Capitulo 6

Question 1

Adjective
thick, dense (compact)
tiresome (annoying) (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela)

Answer 1

espeso

Question 2

Adjective
hidden, secret (concealed)
occult (mystical)
mysterious (enigmatic)

Answer 2

oculto

Question 3

to startle, frighten, give a start (to scare suddenly)

to start, be startled, jump (to get scared suddenly)

Answer 3

sobresaltar

sobresaltarse

Question 4

Adjective
glued, stuck (adhered)
adjacent to
stunned (surprised) (Spain)
fried, electrocuted (colloquial) (injured or killed with electricity)

the plaster, band-aid (medicine)

Answer 4

pagado

el pegado

Question 5

to take (to spend time)
to take too long (to take too much time)
to be long (to be a while)

to be too long, take a long time (to take too much time)
(Latin America)

Answer 5

tardar

tardarse

Question 6

the forehead (anatomy)

the front (the part in front) (meteorology) (military)

Preposition
opposite (in front of)
against (compared to)

Answer 6

la frente

el frente

frente

Question 7

to roar, bellow (to cry)
to roar, bellow, rumble (to make loud noise)

the roar of an animal (cry of an animal)
the roar, the roaring, howling (loud noise)
the rumble of a stomach (anatomy)

Answer 7

rugir

el rugido

Question 8

to knock down, knock over, kick down, demolish (to topple)
to cut down, fell (to chop down a tree) (Latin America)
to waste, bump off, do in (colloquial) (to kill) (Colombia)
to fail, flunk (colloquial) (education)
(Spain)

to lie down, stretch out (to recline)

Answer 8

tumbar

tumbarse

Question 9

to resound, boom, echo, thunder, roll as in thunder (to reverberate)

Answer 9

retumbar

Question 10

the swipe (the swat)
the blow (figurative) (misfortune)

Answer 10

el zarpaso

Question 11

to sharpen (to hone)
to date (colloquial) (to woo) (Southern Cone)
to fuck, screw (vulgar) (to have sex with)(Chile)

Adjective
sharp (cutting)
pointed (edged)
cutting, sharp (hurtful)

the act of making sharp (act of making sharp)

Answer 11

afilar

afilado

el afilado

Question 12

the claw, talon (of an animal)
the hand, paw (anatomy)
the spirit

the clutches (power)
the rags (ugly clothing) (Mexico)

Answer 12

la garra

las garras

Question 13

to strike, smack (to strike)
to hit, hit in the face (figurative) (to shock)

Answer 13

abofetear

Question 14

to dare (to have the courage) (to be insolent)

Answer 14

atrevar

Question 15

to embarrass (to humiliate)
to shame (to dishonor)

to be embarrased (to feel remorse)

Adjective
ashamed, embarrased (feeling shame)

Answer 15

avergonzar

avergonzarse

avergonzado/a

Question 16

to rub, scrub (to apply friction)

to rub (to massage oneself)
to jerk off, wank (to masturbate)

Answer 16

frotar

frotarse

Question 17

to try, attempt (to make an effort to do something)

Answer 17

intentar

Question 18

the coward (person who lacks courage)

Adjective
cowardly, timid (faint-hearted)

Answer 18

el cobarde

cobarde

Question 19

to lower, bend, bow, hang, duck (to move down)

to crouch down, bend down, squat (to lower oneself)
to submit (to give in)

Answer 19

agachar

agacharse

Question 20

to pat, slap (to give a slap)
to clap (to applaud)

Answer 20

palmear

Question 21

to blunt, dull

Answer 21

desafilar

Question 22

to scratch (to graze) (to make scratch marks on)
to scrape together money, scrap by (colloquial) (figurative) (to struggle to obtain)

to scrape by financially, scrape through an exam (to achieve something with difficulty)

Answer 22

arañar

arañarse

Question 23

the tenderness, affection, fondness (emotion)
the tenderness (texture)

Answer 23

la ternura

Question 24

to continue, proceed, go on, persist like weather (to carry on)
to continue, proceed with, go on with, persue (to carry on with; often used with “con”)

Answer 24

proseguir

Question 25

to set aside (to pick out) to move away (to put aside) to separate (to uncouple) to remove (to dismiss) to move out of the way (to remove oneself) to get away (to distance oneself)

Answer 25

apartar apartarse

Question 26

to throw, cast (to propel) to put (to add) to throw out, expel (to oust) to pour (to serve) to give off, emit (to release) to sprout (to produce) to give (to give) to mail, post (to send) to reckon, think (to estimate) to give a hand, to have (indicating an action) to push (to move) to fire, sack (to lay off) to start, begin (to commence) to throw oneself (to propel oneself) to lie down (to recline) to put on (to apply)

Answer 26

echar echarse

Question 27

to escape from a person or place, to flee from danger or pursuit, to run away (to leave) to avoid (to stay away from)

Answer 27

huir