What does la manzana mean?
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the apple
Manzana is apple. Orange is la naranja, pear is la pera and peach is el melocotón (el durazno in much of Latin America).
Spanish Vocabulary
Everyday Spanish words for English speakers, false friends included
Spanish Vocabulary is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 68 cards: everyday Spanish words for English speakers, false friends included. It covers food and eating; home; people and the body; time and numbers; everyday verbs and adjectives; false friends.
Sample cards
How do you say "the house" in Spanish?
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la casa
Casa is house. Cama is bed, caja is box and cara is face. One letter changes the whole word.
What does mi hermana mean?
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my sister
Hermana is sister. Aunt is tía, cousin is prima and niece is sobrina.
What does hoy mean?
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today
Hoy is today. Mañana is tomorrow, ayer is yesterday and ahora is now.
What does hablar mean?
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to speak
Hablar is to speak. Escuchar is to listen, leer is to read, escribir is to write.
What does estoy embarazada mean?
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I am pregnant
A classic false friend. Embarrassed is tengo vergüenza or estoy avergonzada. Engaged is prometida, in a hurry is tengo prisa.
Sources
15 sources
- Diccionario de la lengua española, Real Academia Española
- SpanishDict Spanish English Dictionary, SpanishDict
- SpanishDict Grammar Guide, including False Cognates, SpanishDict
- Plan Curricular del Instituto Cervantes, Instituto Cervantes
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Eavqwiki (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Julie Samothrace (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Rodrigo5260 (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Guergana (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by AdrianAbdulBaha (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by GlyphEnjoyer (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Enohecruzl79 (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Marreromarco (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Octavio Paniagua-Taboada, Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish pronunciation recordings by Mariocrespolara (Lingua Libre), Lingua Libre, Wikimedia Commons
- Synthesized speech: Kokoro-82M text-to-speech model, voice em_alex (not a human recording), hexgrad
