Vocabulary
Comisión Europea
European Commission
Name
Damasco
Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Name
Calígula
Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, third Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE)
Name
Sistán
Sistan (a province in eastern Iran; in full, Sistán y Baluchistán); Sistan (a geographic region of the eastern Iranian Plateau in eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Scythian Saka tribe between the 2nd century BCE and 1st century CE)
Name
Galia Bélgica
Gallia Belgica (an ancient province of the Roman Empire, existing from 22 BCE to the 5th century CE and located in modern northeast France, most of Belgium and Luxembourg, and parts of the Netherlands and Germany)
Name
Asturias
Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea); Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 CE, in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)
Name
Escitia
Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE)
Name
centro
center; center, moderate tendencies or ideas; middle; core, heart; city center, downtown; cross (a pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch)
Noun
cerca
close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh (referring to quantity or time-related); close, near, around, nigh, at hand, close at hand, in sight (spatially); nearby, close by
Adverb
cerrar
to close, to shut; to shut down, to close down; to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas); to turn off (a light or electrical device); to enclose; to lock, to lock up; to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift); to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound); to close, to conclude, to end; to close (itself) (e.g., a store, a door); …
Verb
celebrar
to celebrate; to hold, to organize (a formal event, conference, meeting etc.); to welcome, to accept
Verb
central
central
Adjective
cercano
near, nearby, close
Adjective
celular
cell phone (US), mobile phone (UK, Australia)
Noun
cerebro
brain; nerd
Noun
centrar
to focus, to center; cross (pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side)
Verb
cerveza
beer
Noun
cero
zero
Numeric
celebración
celebration
Noun
ceder
to cede, to hand over, to convey; to transfer, to yield; to relinquish, to abandon, to leave, to give in; to decrease, to lessen, to diminish
Verb
ceremonia
ceremony
Noun
central
headquarter; center; power station; a sugar mill; centre-back
Noun
cena
supper, dinner
Noun
cerrado
shut, closed; closed off (personality trait)
Adjective
cerro
hill (usually larger or more isolated than colina); bunch (“a considerable amount”)
Noun
cesar
to cease (to stop); to quit, to step down; to dismiss
Verb
cerdo
pig, hog; pork; slob, pig, hog
Noun
cenar
to dine; to have supper; to have a lavish meal
Verb
censurar
to censure; to censor
Verb
cementerio
cemetery; junkyard, scrapyard
Noun
certificar
to certify
Verb
cerca
fence (a thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter); stone wall
Noun
center
center
Noun
cerebral
cerebral
Adjective
censo
census
Noun
certeza
certainty
Noun
celda
prison cell; cell
Noun
celoso
jealous; zealous
Adjective
ceniza
ash (solid remains of a fire); ashes (solid remains of a human or animal cadaver after cremation)
Noun
centímetro
centimetre
Noun
centavo
hundredth; cent (subunit of currency in US and other countries)
Noun
celebrado
celebrated
Adjective
cebolla
onion
Noun
censura
censure; censorship
Noun
certificación
certification
Noun
certificado
certificate (document issued by an official entity or public department to prove a fact or a personal situation)
Noun
cereal
cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains); cereal (the grains of such plants); breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)
Noun
centenario
centenary, centennial; hundred-year-old
Adjective
centenar
a unit of one hundred objects
Noun
cemento
cement
Noun
centroamericano
Central American (of, from or relating to Central America)
Adjective
censar
to take a census
Verb
celos
jealousy; rut
Noun
celeste
sky blue; heavenly; bleu celeste
Adjective
celebridad
celebrity
Noun
cercanía
proximity, vicinity, closeness, nearness
Noun
ceja
eyebrow; rim, edge; fret; capotasto; clearing (in the woods, in clouds, etc.)
Noun
centrado
focused
Adjective
certamen
contest, competition, pageant; challenge
Noun
cerámica
ceramic (material); ceramics (art of making ceramic objects); ceramics (ceramic objects)
Noun