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WJEC EDUCATION
Education
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| un abrazo | with best wishes (at end of letter) |
| abrir | to open |
| el acento | accent (voice) |
| acordarse de | to remember |
| los apuntes | notes |
| ayudar | to help |
| bien | good (comment on work) |
| buscar | to look for |
| ¡cállate! | be quiet!/shut up! |
| el catalán | Catalan (language) |
| cerrar | to close/to shut |
| la cinta | tape |
| ¿cómo se dice? | how do you say…? |
| ¿cómo se escribe? | how do you spell...? |
| ¿cómo? | how?/what?/I beg your pardon? |
| comprender / entender | to understand |
| contar | to tell/to count |
| copier | to copy |
| correcto | correct |
| corregir | to correct |
| la cruz | cross |
| decir | to say/to tell |
| defenderse | to get by/to manage |
| deletrear | to spell |
| describir | to describe |
| despacio | slowly |
| dibujar | to draw |
| el diccionario | dictionary |
| difícil | difficult |
| disculparse | to apologise |
| empezar | to begin |
| encantado | pleased to meet you |
| equis | the (name of the) letter x |
| equivocarse | to be wrong/to make a mistake |
| el error | error/mistake |
| escoger | to choose |
| escribir | to write |
| escuchar | to listen |
| estar de acuerdo | to be agreed /to agree |
| estimado / querido | Dear…(at start of letter) |
| explicar | to explain |
| fácil | easy |
| falso | false |
| la falta | fault/lack |
| la frase | sentence |
| el gallego | Galician (language) |
| guardar | to keep/to watch over |
| hablar | to talk/to speak |
| hacer diálogos | to make up dialogues |
| el idioma / la lengua | language |
| imitar | to imitate |
| incorrecto | incorrect/wrong |
| leer | to read |
| la lengua extranjera | foreign language |
| la letra | letter/handwriting |
| levantarse | to get up |
| llamarse | to be called |
| mal | badly |
| la mentira | lie |
| mirar | to look at/to watch |
| numerar | to number |
| olvidar | to forget |
| la palabra | word |
| perdón | sorry/I beg your pardon |
| poner | to put |
| por ejemplo | for example |
| practicar | to practise/to play |
| preferir | to prefer |
| preguntar | to ask |
| preparar | to prepare |
| presentar | to introduce |
| el problema | problem |
| pronunciar | to pronounce |
| ¿qué? | what?/which? |
| querer decir / significar | to mean |
| rellenar | to fill in |
| repetir | to repeat |
| señalar | to point out/to indicate |
| sentarse | to sit down |
| sentir | to be sorry |
| tener razón | to be right |
| la tilde | accent (on a letter) |
| turnarse | to take turns |
| usar / utilizar | to use |
| venir | to come |
| la verdad | truth |
| verdadero | true |
| aburrido | boring |
| aburrirse | to be bored/to get bored |
| el alemán | German |
| el/la alumno/a | pupil |
| aprender | to learn |
| aprobar | to pass |
| la asignatura | subject |
| asistir a | to attend |
| la atención | attention |
| atento | attentive |
| el aula | classroom |
| ausente | absent |
| el bachillerato | school-leaving exam |
| la biblioteca | library |
| la biología | biology |
| el bolígrafo | ball-point pen |
| la cantina | canteen |
| la carerra | career |
| la cartera | satchel/briefcase |
| castigar | to punish |
| el castigo | punishment |
| las ciencias | science |
| la clase | class |
| el club | club |
| el colegio / la escuela / el instituto | school |
| la comida | food/meal/lunch |
| el/la compañero/a de clase | schoolmate/classmate |
| comportarse | to behave |
| contestar | to answer/to reply |
| la corbata | tie |
| el/la corresponsal | correspondent |
| el cuaderno | exercise book |
| el curso | course |
| los deportes | sports |
| la desventaja | disadvantage |
| el dibujo | drawing/art |
| el/la director/a | headmaster/headmistress |
| divertido | amusing |
| el edificio | building |
| la educación | education/upbringing |
| physical education | la educación física |
| el ejercicio | exercise |
| la enseñanza | education/teaching |
| enseñar | to teach |
| escribir a máquina | to type |
| esforzarse | to make an effort |
| el esfuerzo | effort |
| el español | Spanish (noun) |
| el/la estudiante | student |
| estudiar | to study |
| los estudios | studies |
| el examen | exam |
| la excursión | excursion |
| la experiencia | experience |
| faltar a clase | to miss class |
| femenino | feminine |
| la física | physics |
| el francés | French |
| el galés | Welsh |
| la geografía | geography |
| la gimnasia | gymnastics |
| el gimnasio | gymnasium |
| la goma | eraser/rubber |
| hacer | to do/to make |
| la historia | history/story |
| la hoja (de papel) | leaf (of paper) |
| la hora de comer | mealtime/lunchtime |
| el horario | timetable |
| la informática | information technology |
| el inglés | English |
| la instrucción | instruction |
| insuficiente | poor (comment on work) |
| el intercambio | exchange |
| el laboratorio | laboratory |
| el lápiz | pencil |
| la lección | lesson |
| la lengua | tongue |
| el libro | book |
| la literatura | literature |
| llevar | to carry/to wear |
| masculino | masculine |
| las matemáticas | mathmatics |
| la mecanografía | typewriting |
| merecer | to deserve |
| mixto | mixed |
| moderno | modern |
| la música | music |
| la Navidad | Christmas |
| la nota | note/mark |
| notable | very good (comment on work) |
| obligatorio | compulsory |
| obtener | to obtain |
| la oficina | office |
| opinar | to think/to give one's opinion |
| el ordenador | computer |
| la página | page |
| el papel | paper |
| pasar lista | to take the register |
| el patio | playground |
| pensar | to think |
| perdonar | to pardon/to forgive/to excuse |
| la pizarra | (black)board |
| la pregunta | question |
| presentarse a (un examen) | to sit (an exam) |
| presente | present |
| la prueba | test/experiment |
| la química | chemistry |
| el recreo | break |
| la regla | ruler |
| la religión | religion |
| la respuesta | reply/answer |
| el resultado | result |
| la revista | magazine |
| saber | to know |
| sacar buenas notas | to get good marks |
| sacar malas notas | to get bad marks |
| salir bien | to turn out well |
| salir mal | to turn out badly |
| seguir | to follow/to continue |
| la Semana Santa | HolyWeek |
| severo / estricto | strict |
| sobresaliente | excellent(comment on work) |
| sonar | to sound/to ring |
| suspender | to fail |
| la taquigrafía | shorthand |
| el tebeo | comic |
| la tecnología | technology |
| tener éxito | to be successful |
| el timbre | bell |
| la tiza | chalk |
| trabajar | to work |
| los trabajos manuales | craft |
| traducir | to translate |
| tratar de | to deal with/to be about to/to try to |
| el trimester | term |
| el uniforme | uniform |
| la Universidad | university |
| útil | useful |
| las vacaciones | holidays |
| la ventaja | advantage |
| viajar | to travel |
| el viaje | journey |
| viejo | old |