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Span 255 Cap 1
Revista Capitulo 1 Vocabulario
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apasionante | thrilling |
| astronauta | astronaut |
| atacar | to attack |
| camionetta | pickup truck |
| cohete | rocket |
| concebir | to conceive |
| despegue | launch |
| entrenamiento | training |
| escándalo | racket |
| garra | claw |
| grúa | tow truck |
| hito | milestone |
| Marte | Mars |
| monstruo | monster |
| nave | spaceship |
| perder | to miss |
| perderse | to miss out |
| platillo volador | flying saucer |
| recuerdo | souvenir |
| riguroso | rigorous |
| velocidad | speed |
| acontecimiento | event |
| aterrizaje | landing |
| burlarse de | to make fun of |
| casco | helmet |
| choque | cash |
| extraterrestre | alien |
| jugar a ser | to play make-believe |
| marciano | Marian |
| soñar con | to dream of |
| atrasar | to run behind/slow |
| bichos | stuff, things (lit. bugs) |
| correrse la voz | to spread news |
| de buenas a primeras | suddenly |
| exigir | to demand |
| el fantasma | ghost |
| la muñeca | wrist |
| rodear | to surround |
| el suelo | ground |
| conmovido/a | (emotionally) moved |
| el encuentro | meeting |
| enterarse | to find out |
| imaginario | imaginary |
| la incencia | innocence |
| la magia | magic |
| la pobreza | poverty |
| advertir | to warn |
| las células madre | stem cells |
| clonar | to clone |
| curar | to cure |
| el embrión | embryo |
| en peligro de extinción | at risk of extinction |
| le enfermedad | illness, disease |
| el/la escéptico/a | skeptic |
| la eugenesia | eugenics |
| genético/a | genetic |
| inaudito | unheard of, unprecedented |
| la infertilidad | infertility |
| el órgano | organ |
| prometedor | promising |
| el riesgo | the risk |
| el ser humano | human being |
| el tejido | tissue |
| terapéutico/a | therapeutic |
| ADN | DNA |
| asombroso | amazing, astounding |
| el avance científico | scientific breakthrough |
| la bioética | bioethics |
| el derecho | right |
| el descubrimiento | discovery |
| la manipulación genética | genetic modification |
| oponerse | to oppose |
| la polémica | polemic, heated debate |
| prohibir | to prohibit |
| (no) ser ético | to be (not) ethical |
| animar | to cheer up |
| arrebatar | to snatch |
| la amargura | bitterness |
| el aspecto | appearance |
| la cicatriz | scar |
| descuidado | careless |
| dilatar | to prolong |
| disiparse | to clear |
| hendido | cleft, split |
| insólito | unusual |
| lentitud | slowness |
| moribundo/a | dying |
| el presagio | omen |
| el relámpago | lightening |
| temer | to fear |
| la tormeta | storm |
| la venganza | revenge |
| anunciar | to foreshadow |
| la aparición | apparition |
| asustarse | to become frightened |
| inmortal | immortal |
| el miedo | fear |
| la sangre | blood |
| podrido/a | fed up |
| el ratón, la ratona | mouse |
| aplastar | to squash |
| la cueva | cave |
| deshabitado/a | uninhabited |
| la escoba | broom |
| la linterna | flashlight |
| matar | to kill |
| la nada | nothing |
| el pasadizo | passage |
| el recogedor | dustpan |
| la viñeta | vignette |