Basic Spanish Vocabulary List

Bueuo = good (mase).
Buenos = good (mase.plurl.).
El caballero = gentleman, sir.
La tarde = afternoon, evening.
La casa = house.
Esta = this (fem.).
De = of.
Déla = of the (fem.).
De las = of the (fem.plur.).
Muy = very.
Gracias (fem. plur.) = thanks.
El edificio = building.
El teatro = theatre.
Un (mase.) = a.
Un señor = a gentleman, sir,
V. or Vd. = you.
El libro = book.
El padre = father.
El perro = dog.
Si = yes.
No------sino = only.
Contento = content.
Mucha (fem.) = much.
Muchas (fem. = many.
plur.)
Porque = because.
Nada (no------ nada) = nothing.

La madre = mother.
Rico (rica) = rich.
El sombrero = hat
Llamar = to call.
Llamarse = to call oneself.
Cinco = five.
Cuanta (fem.) = how much ?
Cuantas (fem. plur.) = how many ?
La hija = daughter.
Yo sé = I know.
Pero = but.
Creo = I believe.

Buena = good (fem.).
Buenas = good (fem.
plur.). El dia = day.
La noche = night.
Este = this (masc.).
Esto = this (neut.).
Del = of the (mase.).
De los = of the (mase.
plur.). Como ? = how ?
Bien = well.
Qué 1 = what ?
El palacio = palace.
Ni------ni = neither ------ nor.
Una (fem.) = a.
No = no ; not.
Señorita = young lady,
miss. El periódico = newspaper.

Dos = two.
La verdad = truth.
Sino = but.
Uno = one.
Mucho (mase.) = much; a lot of.
Muchos (mase.plur.) = many.
Porqué ? = why ?
Mi = my.
El hermano = brother.
La hermana = sister.
Pobre = poor.
El amigo = friend.
Se = oneself, itself,
yourself, themselves.
Me = myself, me.
Cuanto (masc.) = how much ?
Cuantos (mas. plur.) = how many?
El hijo = son.
La mujer = woman; wife.
V. sabe = you know.
La edad = age.
El año = year.

El lápiz = pencil.
Medio = half.
Viejo = old.
Aquella ((em.) = that.
También = also.
En = in.
Inglés = English..
Francés = French.
Me gusta = I like (it tastes to me).
Yo hablo = I speak.
El soldado = soldier.
Joven = young.
Aquel (mase.) = that.
Aquellos, aquellas (pl.) = that.
Se dice = is said, one says.

Español = Spanish.
Alemán = German.
Gustar = to like ; taste.
Hablar = to speak.

V. habla = you speak.
Donde ? = where ?
Mal, malo (mase.) = bad.
La naranja = orange.
El primo (mase.) = cousin.
El habla = He speaks.
Lo = it.
En = in.
Mala (fem.) = lad.
Solamente = only.
La prima (fem.) = cousin.

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