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Descriptive Words in Spanish

Some of these are commonplace and idiomatic, but I wanted to make a list (or multiple small lists) of words that can help boost your vocab, especially if you’re interested in literature or you have essays you need to write

This might end up becoming its own little series since it’s easier to make smaller vocab lists

destacable = remarkable, notable

el adefesio = something very ugly, an eyesore, something hideous

ningunear = to ignore, to give someone the cold shoulder

la flor y nata = “best of the best”, “creme de la creme”, “best and brightest” [lit. “the flower and cream”]

conmovedor(a) = moving, poignant, emotional

abrumador(a) = overwhelming

oculto/a = hidden, secret / occult, arcane

la carnicería = slaughter, carnage, massacre [otherwise la carnicería is a “butcher’s shop” where you buy la carne “meat”]

inquietante = unsettling, worrying

palpar = to feel, to touch

de la cabeza a los pies = “through and through”, “thoroughly”, “completely”  [lit. “from head to toe”]

el apogeo = zenith, “the height of”, the highest point, apogee

entrelazado/a = interwoven, intertwined

la escoria = scum, trash

impactante = impressive, shocking, impactful

zafar = to release, to loosen zafar(se) = to get out of, to avoid

(cerrado/a) a cal y canto = locked up tight, sealed tight/shut

gélido/a = icy, frozen, cold, frigid

la época = time period, era, epoch

grosero/a = rude, vulgar, crude

pésimo/a = the worst, horrible

vistoso/a = attractive, eye-catching

esquivar = to evade, to dodge, to avoid

el olvido = oblivion, nothingness, obscurity

el crisol = “melting pot” / crucible

tenue = faint (noise/light), soft (noise/light), dim (light) / weak or thin, tenuous

atroz = heinous, awful, atrocious, cruel, grisly

galán = dashing, handsome, gallant el galán = the leading man, the main male role in a story, the hero / “prince charming”, “knight in shining armor”, a heroic or gallant man  / a ladies’ man, a womanizer

bruto/a = raw, uncut, crude (oil) / brutish, a thug / stupid, a moron, thick-headed en bruto = raw, “in the rough” (diamond) / unpolished (talent), “room for improvement”

la alcahueta = gossip, blabbermouth / an enabler, a bad influence la alcahueta / la celestina = a go-between, matchmaker, liaison / pimp, procurer [the male form is alcahuete but it’s usually seen in the feminine; this second expression for alcahueta is especially common in literature and is synonymous with la celestina; the word celestina comes from the book Celestina by Fernando de Rojas where a woman named Celestina sets up clandestine meetings between men/young men and women/young women who live in convents as the “procuress” since women in convents would not be allowed to meet men themselves usually… the term alcahueta also applies to women who act on a younger woman’s behalf to set up meetings since women couldn’t meet men without a chaperone for fear of being seen as indecent… think a character like the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. Today, alcahueta typically means a “gossip” but it can mean someone who enables someone or a “matchmaker” or “pimp” who goes back and forth between interested parties; an actual matchmaker tends to be el casamentero/la casamentera and that’s seen as more respectable]

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when parasite said the rich can afford to be kind, when parasite said global warming is most catastrophic for those least responsible, when parasite said the rich are the ones with access to sunlight, when parasite said the efforts of the working class are invisible to their exploiters, when parasite said water only ever flows from the rich down to the poor and never in reverse, when parasite said the rich are the real parasites for leeching off of their workers' labour

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lovely, spooky, grand, whatever it is it’s a MOOD.

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I play the same 25 songs everyday and them mfs hit every time

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youtube as a corporation may be evil but i do appreciate the thousands of people who upload guides and instructions and recipes and workouts for free. like they don’t even get paid unless they have over a certain amount of subscribers but they do it anyway so dumbasses like me can search ‘how to dice an onion’ and get thousands of videos with simple visual instructions and only like half of them are from big companies

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gender is a performance and im doing improv comedy

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Hi! Can you explain the difference between 가지다, 가지고 싶다, 원하다 and 있다?

Hello! So, the main difference is in meaning:

가지다 - to have / possess something

      ☆ 파티를 가졌어요 --> We / I had a party

가지고 싶다 - to want to have something

      ☆ 저는 새 가방을 가지고 싶어요 --> I want to have a new bag (alternative translation: I’d like a new bag)

-고 싶다 vs. 원하다 [x]

원하다 - to want something

      ☆ 저는 이 아이스크림을 원해요 --> I want this ice cream

있다 - to exist 

      ☆ 비빔면이 있어요? --> you have bibim-myeon? (lit. bibim-myeon exists?)

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*NOTE: while 있다 and 가지다 may have a similar meaning, it changes the tone of the sentence depending on which you use. For example:

가방이 있어요 - have a bag (in the moment / as of right now)

가방을 가졌어요 - have a bag (you are the owner of the bag)

It is also important to remember that 이/가 goes with 있다 

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Hope this helps! Happy Learning :)

~ SK101

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Laundry Day Vocab🧺

Flashcards

세탁기- washing machine

건조기- drying machine

빨래- laundry

빨래 건조대- drying rack (idk bout you but drying rack for me was where you put your art in primary school)

빨래판- washboard

빨랫줄- clothesline

세제- detergent

가루 세제- powder detergent

액체 세제- liquid detergent

섬유유연제- fabric softener

드라이클리닝- dry cleaning

표백제 (락스)- bleach

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Yeah sex is cool and all but have you ever started learning a language and then heard that language from strangers/tv/etc and understood bits and pieces of it, reminding you of how much progress you've made in the language??

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I’ve never been so offended in my life

(Found on @ foreignlanguagecollective on IG)

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Someone please live here with me,,,,,

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I love downloading pdfs. it’s like ok this is mine now

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So making vocab lists is great but then apparently you have to actually learn said vocab and idk to me it seems a little bit extreme

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last year i used to sleep from 5 am to 10 am every day and it was Not Good for me. i’ve gotten a couple of questions about my sleep schedule so i thought i’d share some tips that helped me adopt a healthier sleep schedule. enjoy 🛏💤

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biggest betrayal is when it’s supposed to thunderstorm and it doesn’t