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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1230 words, in teaching order

Words 401–500
aún
still, yet; even (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned)
Adverb
mañana
the morning; the near future; tomorrow
Noun
continuar
to continue, to carry on; to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic); to continue, to be continued
Verb
quizá
perhaps, maybe
Adverb
naranja
orange (having orange color); Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party
Adjective
genial
great, very good; genial, pleasant; splendid, gorgeous; ingenious, genius
Adjective
tarde
late (after a specified deadline); late in the day
Adverb
dejar
to leave (to place); to leave, to keep (to allow to continue); to leave (to cause, result in); to let, allow; to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp); to drop off; to leave, to abandon, to dump; to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial); to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases); to cut out (stop); …
Verb
luz
light; lumen; brightness, intelligence; focus, point of view, understanding; electric power; span
Noun
entre
between; among, amongst, from; divided by; as one of, as part of; within, inside
Preposition
estrella
star (celestial body); star (shape); star (most important person in e.g. a film); mullet, star
Noun
mañanero
early rising; morning
Adjective
aseo
cleaning; tidiness; toilet
Noun
solo
sole; one; only; single (unique); lonely, lonesome; alone, by oneself; automatic; self-, by itself
Adjective
ayuda
help, aid; assistance; guidance; helper
Noun
soportar
to bear, to endure, to withstand, put up with, tolerate, to stomach, to weather, to handle; to support a weight or load
Verb
frío
cold (having a low temperature); cool; cold (unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling); cool (of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself)
Adjective
jabón
soap; a bar of soap
Noun
azul
blue
Adjective
apestoso
stinking, smelly
Adjective
olvidar
to forget; to leave behind, to forget; [with le] to elude, to escape, to slip someone's mind (be forgotten by); to make forget
Verb
diente
tooth; tooth, cog (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement); clove (of garlic)
Noun
olvido
oblivion; forgetting, ending of memory; idea meaning an abstract place to put what is wanted to be forgotten, as in the collocation consign to oblivion
Noun
saludo
greeting, greetings; salutation
Noun
tía
girl, woman, chick
Noun
deseo
desire, wish
Noun
buen
apocopic form of bueno (“good, fine”)
Adjective
luego
then (afterward); later, later on (at some point in the future); soon (within a short time)
Adverb
ahora
now (at the present time); just now, just a moment ago (in the past); very soon, in a moment (in the future); of nowadays, of today, latter-day; today; however, on the other hand; sometimes...other times
Adverb
abotonar
to button up
Verb
abrochar
to button, fasten, buckle, zip up; to staple; to fuck
Verb
asegurar
to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually); to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of); to claim, to maintain; to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone); to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens); to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs); to belay
Verb
noticia
notice; news, piece of news; message; communication
Noun
clase
lecture; class (lesson); class (group of students); class (level of society); kind, sort, type; class; class (elegance)
Noun
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
sentido
sense (faculties of perception); sense, way (manner); sense, meaning; sense, point, use; feeling; direction
Noun
hipopótamo
hippopotamus
Noun
conejo
rabbit, cony, coney (male or unspecified sex); detective; contracted biceps (having athletic or semi-athletic features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not); cunt (female genitalia); type of bedpan (specially shaped bottle used to collect urine from bedridden men)
Noun
ribera
bank (riverbank)
Noun
allí
there (away from the speaker and the listener)
Adverb
pasear
to stroll, to saunter, to promenade; to walk, to take a walk; to ride, to go for a ride (e.g. on an animal, in a car, in a hot air balloon); to walk (e.g. a dog); to take a walk; to loiter; to stroll
Verb
césped
lawn; grass; turf
Noun
rico
rich (having a lot of money and possessions); luxurious; tasty, yummy; hot, sexy
Adjective
pisar
to step; to walk; to tread; to step on; to walk on (something); to tread on (something); to have sex, screw, bang
Verb
pata
paw, foot, leg (of an animal); leg (of furniture); human leg, foot (often used in anger); footprint (often used in anger); kickstand (a levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden); pocket flap; tie, draw
Noun
empezar
to start, begin, to get started; to start; to start, to begin; to lead, to open; to be started
Verb
oír
to hear; to hear (passively perceive a sound); to listen to (actively pay attention to a sound or a person speaking); to sound; to heed; to listen to
Verb
acaso
even; perhaps
Adverb
disculpa
excuse; apology
Noun
perdonar
to pardon, excuse, forgive
Verb
creer
to believe; to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion; to give credence to; to think one is something
Verb
propósito
purpose; resolution
Noun
algún
apocopic form of alguno; some, any
Determiner
andar
to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride; to function, to work, to run, to go; to pass, to go by, to elapse; to go about; to busy oneself with; to be, to feel; to go around, to move or spread from person to person; to go round (doing something) (describing interrupted, frequent activity); to have been feeling; to feel emotions over a period of time; …
Verb
salir
to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out; to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places); to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder); to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out; to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building); to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work); to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (+ de); to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (+ de); to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (+ de); to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document); …
Verb
exactamente
exactly
Adverb
lejos
far, far away
Adverb
río
river
Noun
estallar
to explode, to blow up, to burst; to crack (a whip); to break out, to erupt (said of a revolution, a war, a fire, or similar); to break loose; to blow up, to blow one's top, to explode; to pop (e.g., a bubble, a balloon, a button, a question); to blow up, to set off, to make explode (hacer + estallar)
Verb
llama
flame; llama (camelid mammal)
Noun
quemar
to burn; to scorch, to sear; to tan; to be very hot; to freeze; to be very cold; to burn (e.g. a CD); to wear out, overuse (a meme, a phrase, a song, a joke, etc); to call out, expose; to lose an election
Verb
comenzar
to begin, to commence
Verb
directo
direct, straightforward; blunt, straight; live; live stream, stream; mad, drugged-out or resembling those states
Adjective
hermoso
gorgeous, beautiful, handsome, lovely
Adjective
quemado
burnt; burned out; annoyed; old-fashioned, obsolete
Adjective
alejar
to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away; to estrange, alienate; to keep at a distance; to withdraw, distance oneself; to zoom out
Verb
gemir
to wail; to moan, to groan
Verb
cuidar
to look after, take care of (e.g. a house, a person); to mind, watch, pay attention to, be mindful of; to look after oneself, take care; to be careful of, watch out for; to feed (an animal)
Verb
llegar
to arrive, get (to); to get up to, to go up to, to reach (+ a or + hasta); to be sufficient; to be enough; to manage (be successful)
Verb
soldado
soldier
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
esconder
to hide
Verb
monte
mountain, mount; hill; forest, wilderness; desert; underbrush; weeds
Noun
noche
night (the period between sunset and sunrise); evening (after sunset)
Noun
regresar
to return, go back, come back
Verb
hoja
leaf (usually green and flat organ that is the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants); petal (often brightly coloured component of the corolla of a flower); blade (narrow leaf of a grass or cereal); pad (floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant); sheet, leaf (piece of paper, usually rectangular); page (one of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book); form (blank document or template to be filled in by the user); foil; blade (sharp cutting edge of a knife, sword, etc.); pane (individual sheet of glass in a window); …
Noun
uno
one
Pronoun
directamente
directly, firsthand; outright
Adverb
sobre
over, above, on, upon, atop; about
Preposition
silencio
silence; rest
Noun
salvo
safe
Adjective
escabullirse
to sneak out, slip away, slip out; to squirm (to evade a question, an interviewer etc)
Verb
tranquilamente
calmly; tranquilly
Adverb
fútbol
football (soccer); synonym of fútbol americano
Noun
desear
to wish; to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for; to look forward to
Verb
parte
part; section; portion; share; piece; bit; cut; proportion; place; somewhere; side; party (e.g. a third party, state party, to be party to); behalf; stint (i.e. allotted portion of work); message; report; dispatch; traffic ticket; sticker
Noun
equipo
team; equipment, kit, hardware; device; computer
Noun
preguntar
to ask; to wonder, to ask oneself, to ponder
Verb
entrenador
trainer; manager (UK), coach (US)
Noun
si
if, whether; points out a contradiction (and often implies that it's obvious or that it's easy to find out about)
Conjunction
entrenar
to train
Verb
cintura
waist
Noun
solo
only; solely; just
Adverb
fuera
outside; out
Adverb
siguiente
following; next
Adjective
partido
party; game, match (chiefly for soccer); hair parting or part; advantage, benefit; subdivision of Buenos Aires province
Noun
importante
important, that cares, that matters.
Adjective
preocupado
worried, concerned
Adjective
jugador
player; gambler
Noun
enfermar
to make ill; to sicken; to become ill; to get sick
Verb