Vocabulary
el
masculine singular definite article; the; feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/
Article
al
contraction of a + el, literally “at the, to the”; upon
tomar
to take (put under one's physical or mental control, often in one's hands); to draw from, take, derive; to grip, grasp, grab; to select, choose; to seize, capture; to take (a path, etc); to take (use as a means of transportation (when one isn't the driver)); to take, consume, drink (mostly used with drinks and medication); used in tomar el sol; to take (regard in a specified way); …
Verb
deshacer
to undo, to unmake; to unpack; to break, to break up (e.g. a treaty, a business, a band, a united effort); to take back (something done or said); to reverse (a spell or curse); to come undone, to unravel; to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo); to melt (deshacerse el hielo); to weed out (unwanted people); to feel/show a lot of (emotion)
Verb
IVA
acronym of impuesto sobre al valor añadido (“value added tax”) or other synonymous acronym ("impuesto sobre el valor añadido" in Spain and "impuesto sobre el valor agregado" in Colombia)
Noun
nido
nest; edible bird's nest (commonly found in El Nido, Palawan and usually made into nido soup in Chinese restaurants); daycare or daycare center
Noun
rastro
sign, trace, vestige, scent; trail, spoor (i.e., marked indication to track and follow); flea market, public market (especially El Rastro in Madrid); offshoot, layer; rake; slaughterhouse
Noun
porteño
native to or inhabiting a port town; native to or inhabiting the port town of El Puerto de Santa María; native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires; native to or inhabiting Valparaíso
Adjective
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
pal
contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)
pol
contraction of por and el
col
contraction of con and el
nel
contraction of en + el, literally “in the”
pa'l
contraction of para + el
porteño
native to or inhabiting the port town of El Puerto de Santa María; Porteño, a person native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires; someone from Valparaíso
Noun
aguilucho
Of or pertaining to Club Deportivo Águila, a soccer club from San Miguel, El Salvador; a player, coach, or fan of the Águilas Cibaeñas, a baseball team from Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Adjective
arenero
sandbox; litter box; dune buggy; sand trap; sand dealer, sand vendor; sand-keeper; A member or supporter of the Nationalist Republican Alliance of El Salvador.
Noun
portuense
of, from or relating to El Puerto de Santa María (municipality in Andalusia, Spain); of, from or relating to the city of Porto, Porto District, Portugal; of, from or relating to Puerto de la Cruz, Canary Islands; port city
Adjective
chispear
to spark; to sprinkle; to spit (rain in fine droplets); (El Salvador, colloquial) to splash (something or someone);
Verb
aguacatero
avocado; mutt; proper or pertaining to El Salvador, in opposition to foreign countries, and usually of lower quality, cheaper or unrefined.
Adjective
berroqueño
granitic; of, from or relating to the village of Barruecopardo, province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain; of, from or relating to El Berrueco, Madrid
Adjective
loíno
of, from or relating to the province of El Loa, Chile; of C.D. Cobreloa (a football club from Calama, Chile)
Adjective
ella
she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions); it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
Pronoun
ellas
they, them (used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to women and feminine nouns)
Pronoun
elemento
element (part of which something consists); element (one of four building block of matter); element (group of people with a common characteristic); individual (person considered alone); element (component in electrical equiment); element (one of the simplest chemical substances); element (atmospheric forces); element (place or state that something is best suited for)
Noun
elaborar
to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate); to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)
Verb