Synonyms in Spanish

Question

In English synonyms are two words that mean the same (or almost the same) thing. Are there two words in Spanish that mean the same thing for these words? Any help in this area would be appreciated.

• wash (English we say "wash" and "clean") in Spanish you can say "lavar" and ?
• sack (English we say "sack" and "bag") in Spanish you can say "bolsa" and ?
• hungry (English we say "hungry" and "starving") in Spanish you can say "hambriento" and ?
• ill (English we say "ill" and "sick") in Spanish you can say "enfermo" and ?
• dinner (English we say "dinner" and "supper") in Spanish you can say "cena" and ?
• bathe (English we say "bathe" and "wash") in Spanish you can say "bano" and ?
• look (English we say "look" and "see") in Spanish you can say "mirar" and ?
• purchase (English we say "purchase" and "buy") in Spanish you can say "compra" and ?
• rush (English we say "rush" or "hurry") in Spanish you can say "apresurar" and ?
• shut (English we say "shut" or "close") in Spanish you can say "cerrado" and ?
• many (English we say "many" or "a lot") in Spanish you can say "muchos" and ?

Edited only to clean up formatting. - Moe, Apr 11, 2010

Answer 1

Just to let you know. I am a speech-language pathologist. I work with students that have disabilities and some are native Spanish speakers. (I am from Arizona.) There aren't many speech and language materials out there for Spanish-speaking disabled students, so sometimes I pay to get some materials translated. However, the translator I just used did a direct translation and I wasn't sure if the synonym page I was going to use made sense in Spanish. So just to let you know-- No, this isn't a homework page for myself, as I'm not taking any type of Spanish class. It was just a list of synonyms I was going to use with a student on Monday in therapy. I mainly use this forum to double check the work of my translators. (Sometimes even they make mistakes

the link Heidita gave you is good. - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010

It also shows antonyms - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010

For some reason an add seems to be blocking some of the ones you still question. If you brreak out those remaining I could help - nizhoni1, Apr 11, 2010

Answer 2

I've never seen anything that looked more like homework, which we don't do here. I bet you could rewrite it so that it doesn't look like homework though...

Answer 3

•wash (English we say "wash" and "clean") in Spanish you can say "lavar" and limpiar •sack (English we say "sack" and "bag") in Spanish you can say "bolsa" and saco •hungry (English we say "hungry" and "starving") in Spanish you can say "hambriento" and tener hanbre, famélico •ill (English we say "ill" and "sick") in Spanish you can say "enfermo" and estoy mal •dinner (English we say "dinner" and "supper") in Spanish you can say "cena" and comer •bathe (English we say "bathe" and "wash") in Spanish you can say "bano" and lavo •look (English we say "look" and "see") in Spanish you can say "mirar" and ver •purchase (English we say "purchase" and "buy") in Spanish you can say "compra" and adquirir •rush (English we say "rush" or "hurry") in Spanish you can say "apresurar" and tener prisa, darse prisa •shut (English we say "shut" or "close") in Spanish you can say "cerrado" and ?? •many (English we say "many" or "a lot") in Spanish you can say "muchos" and tantos (so many), demaciado (too many), cuántos (how much/many)

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Thanks--I think I may have to change "shut" also, since there doesn't seem to be a synonym in Spanish. - Rose64, Apr 12, 2010

Answer 4

lavar, limpiar

bolsa ,saco

hambriento,voraz

enfermo,doliente

cena, comida

baño,bañarse,lavar

Mirar,ver

comprar,adquirir

apresurar,activar

that is most of them.I used the regular dictionary and the link Heidita gave - nizhoni1, Apr 12, 2010

Thank you--the only two I think I really need to throw out is "dinner" and "sick" since those two don't seem to be true synonyms. Thanks again. - Rose64, Apr 12, 2010

Answer 5

HI Rose, this is very easy to solve, have a look at this dictionary, it will help you right away welcome to the forum

Dictionary of synonyms.

Aaah! Heidi, what happened to your avatar? - Issabela, Apr 11, 2010

Answer 6

look could be mirar and ver