English Vocabulary: Family, Shopping, and Conditionals
Posted on Jan 7, 2025 in Commerce and Marketing
Family and Relationships
Nouns
- Bond/Tie: vínculo
- Brother-in-law: cuñado
- Cousin: primo/prima
- Great-grandfather: bisabuelo
- Nephew/Niece: sobrino/sobrina
- Referee: árbitro
- Relative: pariente
- Sibling: hermano/hermana
- Spouse: cónyuge
- Widow: viuda
Phrasal Verbs
- Bury: enterrar
- Cheer: vitorear
- Fake: fingir
- Flee: huir
- Inherit: heredar
- Nod: asentir con la cabeza
- Overhear: oír
- Raise: criar
Adjectives
- Engaged: prometido/prometida
- Grateful: agradecido/agradecida
- Jealous: celoso/celosa
- Pregnant: embarazada
- Self-centred: egocéntrico/egocéntrica
- Single: soltero/soltera
Phrasal Verbs
- Break up: romper
- Fight back: defenderse
- Get along: llevarse bien
- Grow apart: distanciarse
- Live up to: estar a la altura de
- Look up to: admirar
- Push (someone) around: intimidar (a alguien)
- Take after: parecerse
- Turn (someone) into: convertir (a alguien) en
Expressions
- Get to: tener la oportunidad de
- Nothing to do with: nada que ver con
- Only child: hijo/hija único/única
- Settle for: conformarse con
- Take a break: tomarse un respiro
Shopping and Consumerism
Nouns
- Bargain: ganga
- Belongings: pertenencias
- Benefit: beneficio
- Bonfire: hoguera
- Brand: marca
- Consumerism: consumismo
- Debt: deuda
- Discount: descuento
- Gadget: artilugio
- Gear: equipo
- Merchandise: mercancías
- Outlet: outlet
- Pastime: pasatiempo
- Price tag: etiqueta
- Receipt: recibo
- Refund: reembolso
- Shopkeeper: comerciante
- Sweatshop: fábrica
- Stuff: cosas
Verbs
- Afford: permitirse
- Carry: tener
- Exchange: intercambiar
- Nag: fastidiar
- Splurge: derrochar
- Tease: burlarse
Adjectives
- Miserable: triste
- Overpriced: excesivamente caro/cara
- Price-conscious: consciente de los precios
- Ready-made: precocinado
Collocations
- Do business with: hacer negocios con
- Do more harm than good: ser peor el remedio que la enfermedad
- Do one’s best: hacer todo lo posible
- Do one’s duty: cumplir con el deber
- Do someone a favor: hacer un favor a alguien
- Do the shopping: hacer la compra
- Make a deal: hacer un trato
- Make a living: ganarse la vida
- Make a mistake: equivocarse
- Make a statement: hacer una declaración
- Make an effort: hacer un esfuerzo
- Make an excuse: poner una excusa
- Make friends: hacer amigos
- Pay a debt: pagar una deuda
- Pay a fortune: pagar una fortuna
- Pay attention: prestar atención
- Pay someone a compliment: hacer un cumplido a alguien
- Pay someone a visit: ir a ver a alguien
- Pay the bills: pagar las facturas
- Pay the price: cargar con las consecuencias
Phrasal Verbs
- Come to: ascender a
- Give out: agotarse
- Pick out: elegir
- Shop around: ir de tienda en tienda comparando precios
- Snap up: estar agotado/agotada
- Stock up on: comprar
Expressions
- Free of charge: gratis
- Free trial: muestra gratuita
- Get rid of: librarse de
- Go out of business: quebrar
- On sale: rebajado
- Out of bounds: zona prohibida
Conditionals
- Zero Conditional: (if + present simple, … present simple)
- Example: If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.
- First Conditional: (if + present simple, … will + infinitive)
- Example: If it rains tomorrow, we’ll go to the cinema.
- Second Conditional: (if + past simple, … would + infinitive)
- Example: If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
- Third Conditional: (if + past perfect, … would + have + past participle)
- Example: If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.
