Level A2

Spanish vocabulary: Back then

32 words and phrases with translations. Tap the speaker to hear them.

12.1

When I was little

Talk about your childhood: where you lived and what you had.

  • cuando era pequeño, pequeñawhen I was little
  • de niño, de niñaas a child
  • teníaI had
  • vivía enI lived in
  • eraI was, it was
  • el pueblothe village
  • la infanciachildhood
  • el colegioschool
12.2

What I used to do

Describe habits in the past: always, often, every summer.

  • siemprealways
  • todos los veranosevery summer
  • jugabaI used to play
  • íbamos awe used to go to
  • a menudooften
  • de vez en cuandonow and then
  • los fines de semanaat the weekends
  • mis abuelosmy grandparents
12.3

Then and now

Compare how things used to be with how they are now.

  • antesbefore, in the past
  • ahoranow
  • habíathere was, there were
  • ya nonot anymore
  • cada vez másmore and more
  • la televisiónthe television
  • la tienda de la esquinathe corner shop
  • ha cambiado muchoit has changed a lot
12.4

Memories

Share a memory and react to someone else’s.

  • me acuerdo deI remember
  • el recuerdothe memory
  • ¿te acuerdas?do you remember?
  • mi mejor amigo, mi mejor amigamy best friend
  • estabaI was, he was, she was
  • aquel díathat day
  • ¡qué tiempos!those were the days!
  • echo de menosI miss