Colegio “Progreso de Obregón”

Nivel Primaria
ACUERDOS: 13132036 – 13131063 – 13131073 * CLAVES: 13PJN0034F – 13PPR0046A – 13PES0057Z
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SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020
ENGLISH AREA-ANNUAL SPELLING CONTEST
VOCABULARY LIST-5TH AND 6TH GRADE

No. Word (English) Word (Spanish) Description

An unusual and exciting activity, such as a trip or
1 adventure aventura
experience.
To make a high sound by forcing air through a
2 whistle silbar small hole or passage, especially through the lips,
or through a special device held to the lips.
A small plastic card that can be used as a method
tarjeta de
3 credit card of payment, the money being taken from you at
crédito
a later time.
4 improve mejorar To (cause something to) get better.
A place where aircraft regularly take off and land,
5 airport aeropuerto
with buildings for passengers to wait in.
Not having or doing something; or lacking
6 without sin
something.
Piece of paper proving that money, goods, or
7 receipt recibo
information have been received
8 In place of someone or something else, an
instead en lugar
alternative or substitute.
9 A person who has been trained for travelling in
astronaut astronauta
space.
10 Unhappy because you are thinking about
worried preocupado
problems or unpleasant things that might happen.
11 A bag with shoulder straps that allow it to be
backpack mochila
carried on one's back.
12 The regular work that a person does to earn
job trabajo
money.
13 A two-wheeled vehicle that you sit on and move
bicycle bicicleta
by turning the two pedals.
14 A form of energy that can be produced in several
electricity electricidad
ways and that provides power to devices.
15 Someone whose job is to teach people to
coach entrenador
improve at a sport, skill, or school subject.
16 A person who writes news stories or articles for a
journalist periodista newspaper or magazine or broadcasts them on
radio or television.
17 The activity of buying and selling goods and
business negocio
services.
18 A piece of jewelry that is worn around the wrist or
bracelet brazalete
arm.
19 Happening at a later time than expected or
delayed retrasado
intended.
20 The middle joint of the leg that allows the leg to
knee rodilla
bend.
21 A book in which you record your thoughts or
diary diario
feelings or what has happened each day.
22 Dark glasses that you wear to protect your eyes
sunglasses gafas de sol
from bright light from the sun.
23 A building where a car is kept, built next to or as
garage garaje, cochera
part of a house.
24 middle medio The central point, position, or part.
25 Near the beginning of a period of time, or before
early temprano
the usual, expected, or planned time.
26 swimsuit traje de baño A piece of clothing that you wear for swimming.
27 A type of aircraft that has one or two sets of large
blades that go around very fast on top. It can land
helicopter helicóptero
and take off vertically and can stay in one place
in the air.
28 ocean océano A very large area of sea.
29 As much as is necessary; in the amount or to the
enough suficiente
degree needed.
30 A device for protection against the rain or sun,
consisting of a stick with a folding frame covered
umbrella paraguas
in material at one end and usually a handle at the
other.
31 A person who is travelling in a vehicle but is not
passenger pasajero
driving it, flying it, or working on it.
32 The part of a cooker with a door, used to bake or
oven horno
roast food.
33 expensive costoso Costing a lot of money.
34 golden dorado The color of gold.
35 The action of sailing in a ship or boat, or to travel
sailing navegación in a boat with sails, especially as a sport or
recreation.
36 A route or track between one place and another,
path camino
or the direction in which something is moving.
37 To move behind someone or something and go
follow seguir
where he, she, or it goes.
38 grey gris The colour that is a mixture of black and white.
39 One of a set of red, yellow, and green lights that
traffic light semáforo
control the movement of vehicles.
40 quarter One of four equal parts of something.
41 amigable, Behaving in a pleasant, kind way towards
friendly
simpático someone.
42 white blanco The opposite of black, the color of milk or snow.
43 rain lluvia Drops of water from clouds.
44 A sweet substance especially from the plants
sugar azúcar sugar cane and sugar beet, used to make food
and drinks sweet.
45 ice hielo Water that has frozen and become solid.
46 Stored information as a series of the numbers 1
digital digital
and 0.
47 The state of the atmosphere at a place and time
weather clima
as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
48 A small juicy red fruit that has small brown seeds
strawberry fresa on its surface, or the plant with white flowers on
which this fruit grows.
49 important importante Necessary or of great value.
50 A talk between two or more people in which ideas
conversation conversación
are expressed.
51 mujer de A woman who works in business, especially one
businesswoman
negocios who has a high position in a company.
52 A white bird with a long neck that lives on rivers
swan cisne
and lakes.
53 A small arthropod animal that has six legs and
insect insecto
generally one or two pairs of wings.
54 information información Facts about a situation, person, event, etc.
55 A person whose job involves the use of scientific
engineer ingeniero
principles
56 programa, A detailed plan showing when events or activities
timetable
calendario will happen
57 An object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is
instrument instrumento
played to produce musical sounds
58 A panel of keys that operate a computer or
keyboard teclado
typewriter.
59 Someone whose job is repairing the engines of
mechanic mecánico
vehicles and other machines.
60 unkind poco amable Inconsiderate and harsh to others.
61 journey viaje The act of travelling from one place to another.
62 photograph fotografía A picture produced using a camera.
63 Someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as
musician músico
a job.
64 zero cero The number 0; nothing.
65 A group with similar characteristics, or a particular
kind tipo o amable
type, or someone generous and/or helpful.
66 A device for speaking to someone in another
telephone teléfono
place by means of electrical signals.
67 A person who works in a place such as a hotel,
receptionist recepcionista office, or hospital, who welcomes and helps
visitors and answers the phone.
68 To achieve first position and/or get a prize in a
win ganar
competition, election, fight, etc.
69 A tool, usually with a metal blade and a handle,
knife cuchillo
used for cutting food.
70 A brown or black insect that makes short, loud
cricket grillo
noises by rubbing its wings together.
71 amazing increíble Very good, or extremely surprising.
72 A person who teaches skills to people or animals
trainers entrenadores
and prepares them for a job, activity, or sport.
73 To go away from someone or something, for a
leave salir, marcharse
short time or permanently.
74 A game played on a sports field between two
teams of eleven players who each have a curved
hockey hockey
stick with which they try to put a small, hard ball
into the other team's goal.
75 To reach a place, especially at the end of a
arrive llegar
journey.
76 turn off apagar An instance of turning or switching something off.
77 Not weighing a lot; or the brightness that comes
light ligero o luz from the sun, fire, or electrical devices, that allows
things to be seen.
78 The activity or sport of moving over snow using a
snowboarding
snowboard.
79 The eighth month of the year, after July and
August agosto
before September.
80 To make someone have strong feelings of
exciting emocionante
happiness and enthusiasm.
81 A type of thin book with large pages and a paper
magazine revista cover that contains articles and photographs and
is published every week or month.
82 A large closed area of land with rows of seats
stadium estadio around the sides and often with no roof, used for
sports events and musical performances.
83 at the moment en el momento Now.
84 Someone who continues to support someone or
faithful fiel
something.
85 A piece of jewellery worn around the neck, such
necklace collar as a chain or a string of decorative stones, beads,
etc.
86 A long, narrow piece of cloth that is tied around
bandage vendaje an injury or a part of someone's body that has
been hurt.
87 between entre Among two or more people or things.
88 A regularly printed document consisting of large
sheets of paper that are folded together, or a
newspaper periódico
website, containing news reports, articles,
photographs, and advertisements.
89 A small animal with long ears and large front teeth
rabbit conejo
that moves by jumping on its long back legs.
90 beetle escarabajo An insect with a hard shell-like back.
91 The air, water, and land in or on which people,
environment ambiente animals, and plants live. Or the conditions that
you live or work.
92 en ninguna In, at, or to no place; not anywhere.
nowhere
parte
93 The season of the year between summer and
autumn otoño
winter.
94 To get or receive something from someone with
borrow pedir prestado the intention of giving it back after a period of
time.
95 floating flotante Buoyant or suspended in water or air.
96 Used to show that something is possible or that you
perhaps quizá, tal vez
are not certain about something.
97 midnight medianoche Twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
98 by yourself tú/usted mismo Alone or without help from anyone else.
99 Having good judgment and the ability to act
responsible responsable
correctly and make decisions on your own.
100 A solid object with a square base and four
pyramid pirámide
triangular sides that form a point at the top.
101 The season of the year between spring and
summer verano
autumn when the weather is warmest.
102 A large strong building, commonly built in the past
castle castillo by a king or other important person for protection
against attack.
103 Feeling unhappy because something is not
bored aburrido
interesting or because you have nothing to do.
104 To a certain or fairly significant extent or degree;
quite bastante
fairly.
105 tomorrow mañana The day after today.
106 A person who studies chemistry, or a scientist who
chemist químico
works with chemicals or studies their reactions.
107 To change completely the appearance or
transform transformar character of something or someone, especially so
that that thing or person is improved.
108 vías de the metal tracks on which trains run
railway
ferrocarril
109 Any day of the week except Sunday and
weekday día laborable
Saturday.
110 A game played by two people on a square
chess ajedrez board, in which each player has 16 pieces that
can be moved on the board in different ways.
111 (Especially of clothes or furnishings) providing
comfortable cómodo
physical ease and relaxation.
112 To be able to bring back a piece of information
remember recordar into your mind, or to keep a piece of information
in your memory.
113 yesterday ayer The day before today.
114 One of a pair of narrow sticks that are used for
chopsticks palillos
eating East Asian food.
115 invertebrates invertebrados An animal with no spine.
116 The careful study of the structure and behaviour
of the physical world, especially by watching,
science ciencia measuring, and doing experiments, and the
development of theories to describe the results of
these activities.
117 A piece of land where people on holiday can
campsite cámping
camp.
118 Any large or small living thing that can move
creature criatura
independently.
119 The presence in the environment of a substance
pollution contaminación
or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
120 A device used for cutting materials, consisting of
two sharp blades that are joined in the middle,
scissors tijeras
and two handles with holes to put your fingers
through.
121 A raised part of the earth's surface, much larger
mountain montaña
than a hill.
122 To discover, either unexpectedly or by searching,
find out descubrir or to discover where to get or how to achieve
something.
123 volverse, To start to be.
become
convertirse en
124 A large, rectangular container with a handle, for
suitcase maleta
carrying clothes and possessions while travelling.
125 A forest in a tropical area that receives a lot of
rainforest selva
rain.
126 A building where fire engines are kept and where
estación de
fire station firefighters work and stay in the hours they are
bomberos
working.
127 The planet third in order of distance from the sun,
earth tierra between Venus and Mars; the world on which we
live.
128 A building with rows of seats, each row usually
theatre teatro higher than the one in front, from which people
can watch a performance or other activity.
129 motorway autopista An expressway.
130 A weather condition in which very small drops of
foggy brumoso water come together to form a thick cloud close
to the land, making it difficult to see.
131 Working or operating quickly and effectively in an
efficient eficiente
organized way.
132 Different from others of the same type in a way
unusual inusual, raro
that is surprising, interesting, or attractive.
133 A restaurant or dining room in a school or a
cafeteria cafetería business in which customers serve themselves or
are served from a counter and pay before eating.
134 piel, pelaje de The thick hair that covers the bodies of some
fur
animales animals.
135 Something very good and difficult that you have
achievement logro
succeeded in doing.
136 A wooden musical instrument with four strings that
violin violín is held against the neck and played by moving a
bow across the strings.
137 A building where objects of historical, scientific, or
museum museo
artistic interest are kept.
138 get to llegar a To begin to do or be.
139 Very pleasing to the senses, commonly in
attractive atractivo
appearance.
140 A game in which two teams use their hands to hit
volleyball vóleibol a large ball backwards and forwards over a high
net without allowing the ball to touch the ground.
141 A place where stamps are sold and from where
post office oficina postal
letters and parcels are sent.
142 A chemical element that is a valuable, shiny,
gold oro
yellow metal used to make coins and jewelry.
143 strange extraño Unusual and unexpected.
144 A man whose job is to bring the food to customers
waiter mesero
at their tables in a restaurant.
145 A circular object used for making vehicles or parts
wheel rueda
of machines move.
146 A sudden violent movement of the earth's
earthquake terremoto
surface.
147 Feeling or showing envy of someone or their
jealous celoso
achievements and advantages.
148 An African wild animal that looks like a horse, with
zebra cebra
black or brown and white lines on its body.
149 surprise sorpresa An unexpected event.