021223 Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
Q
ir de copas
A
to go out for drinks
2
Q
el miedo escenico
A
stage fright
3
Q
autóctono
A
indigenous
4
Q
los metales
A
brass players
5
Q
los vientos
A
brass instruments
6
Q
cobrar una dueda
A
to collect a debt
7
Q
condonar una dueda
A
to cancel / write off a debt
8
Q
vitalicio
A
lifelong
9
Q
un quilombo
A
mess / brothel (Arg)
10
Q
denunciar
A
to sue / denounce / report
11
Q
el respaldo
A
support / backing / backup
12
Q
raso
A
even / level, low ranking
13
Q
un concejal
A
councillor
14
Q
el embate
A
pounding, battering, onslaught
15
Q
caer de pie
A
to fall on your feet
16
Q
sobreponerse
A
to overcome / recover from
17
Q
el culmen
A
peak / height
18
Q
mermar
A
to diminish
19
Q
un escaño
A
bench / seat (in a parliament)
20
Q
un indulto
A
pardon / reprieve
21
Q
una enmienda
A
amendment
22
Q
a sabiendas de que …
A
knowing that …
23
Q
está por ver
A
it remains to be seen
24
Q
no tiente a la suerte
A
don´t push your luck
25
Estar sin blanca / pelado
to be broke
26
Estar en la gloria
to be very well
27
Estar empanado
to be in a world of your own
28
Estar hecho polvo
to be very tired - exhausted (colloq)
29
liarse / estar liado / tener mucho curro
to be busy (colloq)
30
el morro / los morros
snout / lips (colloq)
31
morro
cheeky
32
tener morro
to be cheeky
33
lo más posible
as much as possible
34
dispuesto / servicial
helpful
35
salir natural
to come naturally
36
Estar de morros
to be angry (colloq)
37
Estar hasta en la sopa
to be everywhere (colloq)
38
Estar al caer
to be almost there (a punto de llegar)
39
Estar en todo
to be doing everything at once (colloq)
40
Estar de más
to be excess to requirements (colloq)
41
la aldea
village
42
echar la vista atrás
to look back
43
a toro pasado
in hindsight / retrospect
44
el jarabe
syrup
