Thursday, February 3, 2011

FSC 13

trece = thirteen

Supresión del artículo indeterminado = Omission of the Indefinite Article

Por regla general se suprime el artícuolo indeterminado delante del nombre predicado (o atributo no calificado. = The indefinite article is usually omitted before an unqualified predicate noun (a noun with no definite article that restates the subject noun.)

El artículo indeterminado no se usa con otro. = The indefinite article is not used with otro.


el abogado = lawyer, attorney, mediator
  • abogado del diablo = devil's advocate
  • abogado defensor = defense attorney
  • abogado fiscal = prosecuting attorney
  • abogado del estado = attorney general, state's attorney
  • abogado de oficio = court appointed lawyer
  • ejercer de abogado =to practice law
el médico, la médica = physician, doctor, (adj) medical
  • medico farense = coroner
  • médico general = general practitioner
  • médico de cabecera = family doctor
  • médico de consulta = consulting physician


la verdad = truth
  • ¿verdad? ¿no es verdad? = is it not true? isn't it so? (etc.)
  • de verdad = indeed
  • un (nombre) de verdad = a real (noun), a true (noun)
  • faltar a la verdad = to fib (lit. to lack the truth)


el cuarto = room,(masc.adj) fourth]
  • cuarto oscuro = darkroom


la pared = wall
  • darse contra las paredes = to bang one's head on the wall
  • poner a alguien contra la pared = to corner
  • de pared a pared = wall to wall
  • pared de ladrillas = brick wall
  • pared medianera, pared divisoria, pared intermedia = dividing wall
  • blanco como la pared = white as a sheet (lit. white as the wall)
  • entre la espada y la pared = between a rock and a hard place
  • como si hablara a una pared = like talking to a brick wall
  • estar pagado a la pared = up against the wall



la comoda = chest of drawers, chiffarobe

el peinador, el tocador = dresser, dressing table

el espejo = mirror, looking glass
  • espejo de cuerpo entero = full-length mirror
  • espejo retrovisor = rear-view mirror



la cama = bed
  • camas separadas, camas gemelas = twin beds
  • literas = bunk beds
  • cama matrimonial = double or full size bed
  • tomaño king, tomaño queen = king and queen sized
  • cama de latón = brass bed
  • cabecera = headboard
  • cama plegable = cot (lit. foldable bed)
  • cama elástica = trampoline
  • metarse en la cama = to go to bed
  • echarse en la cama = to lie down on the bed
  • caer en la cama=to fall ill
  • postrado en cama = bedridden
  • hacer la cama = to make the bed
  • deshacer la cama = to mess up the bed, to unmake the bed
  • destapar la cama = to throw the covers off the bed


el colchón= mattress

la almohada = pillow
  • funda de almohada = pillowcase
  • consultar al almohada = to sleep on it
  • almohadón = large cushion (like those on a couch)
  • almohadilla = seat cushion, pad on a dog's foot
la frazada, la manta = blanket
  • colcha = quilt, bedspread, comforter
  • sobrecama = bedspread
  • cobertor = thick blanket


  • las sabanas = sheets
    • sabana de cojon = fitted sheet
    cansado, cansada, fatigado, fatigada = tired, weary

  • ser cansado, ser cansada = to be tiresome, boring, tedious

    • un cansado, una cansada = a tiresome, boring, tedious person
    • a las cansadas = after much delay, at last
    • agotado, agotada = worn out, exhausted


    enfermo, enferma = ill, sick, (n) a sick person
    • ponerse enfermo, caer enfermo = to become ill
    • enfermo de amor = lovesick
    • enfermo de gravidad = gravely or seriously ill
    • poner infermo = to make sick
    • fingirse enfermo = to pretend to be sick


    limpio = clean, spotless, pure, clean, tidy, broke (penniless)
    • estar limpio (describes a condition)
    • ser limpio (describes a personal trait)


    cuando, ¿cuándo? = when, while, at (the time)
    • cuando la guerre = during the war
    • cuando menos = at least
    • cuando mucho = at most
    • de cuando en cuando = from time to time
    • aun cuando, aunque = even though, although
    • cuando no = if not, otherwise
    • cuando quiera = whenever
    • cuando niño = as a child
    • ¿hasta cuándo? = until when?
    • de vez en cuando = once in a while

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