cart
2 trolley
la carta NOUN
1 letter Le he escrito una carta a Juan. I’ve written Juan a letter.
2 card jugar a las cartas to play cards
el cartel NOUN
1 poster
2 sign
la cartera NOUN
1 satchel
2 wallet
el cartero NOUN
postman
el cartón (PL los cartones) NOUN
cardboard una caja de cartón a cardboard box
el cartucho NOUN
cartridge
la cartulina NOUN
card
la casa NOUN
1 house
2 home
Estábamos en casa. We were at home. Nos vamos a casa. We’re going home. Estábamos en casa de Juan. We were at Juan’s.
casado (FEM casada) ADJECTIVE
married una mujer casada a married woman Está casado con una francesa. He’s married to a French woman.
casarse VERB
to get married Quieren casarse. They want to get married.
la cascada NOUN
waterfall
la cáscara NOUN
1 shell
2 skin
casi ADVERB
almost Casi me ahogo. I almost drowned. Son casi las cinco. It’s nearly five o’clock. Casi no comí. I hardly ate.
la casilla NOUN
box
el caso NOUN
case En casos así es mejor callarse. In such cases it’s better to keep quiet. El caso es que no me queda dinero. The thing is, I haven’t got any money left. No le hagas caso. Don’t take any notice of him.
la caspa NOUN
dandruff
la castaña NOUN
chestnut
castaño (FEM castaña) ADJECTIVE
brown Mi hermana tiene el pelo castaño. My sister has brown hair.
castigar VERB
to punish Mi padre me castigó por contestarle. My father punished me for answering him back.
el castigo NOUN
punishment Tuve que escribirlo diez veces, como castigo. I had to write it out ten times, as punishment.
el castillo NOUN
castle un castillo de arena a sandcastle
la casualidad NOUN
coincidence ¡Qué casualidad! What a coincidence! Nos encontramos por casualidad. We met by chance.
el catarro NOUN
cold Vas a pillar un catarro. You’re going to catch a cold.
la catástrofe NOUN
catastrophe
catorce (FEM catorce) ADJECTIVE, PRONOUN
fourteen
el catorce de enero the fourteenth of January Nació el catorce de enero. He was born on the fourteenth of January.
la causa NOUN
cause No se sabe la causa del accidente. The cause of the accident is unknown.
a causa de because of
causar VERB
to cause La lluvia causó muchos daños. The rain caused a lot of damage.
cayendo VERB ▷see caer
Está cayendo nieve. It’s snowing.
la cazadora NOUN
jacket
la cebolla NOUN
onion
la ceja NOUN
eyebrow
celebrar VERB
to celebrate
el celo NOUN
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los celos NOUN
jealousy Lo hizo por celos. He did it out of jealousy. Tiene celos de su mejor amiga. She’s jealous of her best friend.
celoso (FEM celosa) ADJECTIVE
jealous Está celoso de su hermano. He’s jealous of his brother.
el cemento NOUN
cement
la cena NOUN
dinner La cena es a las ocho. Dinner is at eight o’clock.
cenar VERB
to have dinner No he cenado. I haven’t had dinner. ¿Qué quieres cenar? What do you want for dinner?
Did you know…?
In Spain, people generally eat later than in the UK. Lunch is usually around two and people tend to have dinner around nine or ten.
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