Personalities

Color

Month of the years

Days

Numbers

Spanish describing people

	Describing People
	Activo		active
	Alto		tall
	Atletico		athletic
	Bajo		short
	Bonito		pretty
	Extrovertido		outgoing
	Rubio		blond
	Serio		serious
	Simpatico		friendly

Family and Describing people

1.	¡Mucho gusto!		Nice to meet you!
2.	¡Oye!		Listen!
3.	¿cómo?		how?
4.	¿de dónde?		from where?
5.	¿de qué nacionalidad?		what nationality?
6.	¿quién?		who?
7.	¿quiénes?		who?
8.	aburrido(a)		boring
9.	alto(a)		tall
10.	ambicioso(a)		hard-working
11.	antipático(a)		unpleasant, not nice
12.	argentino(a)		Argentine
13.	bajo(a)		short
14.	bastante		rather, quite
15.	bonito(a)		good-looking
16.	bueno(a)		good
17.	chileno(a)		Chilean
18.	colombiano(a)		Colombian
19.	cómico(a)		funny, comical
20.	cubano(a)		Cuban
21.	difícil		difficult, hard
22.	dominicano(a)		Dominican
23.	duro(a)		difficult, hard
24.	ecuatoriano(a)		Ecuadorian
25.	el arte		art
26.	el curso		class, course
27.	el español		Spanish (language)
28.	el francés		French (language)
29.	el inglés		English (language)
30.	el muchacho		boy
31.	el/la alumno(a)		student
32.	el/la amigo(a)		friend
33.	el/la joven		young person
34.	el/la profesor(a)		teacher
35.	fácil		easy
36.	feo(a)		unattractive, ugly
37.	gracioso(a)		funny
38.	grande		big, large

39.	guapo(a)		attractive
40.	guatemalteco(a)		Guatemalan
41.	inteligente		intelligent
42.	interesante		interesting
43.	joven		young
44.	la ciencia		science
45.	la clase		class
46.	la educación física		physical education
47.	la escuela		school
48.	la historia		history
49.	la muchacha		girl
50.	la música		music
51.	las matemáticas		mathematics, math
52.	los estudios sociales		social studies
53.	malo(a)		bad
54.	mexicano(a)		Mexican
55.	mismo(a)		same
56.	moreno(a)		dark-haired, brunette
57.	muy		very
58.	norteamericano(a)		North American
59.	nuevo(a)		new
60.	pelirrojo(a)		redheaded
61.	pequeño(a)		small, Little
62.	perezoso(a)		lazy
63.	pero		but
64.	peruano(a)		Peruvian
65.	puertorriqueño(a)		Puerto Rican
66.	rubio(a)		blond
67.	secundario(a)		secondary
68.	serio(a)		serious
69.	simpático(a)		nice
70.	también		also, too
71.	venezolano(a)		Venezuelan

Spanish Chapter 1 Vocabulary

1.	¿ A que hora?		At what time?
2.	¿ Que hora es?		What time is it?
3.	a tiempo		on time
4.	ahora		now
5.	amarillo		yellow
6.	ayudar		to help
7.	azul		blue
8.	bailar		to dance
9.	blanco		white
10.	buscar		to look for
11.	caminar		to walk
12.	cantar		to sing
13.	comprar		to buy
14.	contestar		to answer
15.	de la manana		in the morning
16.	de por la noche		in the evening
17.	de por la tarde		in the afternoon
18.	de texto		textbook
19.	descansar		to rest
20.	desear		to want/wish
21.	dibujar		to draw
22.	el amigo		friend (mascaline)
23.	el apartamento		apartment
24.	el boligarfo		pen
25.	el borrador		eraser
26.	el centro estudiantil		student center
27.	el companero de cuarto		room mate (mascaline)
28.	el cuaderno		notebook
29.	el diccionario		dictionary
30.	el dinero		money
31.	el domingo		Sunday
32.	el escritorio		desk
33.	el estudiante		student (masculine)
34.	el examen		test
35.	el fin de semana		weekend
36.	el gimnasio		gymnasium
37.	el hombre		man
38.	el jueves		Thrusday
39.	el lapiz		pencil
40.	el libro		book

41.	el lunes		Monday
42.	el mapa		map
43.	el martes		Tuesday
44.	el mediodia		noon
45.	el miercoles		Wedesday
46.	el novio		boy friend
47.	el papel		paper
48.	el professor		professor (mascaline)
49.	el reloj		watch
50.	el reloj		clock
51.	el sabado		Saturday
52.	el viernes		Friday
53.	en punto		on time
54.	ensenar		to teach
55.	entrar		to enter
56.	escuchar		to listen
57.	esperar		to hope/expect
58.	estudiar		to study
59.	hablar		to speak
60.	hoy		today
61.	la amiga		friend (femenine)
62.	la bilioteca		libary
63.	la calendario		calendar
64.	la cateteria		cafeteria
65.	la companera de cuarto		room mate (femanine)
66.	la computadora		computer
67.	la estudiante		student (femanine)
68.	la leccion		lesson
69.	la libreria		book store
70.	la luz		light
71.	la medianoche		midnight
72.	la mocila		backpack
73.	la mujer		woman
74.	la novia		girl friend
75.	la oficina		office
76.	la palabra		word
77.	la pantalla		screen
78.	la pizarra		chalkboard
79.	la pluma		pen
80.	la professora		professor (femaine)

81.	la residencia		dormitory
82.	la tarea		homework
83.	la tiza		chalk
84.	llamar		to call/phone
85.	llegar		to arrive
86.	manana		tomorrow
87.	mandar		to send
88.	marron		brown
89.	mirar		to watch
90.	morado		purple
91.	naranjo		orange
92.	necesitar		to need
93.	negro		black
94.	pagar		to pay
95.	pasar		to spend time/ to pass
96.	practicar		to practice
97.	preguntar		to ask a question
98.	regresar		to return
99.	rojo		red
100.	tarde		late
101.	teminar		to finish
102.	temprano		early
103.	tocar		to touch; to play an instrument
104.	todos los dias		every day
105.	tomar		to take
106.	trabajar		to work
107.	usar		to use
108.	verde		green
109.	viajar		to travel
110.	visitar		to visit

Welcome to the Hispanic world

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Hispanic (Spanish: hispano, hispánico; Portuguese: hispânico, hispano, Catalan: hispà, hispànic) is an ethnonym that denotes a relationship to Spain or, in some definitions, to ancient Hispania, which comprised the Iberian Peninsula including the modern states of Andorra, Portugal, and Spain and the British Crown Dependency of Gibraltar. Today, organizations in the United States use the term to refer to persons with a historical and cultural relationship either with Spain and Portugal or with only Spain. Some organizations intend to encapsulate only the Spanish-speaking populations in the term Hispanic, limiting the definition to that subset, while others encapsulate Spain and Portugal in the term "Hispanic." The term is more broadly used to refer to the culture, peoples, or nations with a historical link to Spain, especially those countries which were once colonized by Spain, particularly the countries of Latin America which were colonized by Spain. The Hispanic culture is a set of customs, traditions, beliefs and art forms (music, literature, dress, architecture, cuisine or others) which are generally shared by peoples in Hispanic regions, but which can vary considerably from one country or territory to another. The Spanish and Portuguese languages are the main cultural element shared by Hispanic peoples.

Definitions in the United States

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.  In a recent study, most Spanish-speakers of Spanish or Latin American descent do not prefer the term “Hispanic” or “Latino” when it comes to describing their identity. Instead, they prefer to be identified by their country of origin. When asked if they have a preference for either being identified as “Hispanic” or “Latino,” the Pew study finds that “half (51%) say they have no preference for either term.” If they did have to choose, the study finds that “’Hispanic’ is preferred over ‘Latino’ by more than a two-to-one margin—33% versus 14%.”

List of countries where Spanish is an official language

Spanish is an official language in 20 sovereign states and one dependent entity, totalling around 423 million people.

Equatorial Guinea, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Paraguay, Honduras, Bolivia, Cuba, Guatemala, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Uruguay.

Dependent entities where Spanish is a de jure official language.

Puerto Rico