George Boeree | another basic vocab list
- Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
- Tema: another basic vocab list
- Data: 2002-09-23 22:32
- Mesaje: 204 (presedente, seguente)
The following is a list of about 1100 basic, much used words, with another 100 useful derived words (indented). Perhaps someone could compare and contrast these with Bjorn's list, and come up with a third list, better than either original? This list is not intended to be absolutely minimal, and is unababshedly Eurocentric. * indicates homonyms that may or may not need to be addressed. George a -- at abea -- bee abitar -- live, dwell abito -- clothes (outfit) abricota -- apricot abrida -- open abrir -- open acaso -- accident (chance event) acel -- that (there) acordion -- accordion actual -- present (of time) acua -- water acuta -- sharp adres -- address adulte -- adult Africa -- Africa ago -- needle agosto -- August agra -- sour agrear -- agree aidar -- help aira -- air aje -- age ala -- there, thither alcool -- alcohol alegre -- cheerful alga -- any, some alia -- wing alio -- garlic alta -- high ama -- love amable -- nice amante -- friendly, kind amar -- love amarga -- bitter ambasada -- embassy, consulate ambasador -- ambassador ambigua -- ambiguous ambos -- both America -- America ami -- friend amusar -- amuse ananas -- pineapple anca -- hip ance -- still, yet, also, too anelo -- ring angila -- eel animal -- animal anio -- year ante -- before, in front of antica -- ancient apartamento -- flat apena -- hardly, scarcely apetito -- appetite aprendar -- learn april -- April arabasador -- vacuum cleaner arania -- spider arbor -- tree arcivo -- file arder -- burn are (a) -- are arena -- sand arenge -- herring ariva -- arrival arivar -- arrive arjento -- silver armada -- army armario -- cabinet, cupboard arte -- art asendador -- elevator asente -- absent asero -- steel asi -- here, hither Asia -- Asia asparago -- asparagus Atlantica -- Atlantic ator -- actor Australia -- Australia auto -- automobile autono -- autumn autor -- author ava -- grandmother avena -- oats aver -- have avia -- bird avion -- airplane avo -- grandfather axa -- axe azul -- blue baca -- berry bagaje -- baggage baia -- bay balansa -- scale, measure balcon -- balcony balde -- bucket balena -- whale banco -- bank banda -- band bania -- bath baniar -- bathe barata -- cheap barba -- beard barco -- boat barcon -- ship basa -- low,shallow basin -- sink basta -- enough bebe -- baby bela -- beautiful, pretty besar -- kiss bevida -- beverage bevir -- drink biblioteca -- library bilete -- ticket bir -- beer biscoto -- biscuit bisicle -- bicycle blanca -- white blonda -- fair, blond boca -- mouth bol -- basin, bowl bola -- ball bolir -- boil bolsa -- handbag bon -- good, well bota -- boot botela -- bottle boton -- button bove -- cattle brasalete -- bracelet braso -- arm brice -- brick briliar -- shine bromar -- joke, jest brosa -- brush brun -- brown bruta -- dirty bur -- butter buro -- donkey cada -- every, each, any cader -- fall cafe -- coffee calda -- hot caldador -- furnace, heater caldera -- kettle caldir -- heat calsa -- stocking calseta -- sock calson -- tights cambiar -- change cameror -- maid, butler camion -- truck camisa -- shirt camiseta -- undershirt camison -- tunic campana -- bell campaneta -- bell (door) campania -- countryside campo -- field can -- dog candela -- candle canta -- song cantar -- sing canto -- corner cantor -- singer capas -- able, capable capel -- hair (head) capitan -- captain capo -- cape capra -- goat cara -- dear, beloved, expensive caracol -- snail carne -- meat, flesh carneria -- butcher's shop carnor -- butcher carota -- carrot carta -- card casa -- house caserol -- saucepan, pan caso -- case, instance castel -- castle catedral -- cathedral causar -- cause cava -- cave, hollow cavalo -- horse caxa -- box caxeta -- drawer caxofa -- artichoke caxor -- cashier, purser ce -- what, that ceso -- cheese ci -- who cilo- (mil) -- kilo clamar -- call (name) clara -- clear clave -- key, spanner, wrench clavo -- nail cliente -- client, customer cluida -- closed cluir -- close coceda -- cooked cocer -- cook cocor -- cook coda -- tail codo -- elbow col -- cabbage colar -- collar colera -- angry colier -- choose gather, pick colier -- necklace* coliflor -- cauliflower colina -- hill colo -- neck color -- color, complexion colpar -- hit, strike comable -- edible come -- meal, dinner comeda -- food comensar -- begin comer -- eat comica -- comic como -- as...as, ...like comoda -- comfortable compania -- company comparer -- compare completa -- complete complicada -- complicated comprar -- buy comprender -- understand, comprehend compror -- shopper computador -- computer, cpu comun -- common comuta -- connection comutada -- on comutador -- switch con -- with, by means of, in company of concombre -- cucumber concorda -- agree concreta -- concrete coneo -- rabbit coniac -- brandy conoser -- know construida -- building construir -- build conta -- bill contar -- count contente -- content contra -- opposite, against, in spite of copre -- copper cor -- heart corajo -- brave, courageous corda -- cord corer -- run coreta -- correct corno -- horn corpo -- body corta -- short cortes -- polite corti -- cut cortina -- curtain cortir -- cut cosa -- thing cosina -- kitchen costa -- coast costar -- cost costela -- rib cotel -- knife coton -- cotton covre -- cover, lid, blanket cravata -- tie credar -- believe crema -- cream creve -- puncture criar -- shout crime -- crime cru -- raw cruel -- cruel cuadra -- square cuadro -- picture cual -- which (of several) cuanto -- as many as, as much as cuatro -- four cuerca -- oak cuieta -- quiet, calm culier -- spoon culpable -- guilty cuoro -- leather curar -- cure, heal curiosa -- curious, inquisitive curor -- nurse (hospital) cusin -- cousin cuxin -- pillow, cushion da -- from, out of, since danjer -- danger dansar -- dance data -- date datas -- data date -- date (fruit) de -- of, about, concerning deber -- must, should, need to... debil -- feeble, weak deca- (des) -- deka- definir -- define delicata -- delicate, easily damaged demandar -- ask densa -- dense dente -- tooth dentiste -- dentist des -- ten descomutada -- off descriver -- describe desembre -- December desenio -- decade deser -- dessert deserto -- desert desi- -- deci- desider -- decide desiniar -- draw, sketch desirar -- desire, wish destra -- right (not left) detalio -- detail dia -- day diferente -- different difisil -- difficult dir -- say, tell direta -- straight, direct direto -- right, just claim dirijer -- lead dirijor -- manager disco -- disk, record discuter -- discuss disionario -- dictionary distante -- distant dito -- finger divorsa -- divorce dolente -- painful doler -- hurt, ache doman -- tomorrow domestico -- servant dona -- woman donar -- give donce -- then, consequently dormir -- sleep dorso -- back dotor -- doctor du -- two duana -- customs dulse -- sweet, soft, mild duple -- double dur -- hard durante -- meanwhile dutada -- doubtful e -- and ebria -- drunk ecto- (sento) -- hecto- egal -- equal eglesa -- church el -- he, she, it electrica -- electricity elefante -- elephant elegante -- elegant empleada -- employed en -- in, into, in (hence) enfante -- child enorme -- enormous ensinta -- pregnant enterna -- internal - enterna entier -- entire entra -- between, among, during entre -- entrance entrer -- enter envelope -- envelope enviar -- send envior -- sender epoca -- era, epoch erar -- make a mistake, err erba -- grass, herb esa -- this, that, it esas -- they (things) esata -- exact escutar -- listen esemplo -- example eser -- to be esperar -- hope esplicar -- explain esta -- this (here) estate -- summer este -- east esterna -- external estra -- outside estrema -- extreme Europa -- Europe evidento -- evidently evitar -- avoid fabrica -- factory falda -- skirt falsa -- false, wrong fama -- hungry familia -- family fango -- mud far -- do, make, cause to... farina -- flour farmasiste -- chemist, pharmacist, druggist fasia -- face fasil -- easy fatigada -- tired fato -- fact fava -- bean fea -- ugly febre -- fever febrero -- February fecunda -- fertile felis -- happy fema -- female fenetra -- window feri -- wound ferir -- hurt, injure ferme -- farm fero -- iron ferovia -- railroad fia -- girl, daughter fidel -- faithful figa -- fig filo -- wire finir -- finish, end fio -- boy, son firma -- signature firme -- firm, fixed fisar -- fasten, fix flama -- flame flauta -- flute flor -- flower foca -- seal foco -- fire fol -- mad folia -- leaf fondo -- bottom fonte -- fountain fora -- hole force -- fork foresta -- forest formica -- ant forno -- oven forte -- loud, strong fortuna -- fortunately fosfor -- match frambosa -- raspberry frase -- sentence frate -- brother frena -- brake fresa -- strawberry fresca -- cool, fresh, new frescador -- air conditioner fria -- cold friador -- refrigerator frir -- cool fritar -- fry fruta -- fruit fuma -- smoke fungo -- mushroom fusil -- gun futur -- future gado -- cod gal -- chicken gama -- leg ganiar -- win ganso -- goose ganto -- glove gardacomeda -- pantry, larder gardar -- guard, protect gardaroba -- wardrobe garga -- throat (internal) gasolina -- gasoline gato -- cat gidar -- drive ( a vehicle) gitar -- guitar goma -- eraser governa -- government grado -- degree gram (g) -- gram grande -- large grano -- grain gras -- fat, thick grasiante -- grateful grasiar -- thank gravedo -- cold gris -- gray grupo -- group guera -- war gustar -- taste, like, enjoy idea -- idea ier -- yesterday importante -- important imposable -- impossible imprimador -- printer inami -- enemy inca -- ink incomoda -- uncomfortable incortes -- rude increable -- incredible inegal -- unequal infelis -- unhappy inferior -- inferior inferma -- sick, ill infortuna -- unfortunate injenuor -- engineer injusta -- unjust inonesta -- dishonest inseto -- insect instruida -- educated instruir -- teach intata -- intact intera -- whole interesante -- interesting interesar -- interest inverno -- winter invitar -- invite io -- I isola -- island istoria -- history ja -- already jaca -- jacket jacon -- raincoat jala -- yellow jalea -- jam janero -- January jar -- jug jardin -- garden jela -- ice, frost jelador -- freezer jelar -- freeze jelosa -- jealous jena -- cheek jeneral -- general jeno -- knee joala -- jewelry joio -- joyous jornal -- newspaper jovedi -- Thursday joven -- young, teenager juar -- play (game) judor -- judge jueta -- toy julio -- July junio -- June junta -- together justa -- by, beside, up to, until, till, almost justesa -- just, fair la -- the, the afore-mentioned labio -- lip laboror -- workman, laborer, peasant lago -- lake lama -- razorblade lampa -- lamp lana -- wool langosta -- lobster lansar -- throw lardo -- bacon larga -- wide, broad larma -- tear laton -- brass lavador -- washer lavar -- wash laveria -- laundry laxe -- loose, slack le -- him, her, it lege -- law legiste -- lawyer legume -- vegetable lejador -- disk drive lejer -- read lejera -- light in weight lenio -- wood lenta -- slow lentil -- lentil leon -- lion lepre -- hare leson -- lesson, lecture lete -- milk letera -- letter leto -- bed letus -- lettuce levar -- raise, rise, lift lezardo -- lizard liar -- tie libre -- free libreria -- bookshop libro -- book limon -- lemon limpa -- clean lingua -- language, tongue linia -- line lisa -- smooth lista -- menu liter (l) -- liter loca -- location, place locomotiva -- locomotive, engine longa -- long longo -- along los -- they, them luna -- moon lundi -- Monday lupo -- wolf lus -- light luso -- luxury ma -- but* ma -- my macina -- machine maciniste -- mechanic madre, mama -- mother magra -- thin, lean maio -- May mais -- maize, corn major -- major mal -- bad mala -- apple malada -- disease mamal -- mammal manca -- need mancar -- need mano -- hand mapa -- map mar -- sea marmo -- marble marso -- March martedi -- Tuesday martel -- hammer mas -- male masima -- maximum, at mosst matina -- morning matura -- ripe me -- me media -- mean, average, middle mediadia -- midday, noon medianote -- midnight mega- (milion) -- mega- melon -- melon memoria -- memory mensa -- month menta -- mint mente -- mind mentir -- lie mento -- chin mercato -- market mercuredi -- Wednesday mesma -- same mestre -- teacher mesurar -- measure metal -- metal meter (m) -- meter micro- (milioni) -- micro- miel -- honey mil -- thousand milenio -- millenia mili- -- milli- milion -- million minima -- minimum, at least minor -- minor minuto -- minute miror -- mirror miscada -- mixed mobil -- mobile mobila -- furniture moda -- fashion modem -- modem modo -- manner mol -- soft, not hard moneta -- money montania -- mountain mor -- dead morir -- die mosca -- fly moscito -- mosquito mostarda -- mustard motor -- engine motorsicle -- motorcycle mulo -- mule multe -- many, much mundo -- world muro -- wall mus -- mouse musculo -- muscle museo -- museum musica -- music musiciste -- musician muslo -- mussel mustax -- moustache muta -- dumb nabo -- turnip nadar -- swim nas -- nose naser -- be born nasion -- nation natura -- nature negra -- black nepote -- niece, nephew nesesaria -- necessary neva -- snow nevar -- snow no -- no, not, none nome -- name norde -- north nos -- we, us nosa -- our nosiva -- harmful nota -- note note -- night notisia -- news nova -- new nove -- nine novembre -- November noza -- nut nube -- cloud nuda -- naked numatico -- tire numero -- number o -- or oblidar -- forget oculo -- spectacles, glasses ocupada -- busy odir -- hate ofisia -- office ofisior -- official oio -- eye oir -- hear oji -- today olio -- oil oliva -- olive om -- man ombra -- shadow omeleta -- omelet omplir -- fill onda -- wave onesta -- honest onion -- onion oposante -- opposite ora -- hour orania -- orange orcestra -- orchestra orea -- ear orealete -- earring organo -- organ orgulo -- proud oro -- gold orolojo -- watch orzo -- barley oscura -- dark oso -- bone ospital -- hospital ostra -- oyster otel -- hotel, inn oto -- eight otobre -- October otra -- other ovea -- sheep ovo -- egg paco, paceta -- parcel padre, papa -- father paela -- frying pan pagar -- pay pais -- country paje -- page pal -- pale pala -- shovel, spade palas -- palace pan -- bread paneria -- bakery paneta -- roll panier -- basket panor -- baker pantala -- shorts pantaleta -- panties, underpants pantalon -- trousers paper -- paper papilio -- butterfly par -- by (actor, author) paralel -- parallel parapluve -- umbrella parar -- stop parasol -- parasol paravento -- windshield pardonar -- pardon, forgive parer -- look like, appear parlar -- speak parola -- word parte -- area, locale, part partir -- depart, leave pas -- peace pasada -- past pasaporte -- passport pasear -- walk Pasifica -- Pacific patata -- potato patio -- courtyard pato -- duck pede -- foot pel -- skin, fur pen -- pen pena -- comb penar -- comb pender -- hang peneta -- pencil pensar -- think pension -- boarding house, b&b peper -- pepper per -- for, as a means of, in order to, on behalf of per ce -- why, because, in order that, so that pera -- pear perdeda -- lost perder -- lose perfeta -- perfect perilos -- dangerous permiter -- let, allow, permit to... persil -- parsley person -- person pesa -- heavy pesce -- fish peto -- chest petra -- stone pexa -- peach pi -- pea piano -- piano pigra -- lazy pijama -- pyjamas pina -- fin pino -- pine pintor -- painter pipa -- pipe plaia -- beach plana -- flat plano -- plain plaser -- please plataforma -- platform plato -- plate, dish plaza -- square plen -- full plombo -- lead plorar -- cry, weep plu -- more pluma -- feather pluver -- rain poca -- few, small, little poesia -- poetry polis -- policeman polise -- thumb poliseria -- police station politica -- politics polpo -- octopus polso -- wrist polvo -- powder pompa -- pump poner -- put, place ponte -- bridge popla -- people, community porco -- pig porta -- door portafolio -- briefcase portamoneta -- wallet, purse portar -- carry, wear porte -- postage portor -- porter pos -- after, behind posable -- possible, perhaps posta -- mail posteria -- post office postor -- postman poter -- can, could, am able to... povre -- poor pox -- pocket prado -- meadow precis -- precise, exact, just so preferir -- prefer premio -- prize prender -- take presedente -- previous, preceding presentar -- introduce (person) presente -- present presipita -- hastily preso -- price prima -- first, in the first place primavera -- spring prinsipal -- chiefly prison -- prison privada -- private probable -- probable problem -- problem profonda -- deep programa -- software, program, application programor -- programmer proibida -- forbidden prometer -- promise pronto -- early, quick, soon, shortly, ready pronunsiar -- pronounce propria -- own, one's own prosima -- near pruna -- plum publica -- public pulso -- pulse punta -- point, dot pura -- pure purpura -- purple pusar -- push rabano -- radish radis -- root ragu -- stew ramo -- branch rana -- frog rapida -- fast rara -- rare rata -- rat re -- king rea -- queen real -- real recomendar -- recommend recontar -- tell, relate recordar -- remember rede -- net refusar -- refuse regula -- rule, regulation repeter -- repeat resente -- recent, lately responder -- answer restar -- rest restorante -- restaurant retarda -- delay revenir -- come back revista -- periodical, magazine rica -- rich rier -- laugh rigida -- rigid rio -- river ris -- rice roba -- dress robeta -- slip roca -- rock roja -- red rolar -- roll romper -- break ronda -- round rosa -- pink rosto -- roast rota -- wheel ru -- rough (not smooth) rua -- road (country) ruido -- noise sa -- his, her, its, their saber -- know how saco -- bag saja -- wise sal -- salt sala -- room salada -- salad salario -- wages saleta -- closet, toilet (saleta privada) salmon -- salmon salon -- living room, great room salsa -- sauce salsix -- sausage saltar -- jump saluter -- greet salvia -- sage sana -- healthy sandal -- sandal sangue -- blood sania -- health santa -- holy sapato -- shoe sapon -- soap sasofon -- saxophone satisfiada -- satisfied saturdi -- Saturday scala -- stairs, ladder scarpa -- steep scola -- school scopa -- broom scriver -- write scural -- squirrel se -- third person reflexive seca -- dry secir -- dry secondo -- second secreta -- secret secura -- safe, secure securador -- lock seda -- silk segal -- rye seguinte -- following, next seguir -- follow selaco -- shark selebrar -- celebrate seleri -- celery selo -- stamp semana -- week seme -- seed senior -- Mr., sir, gentleman... seniora -- Mrs., Miss, Ms., ma'am, lady... seno -- breast senser -- feel (well, etc.) senso -- sense, meaning senta -- chair sentar -- sit sentenio -- century senti- -- centi- sento -- hundred senton -- couch separada -- separate sera -- evening serebro -- brain serisa -- cherry serpente -- snake serta -- sure, certain sertos -- certain servor -- waiter, waitress ses -- six sete -- seven setembre -- September seto -- thirsty sever -- severe si -- if, whether* si -- yes sibolina -- chives sieca -- blind sielo -- sky siensa -- science siera -- saw sigar -- cigar sigareta -- cigarette silenta -- silent, mute simia -- monkey simile -- similar simple -- simple sin -- without, except sinco -- five sinistra -- left sintur -- belt sirca -- around, about, approximately sirurjia -- surgery sirurjiste -- surgeon sisor -- scissors site -- city sobre -- sober soda -- soda water sofito -- ceiling sol -- sun sola -- only, sole, alone soldi -- Sunday soliste -- soloist solo -- floor, story or level of a building soniar -- dream sopa -- soup sorda -- deaf sore -- sister sorti -- exit sortir -- exit spala -- shoulder speler -- spell spesial -- special spinax -- spinach spino -- pin sponja -- sponge sporte -- sport sposa -- wife sposi -- marriage sposida -- married sposo -- husband stange -- pond star -- stand stasion -- station stela -- star stofa -- cloth stomaco -- stomach strada -- street (city) strana -- strange stranjera -- foreign streta -- narrow, tight strumento -- instrument studiante -- student studiar -- study stufa -- stove stupida -- foolish su -- below, under subita -- sudden sude -- south superior -- superior supra -- above, over, on suprema -- supreme surier -- smile surpresada -- astonished susolo -- basement ta -- your (singular) table -- table tailor -- tailor tal -- such talo -- ankle tambur -- drum tapeto -- carpet tarda -- late tas -- cup te -- tea te -- you (singular object)* teatro -- theater tela -- cloth (a piece of...), towel telefon -- telephone teleta -- napkin, handkerchief telon -- sheet, tablecloth temer -- fear tempeste -- storm tempo -- time tempo -- weather* tenera -- tender tepida -- warm, tepid tera -- earth, land testa -- head testo -- document teto -- roof tia -- aunt tigre -- tiger tilia -- lime tio -- uncle tirar -- pull tocar -- touch, knock, play tomate -- tomato tona -- thunder torca -- nut tore -- tower torsor -- screw driver torta -- cake tosi -- cough tota -- all tra -- across, through, past, beyond traduir -- translate tram -- trolley car, tram trar -- bring travaliar -- work tre -- three tren -- train trigo -- wheat triste -- sad tro -- too, to much trompeta -- trumpet trotor -- walk, sidewalk trovar -- find truta -- trout tu -- you (singular subject) tubo -- pipe (water, etc.) tun -- tuna ueste -- west ultima -- last umana -- human, humane umida -- wet, damp umidir -- wet, moisten umor -- mood, temper un -- a, one unia -- nail universia -- university urso -- bear usable -- useful usar -- use usual -- usual util -- tool, instrument uva -- grapes vacua -- empty vacuir -- empty vagon -- coach, railroad car vale -- valley valis -- suitcase vana -- in vain var -- go varios -- several vaso -- pot vea -- old vela -- sail veliada -- awake veliador -- alarm clock veliar -- waken vender -- sell venerdi -- Friday venir -- come venta -- wind ventador -- fan vera -- true, right verde -- green verme -- worm versa -- toward ves -- occasion, time vespa -- wasp veste -- coat or jacket vestir -- dress via -- highway viajar -- travel viajor -- passenger vider -- see vila -- town vileta -- village vinagre -- vinegar vino -- wine violente -- violent violin -- violin visco -- sticky vise -- screw visina -- neighboring visitar -- visit vista -- view vite -- vine vitro -- glass viver -- live volante -- steering wheel volar -- fly volente -- on purpose, intentionally, willingly voler -- want to, intend to... volpe -- fox vos -- you (plural) vosa -- your (plural) vose -- voice xapo -- hat xef -- chef xelo -- cello ximine -- chimney zero -- zero zuca -- pumpkin zucar -- sugar