Vocabulario

 

Episodio 1 – Present yourself

El/la/los/las the (masc/fem sing., masc/fem plural) (used frequently in Spanish when we wouldn’t use it in English, in other words when reading sometimes if it doesn’t make sense to say “the”, note that it is used in Spanish but not in English in your mind. “The” matches the noun in gender and number)
gringa slang for American
en in, on
el extranjero foreign land
Episodio Episode
1 uno
Me gusta I like (Lit. It is pleasing to me
viajar To travel
mucho A lot
para For/ in order to
conocer To know/be familiar with
a to (before people no translation)
nuevo/a new (adjectives match nouns in gender and number)
lugares places
Yo I
viajo I travel
México Mexico
por for, by
primero/a first
la vez time (as in occurrence not hours)
después de after
un/una a/an (masc/fem, sing.)
el accidente accident
el coche car
Llego I arrive
Oaxaca Oaxaca (city in southern Mexico)
con with
algunas some (fem, plural)
la herida wound
pero but
estoy I am (feeling, location)
contento/a happy, content (adj. matches noun)
Conozco I know, I meet, I am familiar with
mi ‘familia’ my (sing. thing) ‘family’
mexicano/a Mexican (adj. matches noun)
Me saluda She greets me
mi mamá my (sing. thing) mom
Hola Hi
Me llamo My name is (Lit. I call myself)
¿Cómo What/How
te llamas? Is your name? (Lit. do you call yourself)
Le digo I tell her
Mucho gusto Nice to meet you
me dice She says to me
Igualmente Likewise
Luego Then
me acercan They approach/get close to me
sus caras Their faces
me dan They give me
el beso kiss
la mejilla cheek
Me acostumbro I get used to
poco a poco little by little
saludar to greet
la gente people
aunque even though
la verdad truth
es is
que that
me extraña it is weird to me
poco little

Episodio 2 – How are you?

el/la/los/las the (masc/fem, sing/plural)
el/la gringo/a slang for American (masc/fem)
en in/on
el extranjero foreign land
Episodio Episode
2 (dos) two
Agua water
me despierto I wake up
y and
escucho I hear/I listen
otra vez again
Entonces So/Therefore
me levanto I get up
No puedo dormir I can’t sleep
ya anymore
con with
el hombre man
que that
grita yells
cada every/each
el minuto minute
Entiendo I understand
quiere vender he/she/it wants to sell
pero but
yo quiero dormir I want to sleep
Ni modo Oh well
Bajo I get/go down
de from
mi cuarto my room
me saluda he/she/it greets me
‘mi madre’ ‘my mother’
Doña Marina Doña= formal title like Mrs. but used often with first names like Marina
un/a a or an (masc, fem)
el beso kiss
Ahora now
me acostumbro I get used to/I am accustomed to
Buenos días Good morning
¿Cómo estás? How are you?
me dice he/she/it says to me
Estoy bien I’m good (well)
¿y tú? and you?
le digo I say to her/him/it
Muy bien Very good (well)
mija (mi hija) my child (my daughter)
Desayunas you eat breakfast
fruta fruit
huevos eggs
agua water
limón lemon (Mexican lemons are most similar to key limes)
Sí yes
por favor please
Me gusta I like (it is pleasing to me)
mucho a lot
el desayuno breakfast
mexicano/a Mexican (masc, fem
no como not like
la cena dinner

Episodio 3 – Talking about what I do

el/la/los/las the (masc/fem, sing/plural)
el/la gringo/a slang for American (masc/fem)
en in/on
el extranjero foreign land
Episodio Episode
3 (tres) three
universidad university

Después de

 after

del (de + el)

 of/from the

desayuno

 breakfast

voy

 I go

a

 to

Tomo

 I take

una

 a/an

clase

 class

de

 of/from

economía

 economics

psicología

 psychology

y

 and

español

 Spanish

con

 with

mis compañeros

 my classmates

estadounidenses

 American

Nosotros

 We

estudiamos

 we study

gramática

 grammar

avanzada

 advanced

Todavía

 Still

hablo

 I speak

español

 Spanish

como

 like

italiano

 Italian

necesito

 I need

estudiar

 to study

No entiendo

 I don’t understand

mi profesor

 my professor

tiene

 he/she/it has

ceceo

 lisp

cuando

 when

habla

 he/she/it talks

pero

 but

acento

 accent

España

 Spain

muy

 very

rápido

 fast

bajo

 low

aprendo

 I learn

de todos modos

 anyway

que

 that

comunismo

 communism

fascismo

 fascism

son

 you/all they are

sistemas

 systems

ideologías

 ideological

diferentes

 different

resultados

 results

similares

 similar

 Episodio 4 – Talking about my experiences

el/la/los/las the (masc/fem, sing/plural)
gringa slang for American (masc/fem)
en in/on
extranjero foreign land
Episodio Episode
cuatro 4
la perspectiva perspective
Estoy I am (location, state)
mi clase de psicología my psychology class
soy I am (origin, inherent quality)
único/a only (the only one)
el/la estudiante student
estadounidense American
Me siento I feel
diferente different
Habla You f./he/she/it speaks
muy very
claro clearly
me gusta I like (it is pleasing to me)
esto this
Explica You f./he/she/it explains
pero but
me sorprende (it) surprises me
su explicación her explanation
Nos dice She tells us
Cuando when
algo something
está is (location, state)
lejos far (away)
parece it seems
más pequeño smaller
y and
más cerca closer
más grande bigger
no es it is not (inherent quality)
ni (n)either
es it is (inherent quality)
solamente only (just)
que that
nos da it gives us
la impresión impression
diferente different
Quiero preguntar I want to ask
si if
hay there is / there are
personas people
creen they believe
esas cosas those things
están they are (location, state)
realmente really
son they are (inherent quality)
no lo hago I don’t do it
Me parece It seems to me
mucho much
más more
el tamaño size
la distancia distance
cierto TRUE
un/una a/an
la variedad variety

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