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~ SPARKCHARTS ° SPANISH Mitr EEE! This thar overs Spanish words and phrases that English speakers often nd icky a difcut to remem, including idiomatic expressions, ‘verb exprestons, and false cognates eis raeant for etents who already know base Spanish. Forintro evel vocabulary and promaneistio, see {he Spanish Vooabulry SparkChart. For more indepth grammar, eet Spantsh Grammar and Spanish Verbs Sparkthart, ‘When speaking orseriting in Spanish ry tose ‘words grammatieal stractores that you “ready farnar with yout talking and get Stock and dont know a word, explain whtyou ‘want co say sing other words that you do Kaw. PST ‘When using a Spanish-English ditionary, keep the folowing suggestions in mind 2. Tostart with use a dependable dietonary. ‘nove what part of speech yu'e looking for. For instance, looking up the word well ould Cause lt ofeanfasion if you don kn ‘whether you need an adjeetve, adverb, noun, There may be several choles, even forthe ‘same part of speech. In such ease, it helps to do a reverse lookup and look up each of the ‘holes Inthe Spanishto-Englsh socton. Don't ty to translate idiomatic expressions ‘word for word. In most eases this wil rest in misunderstanding. 1 you can’ ind the Correct “translation for sn idiomatic expres on, avoid sing [Note any regional variations mentioned in the ditionary. Sometimes this crucial 38 with the verb eager, ehh s used comriony in Spain und other countries to meat "Uo get fe Hocateh” but hse at obscene meaning in Mexico and other parts of Latin Ameria Make sure you know the corsee spelling ofthe English ord you'e looking up. For Example, ests wl bo ver dferent fo Stationary s¢ opposed to stationery, or prin Fole as opposed t principal. IDIOMS & ADVANCED VOCABULARY (eee ci i can oem rand The fotoing vers flow e some pte a the ver Dusorbeeqsiet fhe Egiah oh” ot ary ote pleing? eat gust ha person who wold othe sujet of to vaf Engith te dot een Spann expresses wh wo noe oof romps: Nos stan os pales ctscas. Wolke cst movies [eres mows plone us" ‘zor rere fo mono ze zoos ieee {ter mse ray Joe nore ae to ike 10 make aad impression to sit tobe suitable to be dificult to gt to revolt to upset to make a good impeesion not tolove, adore tomake angry tosurprise lack, 0 be misog to fscnate tonecd to impress tobother to seem, to appear to worry ta have lft to have i es to surprise ‘Non dara enpresion in Spanish iva fo reponse ry] stat, inorder tat méstordar atthe asst medida que while at these tine as menos que unless o mendo atten ‘Seipecar in my opinion, to mest ecems that, @peride+ from on, starting pain iene ete 1 pesor do in spite of despite opie ‘on fot «propio by the way “oso ‘on one's wn, alone temps atime rows do hrogh 2 vo086 sometimes fin the distance, faraway EXPRESSIONS WITH “A” and “DE” / EXPRESIONES CON «Av y «DE? Tn agement from now on wildy in this way ia this manner ‘suddenly from now on nwilingy in style, fashionable Tyo means, no way again otherwise ‘on one's fet, standing ina borry ‘suddenly kneeling. on one's ees deny srpmay, any realy tly feom time to ie Seek ie eee ary ena ess oth bee ‘Waporde day byday (en undos pores ina ask “extor po sie tobe about todo something) lbro por polabra word for word poroddlontade in advance or ober for now, at the moment oro ound there, hat way _ poramerdeDiee forthe lowe af Gad ‘poroquelenonces at that ime or oai round her, this way por conatided or dente por dete porcompleto completely por consecvenda—consequeatly Pecan consequently — parla tarde Tor example por eratto in wring poreso therefore, that’s why perfor ‘please orf finally or ter ‘outside ‘erlamofone in the morning erlanocbe at night in the afternoon ‘Porlesbuenose whether you like Ror not furthermore geceraly st east parle queo mi parle quedicon ‘por le tonto feat Fm concerned Tom wht they sa TT = on the other band onthe ter hand timo fo theft tne fot everwhere onl aie fly noe band on one band Tobe abot toe someting by at tine for pote otason 20 tha, in order that aang comer apres sponte se wee no monte deer om ha eal means. Engl hos ‘umaroveWomose eeressons lhe sme rd. Utne Yo make oe hong ou nd 0 on The tees blw ts many common Korat experts a Sanh arogped by wero The verbs are meaning iSedin ea ae begnnng teach ery toe on vacation tobe traveling to be back, to have returned to bein good shape to bein bad shape SPANISH IDIOMS SEO herein (RSS WA ea (oer en opr to put in a jam ppeneren dude tocall into question fen marchs to start en meni to xt in mation to set the table to lear things up tobe [adjective] to it wel to give wp, to acknowledge detent to take a walk, to ake ide totake a step tolend + hand to take a walk, to take a ride toshout to think [someting ec 0,10 "an oe. Tow do you say? Pain other words {Wige! er lgams! —Hlo? on the phone) public pinion thats to say, Tmean rather, mean ber there's noting mare 0 say You dont say! ine chart tu opt, ao — ‘chara nie wstar/bagn [do soning] fechoraperdor 10 ruin, to spoil tobe priced at, to cost ‘tot al coven deo be uptodate on ‘or come apex on 0 be right at home loge oyster ‘tor confome no be in agreement with {ot de + proksson_t0 be working as profession) ‘lor do acerdo to agree fedor dein hear to ben a good mod ‘stor de mal hamer tbe in a bad mons) over a areata ose ete ponerse de ple — evar toto Den oap dan eo ees rn ss Selene ane 0 to hear, to ster tah ‘ser gave be doing something] rber de ponerse [ponerse «Hive coor tot to daydream cove ben To make a grad inpreon tobe beside oneself ccerls mah to make bad impression tobe wom ont jr coor todo. howe cone to knock over tobe ready athe ‘Slarper = ininve tobe adoro, = = tobe om the verge of Aro coneewt tothe known a — arate to give birt fe to be aupposed te, tohave to diagont ‘Hoven + nnive itisnecessaryto,one must tomeet tO THIOL, TONGA aero oo nae) {orit to knock asst “Gea en y_—_—_snco amon oF el ae noun sti " Sargeant ogi dak Timo of ine aa nena toteed sue " ‘ei ian tot sre iofecome sen “ocla Blewvenida to welcome hooey bn einpe toe good weather out) Seon aaa Serlowmndldo —__toturn a's ask ooe oor to knock over eae etlohore toate the hor Pecpeclor tobe hot fowl) to thank somennel ‘ocereat6 de 10 pay attention fo tesimie hands to stad inne tone, ee tomake no difference tohurn omeone/samaling) Yer os Toaggreve todo over ms to play th leat tener dlr de + tobe in need of to be cold (out) to match sob at|_ to pack ae ates) o make peace (with) to be bad weather (ou) tobe aunny (out) to takea tip er dna regunIg to ask a question to be windy out) Tomi ago on fot toga shopping jorge to go out partying 1 de ma on poe to g rom bad to worse ogo ay to carey of, to take away tolead to To get along wel wt to get along badly with olive a good ie weir sai at {o hear about, a hearof Hey ister Boner Bo plo los tl ‘ponerse + odctve to become [adjntve] to bacon adjective] tout on [ticle of thing tw beg todo [someting] tonform to bring [sraeone) upto toss op go blind to golame to mae date wih Someone} Sto keep to remain standing to ages on, to arrange 0 tot badly remain undone Twauseet to gout with, dale To get one's way total 94, 19H, 1 ana tebe peared tobehot Toe aus a) tee careful ~ tohave a (headache, fbackde to have in mind tobe succesful te cold 1 fee lik, tg be in the mood far led pal “ner en ents wake place to lok bad tobe afaid to consider tobe, Tt ake [someone] for ‘ener resign Beas in ind ene: pe tobe ina hurry ‘ener eve «veto have to [do someting) feneraye vt con to have todo wth Jenecrarén tobe righ, tobe comet fener suao tobe sleepy ‘ner tert tobe hey “nr erene e_to be ashamed tomar fo ot, ok eo to wie io Feat ‘omar pa db tof iteraly Tomote pelo to pl someone's eg tomer to tae seriously sent go cor ‘lmes que viene net month Te.semona que vee next week si Come ont, Lt 0, ay To have bon (dong someting] ~ SPARKCHARTS | ti ve tat IN, ) a. ML mee eM lee ee cede erro at aaa sea ee ad ‘eek volo ‘qestonot To question (pionophialp) ‘ear Tolar hacer vn peguna to ask» qestion oe took at something] — aie {oak for, to request pees toappear, toate perce 2 tolook ike fetes] conocer ‘ore [Someone] forte me doco encorvarecon_t mee [someone] by chance ‘Sogia coma enh. the wor edi arconror to meet [someone] ete intentional ory chanse Indicates «gradual change brought about by revniae to mest {someone in an official capacity pomeranian oie emer emeone nan cicegecty PUM tanpentesomcee nemesis WHER tome! someon) hy appointment Dart esiar utd tec deen) 7 Inder ral ys ri 236° ee aie aoa adap Records ae Anew bcona at he” —eaeeaaa 8 eee esleion saps weigh ‘memore—thecapaciy toremember indeates «change in profeson or activi, sal in ms a derogatory sense: lave a Holhwood pre moarse “gchar da enoa eee To miss (someone/someth Scent aunhem Saw ocr Wy ain wet tiwced pe ae ibe omeone/ someting) toawid totcore on acess ven ough the hase teri) SMB 7 indieates an involuntary change of tate: 4/orjo Ser @ to fal to ettene an evi ox eppoietentut ere epmeroricennk theron Reve, BEE ele chane/ tee) farberone ses ae ladies tata persia O° cea Ta Toei SE Sctansate,ofenbysome or oflce sineese BESERLWOpaVa RE Orso ‘Gano sods Bost spi amportondo mine hots) ae ‘to playa musizal instrument ‘ano abou he bec dot, avon Onn (emrose muse urls oan vay ~ SPARKCHARTS' ‘Fehon + Odeo indiaes a sudden, often neve change fost OOM wena owe ‘Sinn yas hos ost wan ay endo) “ade character oy at Many Sean verbs con ba ved wih be pronouns oindle proces long. tae Thatch ees nfgih nr beame =" gt" wth esl = = ‘cior toca for (person/arma coxone to get marie ete ‘emodnase to gesitd waco et togetangry evr nfo to etsick a = ‘nfs wont — Ce —— ge na sermcerse totem re, to lash a nejatse Bc a secorse to become dry to dy out “Bir _toreseue fromdanger Fox several ohersonmon Spanshvers, he memingobewre _—"weheent SP ‘sega bieametinobsewght SARIS asi a Seco eae) om to pauee,tocomefoastop ‘sreber —toporoll age i —__ osu tne or doing oi 2 L REE to 0p (ocometonenop) ‘ier To ala cave Tvomsons orsonating — aaa ia Ta SS meter Se mantener tosupport financially a Seni ein phalpaia, ae ‘arcane adhe! efers to pho proximity or dere of separation of Yo ake {tine odsctie) refers to relationships other than faily; Fendship, SST Wn Pomeo/Poro — to take awalk/tey ‘Sno ese = hacer on ie ‘id fei teferso closeness of family members, wth no Hewat to cary rom one place to ante SO streets bad tes gt totale someting evay soe ‘ia or a appt tot fechainou the elendar date eran tormke pce ebro someone ily ‘pre to lke (not genera meaning for most olher ce) apeifitime (of day/night) ‘bref amount of time, awhile time in an abstract sense, «duration or period of ime Trion ve Yo tt do [someting] Rene ed The fotowng words te cen misian becouse they oppea fee cognates bu of 0. For eanple oll Spanish ene curren he a arch wort ae Engh Sf setae cen pats ne Sow Forage Geom hontle font foot, Sasa ips Sr necro eat tbe oval conical — ieee aoe Boxer pion Pay ceo tre aay ca toatl Fae tng ttle eof —— sentir] River okcon bees Ieee cet, er ‘ion = rates oteraon Sa eer coun, eld fone nou, nae ay, epi poten raves ‘er fe fe sore teri onto —_— recta eueedo= peter oy asp to constuson, comin ee Po ewes eee IEEE cont cblston : wemiyea ‘oles np eee a Smee toate omy foeomen ther ‘ori ener Se toages of oral etree moor : des ee arenes eee poe : a eee Salght aoe pas fe sco Gee a ae seonsye ft ing ones ee es a ee =e feet ore oe api feta oan eS eects aoe eg one ‘ons ‘oe ee ay pron a ode use up ene stable highs eect he mony ‘eponel vations mvcstuay or {Eg oe Spon specing counties, The thes contro or enkersl werd theres ol tea ts ana he regonal el proto i lam igo GE Weare dase aes aes ae easy os anteoos is] variations thot follow are marked wth flags. che SS a te ea D)urimwertta A nee comin sa Bio. ‘nie ‘ccs so Pa ~ ‘fast Space sete flesh BE pes giiey el viejo/la vieja = el mang iA a eee ‘pero — cet a om iodo ani Dein she Une oe majo Tapa oe men eso pata a os Tonio BE ee a ins ramet) Se el eamardn Tata BE = - elandén ¢4 a aban Ta vereda 2 Tevantarse ier pararse Ta caraota la piscina el fjl leatberca “Tahabiehuela 1a pileta juan botar i ‘ SPARKCHARTS © -gae, Hos senscan

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