VocabularioAccessories and Jewelry
List of Spanish names for assorted accessories and jewelry, with sound files.
Vocabulary Lists
Advent Calendar
A tiny Spanish challenge every day until Christmas – translate each seasonal term to open a door.
Ahora
You probably learned that the Spanish equivalent for “now” is ahora. While this is a very important word, it’s not necessarily the right one when you want something to be done right now.
Airport
If there’s anything worse than having to spend time at the airport, it’s having to spend time at the airport when you don’t speak the local language. Sure, most airport employees speak another language or two, but you’ll still be better off if you have these key Spanish words and phrases in your pocket. ¡Buen viaje!
A1 - Beginning Spanish • travel Spanish
Apocopes
Many Spanish nouns and adjectives have shortened forms called apocopes, which are created by dropping one or more syllables at the end of the word. They’re often informal and some are regional, so be careful using them as they might be inappropriate and/or unknown in certain places.
Augmentatives
In Spanish, suffixes called augmentatives can be added to nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and names to indicate bigness, as well as other ideas such as excessiveness, contempt, or disdain. In this way, you can say that something is big without adding an adjective like grande to indicate bigness or repugnante to indicate contempt.
B1 - Intermediate Spanish • suffixes
Bilingual Dictionary Tips
Helpful tips on getting the most out of a bilingual dictionary.
Body
Knowing the parts of the body can come in handy when playing sports, clothes shopping, seeing the doctor, and more. Learn how to talk about your body in Spanish, from head to toe.
A1 - Beginning Spanish • lesson plans
Calendar
Knowing the Spanish days of the week, months of the year, and seasons will come in handy when traveling, making plans with friends, talking about history, and lots more.
A1 - Beginning Spanish • lesson plans • travel Spanish
Cars and Driving
Driving comes with a whole mess of rules (that I can’t help you with) as well as some specialized Spanish vocabulary (which I can). Learn how to drive in Spanish with this vocab list.