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Spanish (Spain)

### Personality and imagination

| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| **la personalidad** | personality |
| **la imaginación** | imagination |
| **el poeta**, **la poeta** | poet |
| **el bailarín**, **la bailarina** | dancer |

Spanish usually says *tener mucha personalidad* and *tener mucha imaginación*, with **tener** and **mucha**:

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Said of children, it is usually praise:

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### Two words for lazy

You know **perezoso**. In everyday speech in Spain you will very often hear **vago** instead:

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It is a noun too: *un vago*, *una vaga* is a slacker.

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**Vago** can also mean vague (*un recuerdo vago*), but said of a person it usually means lazy.

### Willing: estar dispuesto a

In this sense **dispuesto** usually goes with **estar** and **a** + infinitive:

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It agrees like any adjective: *dispuesta*, *dispuestos*, *dispuestas*.

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### Poets and dancers

**Poeta** ends in *-a* but takes **el** for a man; for a woman people say **la poeta** (or *la poetisa*). **Bailarín** loses its accent when it adds a syllable: *bailarina*, *bailarines*.

After **ser**, a bare job or role usually takes no article:

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Personality and imagination (vago, dispuesto, el poeta)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)

Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)

Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)

Adjective agreement (-o, -a, -os, -as)

Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)

Simple negation (no)

Yes/no questions

Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)

Regular '-er' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Regular '-ir' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)

Question words (quién, cómo)

The verb estar (estoy, estás)

The preposition en (en)

Ser vs. estar

The verb tener (tengo, tienes)

Possessive determiners (mi, tu, su)

Origin and possession (de, del)

The verb ir (voy, vas)

Destination (a, al)

The personal 'a' (a)

Stem-changing verbs: e to ie

Stem-changing verbs: o to ue

Irregular first-person verbs

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)

Numbers 11 to 20 (once, doce, trece)

Counting by tens to 100 (treinta, cuarenta, cien)

Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)

Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)

The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)

Months of the year

Telling time (es la, son las)

Verbs of liking (me gusta)

Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)

Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)

Formal address (usted, ustedes)

Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

Obligation (tener que)

Present continuous (-ando, -iendo)

Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)

Basic Food and Drink

The Human Body: Head and Arms

The Human Body: Legs and Health

Wardrobe Essentials

Fresh Produce

Meals and Proteins

Public Transport

Hello and goodbye (hola, ¿qué tal?)

Thank you, sorry, OK (gracias, vale)

There is, there are (hay)

My building (la escalera, el ascensor)

Describing people (moreno, rubio, tímido)

Land and sea (el mar, el río, el norte)

Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)

Asking the way (cerca, a la derecha, todo recto)

In class (¿puedes repetir?)

Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)

What's your name? (me llamo, encantado)

Phone, computer and email

Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)

What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)

Personal details (la edad, la fecha de nacimiento)

Me neither (también, tampoco, ni)

How much is it? (el precio, la vuelta)

What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)

Free time (el concierto, el tenis)

At the bar (¿qué vas a tomar?)

The Natural World

Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel)

Prepositions of place (encima de, debajo de)

Prepositional pronouns (para mí, contigo)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero to décimo)

Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)

Exclamations (¡qué...!)

Indefinite pronouns (algo, alguien)

Indefinite determiners (algún, ningún)

Indirect object pronouns (le, les)

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)

Verbs of preference (encantar, interesar)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Starting and finishing actions (empezar a, terminar de)

Adjective comparatives (más que, menos que)

Comparatives of equality (tan como)

Noun comparatives (tanto como)

Question	Answer
the personality	la personalidad
My sister has a lot of personality.	Mi hermana tiene mucha personalidad.
The twins are identical, but they have very different personalities.	Los gemelos son iguales, pero tienen personalidades muy distintas.
I love his personality: he's very open and nice.	Me encanta su personalidad: es muy abierto y simpático.
the imagination	la imaginación
Children have a lot of imagination.	Los niños tienen mucha imaginación.
That writer has an incredible imagination.	Ese escritor tiene una imaginación increíble.
There's nobody in the house; it's your imagination.	No hay nadie en la casa; es tu imaginación.
lazy (colloquial); a slacker	vago
My brother is really lazy: he never tidies his room.	Mi hermano es muy vago: nunca ordena su habitación.
You're so lazy! You're still in bed.	¡Qué vago eres! Todavía estás en la cama.
He doesn't like working: he's a slacker.	No le gusta trabajar: es un vago.
willing (to do something)	dispuesto
Are you willing to help me?	¿Estás dispuesto a ayudarme?
I'm not willing to work on Sundays.	No estoy dispuesta a trabajar los domingos.
My parents are willing to pay for the trip.	Mis padres están dispuestos a pagar el viaje.
the poet	el poeta
My grandfather was a poet and wrote love poems.	Mi abuelo era poeta y escribía poemas de amor.
A good poet needs imagination.	Un buen poeta necesita imaginación.
I like reading Spanish poets.	Me gusta leer a los poetas españoles.
the dancer	el bailarín
My daughter wants to be a dancer.	Mi hija quiere ser bailarina.
The dancers train every day.	Los bailarines entrenan todos los días.
The dancer has a very strong personality.	La bailarina tiene una personalidad muy fuerte.

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