Spanish (eSO eS Español)Spanish (eSO eS Español)

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(Davis 2006)

(Davis 2006)

The most used Spanish words:

The most used Spanish words:

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(Davis 2006) (Davis 2006) The most used The most used Spanish words: Spanish words: extended listextended list

#d 28 decir#d 28 decir

to tell, to sayto tell, to sayJuan Juan desirdesires to es to saysay to Abby.to Abby.I will say, Dearie, I will say, Dearie, I love you.I love you.Dear “ADear “A”” I love you. I love you.

#d 31 otro, otra#d 31 otro, otra

other, anotherother, anotherAnotherAnother oat rooat rowing?wing?The cThe coatoat RoRobert had outlasted the bert had outlasted the othersothers..

#d 37 ver#d 37 ver

to seeto seeVerVer the the bearbear..

#d 39 dar#d 39 dar

to giveto giveI dare I dare DarDarla to la to givegive him a kiss. him a kiss.

#d 41 ellos#d 41 ellos

they, themthey, themHey JoeHey Joe, , ssay hi to ay hi to ellos (them)ellos (them)..

Hi you guys Hi you guys

#119 sin#119 sin

withoutwithoutThe world The world without,without, sinsin would be a would be a better place.better place.

#106 mucho#106 mucho

much, many, a lotmuch, many, a lotI hope a I hope a moomoo chochokes all your cattle.kes all your cattle.MuchMuch lloowing makes my brains just wing makes my brains just rattle.rattle.cognate: muchcognate: much

#d 48 sobre#d 48 sobre

on top of, over, abouton top of, over, aboutThe The sobersober drunk is standing drunk is standing onon the the bottle.bottle.A A sombresombrero is ro is on top of on top of your head.your head.

#d 50 alguno#d 50 alguno

somesomeSome Some notnot AllAll goongoons carry guns.s carry guns.

#d 51 mismo#d 51 mismo

samesameI I miss Moemiss Moe,, Larry and Curly, although Larry and Curly, although it’s the it’s the samesame old old show.show.Ms MoeMs Moe is the is the samesame as always. as always.

#d 53 también#d 53 también

also, tooalso, tooTom, beTom, be anan astronaut astronaut and a ballerina in aand a ballerina in a tutu too tutu too..

also, tooalso, tooTom, be anTom, be an astronaut and a rock starastronaut and a rock star too.too.

#d 54 hasta#d 54 hasta

until, up to, evenuntil, up to, evenHastaHasta mañana mañanaThe The pastapasta is good is good until until mañana.mañana.

#d 55 año#d 55 año

yearyearOn yoOn yo’’ one one añoaño anniversary I will buy anniversary I will buy you a diamond ring.you a diamond ring.Feliz Feliz añoaño nuevo. nuevo.

#d 58 entre#d 58 entre

between, amongbetween, amongCan you Can you enter, betweenenter, between the two cars. the two cars. An An entréeentrée is is betweenbetween the salad and the the salad and the dessert.dessert.

#d 60 primero#d 60 primero

firstfirstPrimerPrimer is the is the primeroprimero thing you paint with.thing you paint with.PrimaryPrimary school is the school is the firstfirst school a child school a child goes to.goes to.

#d 61 desde#d 61 desde

from, sincefrom, sinceFromFrom thethe (diez) day (diez) day Desi Arnez and Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball were fighting. It was their Lucille Ball were fighting. It was their desdestiny to fighttiny to fight dai dailyly..

1010thth

#d 62 grande#d 62 grande

bigbigRío Río GrandeGrande = big= big river rivercognate: grandcognate: grand

#d 64 ni#d 64 ni

not even, neither, nornot even, neither, norNeitherNeither kneeknee can can take kneeling, take kneeling, nini la la derechaderecha, ni, ni la la

izquierda.izquierda.

#d 66 llegar#d 66 llegar

to arrive, get toto arrive, get to Legs arLegs aree essential essential to to arrivearrive..I I llegollego at at LegoLegoland.land.

#d 67 pasar#d 67 pasar

to pass, to spend, to happento pass, to spend, to happen¿Qué ¿Qué pasapasa?? = What is happening? = What is happening?He passes, He passes, pasapasa time in Hawaii.time in Hawaii.

#d 71 día#d 71 día

daydayelel Día Día de los Muertosde los Muertos

#d 72 uno#d 72 uno

oneone

#d 74 poco#d 74 poco

little, few, a little bitlittle, few, a little bitmuy muy poquitopoquitoI can only hop I can only hop pocopoco on my on my pogopogo stick. stick.

#d deber#d deber

should, ought to, to oweshould, ought to, to oweSmokey Smokey de bearde bear says your says your deberdeber is to is to put out the fire.put out the fire.I I debodebo go to a go to a DEVODEVO concert. concert.

#108 entonces#108 entonces

so, thenso, then Doctor: “If Doctor: “If in tonsilsin tonsils you have you have inflammation, inflammation, thenthen we need to we need to operate.”operate.”

#d 77 poner#d 77 poner

to put, get, become (+adj.)to put, get, become (+adj.)I I ponderponder where to where to ponerponer my money. my money.I I pongopongo my my ponchoponcho..He He ponepone a blanket on the a blanket on the pony.pony.

#d78 cosa#d78 cosa

thing thing I can’t just get 1 I can’t just get 1 cosacosa in in COSTCOSTCOCO, I end up , I end up with at least 2 with at least 2 cosascosas, , CosaCosa 1 and 1 and CosaCosa 2. 2.

#d 79 tanto#d 79 tanto

so much, so manyso much, so manyMy My tan toetan toe is is soso tan it is famous tan it is famous..

#104 el hombre#104 el hombre

man, mankindman, mankindGo Go home bravehome brave fellow, slumber if you can. fellow, slumber if you can.In battle you have proved yourself a In battle you have proved yourself a manman..A A manman who says who says “Ummm”“Ummm” and and braybrays s probably has an IQ of 2.probably has an IQ of 2.

#d 84 donde#d 84 donde

wherewhereWhere Where (donde)(donde) DundeeDundee was rased there was rased there were aligators.were aligators.

#d 86 parte#d 86 parte

part, portionpart, portionNo this is not a fiesta!No this is not a fiesta!

#d 87 después #d 87 después

after, afterwards, laterafter, afterwards, laterI get I get depressdepressed,ed, despuésdespués vacation.vacation.

#114 vida#114 vida

lifelifeThis has to This has to be the, vidabe the, vida..

#d 89 quedar#d 89 quedar

to remain, stayto remain, stayThe The caterercaterer has to has to quedarquedar until the event is over.until the event is over.

staystayAll the boys have All the boys have Kay-darKay-dar, radar., radar. Their eyes Their eyes staystay on on KayKay throughout the throughout the day.day.

#d 90 siempre#d 90 siempre

always, foreveralways, foreverSSemper emper Fi = always faithfulFi = always faithfulI will I will simply siempresimply siempre love love you.you.

#d hablar#d hablar

to speak, talkto speak, talkHe He talkstalks too much too much it will beit will be a-blah a-blah day.day.To To talktalk a lot kiss a lot kiss aa BlarBlarney stone.ney stone.

#d93 llevar#d93 llevar

to take, to carryto take, to carryYe’Ye’ fafart, rt, butbut taketake it outside.it outside.

#d 96 dejar#d 96 dejar

to let, leaveto let, leaveD’hearD’heartt leavesleaves one free.one free.Descartes, Descartes, leavesleaves me free me free to think “I to think “I think therefore think therefore I am.”I am.”

to let, leaveto let, leave““It’s been a It’s been a Day HaDay Hards Night.”rds Night.”Oops, Oops, Let it beLet it be,, leaveleave songwriting to the songwriting to the Beatles.Beatles.

#d 96 cada#d 96 cada

each, everyeach, everyEach,Each, cottacottagege cheese is made by hand. cheese is made by hand. EachEach time he time he caught acaught a fish he threw it fish he threw it back.back.

#d 97 seguir#d 97 seguir

to follow, keep on, continue to follow, keep on, continue The The sesecond cond geargear followsfollows the first gear. the first gear.CigarCigar, chain smokers , chain smokers continuecontinue smoking smoking one after the other.one after the other.

#d 98 menos#d 98 menos

less, fewerless, fewer4 4 menosmenos 3 = 1. 3 = 1.cognate: minuscognate: minus

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#d 99 nuevo#d 99 nuevo

new new 99 new wave Ohnew wave Oh-la ladies dancing -la ladies dancing (and a partridge in a pear tree.)(and a partridge in a pear tree.)

#d 100 encontrar#d 100 encontrar

to findto findTo To encounter (encontrar)encounter (encontrar) a sunken a sunken treasure ship.treasure ship.