FHUHS Spanish

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ADVANCED VOCABULARY – NO TRANSLATION:

ultraje (1. ultra, más allá de) m. Injuria grave de obra o de palabra.

BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION:

clavel s.m. 1 carnation.

Mercedes usa claveles en su boda.
Mercedes wears carnations at her wedding.
cla BEL

BASIC VOCABULARY – Thematic approach- Outside the home terms

el césped – lawn
el patio – yard
el jardín – garden
podar – to prune

IDIOM

Sacudir la mosca
Spanish: to shake off the fly.
English: to cough up the money.

Poca cosa – Not much
Poco a poco – little by little or gradually
Poner la mira – to aim at, focus or to fix one’s eyes on
La rutina diaria = the daily grind – same old, same old

BONUS WORD – TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

vacuo – trivial – frivolous, superficial.

MODISMO

(Venezuela)- prenda – jewelry

PROVERB

Más vale prevenir que ser prevenidos.
Prevent rather than repent.

SPANISH COGNATES – http://www.spanishstudies.com/spanish_cognates.htm

digestive – digestivo
endocrine – endocrino
lymphatic – linfático
respiratory – respiratorio

Business Vocabulary

querella – lawsuit
quincena – two weeks
quiosco – kiosk
queja – complaint

Verb of the Day

abatir v.t. y v. pron. 1 to demolish, to pull down. 2 to humiliate. 3 to discourage, to lose heart. / v.t. 4 to take down. / vi. 5 MAR. to change course. / v. pron. 6 to swoop, to dive (aves).