Vocabulario
Test de vocabulario en inglés
Lee la definición y elige la palabra correcta. Las pistas están en inglés — deducir el significado sin traducción es la mejor forma de fijar una palabra en la memoria.
Lee la definición y elige la palabra correcta. 12 palabras por nivel, sin registro. Las palabras provienen del banco de vocabulario por niveles de TalkSmart y las pistas están en inglés — deducir el significado sin traducción es la forma más rápida de fijar una palabra en la memoria.
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¿Qué palabra corresponde a esta definición?
Lista de palabras por nivel
Las palabras utilizadas en el test, junto con sus definiciones. La verdadera prueba de conocer una palabra no es reconocerla a partir de una definición, sino usarla en una oración propia.
A1
- job
- work you do to make money
- brown
- A dark color like wood or chocolate
- hear
- to listen to sounds with your ears
- angry
- A feeling when you are not pleased or upset
- live
- to have your home in a place
- kind
- nice and good to others
- hungry
- wanting to eat
- scared
- A feeling when you are afraid of something
- kiss
- To touch someone with your lips to show love
- nose
- the part of your face that you smell with
- dad
- your male parent
- bus
- a big vehicle that many people sit in
A2
- bread
- a food made from flour and baked in an oven
- lion
- a large wild cat with a big mane, lives in Africa
- table
- a flat piece of furniture with four legs for eating
- jacket
- a piece of clothing you wear over your shirt
- coffee
- a hot brown drink that adults often have in the morning
- finger
- you have five of these on your hand
- friend
- a person you like and spend time with
- party
- a celebration where friends and family eat, drink and have fun
- picture
- a painting or photograph on paper or a wall
- ice
- frozen water that is very cold and hard
- quick
- very fast, not slow
- fork
- a thing with sharp points that you use to eat food
B1
- shallow
- Not deep; having only a small distance from top to bottom
- ardent
- Enthusiastic and passionate about something.
- challenge
- A difficult task that tests your ability.
- defense
- Protection against attack or criticism.
- community
- A group of people living in the same area.
- transparent
- Clear enough to see through; not blocking your view
- catalyst
- Something that causes an important change or event to happen
- jeans
- Blue cotton trousers that are very popular and casual
- jovial
- Very happy, cheerful, and friendly in manner
- appreciate
- To recognize the value or quality of something.
- arrangement
- A plan or preparation for something to happen.
- diverse
- Of many different kinds or types.
B2
- adjacent
- Located next to or beside something else.
- vindicate
- To show or prove that someone is right or innocent.
- congruent
- In agreement or harmony; matching or fitting together.
- annex
- To add territory to a country; or an addition to a building.
- opulent
- Rich and luxurious in style and appearance; very wealthy.
- bracket
- A support for something attached to a wall, or a range of values.
- garish
- Unpleasantly bright or gaudy in color or appearance.
- biased
- Showing unfair support for one side rather than another.
- contrived
- Deliberately created or arranged; seeming artificial.
- sagacious
- Having keen mental perception and understanding; wise.
- abrupt
- Sudden and unexpected, without warning or gradual change.
- contradict
- to state the opposite of what someone has said
C1
- aphoristic
- Expressed in concise, pithy statements or maxims.
- verisimilitude
- The appearance of being true or real; plausibility.
- ephemeral
- Lasting for a very short time; transitory and fleeting.
- pelleted
- Formed into small, compact balls or pellets.
- catachresis
- The misuse of a word or phrase in a way that changes its meaning.
- mordant
- sharply witty or critical in a biting manner
- vituperative
- Harshly critical or abusive in language and tone.
- pellicle
- A thin skin or membrane covering a surface or structure.
- propinquity
- nearness in space or time; proximity or kinship
- insouciant
- Carefree and unconcerned; lacking appropriate seriousness
- deleterious
- Causing harm or having a negative effect on something.
- anfractuous
- Winding, circuitous, or full of twists and turns
C2
- concatenate
- To link things together in a chain or series
- anfractuosity
- The quality of being intricate and tortuous; complexity arising from many twists.
- temerity
- Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity
- fecund
- Fertile and productive; capable of producing offspring abundantly
- phlegmatic
- Slow-moving, calm, and showing little emotion
- susurration
- A whispering or rustling sound, especially of leaves or fabric.
- emollient
- Softening or soothing in effect, especially to the skin
- apposite
- Strikingly appropriate or relevant to what is being discussed
- pettifoggery
- quibbling over insignificant details; mean or petty behavior
- pellicular
- Of or relating to a thin skin or membrane
- pellucid
- transparently clear in style or meaning; easy to understand
- perspiration
- the process of sweating, especially as a response to heat or exertion
Cómo se fija el vocabulario
El problema de memorizar listas de palabras es que terminas reconociéndolas sin poder usarlas. Las lees y piensas "esa la conozco", pero no aparecen cuando estás hablando. Son dos tipos de memoria distintos.
- Aprende cada palabra en una oración, no de forma aislada. Una palabra sola es una etiqueta sin contexto.
- La repetición espaciada no es opcional. No aprendes una palabra con verla una sola vez; necesitas encontrarla de nuevo al día siguiente, a la semana y al mes.
- El uso activo supera al reconocimiento pasivo. Construye una oración con la palabra nueva el mismo día que la aprendes.
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Qué niveles cubre la prueba de vocabulario?
Los seis niveles CEFR, del A1 al C2. Cada nivel tiene sus propias palabras con definiciones en inglés.
¿Por qué las pistas están en inglés?
Porque aprender una palabra a través de su traducción no te enseña a usarla. Deducir el significado a partir de una definición en inglés es más difícil, pero es lo que hace que la palabra esté disponible cuando hablas.
¿Cuántas palabras necesito saber?
Con unas 2.000 palabras cubres la conversación cotidiana, con 5.000 puedes leer un periódico y con unas 8.000 manejas textos académicos. Más que la cantidad, lo importante es saber usar las palabras que ya conoces.
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