Spanish 2/Chapter 11 (Television)

Chapter 11 (Television)

Sports events

aficionado(a) - fan
al final - at the end
aplaudir - to applause
atleta - athlete
campeón, campeona - champion
campeonato - championship
competencia - competition
competir - to compete
empate - tie
entrenador, entrenadora - coach, trainer
fenomenal - phenomenal
jugador, jugadora - player
liga - league
meter un gol - to score a goal
perder - to lose
por...vez - for the...time
resultar - to result, to turn out
tanteo - score
último(a) - last, final

Note: Atleta is both a masculine and feminine noun. Competir is a stem-changing verb from e to i. Perder is a stem-changing verb from e to ie.

Contests

auditorio - auditorium
comentario - commentary
concurso de belleza - beauty contest
entrevista - interview
entrevistar - to interview
un millón/millones de - a million/millions of
premio - prize
presentador, presentadora - presenter
público - audience
reina - queen

Feelings

aburrirse - to get bored
agitado(a) - agitated
alegre - happy
emocionado(a) - excited, emotional
enojado(a) - angry
enojarse - to get angry
furioso(a) - furious
ponerse + adjective - to become
volverse loco(a) - to go crazy

Note: Volverse has a stem-change of o to ue.

Other words

dormirse - to fall asleep
morirse - to die

Note: Both verbs have stem-changes of o to ue and o to u.

Preterite of -ir stem-changing verbs

In the preterite, the -ir verbs preferir, pedir, and dormir also have stem changes, but only in the Ud./él/ella and Uds./ellos/ellas forms. In these forms e changes to i and o changes to u.

Preferir

preferí - I prefered
preferiste - you prefered (singular)
prefirió - he/she prefered
preferimos - we prefered
preferisteis - you prefered (plural)
prefirieron - they prefered

Pedir

pedí - I asked
pediste - you asked (singular)
pidió - he/she asked
pedimos - we asked
pedisteis - you asked (plural)
pidieron - they asked

Dormir

dormí - I slept
dormiste - you slept (singular)
durmió - he/she slept
dormimos - we slept
dormisteis - you slept (plural)
durmieron - they slept

Vocabulario adicional

atletismo - track and field
carrera - race
corona - crown
empatar - to tie
meta - finish line
resultado - score
torneo - tournament
trofeo - trophy
vencer - to defeat, to conquer

Note: Vencer has a stem-change of c to z.

Cultural Insight (Guías de la tele)

Now days, Television guides are not as popular as they just to be 8-10 years ago. Television guide were one of the most read magazines in the Spanish-speaking world. Readers always wanted to know what upcoming programs there would be on TV not only on the same day, but also same week or for next week. Spanish TV guides are similar to those in the English-speaking world, with information on the programs, their times and day, and the channel they will be aired on. Many newspapers also published TV guides for the upcoming week. Now days people watch their TV in YouTube, Netflix, or any other internet channel.