Level 4:
Opposite - Contrario
This would have been a Level 1 if "Contrary" were more popular in the English language. Regardless, Something that is contrary to something else is its opposite. That's something that is familiar in English and unites the words "Opposite" and "Contrario." The "-io" ending is an adjective ending.
Pronounced: "con TRAR ee oh"
Showing posts with label __Adjectives__. Show all posts
Showing posts with label __Adjectives__. Show all posts
Dear (Adjective)
Level 4:
Dear - Quierdo
This is a level four. These are either really tricky or actually require some knowledge of something Spanish to make the connection... as is the case here.
If you already know that "Quiero" means "I love / I care for / I want" (as in, "Yo quiero Taco Bell") then it's easy to see that Quierdo is merely a modified version of Quiero. In this case, changing it into an adjective, as in: "chica quierdo" (Dear girl).
Pronounced: "Key Air Doe"
Dear - Quierdo
This is a level four. These are either really tricky or actually require some knowledge of something Spanish to make the connection... as is the case here.
If you already know that "Quiero" means "I love / I care for / I want" (as in, "Yo quiero Taco Bell") then it's easy to see that Quierdo is merely a modified version of Quiero. In this case, changing it into an adjective, as in: "chica quierdo" (Dear girl).
Pronounced: "Key Air Doe"
Blue (Adjective)
Level 4:
Blue - Azul
While at first this looks like it comes completely "out of the blue," this is yet another case of a poorly matched word pair.
True, "Blue" looks nothing like "Azul," but it's very close, indeed, to "Azure" (a blue-cyan color on the HSV color wheel). Also, Azure/Azul can be seen in certain gemstone names, such as Azurite and Lapis Lazuli.
If you're not familiar with the English word, Azure, however, this makes Azul harder to pick up on. So, why not familiarize yourself with Azure a bit?
Check out Wikipedia for more on Azure's origination
Blue - Azul
While at first this looks like it comes completely "out of the blue," this is yet another case of a poorly matched word pair.
True, "Blue" looks nothing like "Azul," but it's very close, indeed, to "Azure" (a blue-cyan color on the HSV color wheel). Also, Azure/Azul can be seen in certain gemstone names, such as Azurite and Lapis Lazuli.
If you're not familiar with the English word, Azure, however, this makes Azul harder to pick up on. So, why not familiarize yourself with Azure a bit?
Check out Wikipedia for more on Azure's origination
Real (Adjective)
Level 1:
Real - Real
That's right... what's real in English is still real in Spanish. That's got to be a real comfort, right?
Real - Real
That's right... what's real in English is still real in Spanish. That's got to be a real comfort, right?
Similar (Adjective)
Level 1:
Similar - Similar
It seems that similar in Spanish is quite similar to similar in English.
While they look identical, the Spanish pronunciation is more like "See-Me-Lar."
Note: Here is a Spanish word that starts with an "S" not "Es."
Similar - Similar
It seems that similar in Spanish is quite similar to similar in English.
While they look identical, the Spanish pronunciation is more like "See-Me-Lar."
Note: Here is a Spanish word that starts with an "S" not "Es."
Stupid (Adjective)
Level 3:
Stupid - Estupido
If you were to add an o to the end, getting "stupido," you would not be using correct Spanish, but a Spanish-speaking person would likely understand you, as the Spanish word for "Stupid" is actually "estupido."
Most words starting in "S" in English that have a very similar counterpart in Spanish start with "Es," instead. Much like Spanish and Espanol.
Stupid - Estupido
If you were to add an o to the end, getting "stupido," you would not be using correct Spanish, but a Spanish-speaking person would likely understand you, as the Spanish word for "Stupid" is actually "estupido."
Most words starting in "S" in English that have a very similar counterpart in Spanish start with "Es," instead. Much like Spanish and Espanol.
Electric (adjective)
Level 2:
Electric - Eléctrico
Electric is pretty much a classic example of a Level 2 word.
In English, it's "Electric" ...in Spanish, you add an "o" to the end...
"Eléctrico"
Thank you, Hollywood...
Electric - Eléctrico
Electric is pretty much a classic example of a Level 2 word.
In English, it's "Electric" ...in Spanish, you add an "o" to the end...
"Eléctrico"
Thank you, Hollywood...
Final (Adjective)
Level 1:
Final - Final
While pronounced "Fee-Nahl", not "Fie-nul", Final is written the same way in Spanish as it is in English.
Final - Final
While pronounced "Fee-Nahl", not "Fie-nul", Final is written the same way in Spanish as it is in English.
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