourselves
Pronoun
tan
so, as; very
Adverb
fuerte
strong; loud; what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun)
Adjective
preguntar
to ask; to wonder, to ask oneself, to ponder
Verb
replicar
to replicate; to answer, reply, retort, rejoin
Verb
continuar
to continue, to carry on; to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic); to continue, to be continued
Verb
latigazo
lash, whiplash (stroke with a whip)
Noun
tu
apocopic form of tuyo, your
Determiner
cola
tail; line (US), queue (UK); empennage, aircraft tail; train (long back section of a gown); coma (a comet's tail); queue; ass, the buttocks; the penis; gayboy, homo; glue (natural); …
Noun
lanzar
to throw; to launch; to pitch; to release (a product, etc.); to emit, let out, utter
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
aire
air (the substance constituting earth's atmosphere); air (the open space above the ground); air; wind; air (a feeling or sense); resemblance (to another person); air (pretension; snobbishness); air (a sense of poise, graciousness, or quality); A type of muscle pain.; solenodon
Noun
como
as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality); as, since (being that); how (in which way); if, unless (under the condition that)
Conjunction
al
contraction of a + el, literally “at the, to the”; upon
miserable
miserable; poor; greedy, stingy
Adjective
animalejo
creepy-crawly; little bug
Noun
diente
tooth; tooth, cog (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement); clove (of garlic)
Noun
colmillo
canine tooth; tusk, fang
Noun
poderoso
powerful
Adjective
despreciable
despicable, contemptible; negligible
Adjective
ridículo
ridiculous
Adjective
valer
to be worth; to be useful or valid; to be well, healthy; to be strong; (+ de) to make use of; to take care of oneself, to manage (on one's own); to not care (used with some nouns)
Verb
menos
less; least
Adverb
ratón
mouse (small rodent); mouse (input device); hangover
Noun
uña
fingernail, toenail, nail; claw, hoof, stinger
Noun
potente
potent; powerful
Adjective
mi
apocopic form of mío, my
Determiner
zarpar
to embark; to set sail; to behave in a daring and out of place way
Verb
mezquino
miserly, mean, stingy; petty, small-minded
Adjective
vez
time, instance; place (in a queue); turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others); place, stead
Noun
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
sucio
dirty, filthy; sinful, tainted; obscene, vulgar
Adjective
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
melena
mane (longer hair growth around head of male lions); melena
Noun
éste
this one; substitutes a noun one can't remember or can't remember the name of
Pronoun
sacudir
to shake off, dust; to shake; to shake (the head, to give a negative response); to nod (the head, to give a positive response); to jolt; shake off, rid oneself of.
Verb
orgulloso
proud; prideful, arrogant, haughty
Adjective
alguno
some, any; any (used for emphasis); various
Determiner