Archive:Spanish/Television
Chapter 18 (Television)
Television programs
- canal - channel
- programa de concursos - game show
- programa de dibujos animados - cartoon show
- programa de entrevistas - interview program
- programa de la vida real - reality program
- programa de noticias - news program
- programa educativo - eduactional program
- programa musical - musical program
- telenovela - soap opera
Note: Programa is a masculine noun.
Types of movies
- comedia - comedy
- drama - drama
- película de ciencia ficción - science fiction movie
- película de horror - horror movie
- película policíaca - crime movie
- películar romántica - romantic movie
Entertainment adjectives
- cómico(a) - funny
- emocionante - touching
- facinante - fascinating
- infantil - childish
- realista - realistic
- tonto(a) - silly, stupid
- violento(a) - violent
Boring or interesting
- me aburre(n) - it bores me (they bore me)
- me interesa(n) - it interests me (they interest me)
Entertainment terms
- actor - actor
- actriz - actress
- dar - to show
- durar - to last
- empezar - to begin
- terminar - to end
Being specific
- más/menos de - more/less than
- medio(a) * half
- ¿Qué clase de...? - What kind of...?
Verbs
- acabar de... - to have just...
- aburrir - to bore
- doler - to hurt, to ache
- encantar - to love
- faltar - to be missing
- interesar - to interest
- quedar - to fit
Note: Use acabar de... in its conjugated forms when referring to an object that has just finished doing something. Doler is a stem-changing verb, the o changes to ue when conjugated.
Other words
- antes de - before
- casi - almost
- ¿De veras? - Really?
- especialmente - especially
- por eso - therefore
- sobre - about
- ya - already