vocab dash

Vocabulary

has: present, youto have; forms the perfect aspect; to hold, to possess; to exist; there be; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (hubo/había); to have to; to be necessary; used to denote a past obligation

Verb

tener

to have; to possess; to have; to possess; to be (a condition or quality); to hold; to grasp; to contain; to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.); to have; to feel (internally); to make to feel; to have (a measure or age); to have to; do not have to; must not; …

Verb

por

by; for (indicates something given in an exchange); through, out, via (indicating movement); across (indicating movement); about; due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive); over; times, by, multiplied by; according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone); via, through, by (indicating the means of something); …

Preposition

hace

ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.); in, it has been...since (a past period of time)

Preposition

problema

problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with); trouble (in the singular or in the plural); question, dilemma, conundrum; condition (illness)

Noun

natural

natural (of or relating to nature); native; indigenous; natural, plain (without artificial additives); natural (as expected; reasonable); Said about the lord that he has vassals, or that by his lineage, he has a right to lordship, even though he was not of the land.; being a calendar day; natural (neither sharp nor flat); illegitimate (born to unmarried parents); room-temperature (neither heated nor chilled); Said about the pass of the red flag with the left hand without the sword; …

Adjective

villa

small town; villa; settlement with a minimum of five thousand inhabitants (bigger than a town but smaller than a city) that has asked for the title officially; previously, this title was granted by the king

Noun

oferta

offer (a proposal that has been made); offer (something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered); supply; deal, sale, bargain

Noun

carro

cart; car, automobile (used especially in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Mexico); a bus or minivan used on public transportation to carry passengers from one part of a city to another (while it has the same meaning as 'auto', 'carro' is preferred when referring to public transportation automobiles); train car; cocaine paste; carriage

Noun

roto

broken; corrupt, rotten; vulgar, low-class, classless; ruptured; broken, that gives or has a big advantage

Adjective

adaptación

adaptation (the process of adapting something to a situation); adaptation (a change made to suit a condition); adaptation (the process of change that an organism undergoes); adaptation (an instance of an organism undergoing change); adaptation (the process of adapting an artistic work); adaptation (an artistic work that has been adapted)

Noun

estreno

premiere; the first use/show of something (e.g. an article of clothing, a car); a first (something that has never happened before)

Noun

botón

button (clothing, mechanical); key (on a musical instrument); bud (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded); button (blunted tip of a foil); cop

Noun

mueble

a piece of furniture; in the reality show Big Brother, a contestant who does not generate content, who isn't the source of so many comments and who wanders around the house without generating any interest in the viewer; car; A person who is irrelevant, inactive, or unimportant in a situation.; A character who has no development or whose role is negligible, essentially "background furniture."

Noun

cartón

cardboard, paperboard; cardboard box; certificate (A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course)

Noun

secuela

consequence, result; aftereffect/after-effect, effect; sequela (disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem); sequel (a narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own)

Noun

salud

bless you (said to somebody who has sneezed); cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol); greetings!

Interjection

plancha

iron (metal tool used for transferring heat); ironing (the act of pressing clothes with an iron); ironing (laundry that has been ironed); slab (large, flat piece of solid material); grill (cooking device); push-up; plank (exercise); embarrassing mistake; bellyflop; foul (with the foot) (always used with the definite article la); plank; …

Noun

jara

rockrose (plant in the genus Cistus or the genus Halimium); a pointed stick that has been hardened by fire, and can be used as a projectile weapon

Noun

potestad

power, authority (authority to carry out something; typically has a legal or political connotation)

Noun

incidentar

to show; "to invoke a fact or omission during a trial that has effects on the case"

Verb

former, ex- (referring to a condition that has ended)

Adjective

rebote

bounce (a change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle); ricochet; rebound (the strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost)

Noun

morra

upper part of the head; girlfriend; morra (game); a fist, which has the numeric value of zero

Noun

canónigo

canon (ecclesiastic who has a canonry); corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)

Noun

soltero

single (one who is not married or does not have a romantic partner); bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

Noun

mocho

mutilated, incomplete; hornless (of an animal that ordinarily has horns); having a hypocritical and ostentatious faith; cut very short (of hair, a pencil, etc.); bald (with a shaved head) (synonym: calvo)

Adjective

viaducto

viaduct; in Mexico City, a limited-access high-speed roadway below street level, built on top of a river which has been channeled underground

Noun

Used to express agreement with a comment someone has previously stated: +1; this

Interjection

crush

crush (an infatuation with somebody one is not dating); crush (person one has a crush on)

Noun

becado

one who has been granted a scholarship

Noun

avería

breakdown (a failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed)

Noun

calva

bald patch (area of baldness); an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out; clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees); a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets; the wooden target used in the game of calva

Noun

descompuesto

broken down, out of order; rotten, decayed; rude, impolite; misbehaved (of someone who formerly was more behaved); showing one’s age, seen better days, worse for the wear (said of someone whose face or body has become less attractive with age)

Adjective

aguanta

that's crazy; An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard; no way

Interjection

labrada

a field that has been worked in preparation for planting

Noun

sembrado

farmland that has been sown

Noun

polluelo

chick (young bird); fledgling (young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flight)