Lista de vocabulario 2016 Pobre Ana bailó tango Vocabulario Capítulo 1

1. iba – s/he, I went (often /continuous action), was going, used to go

2. trabajaba – s/he, I worked (often /continuous action), was working, used to work

3. pensaba – s/he, I thought (often /continuous action), was thinking, used to think

4. le daba – s/he, I gave to him/her (often /continuous action)

5. les daban – they gave to them (often /continuous action)

6. se enojaba – s/he became or got angry (often /continuous action)

7. le gritaba – s/he yelled at him/her (often /continuous action)

8. necesitaba – s/he, I needed (often /continuous action)

9. nunca le ayudaban – they never helped him/her

10. podían – they were able to (often /continuous action)

11. le importaba – it mattered to him/her (often /continuous action)

12. se quejaba de – s/he complained about (often /continuous action)

13. se sentía – s/he was feeling, felt (often /continuous action)

14. un día algo cambió – one day something changed (cambiar – to change)

15. anunció – s/he announced (anunciar- to announce)

16. le explicó – s/he explained to him/her (explicar – to explain)

17. le dieron permiso– they gave to him/her permission (dar – to give)

18. le dio – s/he gave to him/her (dar – to give)

19. volvió – s/he returned (volver – to return to a place)

20. aprendió – s/he learned (aprender – to learn)

21. se puso contento (o) – s/he got or became happy (ponerse – to get or become)

Más vocabulario:

22. de hecho – in fact

23. por supuesto – of course

24. además – also (in addition to), besides

25. agradecido (a) por – grateful for

26. celoso (a) - jealous

27. nuevo (a) - new

28. antes – before

29. después – after

30. siempre – always

31. para siempre - forever

32. poco - a little bit (small amount)

33. nunca – never

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Verbos en el imperfecto:

34. quería viajar – s/he, I wanted to travel

35. quería buscar – s/he, I wanted to look for (search for)

36. le gustaba –it was pleasing to him/her (in general)

37. vendían – they sold (vender – to sell)

38. tenía ganas de ir – I, s/he had the desire /wanted to go (also: felt like going)

39. le encantaba – it was enchanting to (s/he loved)

Verbos en el pretérito:

40. leyó – s/he read

41. le gustó – it pleased him/her (specific time or event)

42. supo – s/he found out (preterite of saber)

43. les contó – s/he told them (contar- to tell, to count)

44. encontró – s/he found (encontrar – to find)

45. hizo – s/he did or made (hacer – to do or make)

Más vocabulario:

46. el mundo – the world

47. la manera – the way

48. el país – the country

49. sobre – about (also: on top of, over, above)

50. la carne – the meat

51. un sueño suyo – a dream of hers/his (and yours if you = Ud.)

52. bastante – a lot of, enough

53. los hechos – the facts

54. el sitio web – the web site

55. cualquier lugar del mundo – any place in the world

56. solo(a) – alone

57. sólo - only

58. por eso – for that (reason)

59. estaba acostumbrado(a) – she/he/I was accustomed to (used to)

60. estaba sorprendido (a) – she/he/I was surprised

61. hablaban – they were talking/they talked (continuous action)

62. costar – to cost

costaba – it cost (in general)

63. comenzar – to start/ to begin

comenzaba – it started/ it began (in general)

64. llegar – to arrive

llegó – she/he arrived

llegaron – they arrived

65. parecer- to seem/to appear to be/to look like

le pareció – it seemed to him/her

66. escuchar – to listen

escuchó – he/she listened

67. oír – to hear

oyó – she/he heard

68. recoger – to pick up

recogió – she/he picked up

69. mostrar – to show

le mostró – she/he showed to him or her

70. ¿Tuviste un buen viaje? – Did you have a good trip?

71. fueron – they went

72. hablaron – they spoke

73. llamó por teléfono – she/he called on the phone

74. decidió – she/he decided

Más vocabulario:

75. el aeropuerto – the airport

76. en lugar de – instead of/in place of

77. el barrio – the neighborhood

78. el río – the river

79. ancho – wide

80. acá = aquí – here

81. la habitación – the bedroom/ hotel room

82. la calle – the street

83. la muchacha – the girl

84. un mes – a month

85. pronto –soon

86. existían – they existed

87. probar – to try something new / to taste something new

quería probar – s/he, I wanted to try or taste something new

88. no conocía – s/he, I was not familiar with

89. estaba enamorada(o) – s/he I was in love

90. Era amor a primera vista. – It was love at first sight.

91. tenía vergüenza – s/he, I had embarrassment (was embarrassed)

92. tenía que pagar – s/he, I had to pay

Preterite tense verb forms

93. despertarse – to wake (one’s self) up

se despertó – s/he woke her/himself up

94. prepararse – to prepare one’s self (to get ready)

se preparó – s/he prepared her/himself (s/he got ready)

95. salir de – to leave or go out from salir con – to go out with

salió de – s/he left from salió con – s/he went out with

96. entró – s/he entered

97. llenar – to fill out or to fill up

llenó – s/he filled out (or filled up)

98. vio – s/he saw

99. presentarse – to introduce one’s self

se presentó – s/he introduced her/himself

100. terminó – s/he, it finished (terminar – to finish)

101. sorprenderse – to get surprised

se sorprendió – s/he got surprised

102. acercarse – to move one’s self closer to (to approach or go up to)

se acercó (a) – s/he went up to, approached (moved her/himself closer to)

103. comenzó –it started, it began (comenzar – to start or begin)

Más vocabulario

104. temprano - early

105. el metro – the subway

106. de la mañana – in the morning

107. de la tarde – in the afternoon

108. pagar – to pay

109. en frente de – in front of

110. impresionar – to impress

111. impresionado(a) - impressed

112. va a ser más fácil – It is going to be (will be) easier

113. entender – to understand

no entendía – s/he, I did not understand

114. venir - to come

venía – s/he, I (or it) came

115. no podía encontrar – s/he, I was not able to find

116. quería llorar – s/he, I wanted to cry

117. algo iba mal – something was going badly (something was wrong)

118. era muy tarde – It was very late

119. teníamos – we had / we used to have

120. preguntar – to ask (hacer una pregunta)

le preguntó – s/he asked him/her

121. ya los vendimos – we already sold them

122. le ofreció – s/he offered to him/her

123. probarse – to try on one’s self

se probó – s/he tried on her/himself

Más vocabulario y expresiones

124. quisiera ver… - I want (I would like) to see

125. el marido – the husband (esposo)

126. Perdón. – Excuse me. Pardon me.

127. Lo lamento. – I’m sorry

128. el negocio – the business

129. el vendedor – the salesperson, the vendor, the seller

130. el zapatero – the shoemaker

131. demasiado – too / too much

132. lejos de – far from

133. los pies - The feet

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Imperfect tense verb forms:

134. esperar – to wait (also: to hope)

mientras ella esperaba – while she was waiting / waited (continuous action)

135. parecer – to seem to be, to appear to be

le parecía – it seemed to her (in general)

Preterite tense verb forms:

136. puso – s/he put (poner is an irregular verb in the preterite)

137. se sentó – s/he sat her/himself down (sentarse)

138. tocar a la puerta – to knock on the door

tocó a la puerta – s/he knocked on the door

139. abrió – s/he opened

140. venir – to come

vino – s/he came (irregular verb in the preterite)

141. se los puso – s/he put them on her/himself (ponerse)

142. le quedaron perfectos – they fit her/him perfectly or they looked good on her/him

143. le dijeron – they said to her (decir is an irregular verb in the preterite)

Más vocabulario y expresiones:

144. nadie – no one or nobody

145. alguien – someone or somebody

146. cómodo(a) – comfortable

147. fácil – easy

148. la dirección - the address

149. así que – so, (for that reason)

150. por fin - finally

151. un par – a pair

152. un poco – a little bit or small amount

153. más que nada –more than anything

154. el mate – a type of tea popular in Argentina

155. el precio – the price

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Imperfect tense verb forms:

156. estaba confundido(a) – he/she, I was confused

157. No sabía que pasaba. – s/he, I did not know what was happening

158. estaba seguro(a) – he/she, I was sure

159. no podía creer – s/he, I was not able to (could not) believe

160. estaba equivocado(a) – he/she, I was wrong

161. seguir – to continue (also: to follow)

ellos seguían hablando – they continued (kept on) talking

162. creyeron – they believed

163. pensaron – they thought

164. dejar – to leave something somewhere / to leave behind

165. ella los dejó – she left them

166. dejar de + (any) verb in the infinitive = to stop doing the action

167. Ellos dejaron de bailar. – They stopped dancing.

168. sonó – it rang, sounded

169. quitar – to remove; to take off quitarse – to remove or take off one’s self

se quitó – s/he took off her/himself

170. se los quitó – s/he took them off her/himself

171. pedir – to ask for something

172. pidió – s/he asked for, ordered (in a restaurant)

173. pidieron – they asked for, ordered

174. le contó – s/he told him/her (contar – to tell, also: to count)

175. abrazó – s/he hugged (abrazar – to hug)

Más vocabulario:

176. el despertador – the alarm clock

177. así – like this, like that

178. sin embargo – nevertheless, however

179. la primera vez – the first time

180. justo en ese momento – just at that moment

182. el comienzo – the beginning

183. enseguida – at once (right away)

184. salir a comer – to go out to eat

185. el rincón – the corner

186. el mozo – the waiter (mesero, camarero)

187. mayor – older

188. menor – younger