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CEFR level vocabulary

A1

  • People: pronouns, family, basic professions & nationalities
  • Daily life: food, drinks, clothing
  • Basic descriptors: colors, numbers, shapes, sizes
  • Time: days/months, telling time, weather
  • Frequent essential verbs: regulars (comer, vivir, trabajar, etc.), irregulars (ser, estar, ir, tener, hacer, querer, poder)
  • Home: rooms, furniture, common objects
  • Food: basic foods, drinks, kitchen items
  • City: transportation, basic services (bank, post office, supermarket, etc.)
  • Body: basic parts, health/illness words

A2

  • Shopping: money, prices, comparatives, shopping vocab
  • Travel: airport, directions, hotel, booking, tourist activities, tickets, etc.
  • Communication: phone, internet, letters
  • Daily activities: work, school, hobbies, chores, etc.
  • Emotions: feelings, moods, common psychological states
  • Health: symptoms, simple medical terms, pharmacy
  • Work and education: office objects, school subjects, university, exams
  • Verbs: reflexives (levantarse, ducharse), modals, empezar-type stem changers

B1

  • Society: politics (basic terms), media, environment, technology
  • Leisure: hobbies, sports, arts, cinema, literature
  • Nature: geography, animals, plants, landscapes
  • Opinion/argument: connectors (aunque, sin embargo, por eso, a pesar de)
  • Abstract nouns: values, ideas, concepts (justicia, libertad, esfuerzo, éxito)
  • Work/careers: contracts, interviews, responsibilities, workplaces, meetings, schedules
  • Verbs: subjunctive triggers (esperar, dudar, recomendar), imperfect subjunctive exposure

B2

  • Specialized domains: law, science, economics, environment, medicine (general terms)
  • Abstract fields: philosophy, ethics, society, politics, culture
  • Work and business: contracts, applications, negotiations
  • Health: symptoms, treatments, healthcare system
  • Technology and science: devices, innovations, digital vocabulary
  • Current affairs: migration, climate change, globalization
  • Nuanced adjectives/adverbs: gradual differences (sutil, preciso, aproximadamente, apenas), fine-grained emotions and attitudes
  • Idiomatic expressions, phrasal chunks (tener en cuenta, dar por hecho, estar a punto de)
  • Figurative language, collocations, proverbs, and idioms in context
  • Argumentation: connectors for contrast, concession, emphasis, consequence (no obstante, de hecho, en cambio, a fin de cuentas), precision vocab for debates and essays
  • Verbs: advanced periphrastic constructions (venir a + inf, soler + inf, acabar de + inf)