March 17, 2007
Common Spanish Adjectives
There are basically three kinds of adjectives: descriptive adjectives (examples: big, blue, short, happy), demonstrative adjectives (examples: this, that, these, those), and possessive adjectives (examples: my, your, his, their).
The list of descriptive adjectives is long. However, it is convenient to give
you a list of the possessive adjectives and demonstrative adjectives.
Possessives adjectives:
mi/mis (my) nuestro/a/os/as (our)
tu/tus (your) vuestro/a/os/as (your)
su/sus (his,her,ud.) su/sus (their, uds.)
mío/a/os/as (mine) nuestro/a/os/as (ours)
tuyo/a/os/as (yours) vuestro/a/os/as (yours)
suyo/a/os/as (his, hers, ud.) suyo/a/os/as (theirs, uds.)
Demonstratives adjectives:
este - esta (this)
estos - estas (these)
ese - esa (that)
esos - esas (those)
aquel - aquella (that)
aquellos - aquellas (those)
I collected 400 most common descriptive Spanish adjectives. Here you can select randomly from these 400 common Spanish adjectives and see if you can translate them right. Please follow the link below.
The most common Spanish adjectives
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February 20, 2007
The Most Common Spanish Words
In this post we are going to go over the most common Spanish words. These include Spanish articles, Spanish conjunctions, Spanish prepositions, Spanish adverbs, and Spanish adjectives. We are going to visit the bigger pieces (pronouns, nouns, verb, and more adjectives/adverbs) in later posts.
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el m. the la f. the los m. the las f. the a to, at al to the, at the (= a el) de of, from, by del of the, from the, by the (= de al) un m. a, an, one una f. a, an, one uno m. a, an, one unos m. some, a few unas f. some, a few cada each |
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que that, than y and o or como as, like pero but si if porque because cuando when ni nor, neither donde where e and aunque although, even though sino but, except mientras while |
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en in, on, into sobre about, above, on top of entre between, among por through, for (means), along, by para in order to, for (ends) con with sin without hasta until desde from, since durante during, for (time) contra against hacia toward según according to |
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sí yes no no, not más more menos less ya already, now, soon todavía still, yet antes before, earlier ahora now después after, later muy very bien well sólo (solamente) only además besides, in addition casi almost así so tan so entonces then luego then, later aquí here allí there hoy today ayer yesterday mañana tomorrow siempre always nunca never también also, too tampoco neither, not either |
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este m. this esta f. this estos m. pl. these estas f. pl. these esto [neutral] this ese m. that esa f. that esos m. pl. those esas f. pl. those eso [neutral] that todo m. all toda f. all todos m. all, everyone todas f. all, everyone otro other, another otra other, another otros other, others otras other, others mismo same tanto so much, as much mejor better mayor bigger, older poco little (not much) mucho much bueno good gran great general general tal such, such a primera first alguno some, something algunos some ninguno no, none |
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February 14, 2007
Spanish Words for Love
"Love" as a Spanish noun
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afición (enthusiasm): Tiene afición por las cosas de su tierra. She has a
love for the things of her land.
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amado (sweetheart)
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amante (sweetheart)
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amistad (friendship)
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amor (pure love, romantic love)
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caridad (charity)
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cariño/cariña
(sweetheart)
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cero (score in tennis): Cero a cero. Love all.
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pasión (passion, not necessarily romantic)
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querido (sweetheart)
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recuerdos (regards): Mándale recuerdos míos. Send him my love.
"Love" as a Spanish verb
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amar (to love, to love romantically): Te amo. I love you.
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encantar (indicating strong like): Me encanto escribir. I love to write.
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gustar mucho (indicating strong like): Me gusta mucho este sofá. I love this
sofa.
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querer (to love romantically, to want): Te quiero. I love you.
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February 12, 2007
Spanish words that end in z
Spanish words that end in z are usually nouns or adjectives.
For Spanish nouns that end in z, the "z" will turn into a "c" and followed by
"es" in plural forms. For example:
la vez - las veces (many times)
la voz - las voces (a lot of voices)
el lápiz - los lápices (many pencils)
el avestruz - los avestruces (many ostriches)
Remember Spanish adjectives also have plural forms. The same plural form rule
applies for Spanish adjectives that end in z: the "z" will turn into a "c" and
followed by "es" in plural forms. For example:
feliz - felices (happy)
capaz - capaces (capable)
perspicaz - perspicaces (perspicacious)
precoz - precoces (precocious)
Two comprehensive lists of Spanish words that end in z are given below:
Spanish adjectives that end in z
Spanish nouns that end in z
Spanish adjectives that end in z
| atroz | atrocious; appalling; tremendous; enormous; huge |
| audaz | daring; audacious; bold; impudent; cheeky |
| capaz | capable; able; competent; having room or capacity; capacious; roomy; capable |
| eficaz | efficient; efficacious; effective; effectual |
| falaz | false; deceitful; deceptive; fallacious |
| feliz | happy; fortunate; good; felicitous |
| feroz | ferocious; fierce; ravenous |
| fugaz | brief; fleeting; fugacious; fugitive; transitory; estrella fugaz: shooting star |
| incapaz | incapable; unable; unfit |
| ineficaz | ineffective; inefficient; ineffectual |
| infeliz | unhappy; unfortunate; wretched; wretch; simple; naive; good-natured |
| locuaz | talkative; loquacious; garrulous |
| montaraz | of the woods; wild; untamed; uncouth; rude; forester |
| mordaz | caustic; biting; sharp; acerbic; pungent; acrid; corrosive |
| perspicaz | perceptive; keen-sighted; perspicacious |
| pertinaz | stubborn; persistent; pertinacious |
| precoz | precocious; early |
| procaz | impudent; brazen; obscene |
| sagaz | astute; shrewd; sagacious; keen-scented |
| soez | obscene; rude; coarse; base; vile |
| suspicaz | suspicious; distrustful |
| tenaz | tenacious; determined; stubborn; hard to remove; persistent; difficult to get rid of; adhesive; tough |
| veloz | fast; quick; swift; fleet; rapid |
| veraz | truthful; veracious |
| vivaz | vivacious; lively; sharp; active; vigorous; keen; quick-witted; long-lived |
| voraz | voracious; greedy; ravenous; destructive; fierce |
| acidez | sharpness; acidity; heartburn |
| actriz | actress |
| ajedrez | chess |
| albornoz | bathrobe; burnoose |
| alcatraz | gannet; cuckoopint; white pelican |
| altavoz | loudspeaker; speaker |
| altivez | haughtiness; arrogance; pride |
| altramuz | lupin; lupine |
| antifaz | mask; veil covering the face |
| aprendiz | trainee; apprentice |
| arroz | rice |
| avestruz | ostrich |
| avidez | eagerness; avidity; greed |
| barniz | varnish; glaze; veneer; smattering |
| beodez | drunkenness |
| cáliz | chalice; calyx; cup of sorrow |
| candidez | naturalness; simplicity; whiteness; naïvety |
| capataz | foreman; overseer; steward |
| cariz | aspect; look |
| cerviz | cervix; neck; nape of the neck |
| chochez | senility; dotage |
| cicatriz | scar; cicatrice |
| codorniz | quail |
| coz | kick from a beast; recoil; butt |
| cruz | cross; burden; tails; withers; dagger; crown |
| dejadez | carelessness; negligence; laziness; slovenliness; neglect |
| desfachatez | nerve; cheek; impudence; brazenness; effrontery |
| desliz | slip; blunder; false step; frailty; indiscretion; sliding; slipping |
| desnudez | nakedness; nudity; bareness |
| disfraz | disguise; fancy dress; costume; dissimulation; dissembling |
| doblez | fold; crease; ply; cuff; duplicity; deceitfulness |
| embriaguez | intoxication; drunkenness; inebriation |
| emperatriz | empress |
| esbeltez | slenderness |
| escasez | shortage; scarcity; dearth; shortness; stinginess; want; poverty |
| esplendidez | magnificence; splendour; generosity; lavishness |
| esquivez | disdain; coldness; gruffness; shyness |
| estrechez | narrowness; hardship; tightness; strictness; pressure; closeness; intimacy; jam; predicament; penury; poverty |
| estupidez | stupidity; stupid thing |
| exquisitez | exquisiteness; delicacy; excellence |
| faz | face; visage; aspect; obverse |
| flaccidez | flaccidity; flabbiness |
| fluidez | fluidity; fluency; fluidness; flowingness |
| frigidez | frigidity |
| generatriz | generatrix |
| haz | bundle; sheaf; faggot; gavel; beam; pencil; fascicle; face; visage; hacer |
| hez | sediment; dregs; scum |
| honradez | honesty; probity; integrity; uprightness |
| hoz | sickle; gorge; ravine |
| idiotez | idiocy |
| inmadurez | immaturity |
| insensatez | foolishness; stupidity; folly |
| institutriz | governess |
| invalidez | disability; invalidity |
| jerez | sherry |
| juez | judge; justice; official; juez de línea: linesman |
| languidez | listlessness; disinterest; languor; languidness |
| lápiz | pencil; crayon; lápiz de labios: lipstick; lápiz de labios: lipstick |
| liquidez | liquidity; liquidness |
| locomotriz | locomotive |
| lombriz | earthworm; lombriz intestinal: roundworm |
| lucidez | lucidity |
| luz | light; span; luces de cruce: dimmer; dipped headlights |
| madurez | maturity; ripeness; adulthood; wisdom; prudence |
| maíz | maize; corn; maíz dulce: sweetcorn |
| matiz | shade; tint; nuance; hue |
| matraz | flask; matrass |
| matriz | womb; mould; mold; matrix; stub; counterfoil; stencil; first; main; chief; mother |
| memez | stupid act or remark; silliness; stupidity |
| meretriz | harlot; strumpet |
| motriz | motor; engine; dynamic force; driving |
| mudez | dumbness |
| nariz | nose; nostril; bouquet; nose-shaped catch for a latch |
| niñez | childhood; infancy |
| nitidez | clearness; sharpness; neatness; clarity; lack of ambiguity |
| nuez | walnut; nut; Adam's apple; nuez moscada: nutmeg |
| ñoñez | insipidness; spinelessness; shyness; bashfulness; fussiness; senility; dotage; inanity; stupid thing; endearment; flattery; whining |
| ordinariez | vulgarity; grossness; coarseness; ordinariness; inferior quality; rude remark |
| palidez | pallor; paleness; wanness |
| paloduz | liquorice; licorice |
| parteluz | mullion |
| peladez | poverty; vulgarity; rude word; obscenity |
| pequeñez | smallness; littleness; childhood; pettiness; meanness; trifle; triviality |
| perdiz | partridge; perdiz blanca: ptamirgan |
| pesadez | heaviness; burdensomeness; tiresomeness; irksomeness; drowsiness; sultriness; slowness; clumsiness; gravity; fullness; bore; pain |
| pez | fish; pitch; tar; pez de colores: goldfish; pez gordo: big shot |
| placidez | placidness; placidity |
| pómez | piedra pómez: pumice stone |
| portavoz | megaphone; mouthpiece; spokesman |
| precoz | precocious; early |
| preñez | pregnancy; fullness |
| putridez | putridity |
| quibutz | kibbutz |
| raíz | root; stem |
| rapidez | speed; rapidity; quickness; swiftness |
| regaliz | liquorice; licorice |
| ridiculez | ridiculousness; oddity; eccentricity; pittance; trifle |
| rigidez | rigidity; intolerance |
| rodríguez | grass widower |
| rojez | redness; reddishness; ruddiness |
| sandez | stupidity; silliness; inanity; foolish or stupid act or remark; piece of nonsense |
| secuaz | minion; henchman; follower |
| sencillez | simplicity; easiness; plainness; unpretentiousness; naturalness |
| sensatez | good sense; sense; wisdom |
| solaz | form of entertainment; form of relaxation; solace; comfort; relief; recreation |
| solidez | solidity; firmness; strength; soundness; fastness |
| sordidez | squalor; dirtiness; squalidity; sordidness |
| tamiz | sieve; bolter |
| tapiz | tapestry |
| tartamudez | stammer; stutter |
| tez | skin; complexion |
| timidez | shyness; timidness; timorousness |
| tirantez | tightness; tautness; tenseness; tension; strained condition |
| tozudez | stubbornness; obstinacy |
| tragaluz | skylight |
| trasluz | light seen through a translucent body; gleam; glint; al trasluz: against the light |
| Túnez | Tunisia; Tunis |
| validez | validity |
| variz | varicose vein |
| vejez | old age; oldness; peevishness of old age; platitude; old history |
| veloz | fast; quick; swift; fleet; rapid |
| vez | time; turn; stead; place; una vez: once; dos veces: twice; en vez de: instead of |
| viudez | widowhood |
| voz | voice; shout; rumour; rumor; word; term; vote; rumour; public opinion |
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February 09, 2007
Common Spanish Greetings
Señor Sir
Señora Madam
Señorita Miss
Hola Hi, Hello
Buenos días
Good morning
Buenas tardes Good
afternoon
Buenas noches Good evening, Good
night
Adiós
Good-bye
Hasta luego
See you later
Hasta la vista See you
later
Por favor
Please
Perdón
Sorry, Pardon, Excuse me
Gracias
Thanks
De nada
You're welcome
Con mucho gusto Gladly, My pleasure
¿Cómo estás? How are you? (informal)
¿Cómo está usted? How are you? (formal)
¿Qué tal? How's going? (informal)
Estoy bien I
am good.
Estoy muy bien I am great, I am very good
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February 04, 2007
Spanish Numbers from one to one million
Following are Spanish numbers from one to one million.
1 uno
2 dos
3 tres
4 cuatro
5 cinco
6 seis
7 siete
8 ocho
9 nueve
10 diez
11 once
12 doce
13 trece
14 catorce
15 quince
16 diez y seis (dieciséis)
17 diez y siete (diecisiete)
18 diez y ocho (dieciocho)
19 diez y nueve (diecinueve)
20 veinte
21 veinte y uno
22 veinte y dos
23 veintie y res
30 treinta
31 treinta y uno
32 treinta y dos
40 cuarenta
50 cincuenta
60 sesenta
70 setenta
80 ochenta
90 noventa
100 cien, ciento
101 ciento uno
102 ciento dos
200 doscientos
300 trescientos
400 cuatrocientos
500 quinientos
600 seiscientos
700 setecientos
800 ochocientos
900 novecientos
1000 mil
2000 dos mil
100,000 cien mil
1,000,000 un millón
Note that there are two forms for numbers from 16 to 19 (and 21 to 29, not
shown here) have two written forms, however the pronunciations are the same for
the two forms. The numbers above 30 are spelled as three words but pronounced as
one word. The ay combination (treinta
y uno) sounds like
I sound as in "I
like it".
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January 28, 2007
Spanish Numbers from 1 to 20
Following are the Spanish numbers from one to twenty.
1 uno
2 dos
3 tres
4 cuatro
5 cinco
6 seis
7 siete
8 ocho
9 nueve
10 diez
11 once
12 doce
13 trece
14 catorce
15 quince
16 diez y seis (dieciséis)
17 diez y siete (diecisiete)
18 diez y ocho (dieciocho)
19 diez y nueve (diecinueve)
20 veinte
Note that there are two forms for numbers from 16 to 19.
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