English Vocabulary and Modal Verbs

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Essential English Vocabulary

This document provides a list of useful English words and phrases, along with their Spanish translations and corrected spellings.

  • A high level: Nivel alto
  • Absorbed: Absorbido
  • Add to: Añadir a
  • Advance: Avance / Adelantar
  • Advancement: Avance
  • Alive: Vivo
  • Apparently: Aparentemente
  • Appealing: Atractivo
  • Attract: Atraer
  • Attraction: Atracción
  • Attractive: Atractivo
  • Boost: Impulsar
  • Broadcast: Retransmitir
  • Catch a glimpse: Ver algo por un segundo
  • Catch on: Hacerse popular
  • Childproof: A prueba de niños
  • Come down on: Criticar
  • Come into: Heredar
  • Come off: Salir / Resultar
  • Come out: Salir a la venta / Salir fuera
  • Come round: Pasar por / Volver
  • Crowd: Multitud
  • Dim: Poca luz
  • Draw a crowd: Atraer una multitud
  • Either way: De cualquier manera
  • Ensure: Asegurar
  • Enthusiasm: Entusiasmo
  • Feature: Característica
  • Fireproof: A prueba de fuego
  • Focus: Enfocarse en algo
  • Foolproof: Seguro total (BE)
  • Glued to: Estar viciado/pegado a
  • For hours on end: Durante muchas horas
  • Go out of your way: Salir de tu camino
  • Good-looking: Guapa/o
  • Hardly: Apenas
  • Have a way with: Tener una manera con
  • Have your own way: Salir con lo tuyo
  • Head (for): Dirigirse (a)
  • Hear a pin drop: Oír caer un alfiler
  • Host: Anfitrión / Acoger
  • Involve: Implicar
  • Keep your cool: Mantener la calma
  • Keyboard: Teclado
  • Limited: Límite
  • Live: En vivo
  • Log on: Entrar (página internet)
  • Log off: Salir
  • Make your way: Hacer camino a
  • Manufacturer: Fabricante
  • Pick up: Recoger
  • Profit: Beneficio
  • Queue: Cola
  • Release: Soltar / Lanzar
  • Run: Correr
  • Scroll: Deslizar la página
  • Sequel: Secuencia
  • Skillful: Habilidoso
  • Slightly: Ligeramente
  • Soundproof: A prueba de sonido
  • Stamina: Resistencia
  • Stand in your way: Ponerse en tu camino
  • Still going strong: Seguir fuerte
  • Tap away: Tocar lejos
  • Tense: Tenso
  • Thrilled: Emocionado
  • UFO: OVNI
  • Unaffected: No afectado
  • Unattractive: No atractivo
  • Unenthusiastic: No entusiasta
  • Uninvolved: No implicado
  • Viewer: Espectador
  • Waterproof: Impermeable
  • With lightning speed: Velocidad de relámpago

Modal Verbs

  • Ability: can, was able to, couldn't
  • Prohibition: mustn't
  • Obligation: must, have to
  • Lack of Necessity: don't have to, needn't
  • Advice: should, ought to (debería)
  • Permission: can, could, may (in interrogative form, only with "I" or "We")
  • Polite Request: could, would
  • Impossibility: can't be
  • Future Possibility: may, might

Modal Perfect Verbs

  • may/might have + Past Participle: (No estoy seguro de lo que pasó)
  • can't have + Past Participle: (Estoy seguro de que NO pasó)
  • must have + Past Participle: (Estoy seguro de que pasó)
  • could have + Past Participle: (Puede hacerlo, pero no lo hizo)
  • would have + Past Participle: (Lo habría hecho, pero no pude por circunstancias)
  • should/ought to have + Past Participle: (Esperar que algo ocurriera, pero no ocurrió)
  • shouldn't have + Past Participle: (Cuando alguien te da un consejo)

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