Exam 2 Vocabulary
Created by Alexis Unger
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Vocabulario para hablar de los cuentos | Vocabulary to talk about stories |
el chiste | joke |
el cuento de hadas | fairy tale |
la fábula | fable |
la leyenda | legend |
el relato | story / tale (usually relatively short) |
contar (un cuento/una historia) | to tell (a story) |
Había una vez | Once upon a time there was... (literally: There once was...) |
Érase una vez | Once upon a time there was... (literally: There once was...) |
la moraleja | moral (of a story) |
la enseñanza | lesson / teaching |
folclórico/a | folk/related to folklore |
el personaje | character (in a story/movie/etc.) |
la bruja | witch |
el lobo | wolf |
el príncipe | prince |
al revés | backwards / upside-down / inside out |
el fin | the end |
la vida diaria | daily/everyday life |
la rutina | routine |
el hogar | home |
acostumbrarse(a) | to get used to |
cocinar | to cook |
hacer los quehaceres | to do housework/chores |
hacer los mandados | to run errands |
ir de compras | to shop/go shopping |
limpiar | to clean |
solero (o>ue) + infinitive verb | to usually (do) ________ / to be in the habit of _______ |
bastante | enough |
cotidiano/a | everyday (adj) |
(a) diario/a | daily |
Para describir cuándo algo ocurrió | To talk about when something happened |
para empezar | to begin with |
al principio | in/at the beginning |
primero | first |
segundo | second |
tercero | third |
después (de) | after / afterwards |
entonces | then, so |
luego | later |
antes (de) | before |
una vez | once / one time |
desde | since |
de repente | suddenly |
por casualidad | by chance |
siempre | always |
nunca | never |
al final | in the end/finally |
finalmente | finally |
por último finally/lastly | finally/lastly |
las etapas de la vida | stages/phases of life |
la niñez / la infancia | childhood |
el niño/ la niña | (small/young) child / boy/girl |
la adolescencia | adolescence/teenage years |
el/la adolescente | teenager/adolescent |
la juventud | youth (the stage of live) |
el/la joven | youth (young person) |
la madurez | maturity/adulthood |
el/la adulto/a | adult |
la vejez | old age |
la persona mayor | older/elderly person (polite) |
el/la anciano/a | elderly person (80yrs+) |
tener....años | to be ... years old |
la edad | age |
había | there was / were |
en aquél entonces | back then (in the past) / during those times |
de vez en cuando | once in a while |
a menudo | often |
a veces | sometimes |
mientras | while/meanwhile |
... y colorin, colorado, este cuento se ha acabado | ...and that's the way the story ended |
el rey / la reina | king / queen |
el reino | kingdom |
el hada | fairy |
la hada madrina | fairy godmother |
el príncipe azul | prince charming |
la princesa | princess |
hace muchos años | many years ago |
y vivieron felices para siempre | and they lived happily ever after |
y vivieron felices y comieron perdices | and they lived happily ever after / and they were happy and prosperous |
morir(o) (o>ue/o>u) | to die |
la muerte | death |
la sangre | blood |
el miedo | fear |
tener** miedo (de) | to be afraid / scared (of) |
las arañas | spider |
los serpientes / las culebras | snakes |
el monstruo | monster |
el armario | closet / armoire / wardrobe |
el ruido | sound/noise |
las alturas | heights |
la oscuridad | the dark(ness) |
la tormenta | storm |
el trueno | thunder |
la casa embrujada | haunted house |
el fantasma | ghost |
los espíritus | spirits |
la magia | magic |
el payaso | clown |
asustar | to scare |
estar* asustado/a (por) | to be scared (by) |
ahogarse | to drown / to suffocate |
estar* atrapado/a | to be trapped |
matar | to kill / to murder |
misterioso/a | mysterious |
espantoso/a | scary |
espeluznante | spooky / creepy |