Discover Spanish - Lesson #13

Numbers

Cero - Zero
Uno - One
Dos - Two
Tres - Three
Cuatro - Four
Cinco - Five
Seis - Six
Siete - Seven
Ocho - Eight
Nueve - Nine
Diez - Ten

Numero - Number

¿Cuál es tú numero de teléfono?
¿Cuál es tú numero cellular?
Mi numero es el 426-3151.

Spelling/Vocabulary List #10

Bellow

verb (used without object)
1. to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
2. to roar; bawl: bellowing with rage.

verb (used with object)
3. to utter in a loud deep voice: He bellowed his command across the room.
4. an act or sound of bellowing.


Blight
noun

1. Plant Pathology
a. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
b. a disease so characterized.
2. any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: Extravagance was the blight of the family.
3. the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay: urban blight.

verb (used with object)
4. to cause to wither or decay; blast: Frost blighted the crops.
5. to destroy; ruin; frustrate: Illness blighted his hopes.

verb (used without object)
6. to suffer blight.

Brandish

verb (used with object)
1. to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.

noun
2. a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.

Copious - adjective
1. large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
2. having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest.
3. exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.

Disgorge - verb (used with object)
1. to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
2. to surrender or yield (something, especially something illicitly obtained).
3. to discharge forcefully or as a result of force.

Endeavor
verb (used without object)
1. to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive: We must constantly endeavor if we are to succeed.

verb (used with object)
2. to attempt; try: He endeavors to keep things neat in his apartment.
3. Archaic . to attempt to achieve or gain.

noun
4. a strenuous effort; attempt.

Furtive - adjective
1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
2. sly; shifty: a furtive manner.

Ghastly
adjective
1. shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
2. resembling a ghost, especially in being very pale: a ghastly look to his face.
3. terrible; very bad: a ghastly error.

adverb
4. Also, ghast·li·ly, ghast·i·ly. in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly.
5. with a deathlike quality.

Havoc 
noun
1. great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.

verb (used with object)
2. to work havoc upon; devastate.

verb (used without object)
3. to work havoc: The fire havocked throughout the house.

Idioms
4. cry havoc, to warn of danger or disaster.
5. play havoc with,
a. to create confusion or disorder in: The wind played havoc with the papers on the desk.
b. to destroy; ruin: The bad weather played havoc with our vacation plans.

Imbecile
noun
1. Informal . a dunce; blockhead; dolt.
2. Psychology . (no longer in technical use; considered offensive) a person of the second order in a former and discarded classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50.

adjective
3. Informal . stupid; silly; absurd.
4. Usually Offensive . showing mental feebleness or incapacity.
5. Archaic . weak or feeble.

Loquacious - adjective
1. talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
2. characterized by excessive talk; wordy: easily the most loquacious play of the season.

Parlance - noun
1. a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance.
2. speech, especially a formal discussion or debate.
3. talk; parley.

Reticent - adjective
1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2. reluctant or restrained.


Tussock - noun
a tuft or clump of growing grass or the like.

Uncouth - adjective
1. awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
2. strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.
3. unusual or strange.

Discover Spanish - Lesson 12

Words Showing Location

Estar - To Be (temporary, location)

Yo estoy - I am

Tu estas - You (informal) are

El, Ella, Usted esta - He, She, You (formal) are

Nosotros estamos - We are

Vosotros estais - You (plural) are

Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes estan - They are

¿Donde esta Rebekah? - Where is Rebekah?

Yo estoy in mi casa. - I am in my house.

En - In or on

Delante de - in front

Detras de - behind

Debajo de - below/under

Al lado de - next to (to the side of)

¿Donde estan las sillas? - Where are the chairs?

¿Donde esta la silla? - Where is the chair?

La silla esta delante de la mesa.  The chair is in front of the table.

Las sillas estan al lado de la mesa. The chairs are next to the table.

Vocabulary/Spelling List #9

Automaton - noun

1. a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.

2. a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence.

3. something capable of acting automatically or without an external motive force.

Banal - adjective

devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite

Besmirch - verb (used with object)

1. to soil; tarnish; discolor.

2. to detract from the honor or luster of

Heady - adjective

1. intoxicating: a heady wine.

2. affecting the mind or senses greatly: heady perfume.

3. exciting; exhilarating: the heady news of victory.

4. rashly impetuous: heady conduct.

5. violent; destructive: heady winds.

Hover - verb (used without object)

1. to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.

2. to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.

3. to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver: to hover between life and death.

Morose - adjective

1. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.

2. characterized by or expressing gloom.

Noxious - adjective

1. harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.

2. morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension.

Nuisance - noun

1. an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.

2. Law . something offensive or annoying to individuals or to the community, especially in violation of their legal rights.

Offal - noun

1. the parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by human beings; carrion.

2. the parts of a butchered animal removed in dressing; viscera.

3. refuse; rubbish; garbage.

Paraphernalia - noun

1. (sometimes used with a singular verb ) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.

2. (used with a plural verb ) personal belongings.

3. (used with a singular verb ) Law. the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman.

Remonstrate - verb (used with object)

1. to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.

2. Obsolete . to show.

Squelch - verb (used with object)

1. to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.

2. to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument

Turgid - adjective

1. swollen; distended; tumid.

2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.

Zenith - noun

1. the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. Compare nadir.

2. a highest point or state; culmination.

Zephyr - noun

1. a gentle, mild breeze.

2. (initial capital letter) Literary. The west wind.

3. any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc.

Discover Spanish Lesson 11

This week, we're learning about pets!

¿Tienes una mascota?  Do you have a pet?

Si, tengo una tortuga.  Yes, I have a turtle.

Gato - cat

Perro - dog

Ratóncito - mouse

Pájaro - bird

Periquito - parakeet

Conejo - rabbit

Caballo - horse

Pez(peces) - Fish

Tener - to have

Tengo - I have

Tienes - You (informal) have

Tiene - You, he, she (formal) have

Tenemos - We have

Tenéis - You (plural) have

Tienen - They have

Spelling/Vocabulary List #8

Alacrity - noun
brisk and cheerful readiness

Archipelago - noun
a group of islands

Assail - verb
make a concerted or violent attack on

Conflagration - noun
an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

Dank - adjective
disagreeably damp, musty and typically cold

Diffident - adjective
modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Doleful - adjective
expressing sorrow; mournful

Grist - noun
grain that is ground to make flour;
- malt crushed to make mash for brewing.
- figurative - useful material, especially to back up an argument

grist for the mill - useful experience, material or knowledge

Limpid - adjective
(of liquid) free of anything that darkens; completely clear
(of a person's eyes) unclouded; clear
(esp. of writing or music) clear and accessible or melodious

Quash - verb
reject or void, especially by legal procedure;
- put an end to; suppress

Nonplus -
verb
surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react

noun
a state of being surprised and confused in this way.

Pandemonium - noun
wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar

Perturbed - verb [transitive]
make (someone) anxious or unsettled;
subject (a system, moving object or process) to an influence tending to alter its normal or regular state or path

Prowess - noun
skill or expertise in a particular activity or field; bravery in battle

Stave -
noun
1 a vertical post or plank in a building or other structure
2 MUSIC another term for staff
3 a verse or stanza of a poem

verb
1 break something by forcing it inward or piercing it roughly
2 avert or delay something bad or dangerous

Tessellate - verb [transitive]
decorate (a floor) with mosiacs
MATHEMATICS cover (a plane surface) by repeated use of a single shape, without gaps or overlapping.

Spanish Lesson #10 - Describing Family Members

¿Cómo es?/¿Cómo son? - What is he/she/it like?/What are they like?

Por ejemplo:

¿Cómo es tu madre? - What is your mother like?

Mi madre es bonita.  - My mother is pretty.

Mi padre es alto. - My father is tall.

Mis hermanos son bajos. - My brothers are short.

Bajo/a - short

Alto/a - tall

Feo/a - ugly

Simpático/a - nice

Tonto/a - silly/foolish

Inteligente - intelligent

Fuerte - strong

Débil - weak

Joven - young

Viejo/a - old

Muy - very

Bastante - quite; quite alot; enough:  El es bastante fuerte - He is quite strong.