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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1230 words, in teaching order

Words 501–600
suplicar
to beg; to supplicate
Verb
seguro
secure; safe (free from danger); certain; sure; positive; definite (of being correct); secure; firm; stable; reliable; surefire; foolproof (not likely to fall); security; security-related; confident; self-confident
Adjective
decidir
to decide, to make up one's mind, to determine, to choose to; to decide on; to rule
Verb
unir
to unite, join; to merge, conflate
Verb
difícil
difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing; unlikely (i.e. improbable); awkward (e.g. situation or position); rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)
Adjective
ninguno
nobody; no one; none; neither, any
Pronoun
anotado
annotated
Adjective
gol
goal
Noun
durante
during, in, over; for (as a duration)
Preposition
segundo
second (after the first)
Adjective
mitad
half
Noun
rápidamente
rapidly, quickly
Adverb
portería
lobby of a hotel; reception desk; goal (structure)
Noun
contrario
contrary, opposite; opposed, against
Adjective
balón
ball; balloon
Noun
fuerza
force; strength
Noun
anotar
to annotate; to score; to note
Verb
público
public; audience
Noun
alegría
joy, happiness; Any of various amaranths; Mexican candy made from amaranth seeds with honey or sugar
Noun
permitir
to allow, permit; to afford, to allow; to indulge in
Verb
vendedor
salesman
Noun
plátano
banana (fruit); plantain (the plant and fruit related to banana, not the Plantago genus); penis; sycamore, plane (a tree belonging to the genus Platanus)
Noun
mercado
market
Noun
vender
to sell; to sell for (a sum), to fetch
Verb
compra
purchase, buying; acquisition
Noun
fruta
fruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant); fruit (any sweet, edible part of a plant); fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence)
Noun
nadie
no one; nobody (anyone or anybody)
Pronoun
preferir
to prefer; to rather (be or do)
Verb
comunidad
community
Noun
rendir
to conquer; to tire, exhaust; to yield, pay, submit, pass down; to take a test or an exam; to vomit; to make headway; to surrender, give in, give up; to be paid (homage or tribute)
Verb
dulce
sweet (having a pleasant taste, especially induced by sugar); sweet (having a pleasant disposition); fresh (without salt)
Adjective
coger
to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize; to pick, harvest; to fish; to seize, arrest; to overtake; to get (a joke); to collect; to have sex, to fuck, to bang; to imitate, learn; to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking); to turn to (when driving or walking); …
Verb
montón
heap, pile (collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation); ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads (a great deal; a great quantity)
Noun
bandeja
tray, platter (small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried)
Noun
revisar
to revise; to review, to check
Verb
cuidadosamente
carefully
Adverb
venir
Senses relating to literal movement.; to come (move closer to some location (most often closer to the speaker), by default the speaker's location); to arrive; Figurative senses.; to come from, originate; to come (happen); to come (appear); to come (to have some characteristic or quality) (with an adjective or prepositional phrase); to receive something, get something; to get (something felt in one's body or perceived in one's mind, a feeling, an illness, pain, an urge, an idea, etc.); …
Verb
puesto
position, employment, job; place (physical location where something is found); placing, rank; market stall, market stand
Noun
rato
a while, bit (a short period of time); time; male rat
Noun
ganar
to gain; to earn; to win; to defeat, to beat; to reach; to attain; to earn (something) for oneself; to position oneself, to situate oneself
Verb
azúcar
sugar
Noun
pan
bread (food made by baking cereal dough); bun (such as the kind used on a hamburger or hot dog); money, dough; work, job
Noun
carga
load; burden; cargo; charge; carga (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 222 L); blitz
Noun
cabeza
head; mind (in certain phrases); guy, dude, man
Noun
cera
wax; crayon
Noun
familia
family (group of people related to each other); family (grouping of things possessing common characteristics); relative, relation (member of one's family)
Noun
pelear
to fight (to contend in physical conflict); to fight, to argue; to fight for, to struggle against; to mutually fight; to discord or dispute; to become enemies; to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc.
Verb
hijo
son; child (of unknown gender); team that is often defeated by another team
Noun
hogar
home; homeland; housekeeping; hearth, fireplace
Noun
huerto
orchard; fruit and vegetable garden (garden used for cultivation of agricultural crops); an undesirable task
Noun
prohibido
forbidden; prohibited
Adjective
acercar
to bring close; to zoom in; to approach, to get close, to come; to draw near, to gather around; to become close; to get close to, to come up to, to draw near to, to walk up to, to go over to (+a); to reach out to (+a); to close in on (+a); to assemble
Verb
advertir
to warn; to notice
Verb
derretir
to melt; to spend, waste
Verb
calor
heat
Noun
entristecer
to sadden, make sad
Verb
plan
plan; scheme (systematic plan of future action); intention; mood
Noun
resto
rest, remainder; remainder
Noun
forma
shape; form; figure; way; manner; basis; method; form (“sheet to fill out”)
Noun
ave
bird; fowl, poultry; high-speed train
Noun
montaña
mountain; a lot; a bunch
Noun
amanecer
dawn (the morning period of twilight)
Noun
castigo
punishment
Noun
traer
to bring (in the sense of transport, for differences with llevar and examples see that entry); to bring about, cause, occasion; to make (cause to be in or have a certain condition or state); to wear; to bring forward, advance, adduce; to make, compel, oblige; to persuade; to have, carry (in a publication, in stock); to include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient); In dialectal usage, the preterite and imperfect subjunctive may be conjugated as in classical Spanish (truje, etc., and trujera, etc., respectively). This may occur in Chilean dialects.
Verb
cuándo
when
Adverb
glotón
gluttonous
Adjective
prueba
proof; evidence (usually in the plural); an examination, test, or quiz; a trial; an ordeal; an audition; an athletics event; proof, proof sheet, page proof
Noun
travieso
naughty, mischievous; playful (suggesting mirth or fun)
Adjective
egoísta
egotistic (believing oneself to be superior); selfish
Adjective
arrepentirse
to regret; to repent
Verb
castigar
to punish, to castigate (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct); to ground, gate (to punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges)
Verb
pronto
soon
Adverb
náusea
nausea; repugnance, disgust
Noun
doler
to hurt (to cause physical or emotional pain); to grieve, regret something; to feel sorry about; to complain (about)
Verb
estómago
stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
Noun
susurrar
to whisper, susurrate
Verb
prometer
to promise
Verb
aceptar
to accept, to take up, to take up on; to agree; to come to terms with
Verb
promesa
promise
Noun
sabiduría
wisdom; learning; knowledge
Noun
cómo
how?
Adverb
o
or; either … or
Conjunction
tejer
to knit; to weave; to spin (e.g. a web, a tale)
Verb
tela
cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers); difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties); cash, dosh (money); plenty; shedload
Noun
herramienta
a tool, an implement
Noun
hierro
iron (chemical element); branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock); brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron); brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo); iron or steel weapon; any of various objects made of iron; importance
Noun
dios
god
Noun
arriba
above, over; up; uphill; upstream; upstairs
Adverb
cielo
sky; heaven
Noun
mundo
world, earth (human collective existence); world, globe (the Earth); world (planet, especially one which is inhabitable); world (an individual or group perspective or social setting); hopscotch; a considerable amount
Noun
mantener
to keep; to maintain, to support; to sustain, to preserve, to retain, to uphold; to maintain, continue, to keep up; to stay, to remain; to maintain, to keep, to stay, to remain; to stand, to hold, to remain, to continue (e.g. hold firm, stand strong, stand together, stand on one's feet); to stick to (e.g. stick to one's guns); to be maintained, to be retained, to be sustained
Verb
guardar
to save (to store for future use); to save (to write a file to disk or other storage medium); to keep; to order; to clean; to put away
Verb
vasija
vessel, container (object made to hold liquid or another substance that can be held in the hand)
Noun
cada
each; every
Determiner
asomar
to show; to peep up; to peep out; to come up; to come out; to go out; to appear; to lean out
Verb
aprender
to learn (to acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something); to teach
Verb
algo
something, anything
Pronoun
impresionante
impressive; awesome, amazing; stunning, breathtaking, striking (physical appearance, scenery)
Adjective
codicioso
greedy, covetous
Adjective
pensar
to think, ponder; to reflect, think through; to think of, think that (have an opinion on); to intend, to plan, to want
Verb