El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - E Flashcards
(191 cards)
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efectuar
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to effect, do, carry out
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efectuarse
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to take place
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ejercer
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to exercise, practice, perform, work
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elenco
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line-up, variety show
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elogio
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eulogy
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embadurnar
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to daub
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embarazo
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pregnancy
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embarcación
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f. craft, vessel
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embarrado
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smeared or covered with mud
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embeleso
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rapture
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con embeleso
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rapturously
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embozado
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veiled
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empapar
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to soak, drench
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empastado
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overgrown with weeds
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empeñar
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to pawn
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emplazar
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to summon, set as a time limit, assign
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empollar
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to brood over, work at
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empujar
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to push, shove
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empujón
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shove
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empuñar
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to clinch, clutch, grasp
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emulación
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f. emulation, competition, rivalry
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enagua
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petticoat
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enajenar
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to alienate
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enamoriscado
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a little bit in love with
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enangostarse
to contract, become narrow
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encadenarse
to grow out of, have its origins in
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encaje
m. lacework
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encaminar
to guide, direct, refer, manage, be on one's way
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encampanarse
to get started, get angry
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encargo
commission
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de encargo
to order, commissioned
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enclenque
sickly
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enconado
violent, deep-seated
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encaramado
perched
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encararse (con)
to face
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encarecido
consoling, kind hearted
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encargar
to entrust, to ask, request
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encargo
orgo
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encarrilar
to keep in line
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enceguer
to blind
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encender luz
to turn on the lights
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encendido
beaming, ardent
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encendimiento
flush
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encerrar
to lock up or shut up, confine, enclose
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encina
evergreen oak, holm oak
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encomendar
to commend, entrust, charge, urge
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encontrado
clashing, antagonistic, at odds
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encorvarse
to stoop
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encreparse
to curl, ruffle, become rough, be agitated
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encubierto
dissimulated, concealed
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endiablado
possessed of the devil, devilish, wicked
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enemistad
f. enmity, hatred
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tener enemistad
to hate
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enfadar
to incense
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enfadarse
to get irritated
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enfermero
male nurse
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enfilar
to steer, follow in a straight course
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enfilar la calle
to appear in the street
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enflaquercerse
to wane
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enfrentarse
to come face to face
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engañar
to deceive, cheat, fool
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engañarse
to be mistaken
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engaño
deceit, fraud
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engarzado (sobre)
set (in) (referring to jewels)
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engendrar
to beget
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engranaje
m. gears
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enjambre
m. swarm, crowd
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enjugarse
to wipe off
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enjuto
dry, skinny
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lo más enjuto
the driest part
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enmienda
compensation, satisfaction, amends
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enojo
anger
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enredadera
vine
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enrojecido
reddened, red
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enrolarse
to join, enroll
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ensalmo
magic
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ensalzar
to exalt
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ensanchar
to widen
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ensancharse
to widen out, unburden
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ensangrentado
gory, drenched with blood
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ensayar
to try, test, attempt, undertake
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ensilado
stored away
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ensillar
to saddle
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ensombrecerse
to grow shadowy
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enteco
weak, sickly, thin
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era entendido en leyes
knew a lot about the law
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entendimiento
understanding
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entenbrecer
to grow dark
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enterarse
to perceive
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entereza
firmness
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enternecido
softened, tenderized
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entornado
half-closed
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entrante
incoming
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entreabirse
to half open, part
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entregado
(a) lost (in), given over (to)
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entristecido
saddened
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envainar
to sheathe, cover up
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envanercerse
to be proud
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envejecer
to grow hold
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envenenamiento
poisoning
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envevenar
to poison, stain
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envidiar
to envy
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enviudar con
to become a widow or a widower (depending on whether subject is masculine or feminine)
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epopeya
epic poem
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equidad
f. equity
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erguirse
to stiffen
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erizar
to set on end, bristle, raise
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erizo
hedgehog
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errar
to err, be mistake, make a mistake
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errar por
to wander about
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escalonando
in echelon form or shape, jagged
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excampar
to stop raining
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escarbar
to scratch up, scrape, pick, rumble
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escarmentar
to learn one's lesson (by experience)
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escarpado
rugged
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escenario
stage
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escobajo
stem
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escogido
chosen
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lo más escogido
the most select people
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esconder
to hide
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esconderse
to hide
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a escondidas de
without the knowledge of
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escribiente
m cleark, writer
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escritorio
writing-desk, cabinet, secretary
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escudero
squire, country, gentleman
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escudillar
to dish out
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escudo
shield
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escudo de armas
coat of arms
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escudriñar
to scrutinize, watch, peep
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escuelero
schoolboy
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de escuelero
school-boy like
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escupir
to spit
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escurrir
to slip, slide, sneak out
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esforzar
to reassure
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esforzarse
to make an effort, try hard, exert oneself
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esmeralda
emerald
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espada
sword
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espantar
to frighten, scare
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espantarse
to be astounded
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espanto
fright
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poner espanto
to frighten
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esparcir
to scatter
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esparcir la vista
to look
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espaviento
animation, exaggerated wonder
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espectador
m. spectator
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los espectadores
the crowd, onlookers
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espectro
ghost
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espejo
mirror
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espesarse
to grow dense
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espiar
to spy on, keep tabs on
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espina
thorn
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esplendoroso
splendid
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esponjado
fluffy
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esquelético
skeletal, scrawny
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establecimiento
establishment, concern
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estada
stay, sojourn
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estadística
statistics
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estancia
sitting room, living room; (Amer.) small farm, ranch
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estéril
sterile, unfruitful
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estilográfica
fountain pen
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esío
summer
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estirar
to stretch, pull
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estirarse
to haul oneself up
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estrangular
to choke up
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estrategia
strategy
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estraza
rag
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papel de estraza
wrapping paper, brown paper
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estrellar
to dash to pieces
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estremercerse
to shake, shiver, tremble
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estrofa
stanza
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estropeado
marred
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estropicio
breakage
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estuche
m. clever felow
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eternizado
petrified
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engenlio
gospel
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evitar
to avoid, prevent
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excusado
needless
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excusado es decir
needless to say
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extención
f. exemption
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exención suficiente
sufficient cause for exemption
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exhalar
to blurt out
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exigencia
entreaty, demand
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expectativa
expectancy
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expedientado
prisoner
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expediente
m. file, record, petition
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expulsar
to throw out, expel
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extenderse
to be drawn up
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se extendieron los documentos
the documents were drawn up
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extenuado
eak, exhausted
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extravío
aberration
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exultación
f. high spirits
