Collins First Dictionaries - First Spanish Dictionary: 500 first words for ages 5+

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Contents How to use your dictionary

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Word classes

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Colours Los colores

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Shapes Las formas

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Numbers Los números

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The days of the week Los días de la semana

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The months of the year Los meses del año

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Seasons Las estaciones del año

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The weather El tiempo

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Dictionary A to Z

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Conversations Las conversaciones

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Things I like to do Las cosas que me gusta hacer

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The park El parque

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The seaside La costa

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Vehicles Los vehículos

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Food and drink La comida y la bebida

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Clothes La ropa

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Parts of the body Las partes del cuerpo

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Family La familia

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Animals Los animales

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Wild animals Los animales salvajes

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Mythical creatures Las criaturas míticas

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Spanish-English Index

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How to use your dictionary bed la cama

a b

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The headword is the word you are looking up.

c d

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e

bedroom la habitación (las habitaciones pl )

f g

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h i j

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k

The coloured tab shows you which letter you are looking at.

The main Spanish translation is in pink.

If there are other forms of the translation, these are also shown.

l

before antes de

m

before three o'clock antes de las tres

n

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o

Examples show you how the word is used in a sentence.

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bicycle la bicicleta

r s t u v w x

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Colourful illustrations make the book fun to use.

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Word classes Nouns

When a noun is used with another word or words, this can be called a noun phrase.

A noun is a word that is used for talking about a person or thing. Nouns are sometimes called “naming words” because they are often the names of people, places and things, for example:

She was wearing a beautiful red dress.

All the children were sleeping.

man noun park noun bird noun computer noun

Some Spanish nouns are:

la manzana (meaning apple) el caballo (meaning horse) el agua f (meaning water) La botella está vacía. (meaning The bottle is empty.)

Nouns are very often found after the words a and the or words like our, my or his.

We watched a cartoon on the laptop.

My brother is playing in the park.

Proper nouns are the names of people, places, days and months and always start with a capital letter.

Emma noun London noun Friday noun June noun John lives in Glasgow.

He went home on Friday.

In Spanish, nouns can be masculine (m) or feminine ( f ). This is shown by el or la in front of the noun.

la manzana la shows that it’s a feminine noun el caballo el shows that it’s a masculine noun If the Spanish word has los or las in front of it, this means that the word is plural (there is more than one of it).

los libros mpl (meaning books) las habitaciones fpl (meaning rooms)

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Verbs A verb is a word that you use for saying ng what someone or something does. Verbs are often called “doing words” because they talk about an action that someone or something is doing, for example:

eat verb cry verb talk verb Verbs are often found after nouns, or words like she, they or it.

You can make the past tense of many verbs by adding d or ed to the end of the verb, for example: walk walked dance danced Sometimes you need to double the last letter before adding the ed ending in the past tense, for example: stop stopped hug hugged Some verbs have a completely different way of making the past tense, for example:

The dog barks at the cat.

She eats sandwiches for lunch.

go went sing sang

When you want to talk about something that you are doing right now (in the present), you use the present tense of the verb.

Some Spanish verbs are:

The children are talking to each other.

She does her homework before dinner.

When you want to talk about something that you did earlier (in the past), you use the past tense of the verb.

Anna cried when she fell off her bike.

The beetle ran across the floor.

dar (meaning give) querer (meaning want) escribir (meaning write) Dame el libro, por favor. (meaning Give me the book, please.) ¿Quieres un helado? (meaning Do you want an ice cream?)

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Adjectives An adjective is a word that tells you more about a person or thing. Adjectives are often called “describing words” because they describe what something looks, feels, or smells like, for example:

big adjective soft adjective nice adjective Adjectives are very often found before a noun, or after the verb to be.

She lives in a big house.

The caterpillar is long and green.

When you want to talk about something that is more than something else, you can use an adjective in different forms, usually ending in er or est.

Some Spanish adjectives are:

bueno (meaning good) amable (meaning kind) fácil (meaning easy) Está contenta. (meaning She’s happy.)

In Spanish, adjectives can change depending on whether the noun they describe is masculine or feminine. un libro bueno (meaning a good book) una buena idea (meaning a good idea) un tenedor limpio (meaning a clean fork) una camisa limpia (meaning a clean shirt )

bigger, biggest soft, softer nicer, nicest I have the nicest sister in the world!

Yesterday was the wettest day of the year.

Adverbs An adverb is a word that tells you more about how someone does something, for example:

An example of a Spanish adverb is:

rápido (meaning fast)t Pueden correr rápido. rápido p . (meaning They can run fast.)

happily adverb slowly adverb well we ll adverb Adverbs are very often found after verbs verbs, s, or sometimes before adjectives. y along the path.

The snail moved slowly Th game game was was really real re ally ly y eexciting! xcit xc itin ing! g!

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Colours Los colores

amarillo, amarilla

naranja

rojo, roja

azul

verde

blanco, blanca

negro, negra

rosa

gris

el círculo

el cuadrado

el triángulo

el rectángulo

la estrella

el rombo

Shapes Las formas

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Numbers Los números 0 cero

30

treinta

1 uno

40

cuarenta

2 dos

50

cincuenta

3 tres

60

sesenta

4 cuatro

70

setenta

5 cinco

80

ochenta

6 seis

90

noventa

7 siete

100

cien

8 ocho

1000

mil

9 nueve 10 diez 11 once 12 doce 13 trece 14 catorce 15 quince 16 dieciséis 17 diecisiete 18 dieciocho 19 diecinueve 20 veinte

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The days of the week Los días de la semana Monday

el lunes

Tuesday

el martes

Wednesday

el miércoles

Thursday

el jueves

Friday

el viernes

Saturday

el sábado

Sunday

el domingo

The months of the year Los meses del año January

enero

February

febrero

March

marzo

April

abril

May

mayo

June

junio

July

julio

August

agosto

September

septiembre

October

octubre

November

noviembre

December

diciembre

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Seasons Las estaciones del año

spring la primavera

summer el verano

autumn el otoño

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The weather El tiempo It’s cloudy. Está nublado.

It’s hot. Hace calor.

It’s raining. Llueve.

It’s windy. Hace viento.

It’s snowing. Nieva.

It’s cold. Hace frío.

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