Chapter 1A Flashcards
(178 cards)
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The ship
The shipping
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El buque
Los buques
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The bishop (religious)
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El obispo
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To cross, go through (to go across)
To go through, pierce (to penetrate)
To put across ((to place) (i.e. rope across the road)
To go through, experience (to live through)
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Atravesar
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The drizzle
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La llovizna
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Adjective tender (soft) unripe, not ripe (not mature) loving, affectionate (person) tender (look) Tender (age)
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tierno/a
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The awakening (start)
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El despertar
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To splash, splatter, sprinkle (to spray with liquid) To taint, ruin (to affect) To pepper (to spread)
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Salpicar
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The shit, crap (vulgar)
The screw up, cock up, fuck up (vulgar)
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La cagada
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To evoke, recall (to bring to mind)
To invoke, call up (to appeal to)
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Evocar
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The details
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Los pomenores
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Adjective
ungrateful (unthankful)
thankless, unrewarding, hard (not gratifying)
unpleasant, disagreeable (unlikeable)
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ingrato/a
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The tin, solder (metal)
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El estaño
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The almond tree (botany)
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El almendro
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The interpreter (translator) The performer (entertainer)
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El intérprete
La intérprete
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Adjective
other people’s, someone else’s (belonging to someone else)
foreign, alien, unconnected, unaffiliated (not connected to)
unaware (not aware)
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ajeno/a
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“on an empty stomach” (without having eaten)
“in the dark” (without any news)
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“en ayunas”
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To fast (to refrain from food)
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Ayunar
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To predict, foretell, auger
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Augurar
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Adjective
ill fated, fateful, tragic, black
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acuago/a
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To lead up to, to precede (to come before in time)
To go before (to come before in position)
To have priority over, take precedence over (to have more importance)
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Preceder
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The omen, portent (sign) The premonition (sign)
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El presagio
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The sediment, deposit (material formed on a surface) The sediment (chemistry)
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El sedimento
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The stirrup (equestrianism)
The running board, footrest (step in vehicle)
The support, buttress (architecture)
The spur (geography)
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El estribo
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The copper
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El cobre
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Adjective
| copper-colored
cobre
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The out on the town
| The out partying
La parranda
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To extend, prolong
Prolongar
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"even more"
"más aún"
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"since"
"desde que"
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"until"
"hasta que"
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"through"
"a través"
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Adjective
cloudy, turbid, muddy, murky (not clean)
shady, murky (questionable)
turbulent (agitated)
turbio/a
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Adjective
dense, thick (compact)
dense, heavy going (difficult to follow)
heavy (slow)
denso/a
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Adjective
small, slight (size)
insignificant (of little importance)
meticulous (exact)
menudo/a
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To recover (to regain health)
To recover (to regain mental peace)
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Reponerse
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The lap (anatomy)
El regazo
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Adjective
barely, hardly, scarcely (with difficulty)
only, barely (short time)
apenas
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The racket (clamor)
The disturbance, commotion (uproar)
The riot (revolt)
The agitation (anxiety)
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El alboroto
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The alarm (summons to arms)
The surprise attack (military)
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El rebato
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The flax (botany)
The linen (fabric)
The linseed (flaxseed)
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El lino
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The starch (culinary)
The starch (clothing)
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El almidón
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The attire, outfit (clothing)
El atuendo
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Adjective
| khaki
caqui
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The khaki (color)
The kaki, persimmon (fruit)
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El caqui
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The hill, mountain, mount (elevated land)
| The countryside, bush (undeveloped land)
El monte
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The belt (band around waist)
El cinto
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The bullet, cannonball (projectile)
La bala
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Adjective
| armored, armor plated, bullet proof (protected by armor)
blindado/a
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The armored vehicle
El blindado
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The tool, implement (agriculture)
The harness (horseback riding)
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El apero
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The falconry, hawking
La cetrería
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The scope, telescopic sight
La mira telescopica
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The weapon, arm
La arma
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To hide, conceal (to keep out of view)
Esconder
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To hide oneself, conceal oneself
Esconderse
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Adjective
hidden (not visible)
secret (unknown to others)
secluded (remote)
escondido/a
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The drawer
La gaveta
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The ammunition, munitions (load for weapons)
The pellet (buckshot)
The stores, supplies (military equipment)
La munición
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To transfer, hand over, cede, assign, give up (to relinquish)
To pass (sports)
To give up (to lose)
To give in, yield (to surrender)
To ease up, drop, abate, go down, lessen, ease (to become less)
To give way, collapse (to fall)
Ceder
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The chance, coincidence (fortuity)
La casualidad
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The temptation
La tentación
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To impose, set, enforce (to implement)
| To impose, instill, make compulsory (to force to be accepted)
Imponer
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The maid, housekeeper, cleaning lady
La sirvienta
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To shake (to move)
To beat (to smack)
To dust (to smack)
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Sacudir
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To shoot, fire (to discharge)
To shoot, take (sports)
To shoot, take (photography)
Disparar
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To go off (to fire)
To shoot up, rocket (to rise)
To rush off (to leave)
Dispararse
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To crash, collide, bump (to run into)
To clash (to confront)
To surprise (to puzzle)
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Chocar
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To ruin, mess up (to spoil)
To disrupt (to interrupt)
To ruin, destroy (to damage)
Desbaratar
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The crash, din, boom (loud sound)
The uproar (racket)
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El estruendo
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The plaster (construction material)
The cast, plaster cast (medicine)
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El yeso
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The mishap, accident (incident)
| The setback, hitch (difficulty)
El percance
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Adjective
| Fleeting, brief (of short duration)
fugaz
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The step, footstep (walking movement)
The way, path, passage of time, (act of passing)
The rate, pace, step (distance)
El paso
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Adverb
| blindly
a tientas
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The first aid kit (box of medicine)
The medicine cabinet, medicine chest (cupboard for medicine)
The nurse's office, sickbay (first aid post)
El botiquín
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The old age (stage of life)
La vejez
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To mend, repair (to fix again)
To reset (to clear)
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Recomponer
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The chip, splinter, wood splinter (fragment)
| The bribe, sweetener (pay-off)
La astilla
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Adjective
eternal, everlasting (forever)
never ending, endless (interminable)
age-old (interminable)
eterno/a
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To grab, take, take hold of, grip, grasp, seize, catch, hold on to, hold (to grasp with the hands)
To catch (to capture)
To get hold of (to take possession of)
To get (to understand)
Agarrar
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To hold on to, grip (to clutch)
To stick (to become adhered to)
To have a fight (to get into a fight)
To get, be (to become)
Agarrarse
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To sit up (to raise one's body)
To join (to unite)
To report for work (to show up)
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Incorporarse
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To incorporate, add, include, assign, mix in, to call up (military) (to integrate)
To sit up (to raise the body of)
Incorporar
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The half-light, semi-darkness (dimness)
La penumbra
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Adjective
futile, vain, in vain, pointless (fruitless)
vain, empty, hollow (unfounded)
vain, conceited (self-important)
shallow (superficial)
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vano/a
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The opening, space (architecture)
El vano
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To confuse, confound (to disconcert)
To confuse, mix up, mistake (to misconstrue)
To overwhelm (to take aback)
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Confundir
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To make a mistake, get wrong (to be wrong)
To get confused, get mixed up (to become confused)
To blend, disappear (to become confused)
Confundirse
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The skin (epidermis)
The leather, fur (material)
The skin, peel (fruit)
La piel
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Adjective
| slender, slim (lean)
esbelto/a
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Adjective
pale, pallid (showing less color)
pale (light in color)
pale, faint (not intense)
pálido/a
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Adjective
| Arab, Arabian, Moorish (of Arabic origin)
árabe
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Adjective
curly (hair style)
choppy (sea condition)
ridged (undulating)
rizado/a
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lonely, solitary, lonesome (without company)
| deserted, empty, lonely, solitary (desolate)
solitario/a
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The control, authority, power (command)
The command, mastery, knowledge, fluency (awareness)
The domain, field, realm (area)
The dominion (territory)
El dominio
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The arsenal, armory (military)
The armorers, armory workers (staff)
The navy yard, naval boatyard (nautical)
La maestranza
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The art (aesthetic creation)
The artistry, skill (ability)
The cunning (craftiness)
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La arte
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The value (worth)
The nerve (shamelessness)
The bravery, courage (braveness)
The validity (legal acceptability)
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El valor
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The care, caution (carefulness)
The sound judgement (good sense)
The prudence, wisdom (religious)
La prudencia
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The falcon (animal)
The hardliner, hawk (politics)
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El halcon
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Adjective
| trained, performing (general)
amestrado/a
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The charity (generosity)
The charity (donation)
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La caridad
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The charge, care (responsibility)
The position, post (position)
The date stamp (certification)
El cargo
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The merit, worth (value)
El mérito
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Adjective
peaceful, pacific (non-violent)
peaceable, peace-loving, peaceful (calm)
peaceful (placid)
pacifico/a
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"in case"
"por si"
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To throw, cast (to propel)
To put (to add)
To throw out, expel (to oust)
To give off, emit (to release)
To reckon, think (to estimate)
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Echar
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The commitment (obligation)
The engagement (betrothal)
The commitment, date, engagement (social commitment)
The compromise, agreement settlement)
The complication (medicine)
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El compromiso
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"instead"
"en cambio"
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"the only thing"
"lo unico"
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To get wet, wet, dampen, moisten, drench, soak (to cover with liquid)
To dip, dunk (to submerge)
Mojar
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To get wet, get soaked, wet (to moisten)
To get involved, stick one's neck out (to become implicated)
To wet oneself (to urinate)
Mojarse
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To sneeze (to involuntarily expel air)
Estornudar
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To advise, recommend (to suggest)
To advise (to give advice to a person)
To make advisable (to make necessary)
Aconsejar
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To seek advice from (to get advice; used with "con")
Aconsejarse con
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To dismember, butcher, cut up, quarter
Descuartizar
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The bowl, large cup (container)
El tazón
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Adjective
| wild, uncouth, rough
cerrero/a
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The stream, jet (spurt)
The loads, stream (abundance)
The faucet, tap (plumbing)
The thief, pickpocket (robber)
El chorro
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The cane, reed (hollow stem)
The rod (fishing)
The glass of beer (measure of draft beer)
La caña
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To endure, bear (to cope with)
Sobrellevar
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The cargo, freight, load (transported goods)
The loading (act of filling)
The load (weight)
The burden (responsibility)
The charge, load (electricity)
The charge (attack)
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La carga
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The whispering (act of whispering)
El cuchicheo
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Adjective
divine (religious)
divine, heavenly, delightful, lovely (wonderful)
divino/a
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The fire (flames)
The light, glow (brightness)
The stove (cooker)
The fuel, firewood (combustible)
La lumbre
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The hen (domestic bird)
The chicken (culinary)
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La gallina
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The chicken (cowardly person)
El/La gallina
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Adjective
stealthy (silent)
discreet, secretive (covert)
sigiloso/a
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Adjective
| slow
lento/a
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The sip (action of sipping)
The mouthful, swallow, gulp (swig)
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El sorbo
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To set aside (to pick out)
To move away (to put aside)
To separate (to uncouple)
To remove (to dismiss)
Apartar
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To gut, disembowel (to eviscerate)
To rip open (to open by tearing)
To spoil (to ruin)
Destripar
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The burner, ring, hotplate (hotplate)
La hornilla
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Adjective
whole, entire (complete)
intact, in one piece (unbroken)
upright (honest)
whole, integral (mathematics)
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entero/a
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The integer, whole number (mathematics)
The payment (debt payment)
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El numero entero
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Adjective
wild (savage)
coarse (rude)
montaraz
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The impetus, momentum (physics)
The energy, vigor (zeal)
The force (zeal)
El ímpetu
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Adjective
| stifled, out of breath
sofocado/a
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The gland (anatomy)
La glándula
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To tame, break in (to domesticate)
Desbravar
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Adjective
| blood stained, covered in blood
ensangrentado/a
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To let go of, drop, put down, let out (to stop holding)
To loosen (to make less tight)
To set free, release (to free)
To let out, let fly (to vocalize)
Soltar
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Adverb
| seriously
en serio
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The peak, height (summit)
The fullness, plenitude (completeness)
The totality (full amount)
La plenitud
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The stable, barn, cowshed (farm building)
| The boxing gym (gymnasium)
El establo
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To run out (to be used up)
To end, finish (to run its course)
To die (to perish)
Acabarse
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Adjective
| furtive (secretive)
furtivo/a
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The anxiety, worry (uneasiness)
| The anxiety, nervous tension (illness)
La ansiedad
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Adjective
withered, wilted (limp)
down, gloomy (sad)
washed out (washed-out)
two-faced (hypocritical)
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mustio/a
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The shit, piece of shit, crap (vulgar)
La mierda
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To elude, avoid, evade, escape, dodge, duck
Eludir
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The gust, blast (puff of wind)
The flash (blaze of light)
The burst (series of shots)
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La ráfaga
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The fright, terror, horror (fear)
The terrible, awful (something unpleasant)
The ghost (phantom)
El espanto
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To pull out, pull up, uproot, gouge out, pull off, tear out, rip out, tear down (to remove by force)
To start, start up, boot up, boot (to turn on)
To extract, get out (to provoke)
Arrancar
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The heart, core (essential part)
La entraña
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To make up (to form)
To compose, write (fine arts)
To repair, fix (to mend)
To set, compose (printing)
To decorate (to adorn)
To set (medical)
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Componer
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To get better, recover (to recuperate)
To improve, clear up (weather)
To be made up of, consist of, be composed of (to comprise; used with "de")
To dress up, get ready (to get dressed)
Componerse
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To barter (archaic) (general)
Baratar
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The fight, row (dispute)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
La brava
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To fight, brawl
To argue, fight
To struggle (to strive)
To compete (to contend with)
Pelear
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To fight (to physically fight)
Pelearse
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To mend, repair (to fix again)
To reset (to clear)
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Recomponer
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To butcher, cut up
Destazar
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Adjective
| sleepy, drowsy
soñoliento
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To discuss, talk about (to comment on)
To comment on (to explain)
To mention, tell, say (to state)
To commentate on (radio or television)
To comment, make a comment (to give one's opinion)
To talk (to gossip)
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Comentar
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To coincide, match, match up (to correspond)
To coincide, happen to meet, run into, meet (to concur)
To agree, be in agreement (to concur)
Coincidir
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Adjective
bright (brilliant)
radiant (joyful)
radiante
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Adjective
funeral (related to funerals or the deceased)
gloomy, mournful, funereal (sullen)
fúnebre
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"had it not been"
"de no haber sido"
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The fortune, luck (chance)
The fortune (wealth)
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La fortuna
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To take, carry, give a ride (in car) (to transport)
To wear (clothing)
To take (to escort to)
To be (to spend time on)
To be ahead by, be older than (to be more than)
To handle, deal with, run (to manage)
To get on, handle (to cope with)
To lead to (to take to: used with "a")
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Llevar
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To take (to transport)
To get along (to be friends)
To be in (to be fashionable)
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Llevarse
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The head ((mechanics, electronics)
The head (computing)
The cabinet (music)
The bolster (pillow)
The headrest (padded head support)
The cab (automobile) (Central America)
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El cabezal
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To stand, put up with (to tolerate)
To bear (to endure)
To support (to hold up)
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Soportar
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To force (to oblige)
To force (to break (to break open)open)
To strain (eyesight or voice) (to stress)
To rape (sexually)
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Forzar
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"sign of interest"
"muestra de interes"
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The pomp (pageantry)
El fasto
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The annals (literature)
Los fastos
