Spanish B1 — Core Vocabulary, Part 4 flashcards
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The most frequent Spanish words beyond A2, in frequency-ordered parts; part 4 covers 77 nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, each with an original B1 example sentence and its translation.
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el / la artista (n.)artist; performerPeople
Esa artista vende sus cuadros en la plaza los sábados. — That artist sells her paintings in the square on Saturdays.
Watch out: Same form for men and women; it is also used for singers and actors. -
el ministro (n.)minister (in government) (la ministra)People
El ministro de Educación anunció cambios en los exámenes nacionales. — The Minister of Education announced changes to the national exams.
Watch out: el ministerio = the ministry, the government department. -
la sociedad (n.)society; company, partnershipSociety & law
La tecnología ha cambiado mucho nuestra sociedad en pocos años. — Technology has changed our society a lot in a few years.
Watch out: una sociedad anónima (S.A.) = a corporation, a limited company. -
social (adj.)socialSociety & law
Las redes sociales influyen mucho en la opinión de los jóvenes. — Social media has a big influence on what young people think.
Watch out: Same form for masculine and feminine: un problema social, una clase social. -
la televisión (n.)televisionDaily life & leisure
Mi abuela aprendió a cocinar viendo programas de cocina en la televisión. — My grandmother learned to cook by watching cooking shows on television.
Watch out: In speech it is often shortened to la tele; the set itself is el televisor. -
el pastel (n.)cake; pie, pastryDaily life & leisure
Le hicimos un pastel de chocolate para su cumpleaños. — We made them a chocolate cake for their birthday.
Watch out: Much of South America says la torta, Spain says la tarta, and in Mexico a torta is a sandwich. -
la velocidad (n.)speedTravel & movement
Bajé la velocidad porque la calle estaba mojada por la lluvia. — I reduced my speed because the rain had left the street wet.
Watch out: a toda velocidad = at full speed. -
el pensamiento (n.)thought; thinkingIdeas & feelings
Escribo mis pensamientos en un cuaderno antes de dormir. — I write my thoughts in a notebook before going to sleep.
Watch out: The verb is pensar (e→ie): pienso. -
feo (adj.)ugly; nasty, unpleasantAdjectives & adverbs
El edificio es feo por fuera, pero muy bonito por dentro. — The building is ugly on the outside, but very pretty inside.
Watch out: ponerse feo = to turn nasty: El tiempo se puso feo. -
faltar (v.)to be missing, to be lacking; to miss (work, class)Useful verbs
Me faltan cinco dólares para comprar las entradas del concierto. — I am five dollars short of buying the concert tickets.
Watch out: It works like gustar: what is missing is the subject (me faltan cinco dólares); faltar a clase = to miss class.
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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 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.
- Glosses, forms and usage notes were also checked against the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (rae.es/dpd) and the SpanishDict, WordReference and Cambridge Spanish–English dictionaries (reference only; no text copied).
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