Spanish B1 — Core Vocabulary, Part 3 flashcards
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The most frequent Spanish words beyond A2, part 3 of the B1 core in frequency order: 73 nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, each with an original example sentence and its translation.
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el / la líder (n.)leaderPeople & roles
El líder del grupo decidió cambiar la fecha del concierto. — The leader of the group decided to change the date of the concert.
Watch out: The same form usually serves for a man or a woman (la líder), but la lideresa is more usual in Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and several other Latin American countries; the plural is líderes. -
el inspector (n.)inspectorPeople & roles
El inspector revisó la cocina del restaurante durante dos horas. — The inspector checked the restaurant kitchen for two hours.
Watch out: A woman is la inspectora. -
el pecho (n.)chest; breastBody & health
Durante el himno, cada atleta tenía la mano derecha sobre el pecho. — During the anthem, every athlete had their right hand over their chest.
Watch out: Spanish uses the article, not mi, with body parts: me duele el pecho. -
el hueso (n.)boneBody & health
En el museo de ciencias, cada hueso del esqueleto de ballena tiene una etiqueta con su nombre. — At the science museum, every bone in the whale skeleton has a label with its name.
Watch out: el hueso is also the pit of a fruit such as a peach or an olive. -
el plato (n.)plate, dish; course (of a meal)Home & objects
De segundo plato pedí trucha a la plancha con verduras. — For the main course I ordered grilled trout with vegetables.
Watch out: lavar los platos = to do the dishes; el plato típico = a region's typical dish. -
la playa (n.)beachPlaces & nature
En la playa de Mazatlán perdí mis gafas de sol el primer día. — At the beach in Mazatlán I lost my sunglasses on the first day.
Watch out: Being there is en la playa; going there is ir a la playa. -
el colegio (n.)school (primary or secondary)School & society
Mis hijos van al mismo colegio desde que tenían cinco años. — My kids have gone to the same school since they were five.
Watch out: False friend: college is la universidad; el colegio is a school for children and teens. -
permanecer (v.)to remain, to stay (yo permanezco)Everyday actions
Los testigos deben permanecer callados mientras habla el juez. — The witnesses must remain silent while the judge is speaking.
Watch out: More formal than quedarse, the verb you would use in conversation. -
diario (adj.)dailyDescribing
Mi rutina diaria empieza con un café y las noticias. — My daily routine starts with a coffee and the news.
Watch out: el diario is a newspaper or a diary; a diario = every day. -
inmediatamente (adv.)immediately, right awayAmount & manner
El médico vio la herida y pidió inmediatamente una radiografía. — The doctor saw the wound and immediately asked for an X-ray.
Watch out: de inmediato means the same; enseguida is more conversational.
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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 B1 by rank and checked against the Instituto Cervantes Plan Curricular (PCIC) B1 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.
- Meanings, forms and regional labels were also checked against the RAE and ASALE Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (rae.es/dpd), Nueva gramática, the RAE's El buen uso del español and the Diccionario de americanismos (asale.org/damer), and the SpanishDict, WordReference and Cambridge Spanish–English dictionaries (reference only; no text copied).
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