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DP2: U2 - language
DP2: U2 - language (2025-260
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| el idioma | language |
| la lengua | language |
| el dialecto | dialect (variación de un idioma/lengua) (i.e español de méxico v. de España) |
| el lenguaje | language (i.e. profesional,técnico, vulgar, etc. |
| la jerga | slang |
| los modismos | idiomatic expressions |
| el aprendizaje | learning |
| la sabiduría | wisdom |
| el conocimiento | knowledge |
| el cerebro | brain |
| la mente | mind |
| las barreras idiomáticas | language barriers |
| la charla / la plática | la conversación |
| el entorno | surroundings / environment |
| el ambiente | surroundings / environment |
| la herramienta | tool |
| la actualidad | hoy en día / el presente |
| los préstamos lingüísticos | a word taken from another language (i.e. el software) |
| las palabras prestadas | a word taken from another language (i.e. el software) |
| el estadounidismo | word used the U.S. accepted by the RAE (i.e. aplicar instead of solicitar) |
| el anglohablante | English-speaker |
| el hispanohablante | Spanish-speaker |
| la ortografía | spelling |
| la abreviatura | abbreviation |
| las vocales | vowels |
| las consonantes | consonants |
| la tilde | accent mark |
| la minúscula | lower case |
| la mayúscula | upper case |
| las siglas | acronyms |
| la seña | gesture / sign |
| el letrero | sign (like posters/billboards) |
| el alfabetismo | literacy |
| el analfabetismo | illiteracy |
| la tasa de alfabetismo | literacy rate |
| la RAE (la Real Academia Española) | Official institution that publishes dictionaries and oversees linguistic standards for the Spanish language. |
| suceder / acontecer / pasar | to happen |
| ¿Qué sucedió? ¿Qué aconteció? | What happened? |
| realizar / lograr | to achieve |
| darse cuenta (de) | to realize |
| me di cuenta, te diste cuenta, se dieron cuenta | I realized, you realized, they realized |
| enfrentarse (con/a) | to face / confront |
| tener en cuenta | to have in mind |
| Ten en cuenta. | keep in mind |
| Debes tener en cuenta. | You should keep in mind. |
| tomar en cuenta | take into account |
| tomar conciencia | to become aware |
| surgir | to arise / to emerge |
| señalar | to point out / signal / warn |
| sonar (ue) | to sound / make a sound (phone/bell → ring) |
| Mi teléfono sonó. | My phone rang. |
| That sounds familiar to me. | Eso me suena. |
| It sounds interesting. | Suena interesante. |
| soñar(ue) (con) | to dream (about) |
| Sueño contigo. | I dream about you. |
| Ella sueña con ser presidenta. | She dreams about being president. |
| actual | current / present |
| actualizado(a) | updated |
| actualmente | currently, presently |
| prestado(a) | loaned |
| significativo(a) | significant |
| con fluidez / proficiente | fluently, fluent |
| (estar) de moda | (to be) in style, in fashion |
| a fondo | in depth |
| si bien / aunque | although |
| no sólo … sino … también | Not only … but… also |
| se debe a | is due to |
| debido(a) a | due to |
| ¿A qué se debe? | What’s it due to? / What’s the cause? |
| se trata de | is about |
| ¿De qué se trata? | What’s it about? |
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