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Part 2 of the A2 core words: the next most frequent Spanish words after A1, split into parts in frequency order, each with its gender or irregular forms, an original example sentence and, on most cards, the trap to watch for.

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  1. don (n.)
    title of respect before a man's first name (doña for a woman)

    Don Ernesto vende las mejores frutas del mercado. — Don Ernesto sells the best fruit in the market.

    Watch out: It goes before the first name (don Ernesto, doña Rosa), not before the surname alone, though Colombia and Ecuador also use it with the surname.
    People and Titles
  2. la dama (n.)
    lady

    La dama del sombrero rojo preguntó por usted esta mañana. — The lady in the red hat asked for you this morning.

    Watch out: Damas y caballeros = Ladies and gentlemen; las damas is also the game of checkers.
    People and Titles
  3. la boda (n.)
    wedding

    La boda de mi prima fue en una playa de Cartagena. — My cousin's wedding was on a beach in Cartagena.

    Watch out: The verb is casarse (to get married).
    Home and Celebrations
  4. el brazo (n.)
    arm (of the body)

    Esquiando en los Pirineos, mi prima se rompió el brazo. — While skiing in the Pyrenees, my cousin broke her arm.

    Watch out: When the sentence already shows whose arm it is, Spanish uses the article: me rompí el brazo, rather than me rompí mi brazo. A weapon is el arma.
    Body and Feelings
  5. el avión (n.)
    airplane

    Mañana viajamos en avión a Lima, y mis abuelos nos recogen en el aeropuerto. — Tomorrow we're traveling to Lima by plane, and my grandparents are picking us up at the airport.

    Watch out: The plural loses the accent: los aviones. En avión = by plane.
    The World Around You
  6. necesario (adj.)
    necessary

    No es necesario llevar comida; en la fiesta hay mucha. — It isn't necessary to bring food; there's plenty at the party.

    Watch out: Es necesario + infinitive states a general need: es necesario estudiar.
    Describing Things
  7. explicar (v.)
    to explain

    La profesora nos explicó el ejercicio dos veces, pero no entendí. — The teacher explained the exercise to us twice, but I didn't understand.

    Watch out: Spelling change in the yo-preterite: expliqué.
    Thinking and Talking
  8. actuar (v.)
    to act; to perform (yo actúo, tú actúas)

    Mi prima actuó en un anuncio de televisión cuando tenía seis años. — My cousin acted in a TV commercial when she was six.

    Watch out: The accent on the u appears in the present except actuamos and actuáis (and vos actuás): actúo, actúa, actúan.
    Everyday Actions
  9. la droga (n.)
    drug (usually illegal)

    Este programa de televisión explica a los adolescentes los peligros de las drogas. — This TV program explains the dangers of drugs to teenagers.

    Watch out: Medicine from a pharmacy is usually el medicamento or la medicina; droga on its own mostly means an illegal drug.
    Crime and Conflict
  10. el cargo (n.)
    position, post; charge

    Mi vecina dejó su cargo en el banco para estudiar cocina. — My neighbor left her position at the bank to study cooking.

    Watch out: estar a cargo de = to be in charge of.
    Ideas and Amounts

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  • Word selection follows a frequency list of Spanish content words (OpenSubtitles 2018 via hermitdave/FrequencyWords: word lists CC BY-SA 4.0, code MIT; lemmas by simplemma), banded to A2 by rank and checked against the Instituto Cervantes Plan Curricular (PCIC) A2 inventories as a reference; meanings and gender checked against the Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la lengua española (dle.rae.es). Reference only; all example sentences are original.
  • Usage notes were also checked against the RAE/ASALE Diccionario panhispánico de dudas and the Diccionario de americanismos, and glosses against the Cambridge Spanish–English Dictionary and SpanishDict (reference only; no text copied).

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