Archive:Spanish/Movies
Chapter 12 (Movies)
Movies
- alquilar - to rent
- amor - love
- arrestar - to arrest
- capturar - to capture
- crimen - crime
- criminal - criminal
- crítico(a) - critic
- detective - detective
- enamorarse - to fall in love
- enamorado(a) de - in love with
- estrella - star
- extraterrestre - alien
- fascinar - to fascinate
- fracaso - failure
- galán - leading man
- he visto - I have seen
- has visto - you have seen
- ladrón, ladrona - thief
- matar - to kill
- película de acción - action film
- ¿Qué tal es...? - How is...?
- recomendar - to recommend
- robar - to rob , to steal
- será - he/she/it will be
- tener éxito - to succeed, to be successful
- tratar de - to be about
- víctima - victim
- violencia - violence
Note: Criminal, detective, and extraterrestre are either masculine or feminine nouns. Recomendar has a stem-change of e to ie.
Making movies
- actuación - acting
- argumento - plot
- dirección - direction
- director, directora - director
- efectos especiales - special effects
- escena - scene
- estar basado(a) - to be based on
- papel - role
- hacer el papel de - to play the role of
- personaje principal - main character
Other words
- no...todavía - not yet
Indirect object pronouns
Verbs like aburrir, doler, encantar, fascinar, gustar, importar, and molestar are verbs that use indirect object pronouns. These verbs all use the structure: indrect object pronoun + verb + subject.
example: Les encantan los efectos especiales en la película.
Nos aburre mucho esa película.