Spanish Words from first lesson
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- The can opener
- El abrelatas
- The pocketbook
- El portamonedas
- The record player
- El tocadiscos
- The corkscrew
- El sacacorchos
- The washbasin
- El lavamanos
- The airplane carrier
- El portaaviones
- The windshield
- El parabrisas
- The umbrella
- El paraguas
- The skyscraper
- El rascacielos
- The cherry tree
- El cerezo
- The apple tree
- El manzano
- The orange tree
- El naranjo
- The plum tree
- El ciruelo
- The almond tree
- El almendro
- The pear tree
- El peral
- The chestnut tree
- El castan(y)o
- The hazelnut tree
- El avellano
- The baggage
- El equipaje
- The cavity
- La carie
- The climate
- La clima
- La juventud
- The youth
- The genius
- el genio
- The brother-in-law
- el yerno
- The kite
- la cometa
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la guia
(accent on i) - The telephone book or the female guide
-
el guia
(accent on i) - The tour guide
- to fall
- caerse
- the opinions
- los opiniones
- the disease
- la enfermedad
- to demand
- exigir
- el cometa
- the comet
- la cometa
- the kite
- la orden
- the order (command, religious)
- el orden
- the order (sequence)
- el capital
- the capital (money)
- the root
-
la raiz
(accent on the i) - the nations
- las naciones
- the passage
- el pasaje
- the nose
- la nariz
- the disguise
- el disfraz
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gender of:
lakes, mountains, oceans, rivers, and seas - masculine
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gender of:
months, days of the week - masculine
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gender of:
numbers - masculine
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gender of:
colors - masculine
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gender of:
trees - masculine
- -aje
- masculine
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-or
(exceptions: flower, labor) - masculine
-
-an
(accent on a) - masculine
- -ambre
- masculine
- -ma
- masculine
- compound nouns
- masculine
-
gender of:
letters, islands - feminine
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-cion
(accent on o) - feminine
- -tad
- feminine
- -dad
- feminine
- -tud
- feminine
-
-sion
(accent on the o) - feminine
- -ie
- feminine
- -umbre
- feminine
- -itis
- feminine
- -sis
- feminine
- The rule for nouns beginning with a or ha (stressed)
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singular: masculine
plural: feminine
ex: el arpa - The rule for forming the feminine of nouns ending in -or, -on, -in, or -es
- Add an a
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How to distinguish nouns ending in -a, -nte, or -ista that describe people.
(+ testigo, joven, modelo) - Article (la, el) tells if it is a female or male
- Nouns that apply to both sexes
- el angel, la estrella, la persona, el personaje, la victima, el ser
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feminine form of:
el actor - la actriz
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feminine form of:
el baron (the baron) - la baronesa
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feminine form of:
el caballo - la yegua
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feminine form of:
el carnero - la oveja
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feminine form of:
el conde - la condesa
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feminine form of:
el duque - la duquesa
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feminine form of:
el emperador - la empreratiz
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feminine form of:
el gallo
(the rooster) - la gallina
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feminine form of:
el heroe - la heroina
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feminine form of:
el hombre - la mujer
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feminine form of:
el marido - la esposa
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feminine form of:
el marques - la marquesa
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feminine form of:
el padre - la madre
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feminine form of:
el poeta - la poetisa
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feminine form of:
el principle - la princesa
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feminine form:
el rey - la reina
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feminine form:
el toro - la vaca
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feminine form:
el varon
(the male) - la hembra
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feminine form:
el yerno
(the son in law) - la nuera
- el corte
- the cut
- la corte
- the court
- el cura
- the priest
- la cura
- the cure
- el editorial
- the editorial
- la editorial
- the publishing house
- el frente
- the front (military, weather)
- la frente
- the forehead
- el guia
- the guide
- la guia
- the telephone book, female guide
- el manana
- tomorrow
- la manana
- the morning
- el papa
- the pope
- la papa
- the potato
- el pendiente
- the earring
- la pendiente
- the slope
- el policia
- the policeman
- la policia
- the police force
- the hand
- la mano
- the streetcar
- el tranvia
- the day
- el dia
- noon
- el mediodia
- the photo
- la foto
- the motorcycle
- la moto
- the map
- el mapa
- the image
- la imagen
- the planet
- el planeta
- the elephant
- el elefante
- the frog
- la rana
- the fly
- la mosca
- the serpent
- la serpiente
- the small parrot
- la cotorra
- the whale
- la ballena
- the mosquito
- el mosquito
- the toad
- el sapo
- the bat
- el murcielago
- Plurals of vowels ending in stressed syllables that aren't -e
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Add -es
Ex: el rubi = los rubies - Plurals of nouns ending in s
- Noun remains the same, plural is formed by changing article
- Plurals of nouns ending in stressed -an, -es, or -on.
- No accent mark is needed.
- Article for generic nouns
- Definite
- Article for days of the week (for meaning "on")
- Definite
- Article for names and titles
- Definite
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Articles for the names of languages
(except after hablar, de, en) - Definite
- Articles for when part of the body or article of clothing is the direct object
-
Definite
(ex: Voy a lavarme las manos) - Articles for when an infinitive is used as a noun.
- Definite
- Articles for telling time.
- Definite
- Articles for referring to people in the plural by their last name.
- Definite
- Article for oceans, seas, mountains, lakes, etc.
- Definite
- Article for relating price to measurement
- Definite
- Article for two or more nouns.
- Definite
- Article for nouns in apposition
- Article for ordinal numbers
- In the name of
- en nombre de
- In the short/long run
- a corta/largo plazo
- en camino a
- on the way to
- en alta mar
- on the high sea
- cuesta abajo/arriba
- down/up the hill
- Lo
- Used like "thing"
- Article for noun with personal characteristics
- Indefinite
- Article for approximization with numbers
- Indefinite
- Article after the word ser for nationality, religion, ethniticity, politics, profession, and occupation.
- Article for qualified religion, nationality, etc.
- Indefinite
- Article before cierto, otro, cien, mil, medio, and tal
- Article after que!