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Set 43 Flashcards

1
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como un coquito, borracho como una cuba/borracha como una cuba, hasta la picha (Costa Rica), en pedo (Argentina)

A

drunk as a skunk

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la mofeta, el zorrillo (México), el zorrino (Argentina)

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the skunk (animal)

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el canalla/la canalla, el aprovechado/la aprovechada, el oportunista/la oportunista

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the skunk (unsavory person, opportunist, liar)

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la marihuana, la mota (México), la maría, la hierba

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the skunk (cannabis; last 2 are colloquial)

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la piel de mofeta, la piel de zorrillo (México)

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the skunk (skunk fur)

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el descuadre

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the imbalance between the debt and credit in an account, the imbalance (financial)

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el desequilibrio, la inestabilidad

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the imbalance (disproportion/lack of equilibrium)

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el desequilibrio, el desbalance

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the imbalance (inequality)

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el desequilibrio

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the imbalance (inequality OR lack of equilibrium), the instability, the unbalance

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descuadrar

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to not add up (of a story), to not hold up (of a story)

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descuadrar a alguien

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to set someone against another person, (of an employee) to lose a superior’s confidence, to embezzle a person/an institution

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el desequilibrio mental

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the mental imbalance, the mental instability

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crakeado/crakeada, craqueado/craqueada, desequilibrado/desequilibrada, trastornado/trastornada

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unbalanced (of a person - psychologically; 1st 2 are colloquial)

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sesgado/sesgada, parcial, tendencioso/tendenciosa, desequilibrado/desequilibrada

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unbalanced (of a person - biased)

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desequilibrado/desequilibrada

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unbalanced (of a person - psychologically or biased OR not varied - eg of a diet - OR not correctly adjusted - eg of car wheels), out of balance, off balance, uneven, unequal, unstable (of a person), unhinged (of a person)

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no conciliado/no conciliada, que no coincide

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unbalanced (in finance - not yet tallied)

17
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desequilibrado/desequilibrada, desbalanceado/desbalanceada

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unbalanced (about to tip over)

18
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desbalanceado/desbalanceada

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unbalanced (about to tip over OR of an electrical circuit - having different properties on each side)

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el desequilibrado/la desequilibrada

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the unbalanced person, the unstable person, the mentally unbalanced person

20
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desbalancear algo

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to destabilize the balance between things/forces/opposing viewpoints

21
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desequilibrar algo

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to unbalance something, to make something unbalanced, to throw something off balance, to destabilize something, to upset something (destabilize something)

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trastornar a alguien, desequilibrar a alguien

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to unbalance someone

23
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desequilibrar a alguien

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to unbalance someone, to to upset someone, to mark someone, to leave a mark on someone, to destabilize someone

24
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desequilibrarse

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to get out of balance (lose balance), to become unbalanced (go mad), to spiral (of the economy/markets), to destabilize, to become unbalanced, to become unstable, to go mad, to go insane, to become deranged, to become insane

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desequilibrador/desequilibradora, desestabilizador/desestabilizadora, desestabilizante

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destabilizing

26
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desestabilizar algo/a alguien

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to destabilize something/someone, to make something/someone unstable, to unbalance something/someone, to throw something/someone off balance, to cause instability in something/someone, to unsettle something/someone, to cause unrest in something/someone

27
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desestabilizarse

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to become unstable, to destabilize, to become unbalanced

28
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sublime, grandioso/grandiosa

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sublime (grand, lofty - eg of writing)

29
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sensacional, sublime

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sublime (awe-inspiring)

30
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sublime, magnífico/magnífica

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sublime (superb)

31
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supino/supina, total, absoluto/absoluta, supremo/suprema

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sublime (1st is of ignorance, other 3 are of contempt or indifference)

32
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lo sublime

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the sublime (that which inspires awe)

33
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***el culmen

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the sublime (the supreme degree of something - eg the sublime of stupidity)

34
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***sublimar algo

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to sublime something (in chemistry - to turn something into vapor OR to make something nobler - archaic definition)

35
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***sublimarse

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to sublime (in chemistry - to turn to vapor)

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