Spanish B1 — Core Vocabulary, Part 5 flashcards
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The most frequent Spanish words beyond A2, taught in frequency-order parts. Part 5: 75 words from talent and coach to court, engine and darkness, each with an original example sentence and 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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sabio (adj.)wise; learnedPeople & character
Doña Elvira es muy sabia: todo el barrio va a pedirle consejo. — Doña Elvira is very wise: the whole neighborhood goes to her for advice.
Watch out: Sabio is deep wisdom or learning; for quick and clever use listo or inteligente. -
la criatura (n.)creature; (small) childPeople & character
En la película, una criatura extraña vive en el fondo del lago. — In the film, a strange creature lives on the lake bed.
Watch out: It is always feminine, even for a male animal or a baby boy. -
el viernes (n.)FridayTime & daily life
Los viernes salimos a cenar con unos amigos del trabajo. — On Fridays we go out to dinner with some friends from work.
Watch out: Days are lowercase and take no en: el viernes = on Friday, los viernes = on Fridays. -
el sábado (n.)SaturdayTime & daily life
Si no llueve el sábado, vamos a hacer una caminata en la montaña. — If it does not rain on Saturday, we are going hiking in the mountains.
Watch out: The plural adds -s (los sábados), but lunes to viernes do not change in the plural. -
el empleado (n.)employeeWork & money
La empresa tiene más de doscientos empleados en tres países. — The company has more than two hundred employees in three countries.
Watch out: A woman is la empleada; the verb emplear means to employ or to use. -
el jugador (n.)playerLeisure & learning
El jugador más alto del equipo mide casi dos metros. — The team's tallest player is almost two meters tall.
Watch out: A woman is la jugadora; el juego is the game, el partido a single match. -
el pájaro (n.)bird (usually a small one)Nature & places
Todas las mañanas me despierta un pájaro que canta en la ventana. — Every morning a bird singing at the window wakes me up.
Watch out: el ave is the general word, including large birds; it is feminine but takes el: el ave, las aves. -
conectar (v.)to connect; to plug inTechnology & connections
Mi padre tardó una hora en conectar el televisor nuevo al altavoz. — It took my father an hour to connect the new TV to the speaker.
Watch out: conectarse = to go online, to log on; estar conectado = to be online. -
escoger (v.)to choose, to pick (yo escojo)Verbs of action & change
Puedes escoger el postre que quieras, yo invito. — You can choose whatever dessert you want; it is my treat.
Watch out: The g becomes j before o and a: escojo, que escoja; elegir is a synonym. -
impresionante (adj.)impressive, amazing, strikingDescribing things
Me pareció impresionante lo rápido que construyeron el puente nuevo. — I found it impressive how quickly they built the new bridge.
Watch out: Same form for both genders; it can describe something shocking as well as something wonderful.
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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). Usage notes and regional labels checked against the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (rae.es/dpd), the ASALE Diccionario de americanismos, SpanishDict and WordReference. Reference only; all example sentences are original.
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