People & Family
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Vocabulary Words (52)
de
/de/
of, from
en
/en/
in, on, at
a
/a/
to, at
se
/se/
himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
del
/del/
of the, from the (contraction of de + el)
por
/poɾ/
for, by, through
con
/kon/
with
para
/ˈpa.ɾa/
for, in order to
al
/al/
to the (contraction of a + el)
le
/le/
him, her, it, you (indirect object pronoun)
lo
/lo/
it / him / that
me
/me/
me / myself
sin
/sin/
without
sobre
/ˈso.βɾe/
on / about / over
yo
/ɟ͡ʝo/
I
él
/el/
he / him
ella
/ˈe.ɟ͡ʝa/
she / her
nos
/nos/
us / ourselves
ellos
/ˈe.ɟ͡ʝos/
they / them (masculine)
usted
/usˈteð/
you (formal)
persona
/peɾˈso.na/
person
grupo
/ˈɡɾu.po/
group
mujer
/muˈxeɾ/
woman
hombre
/ˈom.bɾe/
man
niño
/ˈni.ɲo/
child/boy
familia
/faˈmi.lja/
family
amigo
/aˈmi.ɡo/
friend
estudiante
/es.tuˈðjan.te/
student
profesor
/pɾo.feˈsoɾ/
teacher
padre
/ˈpa.ðɾe/
father
madre
/ˈma.ðɾe/
mother
hijo
/ˈi.xo/
son
hija
/ˈi.xa/
daughter
presidente
/pɾe.siˈðen.te/
president
quién
/ˈkjen/
who
niña
/ˈni.ɲa/
girl / child
amiga
/aˈmi.ɣa/
friend (female)
hermano
/eɾˈmano/
brother
hermana
/eɾˈmana/
sister
abuelo
/aˈβwelo/
grandfather
abuela
/aˈβwela/
grandmother
tío
/ˈtio/
uncle
tía
/ˈtia/
aunt
primo
/ˈpɾimo/
cousin (male)
prima
/ˈpɾima/
cousin (female)
bebé
/beˈβe/
baby
joven
/ˈxoβen/
young person
señor
/seˈɲoɾ/
sir / gentleman
señora
/seˈɲoɾa/
ma'am / lady
gente
/ˈxente/
people
vecino
/beˈθino/
neighbor
cantante
/kanˈtante/
singer
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