Vocabulario Esencial y Guía de Verbos Modales en Inglés

Vocabulario Esencial en Inglés

Come across: Encontrarse. Daring: Atrevido. Depths: Profundidades. Hazardous: Arriesgado. Peak: Cumbre. Pioneer: Ser el primero. Remains: Ruinas. Risky: Arriesgado. Set off: Salir. Surface: Superficie. Wonder: Maravilla. Accomplishment: Logro. Carry on: Continuar / seguir (con). Challenge: Reto, desafío. Deal with: Hacer frente (a), afrontar; tratar. Disease: Enfermedad. Enable: Permitir a, hacer posible. Equipped: Equipado/a, dotado/a. Follow in someone's footsteps: Seguir los pasos de alguien. Insight: Conocimiento, percepción (give ~ into: ayudar a comprender mejor). Issue: Cuestión, problema. Land: Tierra (on ~: en tierra firme). Lead to: Ocasionar; llevar / conducir a. Luxury: Lujo(s). On board: A bordo (de). Placed: Situado/a / ubicado/a (a). Raise awareness (of): Crear conciencia (de), concienciar (sobre). Rely on: Contar con; depender de. The world over: De / en / por todo el mundo. Unexplored: Inexplorado/a. Worthwhile: Que vale / merece la pena (be ~: valer / merecer la pena). Cope with: Afrontar, hacer frente a. Device: Dispositivo, aparato. Disability: Discapacidad (learning / speech ~: dificultad en el aprendizaje / habla). Equality: Igualdad. Mainstream: Convencional; mayoritario/a; dominante. Meet the needs: Atender a las necesidades. Misconception: Idea equivocada, concepto erróneo. Overcome: Superar. Right: Derecho. Take action: Hacer algo al respecto, tomar cartas en el asunto. Unfair: Injusto/a. Visually impaired: (Persona) con discapacidad visual. A great deal: Mucho, muchísimo. Beat: Ritmo; latido. Cheer: Aplaudir (con entusiasmo), aclamar. Convey: Expresar, transmitir. Countless: Innumerable, muchísimos/as. Deny: Negar; denegar. Fulfil: Hacer realidad; satisfacer; cumplir. Have trouble: Tener dificultades / problemas (para). Lack: Carecer / no disponer de. Off by heart: De memoria. Play a key role: Desempeñar / tener un papel fundamental. Point out: Señalar, indicar. Request: Solicitud, petición. Sorrow: Pena, dolor. Stand still: Quedarse quieto/a, permanecer inmóvil. Steal the show: Acaparar (toda) la atención. Struggle: Tener dificultades; esforzarse, luchar. Turn into: Transformar(se) / convertir(se) en.

Verbos Modales en Inglés: Uso y Ejemplos

CAN

• Ability: I can speak French.
• Permission: Can we go to the party?
• Possibility: You can go when you want.

BE ABLE TO

• Ability: I’m able to speak French.
• Possibility: You are able to go when you want.

CAN’T

• Inability: We can’t go there if we don’t do our homework.
• Prohibition: You can’t enter there.
• Deduction: He can’t have good marks, he doesn’t study.

COULD

• Past ability: He could speak French when he was young.
• Permission (polite): Could we listen to that after classes, please?
• Proposal (polite): You could go to the Sadar stadium with him.
• Possibility: The marks could get higher with this new system.

MAY/MIGHT

• Possibility: We may/might be living in New York next year.

MAY

• Permission (polite): May I have some soup, please?

SHOULD/OUGHT TO

• Opinion/Advice: You should/ought to stop smoking.

NEED TO/HAVE TO

• Necessity/obligation: I need to/have to study the whole week.

MUST

• Necessity/obligation: I must study the whole week.
• Logical conclusion: He is a bad person. He must be out of the group.

MUSTN’T

• Prohibition: You mustn’t chew gum in this class.

DON’T HAVE TO/DON’T NEED TO/NEEDN’T

• Lack of obligation/necessity: You don’t have to /need to /needn’t go there if you don’t want.

WOULD

• Permission (formal): Would you stop doing that, please?
• Offer: Would you like to study with me this afternoon?

COULD HAVE

• Possibility in the past (wasn’t done): We could have done that work yesterday. Now it is too late.

CAN’T/COULDN’T HAVE

• Something didn’t happen (100% sure): He can’t/couldn’t have surgered him, he isn’t a doctor.

MAY/MIGHT HAVE

• A guess about a past action: He may/might have gone to a restaurant with his girlfriend.

MUST HAVE

• Logical conclusion about something in the past: He must have felt tired after the exam.

SHOULD/SHOULDN’T/OUGHT TO HAVE

• Regret after an event: We should/ought to have gone after. Now there is a big traffic jam.

WOULD HAVE

• Something wasn’t done due to external circumstances: I would have met you if there wasn’t that storm.

NEEDN’T HAVE

• There was no obligation to do something: You needn’t have come to the hospital! That’s very kind of you.