Glosario · Glossary
356 palabras que aparecen en las lecciones. 356 words from the course, by level of first appearance.
| Palabra | Meaning | Clase | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | to, at; the personal a before a human object | preposición | 3 |
| acento | stress; accent | sustantivo | 8 |
| acentuación | accentuation, the rules of written stress | sustantivo | 8 |
| aconsejar | to advise | verbo | 11 |
| además | besides, moreover | adverbio | 6 |
| adiós | goodbye | interjección | 1 |
| adjetivo | adjective | sustantivo | 7 |
| adverbio | adverb | sustantivo | 7 |
| agua | water (feminine, but takes el in the singular) | sustantivo | 2 |
| aguda | oxytone: stressed on the last syllable | adjetivo | 8 |
| ahora | now | adverbio | 2 |
| alto | tall, high | adjetivo | 3 |
| amarillo | yellow | adjetivo | 3 |
| amigo | friend | sustantivo | 1 |
| amistad | friendship | sustantivo | 6 |
| amor | love | sustantivo | 5 |
| análisis | analysis, parsing | sustantivo | 7 |
| anoche | last night | adverbio | 4 |
| antecedente | antecedent (of a relative clause) | sustantivo | 12 |
| antes | before, earlier | adverbio | 4 |
| año | year | sustantivo | 4 |
| apellido | surname, last name | sustantivo | 1 |
| apenas | hardly, barely; as soon as | adverbio | 6 |
| apócope | apocope: the loss of a final sound, as in gran or buen | sustantivo | 9 |
| apódosis | the main clause of a conditional sentence | sustantivo | 12 |
| aposición | apposition | sustantivo | 9 |
| artículo | article | sustantivo | 7 |
| así | thus, like this, in this way | adverbio | 6 |
| átono | unstressed, clitic | adjetivo | 9 |
| aumentativo | augmentative (-ote, -azo) | sustantivo | 9 |
| aún | still, yet (with tilde when it means todavía) | adverbio | 8 |
| aunque | although, even though | conjunción | 4 |
| auxiliar | auxiliary verb | sustantivo | 10 |
| ayer | yesterday | adverbio | 4 |
| ayuda | help, aid | sustantivo | 6 |
| azul | blue | adjetivo | 3 |
| beber | to drink | verbo | 2 |
| bien | well, fine | adverbio | 1 |
| blanco | white | adjetivo | 3 |
| buenas noches | good evening, good night | interjección | 1 |
| buenas tardes | good afternoon | interjección | 1 |
| bueno | good (buen before a masculine singular noun) | adjetivo | 3 |
| buenos días | good morning | interjección | 1 |
| café | coffee; cafe | sustantivo | 2 |
| cama | bed | sustantivo | 2 |
| carta | letter (correspondence); playing card | sustantivo | 6 |
| casa | house, home | sustantivo | 2 |
| casi | almost, nearly | adverbio | 6 |
| castellano | Castilian, Spanish (the language) | sustantivo | 6 |
| causal | causal (clause) | adjetivo | 12 |
| cinco | five | adjetivo | 2 |
| cocina | kitchen; cooking | sustantivo | 2 |
| comer | to eat | verbo | 2 |
| comida | food; meal | sustantivo | 2 |
| como | as, like (no tilde) | adverbio | 5 |
| cómo | how? (interrogative) | adverbio | 1 |
| comparativo | comparative | adjetivo | 9 |
| complemento | complement, object | sustantivo | 7 |
| comprar | to buy | verbo | 2 |
| con | with | preposición | 3 |
| concesión | concession | sustantivo | 11 |
| concesiva | concessive (clause) | adjetivo | 12 |
| concordancia | agreement in gender and number | sustantivo | 9 |
| condicional | conditional tense (hablaría) | sustantivo | 10 |
| conjugación | conjugation (the three classes: -ar, -er, -ir) | sustantivo | 10 |
| conjunción | conjunction | sustantivo | 7 |
| conmigo | with me | pronombre | 5 |
| conocer | to know (a person or place), to be acquainted with | verbo | 4 |
| consejo | piece of advice | sustantivo | 6 |
| consonante | consonant | sustantivo | 8 |
| contar | to tell, to recount; to count | verbo | 5 |
| contento | happy, pleased (used with estar, not ser) | adjetivo | 3 |
| contigo | with you | pronombre | 5 |
| coordinación | coordination | sustantivo | 12 |
| costumbre | custom, habit | sustantivo | 6 |
| creer | to believe, to think | verbo | 5 |
| cuándo | when? (interrogative) | adverbio | 1 |
| cuantificador | quantifier | sustantivo | 9 |
| cuatro | four | adjetivo | 2 |
| cuento | story, tale | sustantivo | 5 |
| cuyo | whose (relative possessive, agrees with the thing possessed) | pronombre | 5 |
| dar | to give | verbo | 4 |
| de | of, from | preposición | 3 |
| decir | to say, to tell | verbo | 4 |
| demostrativo | demonstrative | adjetivo | 9 |
| desde | from, since | preposición | 4 |
| desear | to wish, to desire | verbo | 11 |
| deseo | wish, desire | sustantivo | 11 |
| desinencia | inflectional ending | sustantivo | 10 |
| despacio | slowly | adverbio | 6 |
| después | after, afterwards | adverbio | 4 |
| determinante | determiner | sustantivo | 9 |
| día | day | sustantivo | 2 |
| dicho | saying, expression | sustantivo | 6 |
| diéresis | diaeresis, the two dots on ü | sustantivo | 8 |
| diez | ten | adjetivo | 2 |
| difícil | difficult, hard | adjetivo | 3 |
| diminutivo | diminutive (-ito, -illo) | sustantivo | 9 |
| dinero | money | sustantivo | 6 |
| diptongo | diphthong | sustantivo | 8 |
| donde | where (relative, no tilde) | adverbio | 5 |
| dónde | where? (interrogative) | adverbio | 1 |
| dormir | to sleep | verbo | 2 |
| dos | two | adjetivo | 2 |
| duda | doubt | sustantivo | 11 |
| dudar | to doubt | verbo | 11 |
| el | the (masculine singular) | artículo | 3 |
| él | he | pronombre | 1 |
| ella | she | pronombre | 1 |
| ellos | they | pronombre | 1 |
| emoción | emotion, feeling | sustantivo | 11 |
| empezar | to begin, to start | verbo | 4 |
| en | in, on, at | preposición | 3 |
| encontrar | to find; to meet | verbo | 4 |
| énfasis | emphasis | sustantivo | 12 |
| entonces | then, at that time; so | adverbio | 4 |
| escribir | to write | verbo | 2 |
| esdrújula | proparoxytone: stressed on the third-from-last syllable | adjetivo | 8 |
| ese | that (near the listener) | adjetivo | 3 |
| español | Spanish (the language); Spanish, Spaniard | sustantivo | 1 |
| esperar | to hope; to wait for; to expect | verbo | 11 |
| estar | to be (state, condition, location) | verbo | 1 |
| este | this (near the speaker) | adjetivo | 3 |
| estilo | style; estilo indirecto, reported speech | sustantivo | 12 |
| estudiar | to study | verbo | 2 |
| fácil | easy | adjetivo | 3 |
| familia | family | sustantivo | 3 |
| femenino | feminine | adjetivo | 9 |
| fiesta | party, festival, holiday | sustantivo | 6 |
| finalidad | purpose, aim | sustantivo | 11 |
| fonética | phonetics | sustantivo | 7 |
| futuro | future tense | sustantivo | 10 |
| género | gender | sustantivo | 9 |
| gente | people (singular in form) | sustantivo | 5 |
| gerundio | gerund (-ando, -iendo) | sustantivo | 10 |
| gracias | thank you | interjección | 1 |
| gramática | grammar | sustantivo | 7 |
| grande | big, large (gran before any singular noun) | adjetivo | 3 |
| haber | to have (auxiliary of the compound tenses) | verbo | 4 |
| habitación | room, bedroom | sustantivo | 2 |
| hablar | to speak, to talk | verbo | 2 |
| hacer | to do, to make | verbo | 2 |
| hasta | until, up to, as far as | preposición | 4 |
| hay | there is, there are (impersonal form of haber) | verbo | 3 |
| hermana | sister | sustantivo | 3 |
| hermano | brother | sustantivo | 3 |
| hiato | hiatus (two vowels in separate syllables) | sustantivo | 8 |
| hijo | son | sustantivo | 3 |
| hipótesis | hypothesis | sustantivo | 11 |
| historia | story; history | sustantivo | 5 |
| hola | hello, hi | interjección | 1 |
| hombre | man | sustantivo | 3 |
| hoy | today | adverbio | 2 |
| imperativo | imperative mood | sustantivo | 10 |
| imperfecto | imperfect, the past of description and habit | sustantivo | 10 |
| impersonal | impersonal (se vive bien aquí) | adjetivo | 10 |
| indefinido | indefinite | adjetivo | 9 |
| indicativo | indicative mood | sustantivo | 10 |
| infinitivo | infinitive | sustantivo | 10 |
| interjección | interjection | sustantivo | 7 |
| intransitivo | intransitive | adjetivo | 10 |
| ir | to go | verbo | 2 |
| irregular | irregular | adjetivo | 10 |
| jamás | never (emphatic) | adverbio | 4 |
| la | the (feminine singular) | artículo | 3 |
| laísmo | using la for the feminine indirect object instead of le | sustantivo | 9 |
| las | the (feminine plural) | artículo | 3 |
| le | to him, to her, to you (indirect object pronoun) | pronombre | 5 |
| leche | milk | sustantivo | 2 |
| leísmo | using le for the direct object instead of lo | sustantivo | 9 |
| lengua | language; tongue | sustantivo | 7 |
| letra | letter (of the alphabet) | sustantivo | 8 |
| llamarse | to be called, to be named | verbo | 1 |
| llana | paroxytone: stressed on the next-to-last syllable | adjetivo | 8 |
| llevar | to carry, to take (away); to wear | verbo | 4 |
| llorar | to cry, to weep | verbo | 5 |
| lo | him, it (masculine direct object pronoun) | pronombre | 5 |
| loísmo | using lo for the indirect object instead of le | sustantivo | 9 |
| los | the (masculine plural) | artículo | 3 |
| luego | later, afterwards, then | adverbio | 4 |
| madre | mother | sustantivo | 3 |
| malo | bad (mal before a masculine singular noun) | adjetivo | 3 |
| mañana | morning; tomorrow | sustantivo | 2 |
| mas | but (literary, equivalent to pero; no tilde) | conjunción | 8 |
| masculino | masculine | adjetivo | 9 |
| mayúscula | capital letter | sustantivo | 8 |
| me | me, to me (unstressed object pronoun) | pronombre | 5 |
| mentira | lie, falsehood | sustantivo | 6 |
| mes | month | sustantivo | 4 |
| mesa | table | sustantivo | 2 |
| mi | my (possessive, never takes a tilde) | adjetivo | 3 |
| mí | me (after a preposition: para mí) | pronombre | 5 |
| miedo | fear | sustantivo | 5 |
| mientras | while, meanwhile | conjunción | 4 |
| mirar | to look at, to watch | verbo | 5 |
| modismo | idiom, idiomatic expression | sustantivo | 6 |
| modo | mood | sustantivo | 10 |
| morfología | morphology | sustantivo | 7 |
| morir | to die | verbo | 4 |
| mujer | woman; wife | sustantivo | 3 |
| mundo | world | sustantivo | 6 |
| muy | very | adverbio | 3 |
| nacer | to be born | verbo | 4 |
| nada | nothing | pronombre | 4 |
| nadie | nobody, no one | pronombre | 4 |
| negar | to deny, to refuse | verbo | 11 |
| negro | black | adjetivo | 3 |
| nexo | connector, linking word | sustantivo | 12 |
| ninguno | none, not any (ningún before a masculine noun) | pronombre | 4 |
| niño | child, little boy | sustantivo | 3 |
| no | no, not | adverbio | 1 |
| noche | night | sustantivo | 2 |
| nombre | name, first name | sustantivo | 1 |
| nos | us, to us (unstressed object pronoun) | pronombre | 5 |
| nosotros | we | pronombre | 1 |
| noticia | piece of news | sustantivo | 6 |
| núcleo | head, nucleus of a phrase | sustantivo | 9 |
| nueve | nine | adjetivo | 2 |
| nuevo | new | adjetivo | 3 |
| número | number (singular or plural) | sustantivo | 9 |
| nunca | never | adverbio | 4 |
| ocho | eight | adjetivo | 2 |
| oír | to hear | verbo | 5 |
| ojalá | I hope that, if only (always takes the subjunctive) | interjección | 11 |
| olvidar | to forget | verbo | 5 |
| oración | sentence, clause | sustantivo | 7 |
| orden | order (of words); command | sustantivo | 12 |
| ortografía | orthography, spelling | sustantivo | 7 |
| os | you, to you (plural, Spain) | pronombre | 5 |
| padre | father | sustantivo | 3 |
| país | country | sustantivo | 3 |
| palabra | word | sustantivo | 5 |
| pan | bread | sustantivo | 2 |
| para | for, in order to, towards (purpose, recipient, deadline) | preposición | 4 |
| para que | so that, in order that (takes the subjunctive) | conjunción | 11 |
| participio | participle (-ado, -ido) | sustantivo | 10 |
| pasar | to pass, to happen, to spend (time) | verbo | 4 |
| pasiva | the passive (ser + participle; also la pasiva refleja with se) | sustantivo | 10 |
| pedir | to ask for, to request | verbo | 11 |
| pensar | to think | verbo | 5 |
| pequeño | small, little | adjetivo | 3 |
| perder | to lose; to miss (a train) | verbo | 4 |
| perdón | sorry, excuse me | interjección | 1 |
| perfecto | perfect (he hablado) | sustantivo | 10 |
| perífrasis | verbal periphrasis (ir a hablar, estar hablando) | sustantivo | 10 |
| pero | but | conjunción | 4 |
| persona | grammatical person | sustantivo | 10 |
| plural | plural | adjetivo | 9 |
| pluscuamperfecto | pluperfect (había hablado) | sustantivo | 10 |
| poner | to put, to place | verbo | 4 |
| por | by, through, because of, in exchange for (cause and agent) | preposición | 4 |
| por favor | please | interjección | 1 |
| por supuesto | of course | adverbio | 6 |
| porque | because | conjunción | 4 |
| posesivo | possessive | adjetivo | 9 |
| predicado | predicate | sustantivo | 7 |
| preguntar | to ask (a question) | verbo | 5 |
| preposición | preposition | sustantivo | 7 |
| presente | present tense | sustantivo | 10 |
| pretérito | preterite, the simple past of completed events | sustantivo | 10 |
| principal | main (clause) | adjetivo | 12 |
| pronombre | pronoun | sustantivo | 7 |
| pronto | soon, early | adverbio | 4 |
| pronunciación | pronunciation | sustantivo | 8 |
| prótasis | the if-clause of a conditional sentence | sustantivo | 12 |
| pueblo | village, town; a people | sustantivo | 6 |
| puerta | door | sustantivo | 2 |
| que | that, which, who (relative); than | pronombre | 5 |
| qué | what? (interrogative) | pronombre | 1 |
| quien | who, whom (relative, no tilde) | pronombre | 5 |
| quién | who? (interrogative) | pronombre | 1 |
| quizá | perhaps, maybe (also quizás) | adverbio | 6 |
| raíz | root, stem of a verb | sustantivo | 10 |
| rápido | fast, quick; quickly | adjetivo | 6 |
| razón | reason; rightness (tener razón, to be right) | sustantivo | 6 |
| recíproco | reciprocal (se miran, they look at each other) | adjetivo | 10 |
| recordar | to remember, to remind | verbo | 5 |
| reflexivo | reflexive | adjetivo | 10 |
| refrán | proverb, saying | sustantivo | 6 |
| registro | register, level of formality | sustantivo | 12 |
| reír | to laugh | verbo | 5 |
| relativo | relative | adjetivo | 12 |
| responder | to answer, to reply | verbo | 5 |
| rojo | red | adjetivo | 3 |
| saber | to know (a fact); to know how to | verbo | 4 |
| salir | to go out, to leave | verbo | 2 |
| salud | health | sustantivo | 6 |
| se | reflexive and reciprocal pronoun; replaces le or les before lo, la, los, las | pronombre | 5 |
| seis | six | adjetivo | 2 |
| semana | week | sustantivo | 4 |
| sentir | to feel; to be sorry | verbo | 5 |
| señor | sir, Mr., gentleman | sustantivo | 1 |
| señora | madam, Mrs., lady | sustantivo | 1 |
| ser | to be (identity, essence, origin) | verbo | 1 |
| seseo | pronouncing c and z like s (most of the Spanish-speaking world) | sustantivo | 8 |
| si | if (conditional, no tilde) | conjunción | 4 |
| sí | yes | adverbio | 1 |
| siempre | always | adverbio | 4 |
| siete | seven | adjetivo | 2 |
| sílaba | syllable | sustantivo | 8 |
| sin | without | preposición | 3 |
| sin embargo | however, nevertheless | adverbio | 6 |
| singular | singular | adjetivo | 9 |
| sintagma | phrase (syntactic unit) | sustantivo | 9 |
| sintaxis | syntax | sustantivo | 7 |
| sobresdrújula | stressed before the third-from-last syllable | adjetivo | 8 |
| sociedad | society | sustantivo | 6 |
| su | his, her, its, your (formal), their | adjetivo | 3 |
| subjuntivo | subjunctive mood | sustantivo | 11 |
| subordinación | subordination | sustantivo | 12 |
| subordinada | subordinate clause | sustantivo | 12 |
| suerte | luck, fortune | sustantivo | 6 |
| sujeto | subject | sustantivo | 7 |
| superlativo | superlative | adjetivo | 9 |
| sustantivo | noun | sustantivo | 7 |
| tampoco | neither, not either | adverbio | 4 |
| tarde | afternoon, early evening; late | sustantivo | 2 |
| te | you, to you (unstressed object pronoun) | pronombre | 5 |
| tener | to have, to hold; to be (age, hunger, cold) | verbo | 3 |
| terminar | to finish, to end | verbo | 4 |
| ti | you (after a preposition: para ti; never takes a tilde) | pronombre | 5 |
| tiempo | time; weather | sustantivo | 6 |
| tilde | the written accent mark | sustantivo | 8 |
| todavía | still, yet | adverbio | 4 |
| tónico | stressed, tonic | adjetivo | 9 |
| trabajar | to work | verbo | 2 |
| trabajo | work, job | sustantivo | 6 |
| transitivo | transitive | adjetivo | 10 |
| tres | three | adjetivo | 2 |
| triste | sad | adjetivo | 5 |
| tu | your (possessive, never takes a tilde) | adjetivo | 3 |
| tú | you (informal singular) | pronombre | 1 |
| un | a, an (masculine) | artículo | 3 |
| una | a, an (feminine) | artículo | 3 |
| uno | one (un before a masculine noun) | adjetivo | 2 |
| usted | you (formal singular) | pronombre | 1 |
| ustedes | you (plural) | pronombre | 1 |
| venir | to come | verbo | 2 |
| ventana | window | sustantivo | 2 |
| ver | to see | verbo | 5 |
| verbo | verb | sustantivo | 7 |
| verdad | truth | sustantivo | 6 |
| verde | green | adjetivo | 3 |
| viaje | journey, trip | sustantivo | 6 |
| vida | life | sustantivo | 5 |
| viejo | old | adjetivo | 3 |
| vivir | to live | verbo | 2 |
| vocal | vowel | sustantivo | 8 |
| volver | to return, to come back | verbo | 4 |
| vos | you (informal singular in the River Plate and Central America) | pronombre | 6 |
| voseo | the use of vos instead of tú, with its own verb forms | sustantivo | 6 |
| vosotros | you (informal plural, Spain) | pronombre | 1 |
| voz | voice | sustantivo | 5 |
| ya | already, now, any more | adverbio | 4 |
| yeísmo | pronouncing ll like y | sustantivo | 8 |
| yo | I | pronombre | 1 |