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Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

3924 words, in teaching order

Words 3101–3200
descansado
well-rested; easy; cushy
Adjective
amodorrado
drowsy
Adjective
oscuridad
darkness; obscurity
Noun
absurdo
absurd, preposterous, ludicrous, ridiculous
Adjective
palpar
to feel, to touch; to feel
Verb
realmente
really, actually, genuinely
Adverb
despierto
awake
Adjective
cabal
upright, honest; exact; complete, entire, full
Adjective
potencia
power, potency; powerlifting
Noun
precaución
precaution
Noun
demonio
demon, devil
Noun
aburrir
to bore; to tire; to be bored; to become bored
Verb
ventrudo
big-bellied, potbellied (having a big belly)
Adjective
semejante
similar; such; what a (when followed by a noun)
Adjective
cebolla
onion
Noun
tropezón
stumble, trip (act); bit of meat or other food found in a stew
Noun
máquina
machine; A person who is outstanding or very good at something.
Noun
confiado
confident; overconfident; trustful; gullible, credulous, guileless
Adjective
inventiva
inventiveness
Noun
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
fámulo
servant (in church or convent)
Noun
prisa
hurry, rush, urgency
Noun
entretener
to entertain
Verb
jugar
to play; to risk, take a chance; to play (an instrument)
Verb
alba
dawn; alb
Noun
bizcocho
sponge cake; bisque (fired unglazed pottery); cake; a kind of salty cookie; Danish pastry
Noun
descuide
don't worry
Interjection
fantasma
ghost, phantom, wraith; show-off
Noun
meditar
to meditate (rest while remaining conscious); to meditate, to ponder, to contemplate
Verb
pariente
relative, relation (member of one's family); parents; see parienta
Noun
recontar
to recount; to narrate
Verb
fanega
English or American bushel (a dry measure); fanega (a dry measure roughly equivalent to 12 imperial bushels or 55.5 liters); fanega (a traditional measure of land area equivalent to the amount of land that could be sown with a fanega of seed); fanega (a traditional measure of land area equivalent to about 6440 m²)
Noun
arroba
at (the symbol @); arroba (a traditional unit of mass generally equivalent to about 11.5 kg)
Noun
aceite
oil; olive oil
Noun
últimamente
recently, lately
Adverb
restar
to subtract, to reduce, to deduct; to remain; to return (hit the ball back after a serve)
Verb
ganancia
profit, gain, earnings
Noun
positivo
positive
Adjective
probable
probable, likely; provable
Adjective
tráfico
traffic; smuggle
Noun
cuán
accented form of cuan (used when interrogative or exclamatory)
Adverb
incierto
uncertain; untrue, false
Adjective
cosecha
harvest, crop; vintage (of wine)
Noun
secano
dryland; unirrigated land
Noun
jugador
player; gambler
Noun
arruinar
to ruin
Verb
vísperas
vespers
Noun
pudrir
to rot; to rot, to decompose, to waste away, to putrefy
Verb
semilla
seed (of a plant)
Noun
endurecer
to harden, to toughen, make hard
Verb
gasto
expenditure, cost; spending, expense
Noun
labor
labor; job, task, chore; work, effort; needlework, embroidery
Noun
palmo
span, handspan (an informal unit of length based on a hand's width); inch, ounce (any trivially small distance or amount of something); palmo, Spanish span (a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm)
Noun
aletargado
lethargic
Adjective
acuerdo
agreement; compromise
Noun
incomodar
to bother; to annoy; to vex; to cause discomfort to someone, make uncomfortable; to inconvenience; to feel uncomfortable
Verb
parado
stopped, halted, immobile, idle; standing; unemployed; on the dole; confused, bewildered; in a (good or bad) state; erect (a penis, when using masculine nouns, preceded by the verb tener or traer)
Adjective
veras
truth; reality; serious things
Noun
trimestre
trimester
Noun
imaginar
to imagine; to imagine, to suppose
Verb
endemoniado
possessed (by the devil); diabolic, devilish
Adjective
pestillo
latch; bolt (of a lock)
Noun
derecho
right (a legal, just or moral entitlement); law, jurisprudence (the study of laws); law (the profession of dealing with laws (as lawyers, judges, etc.)); right (the outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.); right side (The side of a fabric that is intended to face outward on a finished project); a knit stitch; duties, taxes, fees, charges; path, road
Noun
convencido
convinced
Adjective
testimonio
testimony; witness; baton
Noun
vidriera
shop window
Noun
olor
smell, scent, odor; whiff (i.e. hint)
Noun
mojado
wet
Adjective
tenue
tenuous, thin, weak; faint, dim, wispy, soft, subdued, pale
Adjective
consternado
dismayed, distraught
Adjective
aborrecer
to hate, detest, loathe; to abandon one's young
Verb
vidrio
glass (substance); window
Noun
libra
English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g); libra, Spanish pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g); British pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver); pound (various other currencies originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver); Libra (someone with the Libra star sign)
Noun
jamón
ham (the thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat); ham, gammon (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)
Noun
espuerta
hamper, two-handled basket (a plaited basket with two handles, usually made from esparto grass or palm leaves)
Noun
recogida
pickup; harvesting, picking; collection (activity of collecting)
Noun
jerez
sherry
Noun
torta
cake; tart, pie; submarine sandwich; flatbread; slap in the face, cuff on the ear; drunkenness; dyke, lez (a lesbian)
Noun
tarde
afternoon; evening (after sunset)
Noun
conciencia
awareness (state of knowing something); consciousness (state of having cognition and sensation); conscience, morals
Noun
generoso
generous
Adjective
copa
stemmed glass, glass, goblet or its content; cocktail, drink; crown, treetop; cup, trophy (prize in sports); cup, competition (sports competition); cup of a brassiere; hollow of a hat; heart or a card of the hearts suit (on Spanish cards, the symbol is of a goblet); brake head
Noun
esgrimir
to brandish (a weapon); to fence; to use; to put forward (an argument)
Verb
mandíbula
jaw, mandible
Noun
almacén
warehouse; shop, store; grocer's; storeroom; A store selling domestic goods, either retail or wholesale.; A store selling household electronics.; A store selling textiles and possibly clothing.
Noun
comestible
edible, comestible
Adjective
lugareño
inhabitant, local
Noun
apurado
in a hurry; poor, needy, short
Adjective
conservar
to conserve; to preserve, retain.
Verb
alumbrar
to illuminate; to give birth; to shed light (on); to get tipsy
Verb
asimismo
likewise, also, as well (expressing continuity or similarity)
Adverb
cabillo
little branch connecting to the leaves
Noun
igualdad
equality
Noun
persistencia
persistence
Noun
monótono
monotonous, humdrum
Adjective
consumir
to consume
Verb
rasguear
to strum
Verb
consonancia
consonance; harmony; conformity
Noun
coro
choir; chorus (of a song); choir (area where singers in a church stand)
Noun
tañedor
player
Noun