Spanish vocabulary level 3

More advanced Spanish words and expressions

Practice more natural and nuanced Spanish with verbs and expressions for feelings, relationships, problem solving, travel, organization and everyday situations.

You practice real words used in conversations, films, podcasts and everyday Spanish — not just textbook language.

 

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Thoughts & perception

English Spanish
to glimpse / catch sight of vislumbrar
to realize / notice darse cuenta
to notice notar
to realize / understand comprender
to guess adivinar
to suppose / assume suponer
to wonder preguntarse
to claim / pretend pretender

Problems & solutions

English Spanish
to prevent / stop impedir
to avoid evitar
to manage / succeed lograr
to fail fracasar
to dare atreverse
to risk arriesgar
to miss echar de menos
to be wrong / make a mistake equivocarse

Everyday life & relationships

English Spanish
to take care of / deal with ocuparse de
to manage / get by arreglárselas
to hurry darse prisa
to get used to acostumbrarse a
to enjoy / make the most of aprovechar
to distrust / be wary of desconfiar de
to pay attention to prestar atención a
to remember acordarse de

Organization

English Spanish
to plan / foresee prever
to arrange / organize organizar
to cancel cancelar
to postpone posponer
to replace reemplazar
to add añadir
to remove / take away quitar
to change / modify modificar

Movement & travel

English Spanish
to meet up with reunirse con
to leave / leave behind dejar
to settle in / install oneself instalarse
to move house mudarse
to take / bring along llevar
to bring back traer de vuelta
to drop off / leave dejar
to recover / get back / pick up recuperar

Change

English Spanish
to increase aumentar
to decrease disminuir
to improve mejorar
to worsen empeorar
to put up with / endure soportar
to support apoyar
to abandon / give up abandonar

Communication

English Spanish
to convince convencer
to complain quejarse
to advise / recommend aconsejar
to advise against desaconsejar
to demand / require exigir
to refuse / reject rechazar
to accept aceptar
to promise prometer

Language & expression

English Spanish
to describe describir
to summarize resumir
to translate traducir
to explain explicar
to confirm confirmar
to deny negar
to admit admitir
to lie mentir

Feelings

English Spanish
to worry preocuparse
to calm / reassure tranquilizar
to bother / annoy molestar
to get angry enfadarse
to be ashamed tener vergüenza
to be afraid tener miedo
to feel like / want to tener ganas de
to need necesitar

Common phrases

English Spanish
I am trying to understand intento entender
she managed in the end al final lo logró
we have to hurry tenemos que darnos prisa
he does not dare to ask no se atreve a preguntar
they complain all the time se quejan todo el tiempo
I feel like traveling tengo ganas de viajar
Spanish vocabulary – level 3
English – Spanish
Thoughts & perception
to glimpse / catch sight of vislumbrar
to realize / notice darse cuenta
to notice notar
to realize / understand comprender
to guess adivinar
to suppose / assume suponer
to wonder preguntarse
to claim / pretend pretender
Problems & solutions
to prevent / stop impedir
to avoid evitar
to manage / succeed lograr
to fail fracasar
to dare atreverse
to risk arriesgar
to miss echar de menos
to be wrong / make a mistake equivocarse
Everyday life & relationships
to take care of / deal with ocuparse de
to manage / get by arreglárselas
to hurry darse prisa
to get used to acostumbrarse a
to enjoy / make the most of aprovechar
to distrust / be wary of desconfiar de
to pay attention to prestar atención a
to remember acordarse de
Organization
to plan / foresee prever
to arrange / organize organizar
to cancel cancelar
to postpone posponer
to replace reemplazar
to add añadir
to remove / take away quitar
to change / modify modificar
Movement & travel
to meet up with reunirse con
to leave / leave behind dejar
to settle in / install oneself instalarse
to move house mudarse
to take / bring along llevar
to bring back traer de vuelta
to drop off / leave dejar
to recover / get back / pick up recuperar
Change
to increase aumentar
to decrease disminuir
to improve mejorar
to worsen empeorar
to put up with / endure soportar
to support apoyar
to abandon / give up abandonar
Communication
to convince convencer
to complain quejarse
to advise / recommend aconsejar
to advise against desaconsejar
to demand / require exigir
to refuse / reject rechazar
to accept aceptar
to promise prometer
Language & expression
to describe describir
to summarize resumir
to translate traducir
to explain explicar
to confirm confirmar
to deny negar
to admit admitir
to lie mentir
Feelings
to worry preocuparse
to calm / reassure tranquilizar
to bother / annoy molestar
to get angry enfadarse
to be ashamed tener vergüenza
to be afraid tener miedo
to feel like / want to tener ganas de
to need necesitar
Common phrases
I am trying to understand intento entender
she managed in the end al final lo logró
we have to hurry tenemos que darnos prisa
he does not dare to ask no se atreve a preguntar
they complain all the time se quejan todo el tiempo
I feel like traveling tengo ganas de viajar

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