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Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

3924 words, in teaching order

Words 1401–1500
noticia
notice; news, piece of news; message; communication
Noun
irónico
ironic
Adjective
malicioso
malicious
Adjective
acechar
to lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out for; to spy, stalk
Verb
cautela
caution, care, caginess, chariness; precaution
Noun
disimulo
craftiness, underhandedness
Noun
esconder
to hide
Verb
remanso
backwater, still water (area of stagnant water); quiet place; haven
Noun
usar
to use; to wear; to consume; to be used; to be fashionable
Verb
clase
lecture; class (lesson); class (group of students); class (level of society); kind, sort, type; class; class (elegance)
Noun
ardid
ruse, trick, plot
Noun
preferir
to prefer; to rather (be or do)
Verb
exponer
to exhibit; to expose
Verb
imprudencia
imprudence
Noun
maravilloso
wonderful, marvelous
Adjective
pacientemente
patiently (in a patient manner)
Adverb
recoger
to collect, to gather, to pick up, to fetch, to retrieve (something previously left behind); to pick up (a person or people by vehicle); to clean up (e.g., a room); to pack up; to harvest, reap (fruit); to pick up on, glean, capture (e.g., a point, a link, distinction, subtlety, ambiguity, etc.); to reflect; to go to bed
Verb
aparejo
fishing tackle; gear, equipment; elevation hoist; rigging; packsaddle
Noun
recodo
twist, turn, bend, elbow (notable curve of a street river etc.)
Noun
espino
hawthorn, buckthorn
Noun
zarzal
bramble; underbrush
Noun
corriente
current (the flow of a gas or fluid); current, trend, tendency
Noun
gracia
grace, charm; mercy; humor, comic quality; punch line of a joke or story; pardon; serif
Noun
flojo
loose; lazy; weak (not potent)
Adjective
aro
hoop; large ring; earring; arum lily
Noun
inmediato
immediate
Adjective
luego
then (afterward); later, later on (at some point in the future); soon (within a short time)
Adverb
tercero
third
Adjective
nos
first person (except in vocative, and in the oblique it requires a preposition); I (singular; compare vos); first person nominative, prepositional and vocative plural pronoun
Pronoun
engañar
to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat; to cheat on, to be unfaithful to one's spouse; to blindside; to fool oneself, to kid oneself
Verb
reír
to laugh
Verb
puesto
position, employment, job; place (physical location where something is found); placing, rank; market stall, market stand
Noun
picado
salty, annoyed, resentful, or butthurt, especially after losing a game, an argument, or being teased.; fiercely competitive or hooked on beating someone; having a strong rivalry.; sour, spoiled, or having turned into vinegar.; choppy, rough.
Adjective
confesión
confession
Noun
vasto
vast; gnarly, wild, hardcore
Adjective
salón
living room; sitting room; parlor; drawing room; hall (meeting hall); exhibition hall; operating room; hairdresser
Noun
cinco
five
Numeric
falta
lack, shortage; absence; day absent; fault; mistake; foul
Noun
formal
formal; reliable, dependable; form
Adjective
posesión
possession
Noun
utilizar
to use; to make use of; to utilize
Verb
cuerda
rope, cord, string; chord; string (of a musical stringed instrument); clockwork; synonym of cordel (a traditional unit of distance); cuerda (unit of land area)
Noun
pelota
ball (a round or ellipsoidal object); ball game; testicle; people pleaser, toady
Noun
escondite
hiding place; hide and seek; hideout, lair
Noun
bañar
to bathe (to clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath); to soak, to dip in; to bathe oneself
Verb
insignificante
insignificant; paltry, negligible, trivial, trifling, petty
Adjective
chiquillo
diminutive of chico (noun); kid (young person); kid (child)
Noun
resaltar
to emphasize, to highlight; to bounce; to chip off, to break off; to stick out, to jut out (to protrude, to extend beyond); to stand out, to stick out (to be extraordinary)
Verb
enjambre
swarm (of bees); crowd, multitude
Noun
mosquito
mosquito; gnat; trimmer
Noun
mármol
marble (crystalline limestone)
Noun
niñera
babysitter (female); car hauler (truck)
Noun
guardián
guardian, warden (person who guards or protects something); guardian (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
Noun
cofia
cap (head covering of a nurse or waitress); payload fairing
Noun
rizar
to curl, crinkle, crisp
Verb
trenza
plait, braid, tress, pigtail
Noun
suelto
free, loose, undone; isolated, separate; free, agile, fluent; shaggy; easy (consenting readily to sex)
Adjective
rebosar
to overflow
Verb
agrupar
to group together; to band together; to cluster (form a cluster)
Verb
banco
bank (financial institution); bench; pew; school of fish
Noun
desahogar
to unburden, to relieve; to vent, to rant, to violently express one's feelings; to blow off steam, to let off steam, to pour one's heart out, to get off one's chest
Verb
placer
pleasure; something done to please; placer (place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold); sandbank
Noun
respectivo
respective
Adjective
henchir
to swell, to fill something; to fill (a job position)
Verb
secreto
a secret; secrecy
Noun
doméstico
domestic, household, home
Adjective
inquieto
restless, agitated, unquiet, cross; anxious, worried
Adjective
menudo
what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun); small, tiny; insignificant
Adjective
objeto
object; objective; goal
Noun
vigilancia
vigilance, watchfulness (the state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness); surveillance, security (close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion)
Noun
llegada
arrival
Noun
silla
chair; saddle
Noun
metálico
metallic
Adjective
dividir
to divide; to split; to split up; to partition (e.g. a territory)
Verb
once
eleven
Numeric
perfil
profile; side view; side-on view; profile; profile page
Noun
corrección
correction; correctness
Noun
pureza
purity
Noun
encantador
charming, captivating, enchanting, lovely; delightful, lovely; winsome
Adjective
ambos
both
Adjective
rubio
blond
Adjective
vestido
dressed; dressed up
Adjective
singular
singular; odd, peculiar
Adjective
elegancia
elegance; smartness, stylishness; refinement (of style)
Noun
atención
attention; courtesy; favor
Noun
gravedad
seriousness, severity; gravity
Noun
efecto
effect
Noun
causar
to cause, to make; to wreak, to bring, to provoke; to inflict
Verb
muchacho
boy or young adult; term of address
Noun
principio
principle; cause, origin; beginning, start, outset, get-go
Noun
circunspección
circumspection
Noun
proceder
to proceed; to move onwards; to come from
Verb
considerar
to consider, to regard, to see, to look, to view; to deem, to hold; to judge, to estimate
Verb
corretear
to run around, to run about, to scamper, to scurry; to ramble; to persecute, chase
Verb
cómico
comedic, comical; funny
Adjective
mejor
better; better off; improved; best; top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)
Adjective
convencer
to convince; to persuade
Verb
serio
serious, earnest, sober, solemn (without humor); serious, grave, deep (important, weighty); serious (really intending what was said); straight (demeanor); staid (formal)
Adjective
poblar
to populate
Verb
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