Unit 15: Past perfect subjunctive, word families, relative pronouns, and passive voice

Unit 15: Basic Vocabulary

Vocabulario básico

Adjetivo:

embarazada pregnant (false friend)

Expresiones:

dar a luz to give birth
en balde in vain

Preposiciones:

ante before, in the face of
bajo below, under

Sustantivos:

la etapa stage
el nivel level
la raíz root
el vaivén fluctuation, ups and downs (fig.)

Verbos:

acertar (ie)

to be correct, to guess right, to hit upon

agregar to add (cognate: aggregate)
añadir to add
prevalecer to prevail
resonar(ue) to resonate, to resound
someter to subdue, to subject
tratar (de) to deal with (a subject)
vincular to relate, to connect, to link

 

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