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Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

3924 words, in teaching order

Words 1101–1200
pulgada
English or American inch (a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm); pulgada, Spanish inch (a former unit of length equivalent to about 2.3 cm)
Noun
cara
face (the front part of the head); face (one's facial expression); face (the frontal aspect of something); gall, nerve (impudence); face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron); side (of paper, a card, a coin); heads (side of a coin)
Noun
desconocido
unknown, undisclosed, unbeknownst; unfamiliar; uncharted, undiscovered
Adjective
intención
intention
Noun
cual
suchlike, like (which), such as
Pronoun
citar
to cite; to summon; to schedule, make an appointment
Verb
mayo
May; maypole; bouquet left by a boyfriend in front of his girlfriend's door; May Day; singing performed by young men to bachelorettes on the last day of April (May eve)
Noun
val
apocopic form of valle: valley
Noun
tratante
animal trader
Noun
punta
tip, point, end; pinch, bit (small amount)
Noun
oveja
sheep
Noun
merino
merino (relating to the sheep or wool)
Adjective
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
pastar
to graze
Verb
cañada
glen, gully, ravine; green lane, droveway (road or track used for transhumance)
Noun
cañón
canyon; cannon; barrel (of a gun), pipe, tube; projector (device)
Noun
revólver
revolver
Noun
bolsillo
pocket; pocketbook (personal resources)
Noun
chaquetón
a short coat or jacket
Noun
gato
cat (unspecified gender); tomcat, gib (male cat); servant; C-clamp; jack (mechanical device); tic-tac-toe; Madrilenian (a person from Madrid); person with blue or green eyes; rectangular cake made of two layers joined by jam in the middle; whoremonger; …
Noun
veinte
twenty
Numeric
mil
thousand
Numeric
plata
silver; money, dough
Noun
alforja
saddlebag, knapsack; pannier (basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal)
Noun
carretera
road, highway
Noun
atajo
a shortcut, cutoff (a path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths); a shortcut (a method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps); a shortcut, keyboard shortcut, hotkey (a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation); a bunch of (something bad), a load of
Noun
palomar
dovecot, dovecote
Noun
empinar
to lift; to erect; to set upright; to incline and lift (a drinking container) in order to drink.
Verb
costar
to cost; to be difficult (for someone), to have a hard time with something
Verb
caminata
walk, hike, trek
Noun
prefijar
to prearrange; to mention beforehand; to prefix
Verb
comenzar
to begin, to commence
Verb
dimes
only used in dimes y diretes
Noun
diretes
only used in dimes y diretes
Noun
compra
purchase, buying; acquisition
Noun
vender
to sell; to sell for (a sum), to fetch
Verb
frecuencia
frequency; repetition
Noun
entender
to understand, to fathom; to hear; to be queer; to bat for the other team; to get on; get along; to get it on; do it (have an amorous relationship)
Verb
pastor
shepherd; herder; pastor, priest
Noun
vendedor
salesman
Noun
inmediación
immediacy; proximity; surrounding areas
Noun
deshacer
to undo, to unmake; to unpack; to break, to break up (e.g. a treaty, a business, a band, a united effort); to take back (something done or said); to reverse (a spell or curse); to come undone, to unravel; to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo); to melt (deshacerse el hielo); to weed out (unwanted people); to feel/show a lot of (emotion)
Verb
resumen
summary, abstract; résumé, curriculum vitae
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
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
calor
heat
Noun
disputa
dispute, argument, disagreement, contest; feud, fight, quarrel, wrangle; contention
Noun
terquedad
stubbornness, obstinacy
Noun
contrincante
opponent; competitor; adversary
Noun
constar
to be or seem evident, clear, obvious; to be written, to be on record; to consist, to be comprised or composed
Verb
trato
treatment (the process or manner of treating someone or something); deal, bargain, agreement; behaviour
Noun
culpa
fault; guilt; blame
Noun
vuestro
yours, your, to you
Determiner
convenir
to agree, agree on, agree upon; to be convenient, suit; to admit; to arrange (bring together various parts to build or form something); to convene
Verb
entrega
delivery, handover; submission; installment; surrender; devotion
Noun
resultar
to result, to turn out, to end up, to prove; to work out; to seem, to look; to be pretty
Verb
perfecto
perfect
Adjective
estado
country, land (any broad area or territory); state (a province, particularly a fairly autonomous one within a federation); state, status (a condition); estado, Spanish fathom (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 167 cm)
Noun
añadir
to augment; to add; to append; to annex
Verb
ganadero
cattle
Adjective
dinero
money; wealth
Noun
sentado
seated; settled, established; sensible, solid
Adjective
cuarto
fourth
Adjective
trasero
back, back-side, rear end, posterior
Adjective
presenciar
to witness
Verb
impasible
impassive, stolid, emotionless, unemotional; unmoved, unperturbed
Adjective
diálogo
dialogue (form of discourse); dialogue (literary form)
Noun
anteceder
to antecede, to precede
Verb
irritar
to irritate; to excite
Verb
informalidad
informality
Noun
desatar
to untie, undo, unfasten, unleash; to provoke, set off, trigger (especially suddenly)
Verb
encina
holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak
Noun
silbar
to whistle
Verb
permanecer
to stay, remain, stand
Verb
dirección
direction; address; management, or running of a business or organisation; directing, director-work
Noun
opuesto
opposed to a thing, against; the opposite to another thing; something contrary to another
Adjective
emprender
to undertake, to engage in; to take (e.g. actions, steps, initiatives, an approach, a path); to start, to launch, to initiate, to begin (e.g. a project, an investigation, a business venture, a negotiation); to set out on, to set forth on (a journey)
Verb
desesperadamente
hopelessly; desperately
Adverb
veloz
fast, quick, speedy
Adjective
carrera
race; run (act of running); run; college degree, major, main course of study; career; run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled); journey, fare (of a taxi); path (of a moving object), trajectory; avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa)
Noun
reunir
to gather, to collect, to bring together, to assemble, to get together, to round up, to marshal, to compile, to put together, to pull together, to draw together, to pool; to satisfy, to meet, to possess (e.g. conditions, requirements, criteria, qualifications, characteristics); to join, unite; to reunite, reconvene; to muster, to summon (e.g. the courage, determination, will, strength, energy); to raise, to muster (e.g. money, an army); to huddle; to meet, to meet up, to get together, to assemble, to convene, to rendezvous; to join; to reconvene, to reunite, to rejoin
Verb
imponente
imposing; impressive, stunning
Adjective
ladrido
bark, yelp, yap, yip (short, loud, explosive utterance)
Noun
caso
case (situation or fact); case (instance of a medical condition); case; occasion
Noun
preocupado
worried, concerned
Adjective
acontecer
to come to pass, to happen, to occur, to transpire, to come about, to befall
Verb
receloso
leery, wary; distrustful, suspicious
Adjective
derredor
surroundings
Noun
saltos
jumping jacks; diving
Noun
impedir
to impede, hinder
Verb
chalán
a traditional cowboy (vaquero) from Northern Peru; the distinctive costume worn by a chalan, including a linen poncho, a straw sombrero, etc.; a gallant; an assistant or helper of a construction worker, especially of a mason or painter
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
culebra
snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes); (colubrid) snake (snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous); a small snake
Noun
cáñamo
hemp (plant and fiber); cannabis, marijuana
Noun
arrollar
to dumbfound; to roll, to roll away; to sweep away; to wind; to run over, knock down
Verb
quejar
to afflict; to complain, see quejarse
Verb
extraño
strange, unusual, odd, weird, bizarre, uncanny, rare, peculiar, freaky, freakish, freak, curious; foreign, alien, extraneous; funny, suspicious; not belonging to, not possessed by, not property of
Adjective
hosco
sullen, surly
Adjective
parar
to stop, halt; to stand up; to put something in a vertical position; to put someone in a vertical position; to get up (from bed); to become erect (in the sense of upright); (of one's penis) to become erect; see pararlas; to tend to do or to be (followed by a gerund)
Verb
vereda
path, lane; pavement; sidewalk; right track; straight and narrow; an administrative subdivision of a Colombian municipality
Noun