2.8.1 Vocab Enrichment Flashcards

Here, you will learn words related to books, convenience, diet, drugs, and energy. This roughly covers cards 2600-2690 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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a library

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una biblioteca

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a bookstore / a bookshop

e.g. a college bookstore

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una librería

ej. una librería universitaria

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fiction

e.g. She loves to read fiction

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la ficción

ej. A ella le encanta leer ficción

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nonfiction

e.g. the nonfiction section

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la literatura de no ficción / la literatura factual / la factual

ej. la sección factual

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a novel

e.g. She likes to read romance novels

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una novela

ej. Le gusta leer novelas románticas

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a biography

e.g. a biography of Mikhail Gorbachev

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una biografía

ej. una biografía de Mikhail Gorbachev

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an e-book

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un libro electrónico / un libro digital

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an encyclopedia

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una enciclopedia

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a handbook / a manual

e.g. I keep my car’s manual in the glove compartment

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un manual

ej. Guardo el manual del auto en la guantera

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a chapter

e.g. That book has 15 chapters

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un capítulo

ej. Ese libro tiene 15 capítulos

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a table of contents

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una tabla de contenidos

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a page

e.g. Turn to page 27

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una página

ej. Vayan a la página 27

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to turn the page

e.g. She turned the page and continued reading

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pasar la página / voltear la página

ej. Ella pasó la página y siguió leyendo

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14
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calm / tranquil / peaceful

e.g. a peaceful place down by the lake

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calmado / tranquilo

ej. un lugar tranquilo junto al lago

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to calm down / to settle down / to chill out

e.g. Calm down!

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calmarse / tranquilizarse

ej. ¡Cálmate!

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to calm

e.g. Only the baby’s mother can calm him during his tantrums

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calmar a / tranquilizar a

ej. Sólo su madre puede calmar al bebé durante sus berrinches

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to cancel / to call off

e.g. The game was canceled

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cancelar / suspender / anular

ej. Se canceló el partido

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a cancellation

e.g. We had a cancellation, so now there’s a table available for two

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una cancelación

ej. Tuvimos una cancelación, así que ahora hay una mesa para dos disponible

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Cheers!

i.e. said when toasting

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¡Salud!

i.e. dicho cuando se brinda

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to cheer

e.g. The crowd cheered loudly when the player scored a goal

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aclamar

ej. El público aclamó a viva voz cuando el jugador anotó un gol

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to clap / to applaud

e.g. We all clapped when the dancer finished her performance

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aplaudir

ej. Todos aplaudimos cuando la bailarina terminó su presentación

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applause / clapping

e.g. a round of applause

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el aplauso / la ovación / los aplausos

ej. una ronda de aplausos

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an audience

e.g. The comedian started throwing fruit into the audience

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un público / una audiencia

ej. El comediante comenzó a aventarle fruta al público

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a spectator / an audience member

e.g. The star player came up to bat, while the spectators cheered

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un espectador

ej. El jugador estrella se acercó a batear mientras los espectadores echaban porras

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common / commonplace

e.g. a common practice

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común

ej. una práctica común

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typical / characteristic / common

e.g. This is a typical food of this region

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típico / característico / común

ej. Ésta es una comida típica de la región

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rare / uncommon / atypical

e.g. Solar eclipses are rare

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raro / poco común / atípico

ej. Los eclipses solares son raros

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hardly ever / rarely / seldom

e.g. This animal is hardly ever seen in the wild

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rara vez / pocas veces

ej. Este animal se ve rara vez en estado salvaje

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to have something in common

e.g. She and I have a lot in common; that’s why we get along so well

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tener algo en común

ej. Ella y yo tenemos mucho en común; por eso nos llevamos tan bien

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mutual

e.g. mutual trust

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mutuo

ej. la confianza mutua

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collective

e.g. a collective attempt to improve the quality of the school

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conjunto / colectivo

ej. un esfuerzo conjunto para mejorar la calidad de la escuela

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altogether / collectively / as a whole

e.g. Collectively, the friends were known as “the three musketeers”

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colectivamente / en conjunto

ej. Colectivamente, los amigos eran conocidos como “los tres mosqueteros”

33
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to keep in touch with / to stay in touch with / to stay in contact with

e.g. Let’s keep in touch

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mantenerse en contacto con

ej. Mantengámonos en contacto

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to be in touch with / to be in contact with

e.g. Are you still in touch with your ex-boyfriend?

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estar en contacto con

ej. ¿Sigues en contacto con tu ex novio?

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to be out of touch

e.g. We had been out of touch for years, but we recently reconnected on Facebook

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estar sin contacto / estar fuera de contacto

ej. Estuvimos fuera de contacto durante años, pero recientemente nos encontramos en Facebook

36
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to reach out to / to contact

e.g. We hadn’t spoken in years, but she reached out to me when she heard my grandfather died

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contactar a

ej. No habíamos hablado en años, pero ella me contactó cuando supo que mi abuelo había fallecido

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a contact

e.g. I have over 1,000 contacts in my address book

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un contacto

ej. Tengo más de 1.000 contactos en mi libreta de direcciones

38
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convenient

e.g. a convenient location

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conveniente

ej. una locación conveniente

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conveniently

e.g. The laundromat was conveniently located across the street from my apartment

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convenientemente / a conveniencia

ej. La lavandería se encontraba convenientemente cruzando la calle de mi apartamento

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inconvenient

e.g. Cash is so inconvenient. I prefer to use my credit card

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inconveniente

ej. El efectivo es tan inconveniente. Prefiero usar mi tarjeta de crédito

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an inconvenience

e.g. We apologize for the inconvenience

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una inconveniencia / una incomodidad / una molestia

ej. Nos disculpamos por la inconveniencia

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to inconvenience / to burden

e.g. Please don’t come pick me up. I wouldn’t want to inconvenience you

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incomodar a / causar molestia / causar inconveniente

ej. Por favor no vengas a recogerme. No quisiera causar molestia

43
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to correct

e.g. She always corrects my grammar when I speak improperly

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corregir

ej. Ella siempre me corrige la gramática cuando hablo incorrectamente

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a correction

e.g. This article is a correction of last week’s article, where we made an error

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una corrección

ej. Este artículo es una corrección del artículo de la semana pasada, donde cometimos un error

45
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a diet

e.g. A bird’s diet consists of worms and seeds

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una dieta

ej. La dieta de un ave consiste de lombrices y semillas

46
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to diet / to go on a diet

e.g. I’m getting fat. I need to go on a diet

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hacer dieta / ponerse a dieta / ponerse a régimen

ej. Estoy engordando. Necesito ponerme a dieta

47
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a vegetarian

e.g. He’s a vegetarian, so he can’t eat chicken

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un vegetariano

ej. Él es vegetariano, así que no puede comer pollo

48
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a vegan

e.g. She’s vegan. She can’t even eat eggs

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un vegano

ej. Ella es vegana. No puede comer huevos, siquiera

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disgusting / gross / nasty

e.g. That spoiled food is disgusting

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asqueroso / repugnante

ej. Esa comida echada a perder es asquerosa

50
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Ew, gross! / That’s disgusting!

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¡Ay, qué asco! / ¡Guácala! / ¡Es asqueroso!

51
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to gross out / to disgust

e.g. That food grosses me out

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dar asco

ej. Esa comida me da asco

52
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disgusted / offended / indignant

e.g. He feels disgusted by her comments

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indignado / ofendido

ej. Él está indignado por sus comentarios

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a drug / a medicine

e.g. They invented a drug to cure depression

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una droga / una medicina / un medicamento

ej. Inventaron un medicamento para curar la depresión

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energy / power

e.g. Solar, nuclear, and coal are all sources of energy

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la energía

ej. Las fuentes de energía incluyen la solar, la nuclear y el carbón

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energetic / lively

e.g. an energetic person

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energético

ej. una persona energética

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an event / an affair

e.g. She’s hosting an event for the Ambassador

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un evento / una ocasión

ej. Ella será la anfitriona de un evento para el embajador

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an occasion

e.g. It’s a special occasion, let’s have some champagne

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una ocasión

ej. Es una ocación especial, tomemos un poco de champaña

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an incident / an occurrence / an episode

e.g. There was an incident at the office this morning

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un incidente / un suceso / un episodio

ej. Hubo un incidente en la oficina esta mañana

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a case / an instance

e.g. In this case, I was wrong

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un caso / un ejemplo

ej. En este caso yo estaba equivocado

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exciting / thrilling

e.g. How exciting!

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emocionante

ej. ¡Qué emocionante!

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excited / thrilled

e.g. I’m excited to go on vacation

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emocionado

ej. Estoy emocionado porque me voy de vacaciones

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to excite / to thrill

e.g. The threat of danger excites him

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emocionar / entusiasmar / animar

ej. La amenaza del peligro lo emociona

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anticipation / excitement

e.g. to wait with anticipation

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la anticipación

ej. esperar con anticipación

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excitement / thrill / fun

e.g. the thrill of riding a horse for the first time

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la emoción / el entusiasmo

ej. la emoción de montar un caballo por primera vez

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an excuse / a pretext / a cop-out

e.g. His excuse for not coming was that he was sick

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una excusa / un pretexto

ej. Su excusa por no venir fue que estaba enfermo

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Don’t make excuses

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No saques excusas / No hagas excusas / No salgas con pretextos