Spanish 2/Chapter 15 (Planning a trip)

Chapter 15 (Planning a trip)

Travel plans

agencia de viajes - travel agency
agente de viajes - travel agent
equipaje - luggage
extranjero(a) - foreign
hacer un viaje - to take a trip
maleta - suitcase
hacer la maleta - to pack the suitcase
pasaporte - passport
planear - to plan
reservar - to reserve
reservación - reservation, booking
tarjeta de embarque - boarding pass
turista - tourist

Note: Turista can either be masculine or feminine.

Airports

abordar - to board
aduana - customs
aduanero(a) - customs officer
aeropuerto - airport
anuncio - announcement
auxiliar de vuelo - flight attendant
con destino a - going to
de ida y vuelta - round-trip
directo(a) - direct
durar - to last
empleado(a) - employee
facturar - to check
hacer escala - to stop over
inspección de seguridad - security checkpoint
línea aérea - airline
llegada - arrival
pasajero(a) - passenger
pasillo - aisle
piloto - pilot
puerta de embarque - departure gate
registrar - to inspect, to search
retraso - delay
salida - departure
ventanilla - (airplane) window
vuelo - flight

Other words

abierto(a) - open
bienvenido(a) - welcome
cerrado(a) - closed
insistir en - to insist
listo(a) - ready
sugerir - to suggest
tendremos - we will have
tener paciencia - to be patient

Note: Sugerir has a stem-change of e to ie.

Verbs often followed by que + subjunctive

decir
insistir en
necesitar
permitir
preferir
prohibir
querer
recomendar
sugerir

Present subjunctive

The subjunctive mood is often used to say that one person influences the actions of another. Note that the subjunctive sentences have two parts, each with a different subject connected by the word que.

ex.Ella sugiere que yo aprenda español.

The first part uses the present indicative verb (recommendation, suggestion, etc.) + que, and the second part uses the present subjunctive verb (what should happen).

The present subjunctive is formed the same way as negative tú commands and all Ud./Uds. commands. Drop the -o of the present-tense yo form and add the present-tense subjunctive endings.

hable - that I speak
hables - that you speak (singular)
hable - that he/she speaks
hablemos - that we speak
habléis - that you speak (plural)
hablen - that they speak

aprenda - that I learn
aprendas - that you learn (singular)
aprenda - that he/she learns
aprendamos - that we learn
aprendáis - that you learn (plural)
aprendan - that they learn

escriba - that I write
escribas - that you write (singular)
escriba - that he/she writes
escribamos - that we write
escribáis - that you write (plural)
escriban - that they write

Vocabulario adicional

Travels

acampar - to camp
excursionista - excursionist, traveler
expedición - expedition
explorador(ora) - explorer
ir al extranjero - to go abroad
paisaje - landscape
paseo - trip
recorrido - route
tienda de acampar - tent
trotamundos - globe-trotter, world traveler

On the airplane

abrocharse el cinturón - to fasten one's seat belt
almohada - pillow
aterrizar - to land
compartimiento sobre la cabeza - overhead compartment
despegar - to take off
procedente de - arriving from
tripulación - crew
turbulencia - turbulence
salida de emergencia - emergency exit
señal de no fumar - no smoking sign

External resources

Guide to Spain and Spanish culture

Cultural insight (Los Códices)

Explorers have discovered that the Incas of South America drew pictures of their travels of new places on walls of caves throughout the Andes in Peru. Some pictures show local people and their cities and others show royalty and lifestyles of the new land. These were called códices. Enter the museum of pre-Colombian art Cusco: https://mapcusco.pe/en/salas/shell/