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39 Spanish words and 2 grammar points, in the order Huerta teaches them. Each word has an example sentence and a memory hook.
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Spanish says 'it pleases me' instead of 'I like it'. Me gusta el café (I like coffee) uses gusta because café is one thing; with plurals it's gustan: Me gustan los libros. Te gusta means 'you like'. To dislike something, put no first: No me gusta la carne.
De + el becomes del, and a + el becomes al: Voy al mercado (I'm going to the market), Es el libro del niño (it's the boy's book). Only el joins: a la casa and de la casa stay apart.
beberto drink
Bebo agua.I drink water.
Beber, like beverage: something to drink.
tomarto take, to drink
¿Qué tomas?What are you having?
Tomar: take a tomato. Also what you have to eat or drink.
conjugation →mirarto look at, to watch, to look
Miro la televisión.I watch television.
Mirar, like a mirror: you look into it.
conjugation →esperarto wait, to hope, to expect
Espero el autobús.I'm waiting for the bus.
Esperar means both to wait and to hope: desperate is without hope.
conjugation →el vinowine
Un vino tinto, por favor.A red wine, please.
Vino, like vine and vineyard: wine.
la lechemilk
¿Tienes leche?Do you have any milk?
Leche: think of lactose, the sugar in milk.
el tétea
Un té con leche.A tea with milk.
Té, with an accent: tea. Without one, te means "you".
la frutafruit
Como mucha fruta.I eat a lot of fruit.
Almost the same word: fruta, fruit.
el pescadofish
El pescado está muy rico.The fish is delicious.
Pescado, like Pisces: fish to eat.
la carnemeat
No como carne.I don't eat meat.
Carne, like carnivore: meat.
calientehot, warm
El café está muy caliente.The coffee is very hot.
Caliente, like calorie: heat.
fríocold
El agua está fría.The water is cold.
Frío, like frigid and fridge: cold.
el desayunobreakfast
El desayuno está en la mesa.Breakfast is on the table.
Desayuno is des-ayuno: breaking the fast (ayuno), like break-fast.
la cenadinner, supper
La cena es a las nueve.Dinner is at nine.
Cena: think of the Last Supper, la Última Cena, the most famous dinner of all.
la sopasoup
La sopa está caliente.The soup is hot.
Sopa, like soup.
el quesocheese
Me gusta el queso.I like cheese.
Queso: cheese. Think of quesadilla.
el pollochicken
Comemos pollo.We eat chicken.
Pollo: chicken. Pollo con arroz, chicken and rice.
el arrozrice
Quiero arroz con pollo.I want rice with chicken.
Arroz: rice. Arroz con leche: rice pudding.
la cervezabeer
Una cerveza, por favor.A beer, please.
Cerveza: beer. Think of the brewer’s yeast, cerevisiae.
el heladoice cream
El helado es de chocolate.The ice cream's chocolate.
Helado: ice cream, from hielo (ice).
el chocolatechocolate
Me encanta el chocolate.I love chocolate.
Chocolate, like chocolate.
el almuerzolunch
El almuerzo es a la una.Lunch is at one o'clock.
Almuerzo: lunch.
la botellabottle
Una botella de agua, por favor.A bottle of water, please.
Botella, like bottle.
el vasoglass (to drink from)
Un vaso de leche.A glass of milk.
Vaso: a drinking glass. Think of a vase.
la tazacup, mug
Una taza de té.A cup of tea.
Taza: a cup, a mug.
la manzanaapple
Como una manzana.I eat an apple.
Manzana: an apple. Picture a man holding an apple.
la naranjaorange
Quiero una naranja.I want an orange.
Naranja: an orange, and the colour orange.
el hambrehunger
Tengo hambre.I'm hungry.
Hambre: hunger. Tener hambre: to be hungry. Feminine, though it takes el.
la sedthirst
Tengo sed.I'm thirsty.
Sed: thirst. Tener sed: to be thirsty.
el tomatetomato
Quiero una ensalada de tomate.I want a tomato salad.
Tomate, like tomato.
la patatapotato
Me gustan las patatas fritas.I like chips.
Patata: a potato. Patatas fritas: chips, fries.
Elsewhere: Latin America: la papa
la uvagrape
Las uvas son muy dulces.The grapes are very sweet.
Uva: a grape. Picture a bunch of grapes shaped like a U.
el jamónham
Un bocadillo de jamón, por favor.A ham sandwich, please.
Jamón: ham. Jamón serrano, the famous Spanish ham.
la ensaladasalad
La ensalada está muy buena.The salad is very good.
Ensalada, like salad.
el postredessert
¿Qué hay de postre?What's for dessert?
Postre: dessert, what comes after (post) the meal.
la galletabiscuit, cookie
Mi hijo come muchas galletas.My son eats a lot of biscuits.
Galleta: a biscuit, a cookie. Think of a ship’s galley baking them.
el zumojuice
Un zumo de naranja, por favor.An orange juice, please.
Zumo: juice. Picture squeezing an orange: zoom, the juice comes out.
Elsewhere: Latin America: el jugo
el camarerowaiter
El camarero es muy amable.The waiter is very kind.
Camarero: a waiter. Picture a waiter with a camera.
Elsewhere: Latin America: el mesero
el menúmenu
¿Me trae el menú?Could you bring me the menu?
Menú, like menu.