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Capitulo 1 Vocab
Spanish Composition Through Literature
60
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
09/16/2010
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Term
la oficina
 Definition
office (where business is conducted by several or more persons)
Term
el despacho
 Definition
office, study (private office of singular person at home or away)
Term
la dirección
 Definition
office (director's office)
Term
el bufete
 Definition
(law) office
Term
la redacción
 Definition
newspaper office
Term
el consultorio
 Definition
doctor's office
Term
la consulta
 Definition
(private) doctor's office
Term
la clinica dental
 Definition
Dental office
Term
volver a + infinitive
 Definition
to do something again
Term
regresar
 Definition
to return, go (come) back
Term
volver
 Definition
to return, go (come) back
Term
devolver
 Definition
to return (something), give back, vomit
Term
cerrar
 Definition
to close, shut, to lock
Term
el cierre
 Definition
closing, shutting
Term
abrir
 Definition
to open
Term
la abertura
 Definition
opening, aperture
Term
clausurar
 Definition
to close, adjourn
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la clausura
 Definition
closing, adjournment
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la apertura
 Definition
opening, musical overature
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acabar de + infinitive
 Definition
to finish doing something, to have (had) just done something
Term
terminar de + infinitive
 Definition
to finish doing something
Term
la sala
 Definition
living room, parlor
Term
el cuarto
 Definition
room
Term
el aula
 Definition
classroom
Term
la habitación
 Definition
room
Term
el salón
 Definition
linving room, large room, hall
Term
angosto
 Definition
narrow
Term
estrecho
 Definition
narrow
Term
el hule
 Definition
rubber; oilccloth (glossy, rubberized, or waterproof fabric)
Term
la goma
 Definition
rubber; rubber band (softer more flexible forms of rubber)
Term
el caucho
 Definition
rubber(harder rubber material)
Term
de palo
 Definition
wooden
Term
la madera
 Definition
wood
Term
el palo
 Definition
pole, stick, a blow with a stick
Term
la leña
 Definition
firewood
Term
matar
 Definition
to kill
Term
asesinar
 Definition
to murder, assassinate, to kill
Term
rematar
 Definition
to finish off
Term
eliminar
 Definition
to wipe out, bump off
Term
ejecutar
 Definition
to execute
Term
la cuadra
 Definition
block (Sp. Am.) stable (Sp.)
Term
la manzana
 Definition
block (sp.), apple
Term
el establo
 Definition
stable
Term
el bloque
 Definition
block
Term
el ropero
 Definition
closet
Term
la alacena
 Definition
cupboard, closet, locker (set in wall)
Term
el armario
 Definition
closet
Term
guardarropa
 Definition
checkroom, cloakroom, coat closet
Term
agarrar
 Definition
to grasp (with claws) - replaces coger in sp. am.
Term
tomar
 Definition
to take
Term
coger
 Definition
to take
Term
amanecer
 Definition
to dawn
Term
anochecer
 Definition
to grow dark
Term
atardecer
 Definition
to draw towards evening, to happen late in the afternoon
Term
ordinario
 Definition
ordinary, common (plain, also coarse, vulgar)
Term
común, corriente
 Definition
common
Term
colgar
 Definition
to hang (coll. to flunk or fail someone)
Term
ahorcar
 Definition
to hang (execute)
Term
tender
 Definition
to hang (clothes to dry)
Term
pender
 Definition
to hang (freely from a higher position)
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