Diccionario Completo de Vocabulario y Tiempos Verbales en Inglés

Vocabulario Esencial en Inglés (A-Z)

Accomplishment: logro
Accurate: exacto
Acquaintance: conocido
Advantage: ventaja
All in all: en general
Appeal to: interesar
Appoint: citar, señalar
Appointment: cita
Arrange: planear
Astounding: asombroso
Avoid: evitar, dejar de
Aware: consciente de
Background: fondo, experiencia
Back and forth: de un lado a otro
Bare: vacío, sin vegetación o muebles
Beat: vencer
Behave: comportarse
Behavioural: de conducta
Belong to: pertenecer a
Better off: ser mejor
Big-headed: creído
Billboard: cartel publicitario
Bitter: cortante
Blade: hoja
Blame: culpar
Blind: ciego
Blink: parpadear
Blizzard: ventisca
Book a...: reservar
Bossy: mandón
Box office hit: éxito de taquilla
Breathe: respirar
Breathtaking: impresionante
Breed: criar
Broadcast: emitir
Cage: jaula
Cast: reparto
Cattle: ganado vacuno
Caught red-handed: pillado con las manos en la masa
Chase: perseguir
Cheat: copiar, hacer trampas
Cheer up: animar
Childhood: infancia
Choice: elección
Claim: afirmar
Close call: salvarse de milagro
Clue: pista
Cockpit: cabina
Come on: comenzar
Concerned: preocupado
Concrete: hormigón
Conduct: realizar
Confident: seguro de sí mismo
Contestant: concursante
Cope (with): poder con
Cosy: cómodo
Courage: valentía
Cruise: crucero
Cub: cachorro
Customer: cliente
Cut off: aislar
Darkness: oscuridad
Deadly: mortal
Deal with: ocuparse de
Deceive: engañar
Defeat: derrota
Degree: grado
Delayed: con retraso
Deliver: entregar
Departure time: hora de salida
Determined: decidido
Differ: diferenciarse
Disability: discapacidad
Disadvantage: desventaja
Disappointed: decepcionado
Disease: enfermedad
Disguise: simular, cambiar
Disorder: trastorno
Downtown: centro de la ciudad
Dream come true: sueño hecho realidad
Drought: sequía
Dull: aburrido
Eerie: estremecedor
Endangered: en peligro de extinción
Engineer: ingeniero
Enhance: mejorar, aumentar
Ensure: asegurar
Environmental: medioambiental
Environmentalist: ecologista
Equipment: equipo
Eventually: finalmente
Excitement: excitación, emoción
Fad: moda
Fair: justo
Fee: matrícula, cuota
Fierce: feroz
Figure: cifra, dato
First floor: 1ª planta
Flat: piso, apartamento
Flatmate: compañero de piso
Flight: vuelo
Flood: inundación
Forecast: pronóstico
Foremost: principal
Frank: honesto
Frightened: asustado
Frightening: aterrador
Funnel-shaped: con forma de embudo
Furry: peludo
Gather: reunir, juntar
Gaze: mirada fija
Get away with it: salirse con la suya
Get caught: ser capturado
Get into trouble: meterse en un lío
Gloomy: sombrío
Go abroad: ir al extranjero
Go on: durar, continuar
Go sightseeing: hacer turismo
Gorgeous: precioso
Grasp: agarrar
Greet: saludar
Ground floor: planta baja
Guest: invitado
Guilty: culpable
Gullible: simplón
Hailstone: granizo
(Have a) head start: tener ventaja
Harmless: inofensivo
Heartwarming: reconfortable
Heatwave: ola de calor
Hectic: agitado
Helpful: servicial
Hesitate: dudar
High point: punto crucial
High street: calle principal
Hire a car: alquilar un coche
Hit below the belt: dar un golpe bajo
Hoax: engaño
Hold your horses: para el carro
Hopefully: con un poco de suerte
Huge: enorme
Humidity: humedad
In captivity: en cautividad
In shape: en forma
Inform: informar
Inherit: heredar
Injury: lesión
Involve: suponer
Isolation: aislamiento
It’s a pity: es una pena
Join: entrar en
Keep in mind: tener en cuenta
Kick off: expulsar
Kind-hearted: bondadoso
Land: aterrizar
Landmark: lugar muy conocido
Leak: tener una fuga
Learn the ropes: ponerse al tanto
Leisure: ocio
Lengthen: alargar
Let the cat out of the bag: irse de la lengua
Let-down: decepción
Liar: mentiroso
Lifelong: de toda la vida
Lift: ascensor
Light bulb: bombilla
Lightning: rayo
Likely: probable
Limb: extremidad
Live: vivo, en directo
Long for: desear
Long-legged: de piernas largas
Long-term: a largo plazo
Look away: apartar la mirada
(Never) look back: irle a alguien sobre ruedas
Look forward to: tener ganas de
Look through: revisar
Look up: buscar
(Be) lucky to be alive: suerte de estar vivo
Luggage: equipaje
Luxury: lujo
Main street: calle principal
Make sure: asegurarse
Mall: centro comercial
Man: atender
Marvel: asombrarse
Melt: derretirse
Mild: templado
Miss: echar de menos
Misunderstand: malinterpretar
Mug: taza
Narrow: estrecho
No matter what: no importa lo que
Nosy: curioso
Occupational hazard: gajes del oficio
Ordinary: normal
Outlet: exterior
Overcast: nublado
Overcome: vencer
Overnight: de una noche
Overpopulated: superpoblado
Overturn: anular
Parking lot: aparcamiento
Path: camino
Performance: rendimiento
Peril: riesgo
Petite: menuda
Pick up: recoger
Pinpoint: identificar
Plagiarise: plagiar
Plain: llanura / sencillo
Plot: argumento
Point (at): apuntar
Point out: señalar
Poison: veneno
Policy: política
Poodle: caniche
Pour: echar
Predictable: previsible
Pretend: fingir
Purpose: objetivo
Put on: presentar
Put up: colgar
Queue: cola
Rainfall: precipitación
Raise a flag: izar una bandera
Raise a question: hacer una pregunta
Raise a salary: subir el sueldo
Raise an issue: plantear un problema
Rather than: en vez de
Reach for: alargar la mano para coger
Realise: darse cuenta de
Released: liberado
Relevant: sobresaliente
Relief: alivio
Remarkable: sorprendente
Remind: recordar
Reply: contestar
Report: informe
Request: petición
Research: investigación
Resort: complejo turístico
Return ticket: ticket de ida y vuelta
Reward: premiar, premio
Rip-off: estafa
Risk his life: arriesgar su vida
Rough: peligroso
Ruler: gobernante
Run after: perseguir
Run into: tropezar
Run off with: fugarse con
Run out: acabarse
Sailing: vela
Scorching: abrasador
Seasoned: veterano
Seek: buscar
Selfish: egoísta
Sell out: vender todas las entradas
Sequel: continuación
Set a date: fijar una fecha
Set a precedent: sentar un precedente
Set: ambientador
Severe: fuerte
Shake: temblar
Share: compartir
Shiver: temblar
Shocked: impactado
Shocking: impactante
Shoplift: robar en tiendas
Shoulder length: a la altura de los hombros
Sidewalk: acera
Sign up: inscribirse
Sink: hundir(se)
Sitcom: comedia de situación
Skilled: experto
Skinny: flaco
Skyscraper: rascacielos
Slender: esbelto
Slim: esbelto
Smell a rat: haber gato encerrado
Soaking wet: empapado hasta los huesos
Soap opera: telenovela
Socket: enchufe
Soften the blow: amortiguar el golpe
Spruce: origen
Spare: de sobra
Spiky: de punta
Staff: empleados
Stare: mirar fijamente
Startle: asustar
Steal: robar
Steel: acero
Sticky fingers: tener mano larga
Storey: piso
Straight: liso
Strength: fuerza
Strike: golpear
Stroke: derrame cerebral
Struggle: luchar por algo
Stubborn: testarudo
Suit: traje
Suitable: adecuado
Surface: superficie
Suspenseful: de suspense
Sweat: sudar
Swiftly: rápidamente
Switch on: encender
Take over: reemplazar
Take place: tener lugar
Take up: dedicarse a
Take-off: despegue
Talkative: hablador
Tame: domesticado
Tear down: derribar
Tempt: tentar
Tend to: soler
Thick: denso
Thickness: grosor
Threatened: amenazado
Threatening: amenazador
Thrill: emoción
Thrilled: ilusionado
Thrilling: emocionante
Throw the towel: tirar la toalla
Tin: bote
Treacherous: traicionero
Trick: engañar
Trust: confiar en
Tune in (to): sintonizar con
Twister: huracán
Underestimate: menospreciar
Unfair: injusto
Useful: útil
Valuable: valioso
Warn: avisar
Watchful: atento
Wavy: ondulado
Weather forecaster: meteorólogo
Well-built: corpulento
White lie: mentira piadosa
Willpower: fuerza de voluntad
Witness: presenciar
Worldwide: mundial

Tiempos Verbales y Gramática

Present Simple

Affirmative: I work / She works
Negative: I don't work / She doesn't work
Interrogative: Do I work? / Does she work?

Present Continuous

Affirmative: I am singing / She is singing / They are singing
Negative: I am not singing / She isn't singing / They aren't singing
Interrogative: Am I singing? / Is she singing? / Are they singing?

Past Simple

Affirmative: I finished / She finished
Negative: I didn't finish / She didn't finish
Interrogative: Did I finish? / Did she finish?

Past Continuous

Affirmative: I was visiting / She was visiting / They were visiting
Negative: I wasn't visiting / She wasn't visiting / They weren't visiting
Interrogative: Was I visiting? / Was she visiting? / Were they visiting?

Past Perfect Simple

Affirmative: I had arrived / She had arrived
Negative: I hadn't arrived / She hadn't arrived
Interrogative: Had I arrived? / Had she arrived?

Present Perfect Simple

Affirmative: I have lived / She has lived
Negative: I haven't lived / She hasn't lived
Interrogative: Have I lived? / Has she lived?

Future Simple

Affirmative: I will allow / She will allow
Negative: I won't allow / She won't allow
Interrogative: Will I allow? / Will she allow?

Be Going To

(Muy cercano en el tiempo, ej. esta tarde)
Affirmative: I am going to buy / She is going to buy / They are going to buy
Negative: I am not going to buy / She isn't going to buy / They aren't going to buy
Interrogative: Am I going to buy? / Is she going to buy? / Are they going to buy?

Future Perfect Simple

(Para pasar buenas vacaciones tendría que haber estudiado)
Affirmative: I will have eaten / She will have eaten
Negative: I won't have eaten / She won't have eaten
Interrogative: Will I have eaten? / Will she have eaten?

Future Continuous

(Estaremos visitando Madrid este verano)
Affirmative: I will be travelling / She will be travelling
Negative: I won't be travelling / She won't be travelling
Interrogative: Will I be travelling? / Will she be travelling?

Estructuras, Modales y Condicionales

Estructuras Especiales

Want + infinitivo: Expresa el deseo de hacer algo.
Want + objeto + infinitivo: Expresa el deseo de que otra persona haga algo.

Relative Pronouns

Defining relative clauses: who (personas), which (cosas), whose (cuyo), when / that (cuando), where (donde).
Non-defining relative clauses: Se utilizan cuando hay comas y aportan información adicional (who, which, when, where, whose).

Prefijos

Prefijos: dis-, il- (delante de L), im- (delante de M o P), in-, un- e ir- (delante de R).

Verbos Modales

Los modales: can, be able to, can't, could, may/might, should, need to, have to, must, mustn't, don't have to, needn't, would.
Los modales perfectos: must have, may/might have, could have, couldn't have, would have, should have, shouldn't have (bought).

Oraciones Condicionales

Zero conditional: If I do sport, I feel energetic (If + present).
First conditional: If people see Antarctica's beauty, they will understand (If + present simple).
Second conditional: If I had enough money, I would travel (Past simple + would + base form).
Third conditional: If I had told her, she would have joined us (Past perfect + would have + past participle).