Random Spanish Words #3

Translate these common Spanish words into English.

All the answers are a single word

If multiple answers fit, guess the most common

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Spanish	English
sombrero	hat
diablo	devil
diez	ten
bajo	low
marinero	sailor
usted	you
amor	love
muchacho	boy

Spanish	English
cocina	kitchen
padre	father
bueno	good
donde	where
naranja	orange
nada	nothing
siempre	always
pan	bread

Spanish	English
montaña	mountain
año	year
sol	sun
lengua	tongue
vida	life
reina	queen
y	and
palabra	word

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Level 75

Oct 17, 2020

"bajo" can also mean "bass", and "under", while "lengua" can also mean "language". I suggest you add these as possible answers

Level 73

Oct 18, 2020

I tried under first.

Level 84

Oct 18, 2020

Me too. And below. But missed low. I think all three are correct. He was reading under a tree. - Estaba leyendo bajo un árbol.

Level 67

Jan 2, 2021

I tried down

Level 65

Sep 14, 2023

That's not correct lol

Level 28

Aug 14, 2022

"He was reading under a tree" is more like "Estaba leyendo debajo de un árbol", but both will do.

Level ∞

Oct 18, 2020

Under will work now. Language was already accepted.

Level 64

Oct 19, 2020

I tried Bass at the begining and I think it should be accepted as well as it really comes from the same word

Level 83

Oct 17, 2020

Thankfully my first guess for marinero was correct. Otherwise I would've tried 'seasoning' next.

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Level 87

Oct 17, 2020

Yo no soy marinero. Soy capitan.

Level 88

Oct 20, 2020

lalalalalala bamba!

Level 90

Oct 18, 2020

I totally blanked with the word sailor, i tried seaman (which may be accepted?) and some other variations with no luck.

Level 70

Jan 7, 2021

I would expect "mariner" to be accepted as well

Level 62

Nov 6, 2022

I second-guessed myself after it wasn't accepted. You'd think it would be, being a direct cognate with exactly the same definition and a fairly common word at that...

Level 74

Oct 21, 2020

Yeah, shouldn't "seaman" be accepted?

Level 20

Nov 18, 2023

lol same

Level 75

Oct 18, 2020

That's weird. I learned that boy in Spanish was niño or chico

Level 85

Oct 18, 2020

You're not wrong.

Level ∞

Oct 18, 2020

It's not wrong, but it's orthogonal to the question. The quiz does not ask the user to translate from English to Spanish, but from Spanish to English. The question is correct. We also accept things like "guy" and "dude" for muchacho.

Level 60

Dec 20, 2021

They way my favorite Spanish teacher taught it to me was that muchacho meant lad, as its meaning is closer to young man than boy and is used in a similar context to lad. However, boy is a perfectly reasonable translation.

Level 65

Jun 12, 2023

I used to say "Adios Muchacho" I thought it meant bye friend.

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Level 62

Oct 18, 2020

It's not my fault if the page gets auto-translated...

Level 89

Jan 7, 2021

Try another browser

Level 79

Jan 7, 2021

I got only 14/24 but guessed 'marinero' instantly, due to the fact the it was easy to guess.

Level 75

Jan 7, 2021

that*

Level 79

Jan 7, 2021

TYPO!

Level 46

Jan 7, 2021

Not to me it wasn't and Im a Spanish first speaker..lol I kept typing Mariner....lol

Level 66

Jan 7, 2021

I tried Mariner too. (I'm from Seattle..so the baseball team comes to mind.)

Level 79

Jan 7, 2021

A mariner is a sailor. I think it should be accepted too.

Level 65

Jun 12, 2023

I tried Spaghetti and Tomato sauce.

Level 72

Jan 7, 2021

Accept "forever" for "siempre"?

Level 73

Jan 7, 2021

Agree. That's what came up when I typed siempre into Google.

Level 43

Jan 9, 2021

but isn't forever two words combined? for + ever, in that case in Spanish it would be 'por siempre'

Level 58

Jul 15, 2021

You're correct, forever in Spanish is por siempre.

Level 81

Jan 7, 2021

Why can't seaman work for sailor?

Level 72

Jan 7, 2021

I also think that seaman should be accepted for marinero.

Level 35

Jan 7, 2021

Dad should be accepted for padre

Level 72

Jan 7, 2021

The Spanish word for dad is papá

Level 28

Aug 14, 2022

Padre is more formal, like father.

Dad is a bit mor informal, like, normally you'd call your dad, well, dad, not father. In Spanish, Dad goes translated to papá

Level 78

Jan 7, 2021

I tried so many sea related things... But not sailor D:

Level 42

Jan 8, 2021

I got half because I can speak french, this was definitely an interesting quiz nice job

Level 65

Jun 9, 2023

Same, never studied spanish (except a few TV series with subtitles). Notably got "marinero" that's the least guessed one, similar to french "marin" (sailor)

Level 38

Aug 26, 2021

Can you please add dad as a way to type father

Level 59

Nov 5, 2021

but it means father and not dad

Level 76

Nov 18, 2022

it means dad too

Level 65

Feb 9, 2022

you forgot a dot upon donde

Level 64

Sep 20, 2022

Nada also means swim

Level 20

Nov 18, 2023

nadar is swim. nada is nothing. (the word nothing lol)

Level 75

Jun 9, 2023

'cocina' can also mean cooker (stove)

Level 59

Jun 9, 2023

'padre' also means 'priest' (like father does in english) and it can also mean 'parent'. Would be nice to add those as options.

Level 67

Jun 9, 2023

Took a few year Spanish during schooling more than 15 years ago, didn't do anything with it since.....still got 19 out of 24 with it, and the other 5 really gave me a 'ah yes, that was it!' kind of vibe. Positively surprised by all of this!

Level 20

Nov 18, 2023

🎉🎊🥳 ¡buen trabajo amigo!

Level 65

Nov 9, 2023

Can you accept seaman for marinero?

This is a synonym, also used in English:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaman