I erased my last 20 words because they were from children's books I read only once to my daughter before returning from our trip. For the life of me, I can't commit them to memory. It confirms that I need at least a week of reading the same book on a daily basis before they go to my long term memory.
I don't have access to library books right now, but we do have both a visual children's dictionary and encyclopedia in English that should give me a lot of vocab to work with. I'd like to be at 300 words this week (15 weeks into the year x 20 words per week). I translated 50 words yesterday and will try to do 30 on Friday to get caught up. Some were super obvious. I just couldn't recall or was unsure of the correct word.
Here are the 50:
221. performer: el/la artista
222. acrobat: el/la acróbata
223. to act: actuar
224. play (theater): la obra de teatro
show: el espectáculo
225. television show: el programa
226. to add: sumar, añadir (to add a comment)
227. sum: la suma
228. to become: volverse
229. to take off (airplane): despegar
230. to land (airplane): aterrizar
231. reptile: el reptil
232. scaly: escamoso
233. van: la van
234. chain: la cadena
235. into: en, a, dentro de, contra (against something)
236. upset: disgustado
237. apple tree: el arbol de manzana
238. tank: el tanque
239. sidewalk: la banqueta
240. to attack: atacar, enfrentarse con (to tackle, ie: a project)
241. bony: huesudo
242. armor: la armadura
243. sign: el señal, el letrero (when it's a sign with words)
244. way: el camino, la via, la ruta
245. to create: crear, hacer (always confuse this with raising kids: criar)
246. clay: la arcilla
247. astronaut: el/la astronauta
248. outer space: el espacio
249. spacecraft/spaceship: la nave espacial
250. rocket: el cohete
251. audience: el público, los espectadores, la audiencia
252. text: el texto
253. avalanche: la avalancha
254. behind: atrás/detrás de
255. bottom: el trasero, las nalgas
256. rubber: el hule
257. to blow up (balloon): inflar
258. curved: curvado
259. rind: la cascara, la piel
260. bunch: un puño, un montón, el ramo (flowers) el racimo (bananas)
261. bandage: la venda
262. strip (of material): la tira
263. riverbank: la orilla
264. bench: la banca
265. blind: ciego
266. seal: el sello
267. case: la funda
268. electricity: la electricidad (I always thought it was just la luz)
269. pebble: la piedrita (it seems like la piedra is used for stone, rock, pebble...)
270. piece (fragment): el pedazo, la pieza (component)