Word lists · B1
Unit B1.1 words: It was quite a trip
The words of unit B1.1 (It was quite a trip), most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1017 | la carretera | noun · f | road, main road | A2 |
| 1123 | la frontera | noun · f | border, frontier | A2 |
| 1207 | la ruta | noun · f | route; main road (Latin America) | B1 |
| 1370 | el transporte | noun · m | transport | B1 |
| 1504 | prohibir | verb | to forbid, to ban | B1 |
| 1720 | cancelar | verb | to cancel; to settle, to pay off (Latin America) | B1 |
| 2663 | aterrizar | verb | to land | B2 |
| 2828 | chocar | verb | to crash, to collide; to clash | B2 |
| 3113 | el pasaje | noun · m | ticket, fare; passage (of a text) | B2 |
| 3304 | abordar | verb | to tackle, to address; to board | B2 |
| 3632 | el retraso | noun · m | delay | B2 |
| 3709 | el aterrizaje | noun · m | landing | B2 |
| 3977 | tinto | adjective | red (wine) | B2 |
| 4055 | embarcar | verb | to board; to embark (on a project) | C1 |
| 4232 | despegar | verb | to take off; to peel off | C1 |
| 4566 | el tránsito | noun · m | traffic; transit, passage | C1 |
| 4741 | el tramo | noun · m | stretch, section; stage, phase | C1 |
| 4781 | retrasado | adjective | late, delayed; behind (schedule, payments) | C1 |
| 5002 | el vagón | noun · m | carriage | C1 |
| 5048 | atropellar | verb | to run over, to knock down; to trample on (rights) | C1 |
| 5186 | retornar | verb | to return, to go back; to give back | C1 |
| 5308 | demorar | verb | to take (time), to be long; to delay | C1 |
| 5360 | marítimo | adjective | maritime, sea | C1 |
| 5386 | la aerolínea | noun · f | airline | C1 |
| 5398 | ferroviario | adjective | railway, rail | C1 |
| 5399 | exótico | adjective | exotic | C1 |
| 5417 | la aviación | noun · f | aviation; air force | C1 |
| 5420 | la caravana | noun · f | caravan (group travelling together); convoy, motorcade | C1 |
| 5438 | desembarcar | verb | to disembark, to get off; to land (troops), to unload | C1 |
| 5447 | la furgoneta | noun · f | van | C1 |
| 5703 | zarpar | verb | to set sail | C1 |
| 5861 | varar | verb | to run aground; to leave stranded (varado) | C1 |
| 5933 | atascar | verb | to block, to clog; to get stuck, to jam (atascarse) | C1 |
| 6006 | la barca | noun · f | small boat, rowing boat | C1 |
| 6053 | el carril | noun · m | lane; rail | C1 |
| 6087 | el despegue | noun · m | take-off; take-off (economic) | C1 |
| 6138 | el paradero | noun · m | whereabouts; bus stop | C1 |
| 6272 | la conducción | noun · f | driving; pipe, duct, conduit | C1 |
| 6385 | la aeronave | noun · f | aircraft | C1 |
| 6397 | el arranque | noun · m | start, starting up; starter motor | C1 |
| 6916 | la demora | noun · f | delay | C2 |
| 6919 | volcar | verb | to overturn; to tip over; to pour out; to throw oneself into (volcarse) | C2 |
| 7101 | fugar | verb | to flee; to escape (fugarse); to run away together; to elope | C2 |
| 7233 | ahogado | adjective | drowned; stifled; choked | C2 |
| 7307 | esquivar | verb | to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep (a question, a duty) | C2 |
| 7335 | la huida | noun · f | flight; escape | C2 |
| 7496 | el puñetazo | noun · m | punch (with the fist) | C2 |
| 7544 | la precaución | noun · f | caution; precaution | C2 |
| 7620 | accidental | adjective | accidental; unintentional | C2 |
| 7860 | el alboroto | noun · m | commotion; racket; uproar | C2 |
| 7912 | dificultar | verb | to hinder; to make difficult | C2 |
| 7949 | agravar | verb | to worsen; to aggravate; to get worse (agravarse) | C2 |
| 7986 | desistir | verb | to give up (on); to abandon an attempt; to withdraw; to drop (a claim) | C2 |
| 7992 | despojar | verb | to strip (of); to deprive (of); to shed; to cast off (despojarse de) | C2 |
| 8008 | desastroso | adjective | disastrous | C2 |
| 8009 | chantajear | verb | to blackmail; to pressure; to emotionally blackmail | C2 |
| 8030 | frustrado | adjective | frustrated; failed; thwarted | C2 |
| 8041 | el estafador | noun · m | fraudster; con artist | C2 |
| 8064 | balear | verb | to shoot (hit with bullets) | C2 |
| 8090 | el mendigo | noun · m | beggar | C2 |
| 8159 | sabotear | verb | to sabotage; to undermine; to wreck (plans) | C2 |
| 8176 | desmoronar | verb | to crumble; to collapse; to fall apart; to break down | C2 |
| 8205 | degradar | verb | to demote; to downgrade; to degrade; to erode | C2 |
| 8230 | persistir | verb | to persist; to continue; to persist (in doing something) | C2 |
| 8244 | el complot | noun · m | plot; conspiracy | C2 |
| 8255 | enredar | verb | to tangle; to snarl; to embroil; to get caught up in | C2 |
| 8261 | el agresor | noun · m | aggressor; attacker; aggressor (state or side) | C2 |
| 8285 | resbalar | verb | to slip; to slide; to roll off (me resbala: I couldn't care less) | C2 |
| 8318 | enmascarar | verb | to mask; to disguise; to put on a mask (enmascararse) | C2 |
| 8320 | pinchar | verb | to prick; to puncture; to DJ; to spin records (Spain) | C2 |
| 8328 | la guarida | noun · f | den; lair; hideout; haunt | C2 |
| 8337 | problemático | adjective | problematic; troublesome; difficult; troubled (of a person) | C2 |
| 8353 | desobedecer | verb | to disobey; to defy; to break (a rule) | C2 |
| 8385 | el pistolero | noun · m | gunman; gunslinger; hired gunman | C2 |
| 8386 | matarse | verb | to get killed; to kill oneself; to work oneself to death | C2 |
| 8439 | estancar | verb | to stop (a flow); to staunch; to stagnate; to stall (estancarse) | C2 |
| 8487 | el atraco | noun · m | hold-up; armed robbery; rip-off; daylight robbery | C2 |
| 8530 | destructivo | adjective | destructive; destructive (criticism, behaviour) | C2 |
| 8580 | el chantaje | noun · m | blackmail; emotional blackmail; manipulation | C2 |
| 8591 | la colisión | noun · f | collision; crash; clash (of interests, ideas) | C2 |
| 8592 | abrumar | verb | to overwhelm; to weigh down; to shower (with); to overwhelm (with) | C2 |
| 8600 | marginar | verb | to marginalise; to exclude; to sideline; to leave out | C2 |
| 8603 | ahorcar | verb | to hang (execute or kill by hanging); to strangle financially (Latin America) | C2 |
| 8668 | perverso | adjective | wicked; perverse; perverse (counterproductive) | C2 |
| 8681 | la confrontación | noun · f | confrontation; clash; comparison; cross-checking | C2 |
| 8763 | inhumano | adjective | inhuman; cruel; superhuman; extreme (effort) | C2 |
| 8790 | el envenenamiento | noun · m | poisoning; poisoning (of a relationship, a climate) | C2 |
| 8853 | vencido | adjective | defeated; beaten; expired; overdue | C2 |
| 8945 | el mostrador | noun · m | counter (shop, bar); dial; face (clock, gauge) | C2 |
| 9018 | apoderarse | verb | to seize; to take possession of; to take hold of (a feeling) | C2 |
| 9037 | espinoso | adjective | thorny; prickly; tricky; thorny (issue) | C2 |
| 9043 | acorralar | verb | to corner; to trap; to herd into a pen | C2 |
| 9100 | estafar | verb | to swindle; to defraud; to rip off; to overcharge (colloquial) | C2 |
| 9107 | humillante | adjective | humiliating; crushing (defeat) | C2 |
| 9127 | el matadero | noun · m | slaughterhouse; abattoir; slaughterhouse (figurative: death trap) | C2 |
| 9148 | encarar | verb | to face; to confront (a problem); to confront (a person; encararse) | C2 |
| 9166 | monstruoso | adjective | monstrous; hideous; enormous; outrageous | C2 |
| 9188 | desbordar | verb | to overflow; to burst its banks; to overwhelm; to exceed | C2 |
| 9228 | fastidiar | verb | to annoy; to bother; to spoil; to ruin (plans) | C2 |
| 9272 | traficar | verb | to traffic (in drugs, goods); to peddle (influence, favours) | C2 |
| 9444 | la atrocidad | noun · f | atrocity; outrage; absurd thing (¡qué atrocidad!) | C2 |
| 9471 | encadenar | verb | to chain up; to shackle; to string together; to link up (events, results) | C2 |
| 9475 | remolcar | verb | to tow; to drag along; to pull (someone) along | C2 |
| 9567 | el sabotaje | noun · m | sabotage; deliberate undermining; obstruction | C2 |
| 9577 | el pleito | noun · m | lawsuit; legal case; quarrel; row (Latin America) | C2 |
| 9632 | ensuciar | verb | to dirty; to soil; to tarnish (a name, reputation) | C2 |
| 9684 | desangrar | verb | to bleed; to lose a lot of blood (desangrarse); to bleed dry (money, resources) | C2 |
| 9764 | esposar | verb | to handcuff | C2 |
| 9801 | asfixiar | verb | to suffocate; to asphyxiate; to stifle (figurative) | C2 |
| 9805 | escabullir | verb | to slip away; to sneak off (escabullirse); to wriggle out of (a duty, a grip) | C2 |
| 9811 | quebrado | adjective | broken; cracked; broke; bankrupt (informal, Latin America) | C2 |
| 9857 | caótico | adjective | chaotic; messy; disorganised (life, room) | C2 |
| 9911 | brutalmente | adverb | brutally; violently; brutally; extremely (as an intensifier) | C2 |
| 9916 | el grillo | noun · m | cricket (insect); shackles; fetters (usually plural) | C2 |
| 9933 | el naufragio | noun · m | shipwreck; collapse; ruin (of a plan, a business) | C2 |
| 10058 | obstruir | verb | to block; to obstruct (a passage, a pipe); to obstruct (justice, an investigation) | C2 |
| 10135 | incriminar | verb | to incriminate; to accuse (of a crime) | C2 |
| 10177 | engañoso | adjective | deceptive; misleading; deceitful (person) | C2 |
| 10198 | degenerado | adjective | degenerated; deteriorated (tissue, condition); pervert; depraved person (insult) | C2 |
| 10206 | el balazo | noun · m | gunshot; bullet wound | C2 |
| 10235 | taponar | verb | to plug; to stop up (a hole, a bottle); to block; to clog (a pipe, traffic) | C2 |
| 10247 | la brutalidad | noun · f | brutality; outrage; outrageous thing (informal) | C2 |
| 10275 | emboscar | verb | to ambush; to lie in ambush (emboscarse) | C2 |
| 10330 | el contratiempo | noun · m | setback; mishap | C2 |
| 10332 | atroz | adjective | atrocious; heinous; dreadful; awful (informal) | C2 |
| 10353 | infligir | verb | to inflict (damage, a defeat); to impose (a punishment) | C2 |
| 10360 | el tormento | noun · m | torment; agony; torture (historical) | C2 |
| 10435 | el / la contrabandista | noun · mf | smuggler | C2 |
| 10662 | averiado | adjective | broken down; faulty | C2 |
| 10662 | averiar | verb | to damage; to break (a machine); to break down (averiarse: a car, a machine) | C2 |
| 10708 | el timo | noun · m | scam; swindle (Spain); thymus (gland) | C2 |
| 10839 | ocultarse | verb | to hide; to conceal oneself; to set; to disappear from view (the sun) | C2 |
| 10933 | el altercado | noun · m | altercation; row; disturbance; public disorder | C2 |
| 11024 | la tapadera | noun · f | lid; cover; front; cover (for illicit activity) | C2 |
| 11032 | la puñalada | noun · f | stab; stab wound; stab in the back (puñalada trapera) | C2 |
| 11087 | chivar | verb | to snitch; to tell on someone (informal); to leak; to give away (a tip, an address) | C2 |
| 11152 | el señuelo | noun · m | decoy; lure (hunting); bait; enticement (figurative) | C2 |
| 11197 | el azote | noun · m | lash; flogging (as punishment); scourge; plague (figurative) | C2 |
| 11295 | la madriguera | noun · f | burrow; den (animals); hideout; lair (people) | C2 |
| 11309 | infringir | verb | to infringe; to break (a law, a rule); to infringe (a right, copyright) | C2 |
| 11343 | palmar | verb | to snuff it; to die (slang, Spain); to lose out; to lose money (slang) | C2 |
| 11372 | merodear | verb | to prowl; to lurk; to hang around; to roam (animals) | C2 |
| 11435 | trastornar | verb | to disrupt; to upset (plans, routine); to unhinge; to drive mad | C2 |
| 11518 | peleador | adjective | quarrelsome; pugnacious; fighter (noun use: combative person, boxer) | C2 |
| 11639 | imprevisto | adjective | unforeseen; unexpected; hitch; setback (noun use) | C2 |
| 11701 | extraviado | adjective | lost; missing (object, animal) | C2 |
| 11701 | extraviar | verb | to mislay; to lose (an object); to go astray; to get lost (extraviarse) | C2 |
| 11726 | el descuido | noun · m | carelessness; neglect; slip; oversight (mistake) | C2 |
| 11769 | la avería | noun · f | breakdown; fault (vehicle, machine); fault (electrical, technical) | C2 |