Spanish A2 — Core Vocabulary, Part 3 flashcards
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Part 3 of the A2 core: the next most frequent Spanish words after A1, in frequency-ordered parts, each carded with its gender or irregular forms and an original example sentence with its translation.
Learn deck · part of Spanish A1–B2 · written against: CEFR levels A1–B2; neutral Latin-American Spanish with Spain variants noted. Updated 2026-10-10.
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la espalda (n.)back (of the body)Body and Health
Ayer cargué cajas en la mudanza de Pablo y hoy me duele la espalda. — Yesterday I carried boxes for Pablo's move, and today my back hurts.
Watch out: Spanish uses la, not mi, with body parts after doler: me duele la espalda. De espaldas = with one's back turned. -
el cerebro (n.)brainBody and Health
El cerebro necesita dormir bien para aprender cosas nuevas. — The brain needs good sleep to learn new things. -
el edificio (n.)buildingHome and Places
Desde mi ventana veo un edificio con un jardín en el techo. — From my window I can see a building with a garden on the roof. -
el piso (n.)floor (story of a building; ground surface)Home and Places
En cada piso del hospital hay una sala de espera. — Every floor of the hospital has a waiting room.
Watch out: In Spain el piso is also an apartment; Latin America says el departamento or el apartamento. -
el mar (n.)seaNature
Mi abuelo era pescador y conocía muy bien el mar. — My grandfather was a fisherman and knew the sea very well.
Watch out: Masculine in everyday use, but feminine in a few set phrases: en alta mar = on the high seas. -
la Navidad (n.)ChristmasCelebrations and Free Time
En Navidad toda mi familia cena en casa de mis abuelos. — At Christmas my whole family has dinner at my grandparents' house.
Watch out: Written with a capital letter. ¡Feliz Navidad! = Merry Christmas! -
la nota (n.)grade, mark; noteSchool and Work
Todavía no sé la nota de mi examen de inglés. — I still do not know the grade on my English exam.
Watch out: Sacar una nota = to get a grade. A short written message is also una nota. -
el gobierno (n.)governmentSociety and Government
El Gobierno anunció nuevas reglas para el transporte público. — The government announced new rules for public transportation.
Watch out: Capitalized when it names a country's governing body (las medidas del Gobierno); lowercase when it means governing or a form of government (un gobierno parlamentario). -
la escena (n.)sceneStories and Conflict
En la primera escena, el protagonista llega a un pueblo vacío. — In the first scene, the main character arrives in an empty town. -
inteligente (adj.)intelligent, smartDescribing People and Things
Mi tía es muy inteligente: hace el crucigrama del periódico en diez minutos. — My aunt is very smart: she does the newspaper crossword in ten minutes.
Watch out: Same form for masculine and feminine; plural inteligentes.
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Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.
Checked against:
- 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, the ASALE Diccionario de americanismos and FundéuRAE, and glosses against the Cambridge Spanish–English Dictionary, SpanishDict and WordReference (reference only; no text copied).
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