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Lesson 16
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| asistir | to attend |
| comenzar (ie) | to start/begin |
| contar (ue) | to tell (a story) / count |
| dar la vuelta al mundo | to go around the world |
| dejar | to leave (behind) |
| descubrir | to discover |
| dirigir | to direct |
| empezar (ie) | to start / begin |
| enfermarse | to get sick |
| graduarse | to graduate |
| ingresar | to join / enter / go in |
| intentar | to try |
| lograr | to achieve |
| morir (ue) | to die |
| nacer | to be born |
| olvidar | to forget |
| participar | to participate |
| perder (ie) | to lose |
| terminar | to finish / end |
| tocar un instrumento | to play an instrument |
| visitar | to visit |
| adelantar | to pass (a car) |
| arrestar | to arrest |
| caer | to fall |
| chocar | to crash |
| dañar | to damage |
| desaparecer | to disappear |
| estrellarse | to crash |
| fallecer | to die / pass away |
| huir | to flee |
| incendiarse | to catch on fire |
| ocurrir | to happen / occur |
| partirse | to break |
| pasar | to happen / spend time |
| robar | to rob / steal |
| romper | to break |
| salirse | to go off (the road) |
| !Què suerte! | What luck! |
| !Què mala suerte! | What bad luck! |
| !Es impresionante! | It's shocking! |
| !Lo pasamos muy bien! | We had a great time! |
| un centenar | approx. 100 |
| el dolor de cabeza | headache |
| equivocado | wrong |
| la mayoría | majority |
| mismo | same |
| la tierra | earth / dirt |
| la carrera | career / race |
| el colegio | school / private school |
| la escuela primaria | grade school |
| la escuela secundaria | middle / high school |
| la universidad | university / college |
| el cónsul | consul |
| el director | director |
| el embajador | ambassador |
| el empresario | businessman |
| la gente | people |
| el guardia | guard |
| el peregrino | pilgrim / faithful |
| el presidente | president |
| el senador | senator |
| la tripulación | crew |
| las tropas | troops |
| el escritor | writer |
| la poesía | poetry |
| el poeta | poet |
| la obra | work / masterpiece |
| la obra de teatro | play |
| las memorias | memoirs |
| atrapado | trapped |
| el barranco | ravine |
| la catástrofe | catastrophe |
| la causa | cause |
| el choque | crash |
| la curva | curve |
| el descarrilamiento | derailment |
| la explosión | explosion |
| el herido | wounded / injured |
| el lesionado | wounded / injured |
| la mina | mine |
| el minero | miner |
| el muerto | dead |
| el sobreviviente | survivor |
| hace dos años... | two years ago... |
| el año pasado | last year |
| el mes pasado | last month |
| la semana pasada | last week |
| el fin de semana pasado | last weekend |
| ayer | yesterday |
| anoche | last night |
| el primer día | the first day |
| el último día | the last day |
| el próximo día | the next day |
| afortunadamente | fortunately |
| desafortunadamente | unfortunately |
| después | later |
| entonces | then |
| junto con | together with |
| luego | then / after |
| más tarde | later |
| pero | but |
| también | also / too |
| tras | after (usually seen in writing only) |
| ? Qué ocurrió? | What happened? |
| ?Qué pasó? | What happened? |
| Hubo... | There was / were... |
| el enfrentamiento | confrontation |
| el ladrón | thief |
| la violencia | violence |