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41 Cards in this Set
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Ya que
Como Puesto que Porque |
because (since)
Porque cannot be used to begin a sentence Como (meaning because) must be placed at the beginning of a sentence |
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Por
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When preceding a noun, always use por. This use corresponds to English because of.
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Cuestión
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matter, subject, or topic of discussion
Es una cuestión de gran importancia. |
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Pregunta
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question or interrogation
Ese niño hace muchas preguntas difíciles. |
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Hacer una pregunta/Preguntar
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to ask a question
La joven hizo muchas preguntas (preguntó mucho) sobre su abuela. |
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Fecha
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A calender date
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Cita
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Appointment or social arrangment
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Los/Las/Dos Amobos/Dos Ambas
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Both... have to agree in gender with the nouns to which they refer.
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Tanto... como...
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Both... and...
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Dato
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Findings, results, or data
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Hecho
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a proven fact, deed, event
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Realizar
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to realize; to achieve a goal or an ambition- accomplish something
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Darse cuenta (de)
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to realize- to be aware or to understand
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Perder
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to miss an opportunity or deadline because of poor timing... your fault that you missed it.
Maria llegó tarde y perdió el tren. |
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Fatar a
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to miss an appointment or an event- not attending it (accident)
Joaquin estaba enfermo y faltó a la reunión. |
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Echar de menos/Extrañar
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to miss a person
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Ahorrar
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to save money or savings
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Salvar
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to rescue or save a person or thing from danger
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Guardar
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to set aside, to keep
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Llevar
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to transport or to take someone or something from one place to another
Los padres llevan a los niños al parque. |
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tomar
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to take something in one's hands, to take a bus (train, etc), to take an exam, to take a vacation
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Hacer un viaje
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to take a trip + amount of time + en + infinitive
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Tardar en
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to take a certain amount of time to do something
tardar + amount of time + en + infinitive |
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Grande
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large or big
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Gran
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great
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Largo
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long
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Dejar de
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dejar de + infinitive
to stop doing something/to quit when used negatively, it means not to fail or not to miss out on doing something |
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Impedir
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to get in the way, to hinder, prevent, to impede, to stop someone from doing something (use the subjunctive0
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Detener
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to stop or to detain/ to slow down or to hold up progress (used in the context of getting arrested)
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Detenerse
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to stop moving or to pause/hesitate
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Doler
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to ache (physically, mentally, or emotionally) to grieve or to distress
Me duelen mucho los pies. |
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Hacer daño/Lastimar
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to cause someone bodily injury
hacer daño: to hurt someone's standing or status (process) |
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Ofender
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to injure someone's feelings (doler can also be used)
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Pero
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When the element preceding but is affirmative, pero is used. It can also be used after a negative element to mean however, introducing information that contrasts with or expands the previously mentioned concepts
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Sino/Sino que
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Used only after a negatie element. Introduces information that contradicts and replaces the first element. They mean but in the sense of rather.
Sino connects a word or phrase Sino que connects a clause |
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Intentar
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to try or to make an attempt
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Tratar de
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to try or to make an attempt: always followed by the infinitive
to deal with Se trata de: it's about/it's a question of (can never be use with a specific subject) |
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Tratar
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to treat someone or something in a particular way
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Probar
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to try or to taste something; or to testing him or her
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Probar(se)
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to try on an article of cloothing
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Pedir
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to request something from someone (an object, favor, action)
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