Vocabulary for Describing Adventures, Homes, and Sounds

Posted on Mar 13, 2025 in Arts and Humanities

Unit 9: Describing an Adventure

Adjectives and Nouns

  • Arid: desert, island, landscape
  • Intrepid: traveler, group, voyage
  • Idyllic: spot, conditions, setting
  • Grueling (agotador): hike, climb, race
  • Swirling (turbulento): mist, water, wind
  • Exquisite: waterfalls, flowers, views

Phrasal Verbs

  • Setting out to do something: Prepararse para alguna cosa
  • Run into: Meet someone unexpectedly
  • Kicks in: Begins to have an effect
  • Set off: Begin a journey
  • Turned out to be: Become
  • Win through: Succeed after some difficulties

Anger

  • Lose one’s temper: Perder los estribos
  • Blow a fuse: Explotar
  • Get worked up: Calentarse
  • Become irate: Extremely angry
  • Heated: Argument, debate, discussion
  • Irate: Customer, letter, parent
  • Being cross/furious with someone: Angry
  • Seething with anger/rage/indignation: Hirviendo de enfado
  • Go berserk/mad: Volverse loco
  • Fly into a rage: Ataque de rabia
  • Sudden outburst of temper: Ataque de ira
  • Let off steam: Relajarse
  • Throw a tantrum: Rabieta
  • Maintain one’s composure: Mantener la compostura
  • Make one’s blood boil: Hervir la sangre de enfado
  • Scream blue murder: Grito en el cielo
  • Shake one’s fist: Con el puño cerrado
  • Stamp one’s feet: Patalear
  • Blow one’s top: Enfadarse rápidamente

Unit 10: Describing Rooms and Houses

Adjectives

  • Bright and cheerful: Con mucha luz, brillante
  • Light and airy: Con luz y aire circulando
  • Neat and tidy: Limpia y ordenada
  • Dark and dingy: Oscura y sucia
  • Warm and cozy: Caliente y acogedora
  • Cramped and cluttered: Things all over the place and piled up
  • Spick and span: Very clean and neat
  • Colorful: Colorida
  • Dull: Aburrido
  • Elegant: Elegante
  • Gaudy: Unpleasantly bright in color or decoration
  • Roomy: It has a lot of space in it
  • Tasteful: Con gusto
  • Spacious: Espacioso
  • Tasteless: Sin gusto
  • Twee: Artificially attractive or too perfect

Adverbs

  • Lit (Iluminado): Dimly (not much light), Brightly (a lot), Softly (suave y poca), Poorly (poca luz)
  • Furnished (Amoblado): Comfortably (cómodo), Sparsely (escasamente), Elegantly (elegante), Simply (simple)
  • Decorated (Decorado): Tastefully (con mucho gusto), Newly (nuevo), Richly (decoration everywhere), Lavishly (demasiado decorado)
  • Built (Construido): Recently (recientemente), Poorly, Solidly, Badly, Newly
  • Situated/Located: Conveniently (estratégicamente), Ideally (ideal), Pleasantly (agradablemente), Centrally

Noise & Sounds

Voice Noises and Sounds

  • Voice:
    • Booming: Deep and loud hollow voice
    • Deep
    • Hesitant: Voz titubeante
    • High-pitched: Voz aguda
    • Hoarse: Voz áspera
    • Hushed: Susurrar
    • Loud, Low
    • Monotonous: Voz monótona
    • Rough: Voz ronca
    • Shrill: Voz aguda
    • Squeaky: Voz de pito
  • Your Voice:
    • Lose: Perder la voz
    • Lower: Bajar la voz
    • Raise: Subir la voz
    • Shout at the top of: Chillar lo máximo que tu voz permite
  • Sound:
    • Buzzing: Sonido de zumbido
    • Crashing: Sonido estrepitoso
    • Creaking: Sonido crujiente
    • Distant: Sonido lejano
    • Distinctive: Sonido distintivo
    • Faint: Sonido débil
    • Muffled: Sonido sordo
    • Rumbling: Sonido seco
    • Rustling: Susurro
    • Unmistakable: Imposible de confundir
  • A Sound:
    • Detect: Detectar un sonido
    • Emit: Emitir un sonido
    • Make: Hacer un sonido
    • Produce: Producir un sonido
    • Utter: Pronunciar un sonido
    • Background: Ruido de fondo
    • Banging: Ruido de golpeteo
  • Noise:
    • Constant: Ruido constante
    • Continuous: Ruido continuado
    • Excessive: Demasiado ruido
    • Incessant, Loud, Traffic
    • Noise Dies down: Noise becomes quieter
    • Fades away: Ruido desaparece progresivamente
    • Grows, Increases, Reverberates: Ruido hace eco

Other Noises

  • Deafening (extremely loud): Applause, cheer, explosion, music, roar, silence
  • Piercing (high, loud and unpleasant): Cry, scream, shriek (short, loud high cry), whistle
  • Rowdy (noisy and possibly violent): Behavior, crowd, fans, party
  • Bells: Chime (make a clear ringing sound), ring, tinkle (light ringing sound)
  • Doors: Slam shut (portazo), click shut (makes a short, sharp sound), creak open (short, high-pitched sound)
  • Dogs: Bark (ladrar), growl (gruñir), whimper (quejido), whine (quejarse)
  • A radio / a television blares out (suena muy fuerte).