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Test 1
Vocabulary from pgs. 1-51 of Spanish Composition Through Literature (6th edition) Ayllon, Smith, Morillo
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 4
09/08/2011

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Term
la oficina
Definition

office (general);

place where clerical or business activities are conducted by one or more persons (like in larger legal firms)

Term
el despacho
Definition

office, study (professor);

private office of a single person at home or away from home

Term
la dirección
Definition

office (principal);

administrative office of an institution or organization with a director

Term
el bufete
Definition
office (law)
Term
la redacción
Definition
office (newspaper)
Term
el consultorio
Definition

office (medical);

place where several doctors work (Social Security medical office)

Term
la consulta
Definition

office (doctor's);

physician's private office

Term
la clínica
Definition

clinic, hospital (specialization);

independent medical facility or part of a hospital dedicated to the treatment of specific diseases or medical problems

Term
la clínica dental
Definition
dental office
Term
volver a + infinitive
Definition
to do something again
Term
volver
Definition

to return, go (come) back;

same as regresar but more common in Spain

Term
regresar
Definition

to return, go (come) back;

same as volver but more common in Spanish America

Term
devolver
Definition
to return (something), give back; to throw up (synonym of vomitar)
Term
cerrar
Definition
to close, shut; to lock (door)
Term
el cierre
Definition
physical closing, shutting of something (banks)
Term
abrir
Definition
to open (physical)
Term
la abertura
Definition
physical opening, gap (tent)
Term
clausurar
Definition
to close, adjourn in a figurative or ceremonial sense (convention)
Term
la clausura
Definition
ceremonial closing, adjournment
Term
la apertura
Definition
opening in a figurative or ceremonial sense (negotiations)
Term
acabar de + infinitive
Definition
to finish doing (something); to have (had) just done something
Term
terminar de + infinitive
Definition
to finish doing something
Term
la sala
Definition
living room, parlor (smaller)
Term
el cuarto
Definition
room (belongs to someone); typically private or personal
Term
el aula
Definition
classroom; lecture room
Term
la habitación
Definition
room (general); preferred in hotel language; rooms of a house assigned a more private use (bedroom, study, playroom) in contrast to those more generally used
Term
el salón
Definition
living room; large room, hall (bigger, adjoined)
Term
angosto
Definition
narrow (road)
Term
estrecho
Definition
narrow (hallway)
Term
el hule
Definition
rubber; oilcloth (general, fabric, waterproof, table covering)
Term
la goma
Definition
rubber; rubber band (softer)
Term
el caucho
Definition
rubber (harder)
Term
de palo
Definition
wooden (cylindrical) (pole, stick, mast of a ship)
Term
la madera
Definition
wood
Term
el palo
Definition
pole, stick; a blow with a stick
Term
la leña
Definition
firewood
Term
matar
Definition
to kill (accident)
Term
asesinar
Definition
to murder, assassinate; to kill someone intentionally and with malice
Term
rematar
Definition
to finish off (a seriously injured or dying person or animal)
Term
eliminar
Definition
to wipe out, bump off (criminal)
Term
ejecutar
Definition
to execute (capital punishment after some type of trial or judgement
Term
la cuadra
Definition

block (Sp. Am.); rectangular division of a city or town bound by consecutive streets

horse stable (Sp.)

Term
el establo
Definition
stable for animals other than horses
Term
la manzana
Definition
block (Sp.); apple
Term
el bloque
Definition
block of houses; a large piece of a hard substance such as wood, marble, or stone
Term
el ropero
Definition
closet (for clothes) (small room for clothes)
Term
la alacena
Definition
cupboard, closet; locker (set in a wall) (food/cooking)
Term
el armario
Definition
closet
Term
el guardarropa
Definition
checkroom, cloakroom; clothes closet (personal wardrobe)
Term
agarrar
Definition

to take (Sp. Am.);

to grasp (Sp.) as with claws

Term
tomar
Definition
to take (receive)
Term
coger
Definition
to take (taboo/sexual)
Term
amanecer
Definition
to dawn (get up)
Term
anochecer
Definition
to grow dark; go to bed; evening; nightfall
Term
atardecer
Definition
to draw towards evening; to happen late in the afternoon; to arrive
Term
ordinario
Definition
ordinary, common, plain, unexceptional; coarse, vulgar
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