Glossary
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| Words (or words that have the same definition) | The definition is case sensitive | (Optional) Image to display with the definition [Not displayed in Glossary, only in pop-up on pages] | (Optional) Caption for Image | (Optional) External or Internal Link | (Optional) Source for Definition |
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| (Eg. "Genetic, Hereditary, DNA ...") | (Eg. "Relating to genes or heredity") |  |
The infamous double helix | https:, , bio.libretexts.org, | CC-BY-SA; Delmar Larsen |
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| Accent, acento | The way the language is spoken in certain areas. (In contrast, tilde is the written accent mark on many Spanish words.) | ||||
| Adjective, adjetivo | A word that describes a noun or pronoun. | ||||
| Adverb, adverbio | A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, such as well/bien tomorrow/mañana, or easily/fácilmente. | ||||
| Agreement, concordancia | This refers to the ay in which different parts of a sentence need to correspond with each other. Verbs need to agree with their subject, and adjectives need to agree with the noun they describe. Example: La médica peruana explica el proceso. | ||||
| Article, artículo | Word that precedes a noun and indicates whether the noun is defined. We use definite articles for the (el, la, los, las) and indefinite articles for a, an, and some (un, una, unos, unas). |
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| Conjugation, conjugación | This usually refers to the way in which a verb’s form changes to match its subject, such as voy, vas, va, vamos, van. This term can also refer to the three types of verbs in Spanish: -ar, -er, and -ir. | ||||
| Demonstrative adjective, adjetivo demostrativo | An adjective that identifies which noun we are referring to, such as this, este. | ||||
| Infinitive, infinitivo | The base or unconjugated form of a verb, such as nadar or escribir. | ||||
| Mood, modo | Verb form classification that indicates the speaker’s attitude with respect to the verbal action. The three moods in Spanish are indicative, subjunctive, and imperative. |
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| Object, objeto | Who or what receives the verbal action. These can be direct or indirect. In the sentence “I wrote the letter to my sister”, the letter is a direct object (it is written) and the sister is an indirect object. |
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| Preposition, preposición | Words that indicate relationships between other parts of a sentence, including time, place, and position. Some examples include sobre, de, en, con, and para. |
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| Pronoun, pronombre | A word that substitutes for a noun, such as it, them, or she. | ||||
| Subject, sujeto | Who or what carries out an action and influences the conjugation of a verb. | ||||
| Tense, tiempo | A verb tense refers to when the action takes place. Some common verb tenses are present, preterite, imperfect, present progressive. |
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| Tilde, tilde | The written accent mark on many Spanish words, such as México. It indicates where the word is stressed, and can distinguish it from another word that is spelled the same but has a different meaning. |
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| Verb, verbo | Word that expresses actions and states. |