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A2 Elementary · level 36 of 80
24 Spanish words and one grammar point, in the order Huerta teaches them. Each word has an example sentence and a memory hook.
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To tell someone you call tú to do something, use the él/ella form of the present: corta (cut), añade (add), mezcla (mix), come (eat). Stem changes stay: calienta el agua (heat the water). For vosotros, swap the infinitive's r for d: cortad, añadid.
añadirto add
Añade un poco de sal.Add a little salt.
Añadir: to add. Picture the little wave on the ñ as something added on top.
cortarto cut
Corta el pan, por favor.Cut the bread, please.
Cortar, like cut and curtail.
mezclarto mix
Mezcla los huevos con la leche.Mix the eggs with the milk.
Mezclar, like mix.
calentarto heat, to warm up
Calienta el agua.Heat the water.
Calentar, from caliente (hot): heating up. Careful: caliento.
la salsalt
Le falta sal.It needs salt.
Sal, like salt and saline.
el aceiteoil
Pon un poco de aceite.Put in a little oil.
Aceite: oil. Think of an olive (aceituna) giving its oil.
el azúcarsugar
No tomo azúcar.I don't take sugar.
Azúcar, like sugar and sucrose.
la recetarecipe, prescription
Es una receta de mi abuela.It's one of my grandmother's recipes.
Receta, like recipe and receipt.
el huevoegg
Desayuno un huevo.I have an egg for breakfast.
Huevo: an egg. Picture its oval (ovo) shape.
la cebollaonion
La cebolla me hace llorar.Onions make me cry.
Cebolla, like cipollini, the little Italian onions.
la sarténfrying pan, pan
Calienta el aceite en la sartén.Heat the oil in the pan.
Sartén: a frying pan.
la ollapot
Pon la olla en el fuego.Put the pot on the heat.
Olla: a cooking pot. Think of olla podrida, a stew.
el cuchilloknife
Corta la cebolla con el cuchillo.Cut the onion with the knife.
Cuchillo: a knife. Picture cutting with a cutlass.
el tenedorfork
Necesito un tenedor.I need a fork.
Tenedor: a fork, the thing that holds (tener) the food.
la cucharaspoon
Mezcla con una cuchara.Mix with a spoon.
Cuchara: a spoon.
la servilletanapkin
¿Me das una servilleta?Can you give me a napkin?
Servilleta: a napkin, a serviette.
el ajogarlic
Añade un poco de ajo.Add a little garlic.
Ajo: garlic. Ajo y aceite: garlic and oil, aioli.
la harinaflour
Mezcla la harina con el azúcar.Mix the flour with the sugar.
Harina: flour.
la pimientapepper
Sal y pimienta, por favor.Salt and pepper, please.
Pimienta: pepper (the spice), like pimento.
el limónlemon
Un té con limón.A tea with lemon.
Limón, like lemon.
llenarto fill
Llena la olla de agua.Fill the pot with water.
Llenar: to fill. Lleno: full.
bastaenough
¡Basta ya!That's enough!
¡Basta!: enough! That’s enough! From bastar, to be enough.
la mielhoney
Pon un poco de miel en el té.Put a little honey in the tea.
Miel: honey. Think of mellifluous, sweet as honey.
quemarto burn
Cuidado, la cebolla se puede quemar.Careful, the onion can burn.
Quemar: to burn. Quemado: burnt.