Box 2 S->E Flashcards

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El timón

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The wheel (ship)

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“Que nunca”

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“Than ever before”

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Un aventón

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A ride (car ride)
A shovel (push)

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El vestíbulo

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The lobby

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La pimicia

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The exclusive
The (inside) scoop

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El lector

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The reader

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Reseñar

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To review; to report

To write a summary

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Presenciar

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To witness; to be present at

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Sino

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“But”

(In terms of “it’s not like this, but, like this.”

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Enseñar a jugar

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To teach how to play

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“Como pan y mantequilla”

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“Like peas and carrots”

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El atentado

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The attack

The attempt (2nd attempt)

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La nuera

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The daughter-in-law

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Hacer una pirueta

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To do a spin like ice skaters and ballerinas do

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La película se desarrolla

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“The film takes place…”

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El rodaje

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The shooting

The filming (production)

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Un violador

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A violator (physical and sensual)

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El rascacielos

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The skyscraper

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La misericordia

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The mercy

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El desdén

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The disdain

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Un malasio

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A Malaysian

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Qué más da?!

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What difference does it make

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23
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Maullar

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To meow

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Un colador

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A spaghetti strainer

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Un alcornoque
An idiot (jerga)
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El debilucho
The whimp
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Albanicar
To fan; to cool off w. a fan
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Drogarse
To take drugs
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La niñez
The childhood
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Un balazo
A bullet wound
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Esponjar
To fluff up; to make fluffy
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El hígado
The liver
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El cabo del cable con la hembra
The female side of the single extension
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El viático
The travel allowance
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El revelado (fotos)
The developing (film production)
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Revelador
Revealing (adj) The developer (photo) (noun)
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La aceptación
The acceptance
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Tener clase
To be classy
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Con clase
Classy; high class
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El sol ponerse
The sun set “sundown”
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Chantajear
To blackmail
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Una fugue de luz
A light leak
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Es un acierto
It’s a hit success
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Un aeromozo
A flight attendant
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La fotografía nocturna
Night photography
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Justo ahí
Right there
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Razonar
To reason “Reason with me”
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Apilar
To pile up
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Armonizar
To harmonize
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36 posiciones
36 still shots (35mm) “24exp/36exp”
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Desechable
Disposable
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Como de siempre
As usual
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El carrete
The film stock
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Esposar
To handcuff
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Una alcoholemia
B.A.C.
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To delight
Deleitar
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Insolente
Insolent (uncouth; rude)
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Garabatear
To scribble
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El garabato
The scribble
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Libro de pasta blanda
Paperback book
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Libro de tapa dura
Hardcover book
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Una aperatura
The aperture; the opening
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La hojarasca
The pile of fallen leaves
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El queroseno
Kerosene
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Volador
Flying (adj) A flying ship
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Una polilla
A moth
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La condesa
The countless (Royal)
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Fingir
To pretend
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Un presupuesto
A budget
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Infravalorado
Underrated
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La obra maestra
The masterpiece
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El ñame
The yam
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Menospreciar
To belittle
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Estar en bancarrota
To be bankrupt
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Cursi
Corny (adj) “You’re so corny”
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Debido a
Due to
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Convencer de
To convince to
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The propeller
El hélice
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Un piojo
A lice (headline)
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La proa
The bow (ship)
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La popa
The stern (ship)
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El ropero
The wardrobe (furniture)
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Una beca completa
A full scholarship
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Una especia
A spice
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Un ojo vago
A lazy eye
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El lechero
The milkman
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Mear
To pee To take a piss
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El refuerzo
The reinforcement
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El refuerzo
The reinforcement
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Un ataúd
A coffin; a casket
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Una cadena
A chain (metal chain)
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Delgaducho
Skinny; scrawny *negative*
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Una carroza
A float (parade)
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El renacimiento
The rebirth
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El renacimiento
The rebirth
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De veras
Really, seriously “You really feel that way?”
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La natación
The swimming
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Marfil
Ivory
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Las ojeras
The bags under one’s eyes
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El retil
The reptile
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El cortahierbas
The weedhacker
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Enjabonar
To apply soap
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Una gárgola
A gargoyle
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Un refrán
A saying “There’s a saying that goes…”
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Ortodoxo
Orthodox
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Un granizado
A snowcone
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El ratón Pérez
The tooth fairy
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Un eje
An axis
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La tasa
The fee; the rate
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Pomposo
Pompous
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El corcho
The cork (wine)
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La bellota
An acorn
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La hipoteca
The mortgage
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El bono
The bonds (stocks)
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Fraudulento
Fraudulent
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“Pum!”
“Boom!”
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La motosierra
The chainsaw
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Un antojo
A craving
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Engatusar
To cajole
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Endiosar
To treat like a God
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Un rapidín
A quickie (sex)
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Enroscar
To screw in
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Salpimentar
To put salt & pepper
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Ardiente
Scolding hot; very hot
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El fetanilo
The fetynal
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El probador
the fitting room
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Las bochas
The ball game in 80th park
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Remojar
To soak (immerse in liquid)
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Escurrir
To drain (remove liquid)
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Gatear
To crawl
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Un delfín
A dolphin
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La corteza
The crust (pizza or sandwich)
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Embellecer
To embellish
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Empequeñecer
To make smaller
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Afrutado
Fruity
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Ahumado
Smoked (smoked salmon)
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Un codazo
An elbow hit
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Una ojeada
A glance (to have a look)
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Un cabezazo
A head but
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Un recogedor
A dust pan
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La fregona
The mop
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Rallar
To grate (cheese)
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El rallador
The cheese grater
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Un lonche
A lunch (Hispanization of the English word)
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Serrar
To saw (tool)
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Un antílope
An antelope
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El empeine
The top of the foot
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El empeine
The top of the foot
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Sobresaliente
Outstanding; exceptional
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La planta de pie
The sole (foot)
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Espejo retrovisor
Rear view mirror
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Un calambre
A cramp
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Ser gajes del oficio
To come with the territory
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Un afilador
A sharpener
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Un sello
A stamp
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La soja
The sky (sauce)
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Belcebú
Beezlebub
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Esfumarse
To vanish; to disappear
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“Alex, al habla”
“Alex, speaking”
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El antifaz
The mask (zorro like)
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A lo largo de
Along (the)
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Base de datos
Database
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El testaferro
The figurehead
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“Ya fue”
“Whatever” *dismissive*
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Desangrar
To bleed out
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El jurado
The jury
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Escoltar
To escort; to accompany
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Blanquecino
Whitish (adj)
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Negruzco
Blackish (adj)
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Autodidacto
Self-taught Autodidact
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El trucazo
Little trick “You know about this little trick”
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La cabina
The cabin
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Escalofriante
Chilling; hair-raising
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Un foráneo
An outsider
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El vapor
The steam
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El titular de la tarjeta
The cardholder
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La cobardía
The cowardness
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Incierto
Uncertain
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La palanca
The lever
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Un filamento
a filament
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Sin más preamble
Without further ado
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Caribeño
Caribbean (adj)
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El nabo
The turnip
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Un gallo
A rooster
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Llamativo
Catchy (adj)
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La linterna
The flashlight
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El aislamiento
The isolation
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La pollería
The chicken slaughterhouse (b-line)
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Despegar
To take off (plane)
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La yema
The yolk; the fingertip
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Un consejero
The advisor; the counselor
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La gasolinera
The gas station
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Enfadoso
Annoying
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La devolución
The reimbursement
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Poco después
Shortly after
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Sindical
Union (adj) “Union job”
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El vals
The waltz
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Humillar
To humiliate
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La licuadora
The blender
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El arcoíris
The rainbow
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El remordimiento
The regret
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Por lo tanto
Therefore
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Escupir
To spit
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El vagón
The wagon/ the cart
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La suciedad
The dirtiness; the filth
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Un resentimiento
A resentment
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Dar bola
To pay attention To give notice
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Lloriquear
To whine
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Disfrutar de comer
To enjoy eating
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El granero
The barn
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La granja; la finca
The farm
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Vietnamito
Vietnamese
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Ya que
“Given that…”
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El/la cónyuge
The spouse
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Un seudónimo
A pseudonym
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Cortesía de
Courtesy of
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Célebre (por)
Famous for
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A mediados de los 90s
In the mid 90s
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La ira
The anger; the wrath
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La gentileza
The kindness
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Un televidente
A tv viewer
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El colmo
The height (o auge)
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Los gastos hormigas
The small purchases that accumulate to a lot of spending
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Aterrizar
To land (plane)
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Veranear
To spend a summer
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Placentero
Pleasant
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Carros de choque
Bumper cars
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La noria
The Ferris Wheel
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Un farolillo
A Chinese lantern
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Una luciérnaga
A firefly
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La taquilla
The ticket stand
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El prado
The meadow
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Depravado
Depraved
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Un tornillo
A screw
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La mirilla
The peephole
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La carcasa
The carcass
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La bisagra
The hinge (door)
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Un cohete
A rocket
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El príncipe azul
Prince Charming
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Una porrista
A cheerleader
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La Diana
The bullseye (dart board)
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Hacer lo correcto
To do the right thing
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Una demanda
A lawsuit
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Pupilentes
Contact lenses
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Maridar
To combine well; to pair good (Bee; food)
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No hay como
There’s no way
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Las agujas
The hands (of the clock)
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El pavor
The dread; the fear
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El pasovaso
The coaster (drink)
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Mugroso
Mucky
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Daltónico
Colorblind (adj) Coloring person (n)
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Una araña patas largas
A daddy long legs spider
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Un arpa
A harp
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Las bambalinas
The drop curtains
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Piernudo
Thick thighed; thick legged
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Un templo
A temple
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El kurdo
Kurdish
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Un rodillazo
A hit with the knee
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Rencoroso
Resentful
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Alfombrar
To carpet “we put carpet on the floor.”
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Parafrasear
To paraphrase
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El estornudo
The sneeze
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Así tal como eres
Just the way you are
264
Desagotar
To drain
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Improvisado
Impromptu; improvised
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El ultimato
The ultimatum
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El/la clavadista
The diver (sport; water)
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El quiosco
The kiosk
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La langosta
The lobster
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El comino
The cumin (spice from Drake & Josh)
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El yeso
The plaster (wall repair) The cast
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Un triángulo rectángulo
A right triangle
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Una carrera fílmica
A film career
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Un trastorno
A disorder
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A cambio de
In exchange of
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Una maroma
A flip (gymnastics)
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Un deleite
A delight
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Precopear
To pregame (drinks)
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Hechizar
To bewitch To cast a spell on
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Un jarrón
A case (flowers)
281
Crujiente
Crunchy
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Un peliculón
A very good movie
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Un niñato
A spoiled brat
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El cansancio
The tiredness
285
La puntería
The aim; the marksmanship
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El/la malparido
The motherfucker *slur*
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El/la contrincante
The opponent
288
carnoso
Fleshy; meaty
289
La patrulla
The patrol; patrol car
290
El hocico
The snout; nose (animal)
291
Estonio
Estonian
292
Un trastorno mental
Mental disorder
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Bostezar
To yawn
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El pegamento
The glue
295
Un cuarteto
A quartet
296
Imperioso
Imperative
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La munición
The ammunition
298
Dar una paliza
To give an ass kicking
299
Me cuesta hablar con
It’s hard to talk with…
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Pelar
To peel (potatos)
301
Un fontanero
A plumber
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sollozar
To sob