a - toabrazo - hug (noun)abrimos - we openedabrió - s/he openedabrocharse - to buckle, to

fastenaburrido(a) - boring(se) aburrieron - they got bored(se) aburrió - s/he got boredacerca de - near, about(se) acercaron - they ap-

proached, came closer(se) acostaron - they laid downacostarse - to lie down(se) acostó - s/he laid downademás - besides, in additionadentro - insideaduana - customsagarra - s/he grabs; grab (com-

mand)agarró - s/he grabbedagua - waterahí - thereahora - nowají - chileal - to thealegre - happyalgo - somethingallí - therealmorzar - to eat lunch

alrededor - aroundalto - tallamable - friendlyamigos - friendsamor - loveaño(s) - year(s)aprendió - s/he learnedaquí - herearroz - rice(que) asco - how disgustingasientos - seatsasistían - they attendedasqueroso - gross, disgusting(se) asustó - s/he got startledaterrizar - to landaterrizó - s/he, it landedatrevido - daringavión - airplaneayer - yesterdayayudaba - s/he helpedayudarles - to help themazúcar - sugarbailaba - s/he danced; he was

dancingbailaban - they danced, were

dancingbailando - dancingbailar - to dancebailaron - they dancedbaile(s) - dance(s) (noun)

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baño - bathroombebidas - drinks (noun)(había) bebido - (s/he had)

drunkbelleza - beautybien - well, finebilletera - walletblanca - whitebobo - fool, moronboca - mouthboleto(s) - ticket(s)bolsillo - purse, bagbonita(s) - prettybosque - forestbrazo - armbrincó - s/he jumpedbrujería - withcraftbuen - goodbueno(a) - goodbuscaba - s/he looked for, was

looking forbuscar - to look forbuscaron - they looked forbuscó - s/he looked forcabe - s/he, it fitscabeza - headcacahuates - peanutscacto - cactuscafé - coffeecallada - quietcalle(s) - street(s)calor - warm

cama(s) - bed(s)cambiaba - s/he changed, was

changingcambiar - to changecaminar - to walkcaminaron - they walkedcamino - road, pathcamiseta - t-shirtcampeones - championscanción(es) - song(s)cansada(s) - tiredcansado(s) - tiredcantando - singingcara - expensivecasa - housecasi - almostcatorce - fourteencena - light evening mealcenó - s/he ate dinnercerca - close, nearbychaktado - Incan word for

bakedchévere - cool (slang expre-

sión)chicas - girlschicos - boyschocó - s/he, it crashedcinco - fivecinturón de seguridad - seat-

beltciudad - citycocina - kitchen

cocinar - to cookcomer - to eatcomía - s/he ate, was eatingcomida - food(había) comido - (s/he had)

eatencomiendo - eatingcomió- s/he atecomo - as, likecompró - s/he boughtcomprar - to buy(que) compraran - that they

buy (bought) (past subj.)compró - s/he boughtcon - withconocer - to know (a person)conocían - they knewcontigo - with youcoqueteando - flirtingcorazón - heartcorría - s/he ran, was runningcorriendo - runningcorrieron - they rancorrió - s/he rancreían - they believed, were

believingcuál - whichcuando - whencuánto - how muchcuarenta - fortycuarto - roomcuatrocientos - four hundred

cuidado - carefulcuy - guinea pigde - of, fromde repente - suddenlydebían - shoulddebían haber avisado - you (all)

should have advised decía - s/he said, was sayingdecían - they said, were sayingdejar - to leave (behind)del - of thedemasiado - too (much)deportista - athlete, sport figuredesayunaron - they ate break-

fastdesayuno - breakfastdescansar - to rest(un) descanso - a restdescubrieron - they discovereddesde - sincedespacio - slowdespertar(se) - to wake up(se) despertaron - they woke

up(se) despertó - s/he woke updespués - afterdestruyeron - they destroyeddevolverá - s/he will return (an

item)día(s) - day(s)dibujos - pictures, drawingsdicen - they say

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dieciséis - sixteendiez - tendijeron - they saiddijo - s/he saiddinero - moneydio - s/he gavedio vuelta - s/he gave a spindisfrutaron - they enjoyeddocena - dozen(le) dolía - it hurt, was hurting

(him)dolor - pain(un) dolorcito - a little paindonde - wheredormidos - asleepdormir - to sleepdos - twodurmiendo - sleepingdurmieron - they slept(se) durmieron - they fell a-

sleepél - heel - theella - sheellas - they (females)ellos - they (males or males and

females)emocionado(a) - excitedempacadas - packedempezó - s/he, it startedempieza - s/he, it startsen - in

encima - on top ofenfrente - in front ofenojado(a) - angryenseñaron - they taughtentendía - s/he understood,

was understandingentera - entire, wholeentonces - thenentradas - tickets; entrancesentre - betweenequipo - teamera - I, it, s/he waseran - they wereeres - you arees - it, s/he isesa - thatescondidas - hiddenescuchando - listeningescuchar - to listen toescucharla - to listen to itescucharon - they listened toescuchó - s/he listened toescuela - schoolese - thateso - that oneesos - those onesespañol - Spanishesperando - waiting foresperar - to wait foresperaron - they waited foresta - thisestá - s/he, it is

ésta - this oneestaba - I, s/he, it wasestaban - they wereestaciona - s/he parksestán - they areestar - to beestás - s/he, it iseste - thatesto - that oneestrella(s) - star(s)estuvo - s/he, it wasexplicó - s/he explainedfalta (le) - lacks, was missingfelicidad - happinessfelicidades - congratulationsfeliz - happyfichas - chipsflautas - flutesfondo - back, bottomfrente - frontfrías - coldfritas - friedfue - s/he wentfue - s/he, it wasfuentes - fountainsfuera (como si fuera) - as if

s/he/ it werefueron - they wentfueron - they werefuerte - strongfuerza - strengthgallina - chicken

ganar - to winganas - you winganó - s/he wongastar - to spend, to wastegente - peoplegordito - chubbygracias - thanksgran - greatgrand(es) - biggrasa - grease, fatgratis - free (no payment need-

ed)gritaba - s/he yelled, was

yellinggritando - yellinggritaron - they yelledgritó - s/he yelledgrupo(s) - group(s)guapo(s) - handsome, good-

lookingguardabosques - forest ranger(le) gusta - it is pleasing (to

him/her); s/he likes(le) gustaba - it was pleasing

(to him/her); s/he liked(le) gustaban - they were

pleasing (to him/her); s/heliked

(le) gustaría - it would bepleasing to (him/her)

ha comido - s/he has eatenha tenido - s/he has had

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haber - to have había - s/he hadhabía estado tomando - s/he

had been takinghabían destruido - they had

destroyedhabían regresado - they had

returnedhabían robado - they had

robbed, stolenhabían terminado - they had

finishedhablaba - s/he talked, was talk-

inghablaban - they talked, were

talkinghablando - talkinghablar - to speak, to talkhablarnos - to talk to ushablaron - they talked, spokehabló- s/he talked, spokehacer - to do, to makehacia - towardhacía - s/he, it did, made, were

makinghacían - they did, made, were

makinghambre - hungerhamburguesas - hamburgers(han) tenido - they had hadhasta - untilhay - there is

hecho - madehelados - ice creamhermano(s) - brother(s)hermoso - beautiful, lovelyhicieron - they madehizo - s/he, it madehielo - icehijo(s) - sons(s); sons and

daughtershola - hello, hihombre - manhombres - menhora(s) - hour(s)hoy - todayhubo - there was, were (at that

moment)iba - s/he went, was goingiban - they went, were goingincaicas - Incanir - to goirse - to go, to leavejalea - jellyjoyas - jewelsjuego - gamejugaba - s/he played, was play-

ingjugador(es) - player(s)jugar - to playjugo - juicejugó - s/he playedjuntos - togetherla - the

lado - sidelago - lakele - (to) him/herleche - milklejos - farlentamente - slowlyles - (to) themlevantarse - to get upleyendo - readingleyeron - they readlibres - free (as in liberty)limpio - clean (adj.)limpió - s/he cleanedlisto(a) - readyllamaba - s/he called, was

calling(se) llamaba - s/he called

him/herself(se) llamaban - they called

themselvesllamadas - calls (noun)llamó - s/he calledllanta - tirellegar - to arrivellegaron - they arrivedllegó- s/he arrivedllena - full(se) llevaban bien - they got

along wellllevar - to bring, takelo - itloco(a) - crazy

los - theluego - placemadre - mothermal(a) - badmaldición - cursemaletas - suitcasesmamá - mommandarlo - to send itmanejaba - s/he drove, was

drivingmanejar - to drivemano - handmañana - morningmáquina - machinemar - seamás - moremayor - olderme parecía - it seemed to memedia - halfmediodía - noonmejor - bettermenos - minus, lessmesa - tablemesera - waitressmi - mymiedo - fear(tenía) miedo - s/he had fearmientras - liesmil - thousandmira - s/he looks atmiraba - s/he looked at, was

looking

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(una) mirada - (a) lookmiraron - they looked at,

watchedmiró - s/he looked at, watchedmis - mymochila - backpackmostrársela - to show it to himmuchacha(s) - girlsmuchacho(s) - boy(s), boys

and girlsmujeres - womenmundo - worldmuseo - museummuy - verynada - nothingnadie - no onenaranja - orangeni - neitherniños - boysnoche(s) - night(s)nombres - namesnos - (to) us; wenos gusta - it is pleasing to us;

we likenos sentimos - we feelnosotros - wenoticias - newsnoticiero - news reporternovecientos - nine hundrednoveno - ninthnoventa - ninetynueve - nine

nuevo(a) - newnúmero - numbernunca - nevero - orobtuvo - s/he obtainedonceavo - eleventhorgullosos - proudoro - goldotra(s) - other(s) (fem.)otro(s) - other(s) (masc.)padre(s) - parentspagar - to paypagaron - they paidpaís - countrypájaros - birdpapá - dadpapas - potatoespara - forparada de taxi - taxi standparece - it seemsparó - s/he, it stoppedpeleaban - they fought, were

fightingpelícula - film, moviepelo - hairpelota - ballpensaba - s/he thought, were

thinkingpensaban - they thought, were

thinkingpensando - thinkingpensar - to think

pensó - s/he thoughtpequeña(s) - smallpequeño(s) - smallpero - butpescar - to fishpidieron - they ordered; they

requestedpidió - s/he ordered; s/he

requested, asked forpinchada - punctured, flatpiso - floorpista del baile - dance floorpobres - poor(un) poco - (a) littlepodemos - we are able, couldpodía - s/he was able, couldpodían - they were able, couldpollo - chickenponía - s/he put(se) ponía - s/he becamepor favor - pleaseporque - becausepostre - dessertprecio(s) - price(s)preguntándole - asking him/herpreguntaron - they askedpreguntó - s/he askedpremio(s) - prize(s)prendió - s/he turned onpresión - pressurepréstamo - loanprestó - s/he loaned

primer(o) - firstprimera - firstpronto - soonpudieron - they were able,

couldpudieron - they were able, canpudo - s/he was ablepueblo(s) - village(s)puede - s/he is able, canpueden - they are able, canpuerta(s) - door(s)pues - wellpunto - point(se) pusieron - they becamepuso - s/he putque - thatqué - what(se) quedaba - s/he remained,

stayed(se) quejaba - s/he complained,

was complaining(se) quejaron - they com-

plained(se) quejó - s/he complainedquería - I wanted, was wantingquería - s/he wantedquerían - they wanted, were

wantingquerido - loved, belovedquiénes - whoquiero - I wantquince - fifteen

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quisieron - they wantedquizás - perhaps, mayberazón - reasonrectas - straightrefrescos - soft drinks(de) repente - suddenlyrespiraron - they breathed(una) respuesta - (an) answerricos - rich(se) rieron - they laughedrompió - s/he, it brokeropa - clothesrueda - wheelruido - noisesabes - you knowsabía - s/he knew (a fact)sabían - they knew (a fact)sabías - you knew (a fact)sacamos - we took outsacando fotos - taking photossacar - to take outsacar fotos - to take photossacaste - you took outsacó - s/he took outsalida - exitsalieron - they left (a place)salió - s/he left (a place)salir - to leave (a place)salud - healthsaludable - healthysaqué - I took outsé - I know (a fact)

se llamaba - s/he calledhim/herself

se ponía - s/he becameseas - you are (subjunctive)según - accordingsegundo(a) - second, 2ndseis - sixsemanas - weeks(se) sentaron - they satsentarse - to sit down(se) sentía - s/he felt, was

feelingsentido - feelingser - to beservilleta - napkinsi - ifsí - yessiempre - alwayssiete - sevensiguiente - followingsin - withoutsin embargo - neverthelesssino - but, except forsintió (se) - s/he felt (at that

momento)sobre - aboutsolamente - onlysoles - Peruvian currencysólo - onlysolos - alonesomos - we areson - they are

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sonriendo - smilingsonrió - s/he smiledsonrisa - smile (noun)sorprendidos - surprisedsorprendió - s/he, it surprisedsoy - I amsu - his/hersuavemente - softly, gently(se) subieron - they got on,

climbed up/on(se) subió - s/he got on,

climbed up/onsubir - to get on, to climb

up/onsuerte - lucksupermercado - supermarketsur - southsus - yourtacaño - cheaptamaño - sizetambién - alsotan - sotanto - so muchtarde - afternoontarjeta - cardtazas - cupsté - teatemprano - earlytendrá - s/he will havetenemos - we havetener - to havetenía - s/he had

tenía que - s/he had to (dosomething)

tenía miedo - s/he had fear,was afraid

teníamos - we hadtenían - they had(han) tenido - they have hadtercera - thirdtiempo - timetiene - s/he hastiene razón- s/he is righttienen - they havetipo - typetocando - touchingtocó - s/he touchedtoda(s) - alltodas - all, everyonetodavía - stilltodo(s) - all, everyonetomando - takingtomar - to taketomaron - they tooktomó - s/he tooktomó la decisión - s/he made

the decisiontrabajaba - s/he worked, was

workingtrabajo(s) - work, job(s)(que nos) traiga - that s/he

bring ustrajeron - they broughttrajo - s/he, it brought

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trataba - s/he treated, was trea-ting; s/he tried, was trying

trataron - they treated; theytried

trató - s/he triedtreinta - thirtytres - threetriste - sadtú - youtu - yourtuviera - s/he hadtuvo - s/he haduds. - (ustedes) you (pl.)un(a) - aunas - someunidos - uniteduno - oneunos - someusar - to useusaran - they useusó - s/he usedusted - youustedes - you (pl.)va - s/he goes, is goingvamos - we go, are goingvan - they go, are goingvas - you go, are goingvasos - vasesveces - timesveía - s/he saw, was seeingveinte - twentyventana - window

ver(lo) - to see (it)verdadero - truevergüenza - embarrassmentvez - timeviaje(s) - trip(s), voyage(s)vida - lifeviendo - seeingviene - s/he comesviento - windvieron - they sawvino - s/he camevio - s/he sawvisitando - vistingvisitar - to visitvisitaron - they visitedvivían - they livedvivir - to livevolar - to flyvomitar - to vomitvoy - I go, am goingvuelo - flightvuelta - spin, turny - andya - alreadyya no - anymoreyo - I

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acampar - to campactividades - activitiesaeropuerto - airportagencia - agencyaire - airaire acondicionado - air condi-

tioningamericano(s) - American(s)animales - animalsansiedad - anxiety, anxiousnessantiguos(as) - old, antiqueantropología - anthropologyanunciaba/anunció - s/he

announcedanunciador - announceranuncio - announcementanunció - s/he announcedaplaudieron - they applaudedaplaudió - s/he applaudedarqueología - archaeologyarqueólogos - archaeologistsartefactos - artifactsarterias - arteriesartística - artisticataque al corazón - heart

attackatención - attentionautobús - busautomóvil - automobileavanzadas - advanced

aventura - adventureavisado - advisedavisarme - to warn/advise mebambú - bamboobanco - bankbebé - babybéisbol - baseballbilingüe - bilingualbillete - bill (dollar bill)brillante(s) - brilliantcafés - café, small restaurantcafetería - cafeteriacalendario - calendarcanal(es) - channel(s)capital - capitalcapítulo - chaptercardíaco - cardiaccarro - carcentavos - centscentro - centercerámica - ceramiccereal - cerealchofer - chauffeur, driverclases - classesclásica - classiccolesterol - cholesterolcolores - colorscompleta - completecomún - commonconcentrarse - to concentrate

COGNADOS

condición - conditionconsecuencias - consequencesconsiderar - to considerconstruido - constructedconstruyeron - they construc-

ted, builtcontento(a) - content, happycontentos - content, happycontinuaron - they continuedcontinuó - s/he continuedcontrol - controlcontrolarlo - to control itconversación - conversationcorrecto(a) - correctcostaron - they costcrédito - creditculturales - culturalculturas - culturescuriosidad - curiositydecidieron- they decideddecidió - s/he decideddecidir - to decidedecisión - decisiondefensa - defensedescripciones - descriptionsdesierto - desertdestruido - destroyeddetalles - detailsdietética - dietdiferente(s) - differentdifícil - difficultdirector(a) - director

disco - diskdiscoteca - discotequedoctores - doctorsdocumental - documentarydólar(es) - dollar(s)dona(s) - donut(s)durante - duringejercicio(s) - exercisesemoción - emotionempacadas - packedempacando - packing(le) encanta - it enchants

(him/her)(le) encantaba - it was enchant-

ing (to him/her)(le) encantaban - they were

enchanting (to him/her)encantador - enchanter, char-

merencontrará - s/he will findencontraron - they found,

encounteredencontró - s/he found, encoun-

teredenormes - enormousentradas - entrancesentrando - enteringentrar - to enterentraron - they enteredentró - s/he enteredescenario - scene, scenarioespecial - special

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especialista - specialistespecialmente - especiallyespirituales - spiritualesposa - spouse, wifeestablecer - to establishestación - stationestacionó - s/he parkedestado(s) - state(s)estómago - stomachestudiando - studyingestudiante - studentestudiar - to studyestudio - I studyeventos - eventsexacto - exactexámenes - examsexclamó - s/he exclaimedexcursión - excursionexhibiciones - exhibitions(como si no) existiera - as if

she did not exist (pastsubjunctive)

experiencia - experienceexplorando - exploringexplorar - to exploreextraterrestres - extraterrestrialsfamilia - familyfamilias - familiesfamoso(a) - famousfavor - favorfavorito(s) - favoritefiguras - figures

final - finalfinales - final (adj.)finalmente - finallyfísica - physicalformaban - they formedfotos - photosfrustración - frustrationfútbol americano - footballgasolina - gasolinegeneralmente - generallygigantes - giant (adj.)gimnasio - gymnasiumgrado - gradeguardias - guardsguitarras - guitarshelicóptero - helicopterhistoria - historyhonores - honorshorror - horrorhospital - hospitalhotel - hotelhumano - humanidea - ideaimporta - important toimportante - importantimpresionados - impressedimpresionante - impressiveincas - Incasincluido - includedindígenas - indigenousinformación - informationinglés - English

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instante - instantinstrumentos - instrumentinteligente - intelligent(le) interesa - it interests

(him/her)(le) interesaba - it interested

(him/her)interesante - interestingintereses - interests (noun)(le) interesó - it interested

(him/her) (at that moment)interrumpió - interruptedinvadieron - they invadedjulio - Julyjunio - Junejusto - justlección - lessonlegales - legallicencia - licenselíneas - linesmapa - mapmaratones - marathonsmaravillosos - marvelousmáscara(s) - mask(s)medicina - medicinemédicos - medical; doctorsmenú - menumicrófono - microphoneminiatura - miniatureminuto (s) - minute(s)misteriosas - mysteriousmodernos - modern

momento(s) - moment(s)momias - mummiesmontañas - mountainsmontaron - they mountedmucho(a) - much; a lotmuchos(as) - much, manymúsica - musicmúsicos - musiciansnacional - nationalnaturaleza - naturenauseas - nauseanecesitaba - s/he, it needed,

were needingnecesitaban - they needed,

were needingnecesitamos - we need; we

needednecesito - I neednerviosamente - nervouslynervioso(a) - nervousnerviosos(as) - nervousno - nonormal - normalnorteamericanos - North

Americanocupado(a) - busyocupados(as) - busyoficialmente - officiallyofrecían - they offered, were

offeringofreció - s/he offeredoperamos - we operated

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operaron - they operatedoportunidad - opportunityorigen - originoriginal - originalpantalones - pantspaquetes - packets, packagesparque - parkparte - partparticipante - participantpasa - s/he, it passes; s/he it

happenspasaban - they passed, were

passingpasado - pastpasajeros - passengerspásalo - pass it (command)pasando - passing; happeningpasar - to pass; to happenpasarán - they will pass (future)pasaron - they passedpaso - I passpasó - s/he, it passed; it hap-

penedperfecto(a) - perfectperfectos (as) - perfectpermiso - permissionpersona(s) - person(s)peruana(s) - Peruvian(s)piloto - pilotplanes - plansplantas - plantsplatos - plates

plaza - plazapopular - popularposible - possibleposición - positionpracticar - to practicepreocupaba - s/he worried, was

worryingproblema(s) - problema(s)profundamente - profoundlyprograma - programprotegía - s/he protected, was

protectingrápidamente - rapidly, quicklyrápido - rapid, fastraros - rare, strangereal - realrecibieron - they receivedrecuperando - recuperatingreducida - reducedregión - regionregional - regional(había) regresado - (s/he had)

returnedregresar - to returnregresaron - they returnedreligioso - religiousremoto - remoterepitió - s/he, it repeatedrespondió - s/he respondedresponsable - responsiblerestaurante - restaurantresto de - rest of

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resultado - resultrobado - robbed, stolenrobarle - to rob or steal from

him/herrobo - theftruinas - ruinsruta - routerutina - routinesalón - salonsalsa - salsa, saucesección - sectionsímbolos - symbolssimpáticao(a) - sympathetic,

nicesitios - sitessociable - sociablesola - alone, solosúper - supertaxi - taxitelevisión - televisiontelevisores - televisión setsteorías - theoriestermina - s/he, it finishes, ter-

minates(había) terminado - s/he had

finished, terminatedterminarán - they will finish,

terminateterminaron - they finished, ter-

minatedterminó - s/he, it finished, ter-

minated

terror - terrortextiles - textilestímida - timidtípica(s) - typicaltípico(s) - typicaltono - tonetotalmente - totallytráfico - trafficturbulencia - turbulenceúnica - unique, only (one)unida - unitedunidad - unity, unitvacaciones - vacationvarios - variousvegetariana - vegetarianvoz - voice

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