1. hunger
   hamburger
2. man
   little boy

Yes, this one is "man." It sounds a little better in Spanish than in the Latin from which it descended. That's "homo," which has taken on a derogatory meaning.

1. a bible
   a book
2. a chair
   a coin

"Libros" are books. You'll notice the similarity to the English word, "library."

1. father
   day
2. house
   desk

This word is masculine despite ending in "a." "El dia" is masculine and "la noche" is feminine. Many early cultures had a male sun god and a female moon goddess, and the idea that the sun and daytime were "masculine" and the moon and night "feminine" remained embedded in certain languages.

1. a cat
   a clue
2. a gate
   a friend

Nope, it's not "gate!" Once you know, you can see the similarity to "cat" in English and "chat" in French.

1. city
   hill
2. saint
   word

You see this all the time in city names, like San Francisco, named for Saint Francis. "Todos Santos" means "All Saints," a common name for a church.

1. Halloween
   Christmas
2. today
   tomorrow

"Hoy" means "today." It's also the name of a Spanish-language newspaper printed in the United States.

1. food
   a living room
2. a type of dance
   a city bus

"Comida," meaning "food," is derived from the verb "comer." That means, of course, "to eat."

1. a church
   a book
2. a promontory of land
   a singer-songwriter

In the English-speaking world, this is best known as a last name, "Iglesias." But it means "church," and is related to the English word "ecclesiastical."

1. jealousy
   love
2. hate
   this is not an emotion

This is another term that people drop casually into conversations in English. It helps that it's virtually the same in French: "amour."

1. Good day
   Good afternoon
2. Good night
   Goodbye, generally

"Tardes" is the Spanish word for "afternoon." It can mean "good evening" in some areas, where the dinner hour is eight or nine, and the afternoon stretches into what North Americans consider the evening.

1. bedroom
   color
2. house
   pencil

You might have known this one. "Casa de ____" is a popular way to name restaurants. Or maybe you just saw the Will Ferrell comedy, "Casa de mi Padre."

1. dear
   delighted
2. hungry
   completed

"Querer" in Spanish means "to want or desire," but can also mean "to love." So "querido" means "beloved." It's not a crude expression of wanting somebody.

1. little boy/girl
   teenage boy/girl
2. happy person
   attractive person

This term designates older children. The words for a little boy or girl are "nino" and "nina," (with a tilde over the "n").

1. to hold
   to run
2. to buy
   sugar

Some Spanish teachers will tell you that only verbs can end in -ar, -er, or -ir. They are not quite right. There are exceptions, like "mujer" and "azucar."

1. ride it
   eat it
2. wear it
   pet and play with it

"Perro" is Spanish for dog. "Cachorro" is "puppy" -- like in English, they are seemingly unrelated words.

1. little boy
   fruit
2. truck
   road

There's an easy way to remember this one. California's major coastal highway, Highway 101, is El Camino Real: "The royal road."

1. a church
   a kitchen
2. a school
   a sports stadium

This is a useful word in traveling. Many restaurants are named "Cocina de _____," with the proprietor's name or a town name.

1. People
   Numbers
2. They
   We

There's a remarkable difference between the simplicity of the two-letter "we" in English and the three-syllable "nosotros" in Spanish. You might be more familiar with the possessive form, "nuestro/nuestra." It comes up in book and movie titles, like "Nuestra Tierra" or "Nuestra Familia."

1. abajo de
   alto de
2. retrato de
   cerca de

The verb "bajar" means to lower or put down, while "bajo/baja" means "low." This is why Baja California is the peninsula right below California.

1. if
   the
2. their
   you

Spanish has a familiar and a formal "you." The familiar form is "tu," and the formal is "usted." Verbs, too, change depending on which noun you're using.

1. garden
   mother
2. school
   pet

"Madre" and "padre" are the words for mother and father. "Padres," plural, means parents.

1. child
   home
2. pet
   bank account

When the gender is known, "hijo" means "son" and "hija" is daughter. But like other words in Spanish, the masculine noun stands in for either one when gender isn't known. In addition, this word is often seen as a contraction: "mijo" for "mi hijo."

1. a car
   a cockroach
2. a house
   a dog

"Coche" or the easier-to-recognize "carro" both mean car. Don't be fooled by "cockroach," which is "cucaracha."

1. beautiful
   pretty
2. kind
   smart

"Linda" (pronounced "leen-da"), is one of the highest compliments you can give a woman's looks. Lighter terms, like "preciosa," or "hermosa," are for lower levels of attractiveness.

1. university
   pillar
2. stone
   tree

This word means "tree." It's related to English words like "arboretum" and, of course, the minor holiday of Arbor Day.

1. apologize to someone
   thank someone
2. open a letter
   ask directions

This means "esteemed," and is how you'd start a business letter or one to a person you don't know well. It's traditional, like "dear" in English.

1. entered a room
   had a baby
2. had a minor car crash
   sneezed

This means "Health!" In many Latin American cultures, the first sneeze is greeted with "Salud," then "Amor," then "Dinero." Health, love and money are valued in that order.

1. aboard a ship
   embarrassed
2. pregnant
   sick

This is one of the dreaded "false cognates" your Spanish teacher warned you about. "Embarazada" is "pregnant," *not* "embarrassed."

1. to disappear
   to give as a gift
2. to make an introduction of/to someone
   to look around

Burn this one into your memory: In Spanish, you "present" someone; you don't "introduce" them. Why? Because "introducir" is a verb relating specifically to sexual penetration. Awkward!

1. apple
   foreigner
2. wineglass
   woman

This is another odd noun. It looks more like a verb, with its "-er" ending.

1. horseman
   gentleman
2. dude
   pal

Though literally it means "horseman," this term denotes a gentleman. It's a distinction passed down from Latin, in which men who rode horseback instead of walking were assumed to be noblemen.

1. Where is the ...?
   Are you ... ?
2. How do you say ...?
   Do you like ...?

When learning Spanish from a native speaker, you'll use this one a lot. You miaght ask, "Come se dice 'Nice to meet you'?"

1. How old are you?
   How are you?
2. What are you doing?
   Where are you from?

This is a fairly informal way of saying it, and can even be challenging (e.g., "You're in the wrong place.") In conversation with a new acquaintance, you'd more likely say, "De donde es usted?"

1. drive slowly
   make a mistake
2. ride horseback
   check yourself before you wreck yourself

The "-se" on the end means a verb is reflexive, referring back to the subject. In other words, no one but you can make your mistakes. (Deep, eh?)

1. seeing them first thing in the morning
   passing them in a hallway
2. serving them food
   in Brazil or Portugal

Just wanted to see if you're on your toes! "Obrigado/obrigada" means "thank you" in Portguese, and is used in Portguese-speaking nations.