Century 16 Flashcards

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el despojo

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plunder

(de animales) offal

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(el,la) desposado, a

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newly wed

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desposar(se)

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to marry

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los desposorios

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marriage

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despotricar

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VI to rave (contra - about)

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desprender(se)

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to detach, unfasten

P to withdraw (de - from)

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desprendido, a

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generous, disinterested

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el desprendimietno

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generosity, unselfishness

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despreocuparse

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not to worry

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el desprestigio

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discredit, loss of prestige

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desprevenido, a

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unprepared

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El despropósito

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Absurdity, nonsense

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Desprovisto, a

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Lacking (de - of)

Devoid

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Despuntar

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To blunt
VI (planta) to sprout, bud
FIG to be witty

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Desquiciar

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To unhinge

(Descomponer) to upset, unsettle

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Desquitar

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To compensate

To take revenge (de - on)

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El desquite

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Compensation

Revenge, retaliation

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18
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El destajo

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Piecework

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Destapar

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To open, uncover

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El destape

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FAM strip

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Destartalado, a

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Tumbledown, ramshackle

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Destellar

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VI to sparkle, gleam

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Desteñir(se)

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To discolor

VI-P to lose color

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Desternillarse

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FAM (~ de risa) to split one’s sides laughing

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(el/la) desterrado, a
exiled, banished
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destetar
to wean
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a destiempo
inopportunely, at the wrong time
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el destierro
banishment, exile
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destilar
to distil to filter FIG to exude, reveal
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la destilería
distillery
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el/la destinatario, a
addressee | consignee
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el destornillador
screwdriver
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destornillar(se)
to unscrew | FIG P to go crazy
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destripar
(animal) to gut, disembowel (cosa) to tear open FIG (despachurrar) to crush
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destrozado, a
smashed, broken
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destrozar
to smash, break in pieces
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el destrozo
destruction, damage
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desvaído, a
(color) pale, dull | (borroso) blurred
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desvalijar
to rob, hold up
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el desván
loft, attic
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desvanecer(se)
to make vanish (nubes etc.) to dispel FIG (recuerdo etc) to efface (desmayarse) to faint, swoon
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el desvanecimiento
dizziness, faintness
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desvariar
VI to be delirious, rave, talk nonsense
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el desvarío
(delirio) delirium (locura) nonsense, raving (capricho) fancy, whim
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la desventura
misfortune, misery
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el/la desventurado, a
unfortunate
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la desvergüenza
shamelessness, impudence
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desvirgar
to deflower
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desvirtuar
to impair, diminish the value of
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desvivirse
to do one's utmost (por, for) | desear) to long (por, for
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devanar(se)
to wind, reel
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el devaneo
(delirio) delirium, nonsense | (amorío) flirting
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devengar
(sueldo) to earn | (interés) to draw, accrue
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la devolución
return, restitution | JUR devolution
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la diablesa
she-devil
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el diácono
deacon
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la diadema
diadem | (adorno) hairband
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diáfano, a
diaphanous, see-through
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la diana
MIL reveille | (blanco) bull's eye
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el diapasón
diapasón | tuning fork
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la diapositiva
slide
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dicharachero, a
talkative
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el dictamen
opinión | (informe) report
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el diezmo
tithe
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la difamación
defamation, slander
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difamar
to defame, slander
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difundir(se)
(luz) to diffuse FIG (noticia) to spread RAD to broadcast
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el dije
trinket
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la dilación
delay, postponement
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dilapidar
to squander
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la dilatación
dilatation, expansion
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dilatado, a
dilated, expanded | vast, extensive, large
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dilucidar
to clear up, elucidate
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la dimisión
resignation
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el dineral
fortune
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el dintel
lintel
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el dique
dam mole, dike FIG barrier ~ seco - dry dock
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dirimir
to annul, nullify | to settle
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díscolo, a
ungovernable, unruly
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discurrir
VI to wander, roam (río) to flow (tiempo) to pass FIG (reflexionar) to reason, meditate VT (idear) to invent, contrive
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disertar
to discourse (sobre, on)
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la disgregación
disintegration
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el disimulo
pretence, dissimulation
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dispar
unlike, different
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el disparador
(de arma) trigger | (de cámara) release
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disparar(se)
to discharge, fire, let off (lanzar) to hurl, throw P (precio) to shoot up (correr) to dash off
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disparatado, a
absurd, foolish
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el disparate
absurdity, nonsense, crazy
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la displicencia
coolness, indifference
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distar
VI to be distant (de, from)
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la divagación
digression
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divagar
VI to digress, ramble
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el diván
diván, couch
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divinizar
to deify