English Notes from the Board

Relacionado: resumen. Horario.

False Friends (Falsos Amigos)

EnglishSpanishWrong Translation
abstractresumenabstracto
ailmentachaquealimento
barkladrarbarco
by heartde memoriade corazón
commoditymercancíacomodidad
deceptionengañodecepción
fabrictelafábrica

Common Questions

  • What’s your field in English area?

  • What’s your speciality in English?


Useful Vocabulary & Phrases

  • Schedule = horario

  • Meaningless = sin sentido

  • Ads / Advertisings / Advertisements = anuncios

  • City maps / Street map = mapas de ciudad

  • Call off = cancelar

  • Recall = recordar / retirar del mercado

  • Filled = relleno

  • Stuffed = relleno (más coloquial)

  • To put up with = tolerar / aguantar

  • To tolerate = tolerar


Idioms & Expressions

  • Agree with – estar de acuerdo con

  • See eye to eye with – estar completamente de acuerdo con

  • Decive – engañar (correctamente escrito: deceive)

  • Kidding – bromeando

  • Bargain – ganga

  • Discounts – descuentos

  • During the trip – durante el viaje