Vocabulary of the week (16th - 22nd March)

Hi! Did you miss it? Vocabulary is back again after two weeks because of a terrible backache.
* ¡Hola! ¿Lo echábais de menos? El vocabulario vuelve otra vez después de dos semanas por un horrible dolor de espalda.*

• Engine: Machine that produces movement (motor)
• Engineer: Person with high level studies of a branch of mechanic, electronics, telecommunication, computers... (ingeniero)
• Device: Machine invented or used for a specific purpose (aparato)
• Gadget: Electronic device (aparato electrónico)

Vocabulary of the week (2rd Feb - 1st Mar)

Hi! This week I want to make sure that you can see the differences between these words (except believe and trust, which are synonyms)
* ¡Hola! Esta semana quiero asegurarme que podéis ver las diferencias entre estas palabras (excepto "believe" y "trust", que son sinónimas) *

• To think: To take a decission by reasoning *pensar*
• To know: To have an idea in memory. To be familiar with someone *saber, conocer*
• To meet: To join someone at a point. To know someone for the first time *quedar/conocer a alguien*
• To believe: To know that something is or is not true *creer*
• To trust: To have confidence in someone, something or a deity *creer*

Vocabulary of the week (16th - 23rd February)

 

I'm late! Sorry about that but it's exams season and that means I'm really busy preparing my students to pass them and have good marks. Here are the most interesting words of last week:

* ¡Llego tarde! Lo siento pero es la temporada de exámenes y eso significa que estoy muy ocupada preparando a mis alumnos para aprobarlos y sacar buenas notas. Aquí están las palabras más interesantes de la semana pasada: *

• Timetable: A list with activities and the time when they happen. A list with the time of arrivals and leavings of trains, buses or aeroplanes *horario*
• Schedule: Timetable. Things to be done in a period of time *horario; planning*
• Agenda: Things to be done or talked about in a meeting *orden del día*
• Diary: Book to note down appointments and duties *agenda*

Vocabulary of the week (9th - 15th February)

Here we are another week. Have I ever told you that learning a small number of words every week will help you to improve your vocabulary with very little effort? Cheer up!
*Aquí estamos una semana más. ¿Os he contado alguna vez que aprender unas pocas palabras cada semana os ayudará a mejorar vuestro vocabulario con muy poco esfuerzo? ¡Ánimo!*

• To report: To tell the conclusions of an investigation; To say that someone is guilty of a crime (informar, denunciar)
• A report: The studies or conclusions of an investigation or meeting (informe, reseña)
• To review: To have a quick look at some notes to re-study or re-read them (repasar, revisar)
• A review: An article in the media giving an opinion about a book, TV program, film, play (crítica, análisis)

Vocabulary of the week (2nd - 8th February)

Hi! Today we are looking at a couple of confusable words. Enjoy your learning!

*Hola! Hoy vamos a ver un par de palabras que se confunden entre ellas. ¡Disfrutad de vuestro aprendizaje!*

• Person: A human being, a man, woman or child *persona*
• People: A group of persons *personas, gente*
• Travel: To go from one place to another *viajar, viaje*
• Trip: The act of going to a place and returning *viaje*
• Journey: Long trip *Trayecto*

Difference between travel, trip and journey:

Travel refers to an uncountable noun with the general idea of travelling (it is used for compound nouns). It also refers to a trip with a lot of stops. *Se refiere a un nombre incontable con la idea general de viajar (se utiliza para los nombres compuestos). También se refiere a un viaje con muchas paradas*

Trip is used for a particular amount of travel, in a short time. An unusual travel. It's the most used. *Se utiliza para una cantidad determinada de viajes, en un corto periodo. Un viaje fuera de lo cotidiano. Es el más utilizado.*

Journey refers to a piece of travel, usually long. A regular travel. *Se refiere a una parte del viaje, normalmente larga. Un viaje cotidiano.*

Vocabulary of the week (26th Jan - 1st Feb)

Hello! Isn't Monday a good day to learn a few words? We have the whole week to read them in some minutes of our free time.

*¡Hola! ¿No es el lunes un buen día para aprender unas pocas palabras? Tenemos la semana entera para leerlas en unos minutos de nuestro tiempo libre*

Here you have the most interesting words from my last week lessons:

*Aquí tenéis las palabras más interesantes de mis clases de la semana pasada:*

• Fur: Hairy layer that covers the body of an animal *pelaje*
• Skin: Layer that covers the body of a person or animal *piel*
• To ask: To throw a question *preguntar*
• To ask someone to do something: To request someone to do something *pedir a alguien que haga algo*
• To ask someone for something: To request something to someone *pedir algo a alguien*

Vocabulary of the week (19th - 25th January)

Hi! We're on Monday and once again I'll show you the most interesting words which have appeared along my lessons.
* ¡Hola! Estamos a lunes y una vez más os mostraré las palabras más interesanes que han aparecido durante mis lecciones. *

Sweat: Verb or noun. Liquid that springs from the skin caused by an effort or high temperature *sudor*

Sweet: Taste or flavour of sugar. Candy. *dulce. caramelo*

Relaxing: Something that causes relief *relajante*

Relaxed: Not tense or worried *relajado*

Mood: Emotional state or feeling *estado de ánimo, humor*

To be in the mood: To be in a good state of mind *estar de buen humor*

Vocabulary of the week (12th - 18th January 2015)

Hi! I know it's Tuesday but you know, work is quite important for me ;) Here we go with a few words, I haven't found many interesting things, sorry for that

*¡Hola! Sé que es martes pero ya sabéis, el trabajo es bastante importante para mí ;) Allá vamos con unas pocas palabras, non he encontrado muchas cosas interesantes, lo siento*

To charge: To ask someone to pay for something *cobrar*

                  To fill the battery of an electronic object *cargar*

Grateful: Adjective which refers to someone who appreciates something done or said or is thankful*agradecido*

Work: Uncountable noun which describes a task or duty (paid or not paid). It's more used as a verb. Also used when we refer to the place we do that task*trabajo, trabajar*

           When a machine goes on performing something *funcionar*

Job: Countable noun, more specific than work, describes a particular employment position *trabajo*

Vocabulary of the week (5th - 11th January 2015)

Hi! I've been thinking along the last holidays about writing a section called Vocabulary of the week. They are basically the most important words (in my opinion) that have appeared in my weekly lessons.
* ¡Hola! He estado pensando durante las últimas vacaciones en escribir una sección llamada Vocabulario de la semana. Básicamente son las palabras más importantes (en mi opinión) que han aparecido en mis clases semanales.*

These words will be defined and then translated into Spanish.
* Estas palabras serán definidas y después traducidas al Español.*

Café = A cheap coffee bar or light-meal-restaurant *cafetería o café-bar*
Coffee = A drink made of hot water and roasted crushed coffee beans *café*
Physical work = An effort or task that needs to be done with the body *trabajo físico*
Nap = A small period of sleep in the day time *siesta*
Motto = A sentence used to guide or as a principle *eslogan*
Thirsty = Feeling or desire of drinking *sediento*