What tips do you have for remembering the meaning of a Spanish word?

Question

Sometimes when I look at new Spanish words, I'll think I remember but then, a few days later, I'll have no clue.

I need tips for remembering the "Spanish into English" words and the "English into Spanish words".

Thanks in advance.

As a matter of fact, I have a English-Spanish/Spanish-Englisn dictionary with 80,000 words and phrases and guides in front of me but it doesn't give me tips.

Answer 1

For words that you have trouble with:
association based on sound (duck is pato--the duck patos the fire out with its giant feet)
gesture
chant
song
inane sentence
draw a picture in color (especially for vocabulary that is not concrete--the work of figuring out a visual representation for during or nevertheless is one step)
Frequent repetetion of the new word and association is important--and spaced practice (work on new words for short periods several times a day) works better than massed practice (studying massive amounts of new words for 3 hours straight)

Answer 2

Well, I could help better if I had a specific example(s). But I do suggest putting some to song (like the days of week-I learned a song for that), thinking of a similair word in English with the same meaning sorportar means to tolerate, but it sounds like support so I remember by thinking I must "support" someone else's behavoir in order to "tolerate" them--that's an example. Also, if I can't remember a word, I put it into a sentence and I remember that sentence. Finally, I was really big on flash cards. Hope that helps. God Bless!

Answer 3

Write down the Spanish word and its English

meaning,my German teachers called that a ,WORTCHATZ literally a word treasure .Read it as frequently

as you can, and obstruct your view either of the Spanish or the English half and come up with the right
answer. That will do the trick

Answer 4

Use it. Make it significant to you. Try to learn words that are somehow relevant for you. You cannot possibly learn meaningless vocabularies, unless of course you have an extraordinary memory. But then again, even if you could, why would you?

So, learn the words that are important to describe what you care for. That way, since you'll be using the words to describe your world, you'll find it much easier to remember the words.

BTW, considering your other question, a very bad idea to learn a language is to make long lists of words based on grammatical considerations (lists of irregular verbs, lists of feminine nouns, and the like). That won't help you much.

Answer 5

Make flash cards, put the word in front and behind the meaning of the word and a sentence. Make one for each word. Try to read them everyday.

Answer 6

sturdy old shaped flash playing cards if your only finding memorize the words. otherwise, sturdy the thank you to income and bear in concepts words and honestly start to apply them in talking is to place in writing and get used to using them and to take heed to music or watch video clips to pay attention words utilized in rather communication and context. greater clever yet is talking and listening to community audio equipment talking. the significant to remembering words conversationally is only exposure, prepare, and repetition. think of approximately babies. Our vocabularies start up out small and we use the words we are gentle with. over the years we get uncovered to and gentle with different words and start to apply those additionally. etc. yet while u only recommend for a attempt, i might say flashcards.

Answer 7

memorise the word in a sentence: tried and tested with the most humble of human memories.

Answer 8

buy an english-spanish spanish-english dictionary