Spanish A2 — Vocabulary flashcards
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Eighty next-tier words for travel, health, work, feelings, opinions, weather, environment and technology, plus time expressions that usually go with the preterite (ayer, anoche, el año pasado) or the imperfect (siempre, cada día), each with an original example and, on most cards, the trap to watch.
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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el viaje (n.)trip, journeyTravel
El viaje a Cusco dura seis horas. — The trip to Cusco takes six hours.
Watch out: ¡Buen viaje! = Have a good trip. The verb is viajar. -
el aeropuerto (n.)airportTravel
El aeropuerto nuevo tiene un tren que va directo al centro. — The new airport has a train that goes straight downtown. -
el médico (n.)doctor (la médica)Health
La médica habla español y portugués. — The doctor speaks Spanish and Portuguese.
Watch out: el doctor / la doctora is also used, especially as a title before a name. -
la empresa (n.)company, businessWork
La empresa de mi tía fabrica muebles para hoteles. — My aunt's company makes furniture for hotels.
Watch out: la compañía also exists; el negocio is a business in the sense of a shop or a deal. -
nervioso (adj.)nervous (nervioso / nerviosa)Feelings
Estoy nervioso porque mi avión sale en veinte minutos y el taxi no llega. — I am nervous because my plane leaves in twenty minutes and the taxi hasn't come.
Watch out: A passing state takes estar; with ser it describes someone nervous by nature. ponerse nervioso = to get nervous. -
la opinión (n.)opinion (plural: las opiniones)Opinions
Mi opinión sobre el restaurante cambió después de la segunda visita. — My opinion of the restaurant changed after the second visit. -
el clima (n.)climate; weather (Latin America)Weather
El clima de Bogotá es fresco todo el año. — Bogotá's weather is cool all year.
Watch out: Masculine despite the -a. Spain uses el tiempo for day-to-day weather and keeps el clima for climate. -
el medio ambiente (n.)the environmentEnvironment
En la escuela de mi hijo aprenden a cuidar el medio ambiente con un huerto. — At my son's school they learn to take care of the environment with a vegetable garden.
Watch out: el ambiente alone usually means atmosphere or mood: un buen ambiente. In much of Latin America it can also mean the environment (Peru's Ministerio del Ambiente). -
la computadora (n.)computerTechnology
La computadora de la biblioteca es muy lenta. — The library computer is very slow.
Watch out: Latin American. Spain says el ordenador; Chile and Colombia often say el computador. -
ayer (adv.)yesterdayTime expressions
Ayer perdí mis llaves en el parque. — Yesterday I lost my keys in the park.
Watch out: It usually goes with the preterite for completed events, but the imperfect still describes the background: Ayer hacía mucho frío. anteayer = the day before yesterday.
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- Checked against the Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la lengua española (dle.rae.es), the RAE/ASALE Diccionario panhispánico de dudas and Nueva gramática de la lengua española, the RAE/ASALE Diccionario de americanismos for regional labels, and the Instituto Cervantes Plan Curricular A2 inventories for level placement (reference only; no text copied). All example sentences are original.
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