Spanish B2 — Core Vocabulary, Part 1 flashcards
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The most frequent Spanish words beyond B1, in frequency-order parts. Part 1: 77 nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, each with an original example sentence and its translation, plus gender and irregular forms where they apply.
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el anciano (n.)elderly man, old man (la anciana)People & relationships
El anciano esperó durante horas a que alguien lo atendiera en el hospital. — The old man waited for hours for someone to see him at the hospital.
Watch out: Today las personas mayores is the more usual polite term (in Mexico, officially, las personas adultas mayores). -
el secretario (n.)secretary (la secretaria)People & relationships
La secretaria del director organizó todas las reuniones de la semana. — The director's secretary organized all the meetings for the week.
Watch out: el secretario general of a party or union is often its leader; in Mexico la Secretaría (capital S) is a government ministry. -
cobarde (adj.)cowardly; as a noun, cowardCharacter & feelings
Fue cobarde no decirle la verdad y desaparecer sin ninguna explicación. — It was cowardly not to tell them the truth and disappear without any explanation.
Watch out: One form for both genders: un cobarde, una cobarde; the noun is la cobardía. -
celoso (adj.)jealousCharacter & feelings
Mi perro se pone celoso cada vez que acaricio al gato del vecino. — My dog gets jealous every time I pet the neighbor's cat.
Watch out: Jealousy is plural: tener celos de alguien; wanting what someone else has is la envidia. -
la rodilla (n.)kneeBody & belongings
Después de la caída, tuvo que operarse la rodilla y dejar de correr. — After the fall, they had to have knee surgery and stop running.
Watch out: de rodillas = on one's knees: ponerse de rodillas = to kneel. -
el lago (n.)lakePlaces & nature
La sequía redujo el nivel del lago a su punto más bajo en décadas. — The drought brought the lake's level down to its lowest point in decades.
Watch out: la laguna is a lagoon or small lake; a pond is el estanque. -
el curso (n.)course; school yearStudy & work
Este curso de cerámica dura doce semanas y empieza el martes. — This pottery course lasts twelve weeks and starts on Tuesday.
Watch out: en curso = under way, current: el año en curso = the current year. -
la comunidad (n.)communitySociety & events
La comunidad indígena exige que se respeten sus tierras. — The Indigenous community demands that its lands be respected.
Watch out: In Spain una comunidad autónoma is a region such as Andalucía. -
representar (v.)to represent; to stand for; to perform (a play)Actions
La abogada representa a varias familias afectadas por la contaminación. — The lawyer represents several families affected by the pollution.
Watch out: Of figures it means to account for: El turismo representa la mitad de los ingresos. -
delicioso (adj.)deliciousQualities & manner
Mi tía prepara un mole tan delicioso que todos repetimos plato. — My aunt makes such a delicious mole that we all go back for seconds.
Watch out: In everyday speech rico is very common for tasty food: ¡Qué rico!
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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 B2 by rank and checked against the Instituto Cervantes Plan Curricular (PCIC) B2 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, Nueva gramática de la lengua española, Ortografía de la lengua española and Diccionario de americanismos, El Colegio de México's Diccionario del español de México, and glosses and regional labels against SpanishDict, WordReference and the Cambridge Spanish–English Dictionary (reference only; no text copied).
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