Action movies · Acción
10 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. Chases, explosions and heroes.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | action movie | la película de acción | Colloquially película shortens to peli: una peli de acción; -ción nouns are always feminine. |
 | chase | la persecución | 🔗 Word familyperseguir (to chase, pursue). Broader than English 'persecution' — la persecución is also just a chase. |
 | explosion | la explosión | 🔗 Word familyexplotar (to explode; also 'to exploit'). |
 | shootout | el tiroteo | 🔗 Word familyel tiro (a shot) and tirar (to shoot; also 'to throw'). |
 | hero | el héroe | The h is silent. Feminine: la heroína — also the word for the drug heroin. |
 | villain | el villano | Cognate of 'villain'; ll sounds like y (vi-YA-no). Feminine: la villana. |
 | fight | la pelea | 🔗 Word familypelear (to fight); to fight each other: pelearse. |
 | weapon | el arma | ⚠️ GenderFeminine — it takes el only because of the stressed initial a (like el agua); plural las armas. |
 | spy | el espía | ⚠️ GenderEnds in -a but el espía for a man, la espía for a woman. 🔗 Word familyespiar (to spy). |
 | escape | la huida | From huir (to flee); the h is silent. |