Capítulo 4 Flashcards
(47 cards)
1
Q
adentrarse
A
to get into/go into
2
Q
apearse
A
to alight/get off (plane, train, bus)
3
Q
(la) campiña
A
countryside
4
Q
desgastada (adj.)
A
tired, exhausted
5
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(la) franja
A
border/fringe, strip
6
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percatarse de
A
to notice, to realise
7
Q
saledizo (adj.)
A
projecting, jutting
8
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(los) adoquines
A
cobbles, paving stones
9
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(el) ensimismamiento
A
self-absorption
10
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(el) sobre
A
envelope
11
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(el) soplo
A
puff/blow, breeze
12
Q
plegarse
A
to submit/yield, to fold (figurative)
13
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atragantar
A
to choke
14
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socarrona (adj.)
A
sarcastic, snide
15
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pachucho (adj.)
A
weak, feeble
16
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algodonosa (adj.)
A
cotton
17
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(la) tez
A
skin, complexion
18
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anonadado (adj.)
A
astonished, gobsmacked, speechless
19
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(el) descapotable
A
convertible (car)
20
Q
atarse
A
to be tied
21
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(el) capó
A
(car) bonnet
22
Q
refunfuñar
A
to grumble
23
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ejecer
A
to practise/work as (profession)
24
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socovar
A
undermine, subvert, impair
25
descalzo (adj.)
barefooted
26
vislumbrar
discern, envision
27
desperdigado (adj.)
dispersed, scattered
28
(la) amargura
bitterness
29
marisquería
seafood restaurant/shop
30
rezongón (adj)
grumbling
31
escupir
divulge (colloquial)
/ to spit (out)
32
fulminante (adj.)
sudden and fatal
33
espeluznante (adj.)
horrifying, terrifying, hair-raising
34
(el) chasquido
snap, crack, pop
35
sonrojarse
to blush
36
(la) tirantez
tension
37
jorobarse
(colloquial) grin and bear it, put up with
38
(la) cordura
sanity, good sense
39
morder
to bite
40
larguirucho (adj.)
(person) lanky, skinny
41
(el) muelle
dock, pier
42
tachar
to cross out
43
(el) parabrisas
windscreen
44
en jarras
(hands) on hips
45
largarse
(colloquial) to leave
46
(el) asno
(colloquial, pejorative) ass
47
(el) follón
commotion
