Easy Learning Spanish Vocabulary. Collins Dictionaries

       information and services

       law

       materials

       music

       numbers and quantities

       personal items

       plants and gardens

       seaside and boats

       shopping

       sports

       theatre and cinema

       time

       tools

       town

       trains

       trees

       vegetables

       vehicles

       the weather

       youth hostelling

       supplementary vocabulary

       articles and pronouns

       conjunctions

       adjectives

       adverbs and prepositions

       nouns

       verbs

       About the Publisher

how to use this book

      The Easy Learning Spanish Vocabulary is designed for both young and adult learners. Whether you are starting to learn Spanish for the very first time, revising for school exams or simply want to brush up on your Spanish, the Easy Learning Spanish Vocabulary offers you the information you require in a clear and accessible format.

      This book is divided into 50 topics, arranged in alphabetical order. This thematic approach enables you to learn related words and phrases together, so that you can become confident in using particular vocabulary in context.

      Vocabulary within each topic is divided into nouns and useful phrases which are aimed at helping you to express yourself in idiomatic Spanish. Vocabulary within each topic is graded to help you prioritize your learning. Essential words include the basic words you will need to be able to communicate effectively, important words help expand your knowledge, and useful words provide additional vocabulary which will enable you to express yourself more fully.

      Nouns are grouped by gender: masculine (“el”) nouns are given together, as are feminine (“la”) nouns, enabling you to memorize words according to their gender. In addition, all feminine forms of adjectives are shown, as are irregular plurals.

      At the end of the book you will find a list of supplementary vocabulary, grouped according to part of speech – adjective, verb, noun and so on. This is vocabulary which you will come across in many everyday situations.

      abbreviations

      ABBREVIATIONS

adj	adjective
adv	adverb
algn	alguien
conj	conjunction
f	feminine
inv	invariable
LAm	word used in Latin America
m	masculine
m+f	masculine and feminine form
Mex	word used in Mexico
n	noun
pl	plural
prep	preposition
sb	somebody
sing	singular
Sp	word used in Spain
sth	something

      The swung dash ~ is used to indicate the basic elements of the compound and appropriate endings are then added.

      PLURALS AND GENDER

      In Spanish, if a noun ends in a vowel it generally takes –s in the plural (casa > casas). If it ends in a consonant (including y) it generally takes –es in the plural (reloj > relojes). If it doesn’t follow these rules, then the plural will be given in the text.

      Although most masculine nouns take “el” and most feminine nouns take “la”, you will find a few nouns grouped under feminine words which take “el” (el agua water; el arca chest; el aula classroom) because they are actually feminine.

air travel

      ESSENTIAL WORDS (masculine)

el	aeropuerto	airport
el	agente de viajes	travel agent
el	alquiler de coches	car hire
el	avión (pl aviones)	plane
el	billete (Sp), el boleto (LAm)	ticket
el	bolso	bag
el	carnet (or carné) de identidad (pl carnets or carnés ~ ~)	ID card
el	enlace	connection
el	equipaje	luggage
el	equipaje de mano	hand luggage
el	horario	timetable
el	número	number
el	oficial de aduanas	customs officer
el	pasajero	passenger
el	pasaporte	passport
el	(precio del) billete (Sp) or boleto (LAm)	fare
el	retraso	delay
los	servicios	toilets
el	taxi	taxi
el	turista	tourist
el	viaje	trip
el	viajero	traveller

      USEFUL PHRASES

      viajar en avión to travel by plane

      un billete (Sp) or boleto (LAm) de