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Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

3924 words, in teaching order

Words 2701–2800
perseguir
to pursue, to chase, to go after
Verb
consistir
to consist of
Verb
novelería
obsession with new things; fantasy; living in a fantasy world; banal news
Noun
inteligencia
intelligence
Noun
equivocar
to mistake, mix up; to make a mistake
Verb
víspera
eve (the day or night before)
Noun
Isidoro
a male given name, equivalent to English Isidore
Name
discurrir
to flow, pass; to go, travel, pass; to reason, think; to invent; to infer; to elapse
Verb
polaina
gaiter, spat
Noun
opinión
opinion
Noun
seguridad
safety, security; self-confidence
Noun
solemnizar
to solemnize (to make solemn or official); to celebrate
Verb
madrileño
Madrilenian (native or inhabitant of the city of Madrid, capital of Spain or the Community of Madrid) (usually male)
Noun
pronóstico
prognosis; forecast
Noun
vanidoso
vain
Adjective
berrinche
tantrum, skirmish
Noun
palo
stake, stick, wood; suit; hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick); blow; mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship); post; goalpost; woodwork; execution by hanging or beheading; style (of flamenco); tree; shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits); …
Noun
mortificación
mortification
Noun
desmedido
excessive
Adjective
coraje
anger, rage, resentment; courage, bravery, spunk
Noun
aprendiz
apprentice; trainee
Noun
picardías
negligée
Noun
estilo
style (way of doing things); style (grace; fashionable skill); style; stylus
Noun
riada
flood, flooding ((sudden) overflow of a river watercourse)
Noun
rabiar
to rage, to be angry; to have rabies
Verb
desquitar
to compensate; to take revenge, pay back
Verb
fiasco
fiasco
Noun
sucursal
branch (of a company or organization); section
Noun
cosechero
harvest worker
Noun
interponer
to interpose; to file (a lawsuit), lodge (an appeal, a complaint); to intervene; to come (between), to stand (between), to stand (in the way of), to get in the way of (+ en, entre or en el camino de)
Verb
ventorro
small inn
Noun
invadir
to invade
Verb
pradera
pasture; grassland, prairie
Noun
vacío
empty, vacant
Adjective
sobrehumano
superhuman
Adjective
navegar
to navigate, to sail; to surf, navigate
Verb
tabernero
owner of a tavern
Noun
puente
bridge (construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height); long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred; arch of a foot (curved part of the bottom of a foot); bridge, bridge deck (elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain); bridge, denture (artificial replacement of one or more teeth); bridge (bodily position)
Noun
rescatar
to rescue
Verb
parroquiano
parishioner; patron (regular customer)
Noun
seña
sign, indication; gesture
Noun
par
pair (two of the same or similar items that go together); couple (two of the same or similar items); two equal non-collinear forces; that is a force couple in Newtonian mechanics; peer (somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal); some, a few; par (acceptable level)
Noun
borracho
drunk, inebriated; boozy (containing alcohol)
Adjective
pulmón
lung
Noun
recorrer
to tour; to travel, to go
Verb
gloria
glory
Noun
madrileño
Madrilenian (of, from or relating to the city of Madrid, capital of Spain or the Community of Madrid)
Adjective
alborotado
excited, in disarray; rowdy
Adjective
sorprendente
surprising
Adjective
celeridad
rapidity, velocity
Noun
relámpago
lightning, bolt; flash, glance, sparkle
Noun
bárbaro
barbaric (of barbarians); cruel, barbaric; reckless, careless; uneducated, ignorant; rude; intensifier, tremendous; very good
Adjective
salitre
saltpetre, nitre
Noun
coronar
to crown; to scale, climb
Verb
oso
bear (in general); boar, male bear; bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual)
Noun
armado
armed
Adjective
red
web, mesh; net; spiderweb; trap, snare; net, network; net, goal; grid; Web, Internet; social networks
Noun
hacha
axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood); ace, wizard (someone who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field); a kind of torch or large candle (often with four sticks); a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind; bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions
Noun
gancho
hook, peg; clothes hanger; difficult situation; hook; uppercut; pulling power; attracting object or argument (true or fraudulent); tout
Noun
trapero
rag-seller; peddler; mop; trap artist
Noun
piqueta
pickaxe (heavy iron tool with a head that is pointed on one side, chisel-edged on the other); peg, tent peg (peg, driven into the ground, to hold a rope that supports a tent); jump, leap (act of jumping)
Noun
cuchillo
knife; blade of knife
Noun
navaja
razor; pocketknife, penknife, jackknife; razor shell, razor clam (edible clam of genus Ensis)
Noun
sierra
saw (tool); mountain range; sawfish; snoek (Thyrsites atun)
Noun
afluir
to flow into
Verb
tropel
mob, crowd, swarm; squad, troop
Noun
estrujar
to press, squeeze (so that liquid comes out); to squeeze, squeeze tight (hug affectionately)
Verb
despachurrar
to squish; to squash; to flummox; to bedazzle (a person); to mangle (a story)
Verb
bufido
snort (sound of an angry bull, person, etc.); hiss (sound of an angry cat, etc.)
Noun
cetáceo
cetaceous
Adjective
ligero
light, not heavy
Adjective
aparición
appearance (act of appearing); appearance (a thing seen); apparition
Noun
ribazo
slope; bank
Noun
tumbo
jolt, shake, shudder; monastic cartulary
Noun
ansia
anxiety, apprehension; eagerness; craving, hankering; yearning, longing
Noun
indecible
unspeakable, ineffable
Adjective
carnero
a sheep, a ram (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis, especially a male); sheepskin (skin of a sheep); mutton (flesh of sheep used as food); strikebreaker, scab (non-unionized worker hired to replace striking workers); warty venus
Noun
cabra
female goat; goat (unknown gender); girl
Noun
enarbolar
to hoist; to hoist something threatening; to tree; to become enraged; to make a horse empine
Verb
bastón
walking stick, staff, cane; baton (in a marching band); riband; rod cell
Noun
medir
to measure; to gauge
Verb
turbo
turbo
Adjective
agolpar
to knock together, bang about together; to crowd together
Verb
modificación
modification; mod (an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game)
Noun
convertir
to turn into, to cause to become; to become, to turn into
Verb
sustantivo
noun, substantive
Noun
albarda
packsaddle
Noun
madroño
strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo); fruit of the strawberry tree; lemon drop mangosteen
Noun
creído
big-headed, conceited, stuck up, arrogant, smug
Adjective
verdulero
greengrocer; fruiterer
Noun
arre
gee up, giddyup
Interjection
alusión
allusion
Noun
capital
capital; capital (city)
Noun
tirado
lying down, lying; easy-peasy; dirt cheap
Adjective
cristina
a kind of military hat
Noun
prometer
to promise
Verb
joven
youth, young person, youngster
Noun
agosto
August
Noun
mentalmente
mentally
Adverb
término
end, terminus (the terminal point of something in space or time); end, finish, conclusion (the cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion); term, period (a chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan); term (a word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge); place (the position in a contest or ranking); terms (any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract)
Noun