El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - E Flashcards

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efectuar

A

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

A

f. emulation, competition, rivalry

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enagua

A

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

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to contract, become narrow

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encadenarse

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to grow out of, have its origins in

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encaje

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m. lacework

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encaminar

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to guide, direct, refer, manage, be on one’s way

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encampanarse

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to get started, get angry

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encargo

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commission

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de encargo

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to order, commissioned

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enclenque

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sickly

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enconado

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violent, deep-seated

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encaramado

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perched

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encararse (con)

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to face

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encarecido

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consoling, kind hearted

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encargar

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to entrust, to ask, request

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encargo

A

orgo

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encarrilar

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to keep in line

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enceguer

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to blind

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encender luz

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to turn on the lights

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encendido

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beaming, ardent

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encendimiento

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flush

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encerrar

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to lock up or shut up, confine, enclose

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encina

A

evergreen oak, holm oak

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encomendar

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to commend, entrust, charge, urge

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encontrado

A

clashing, antagonistic, at odds

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encorvarse

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to stoop

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encreparse

A

to curl, ruffle, become rough, be agitated

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encubierto

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dissimulated, concealed

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endiablado

A

possessed of the devil, devilish, wicked

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enemistad

A

f. enmity, hatred

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53
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tener enemistad

A

to hate

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enfadar

A

to incense

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enfadarse

A

to get irritated

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enfermero

A

male nurse

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enfilar

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to steer, follow in a straight course

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enfilar la calle

A

to appear in the street

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enflaquercerse

A

to wane

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enfrentarse

A

to come face to face

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engañar

A

to deceive, cheat, fool

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engañarse

A

to be mistaken

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engaño

A

deceit, fraud

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engarzado (sobre)

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set (in) (referring to jewels)

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engendrar

A

to beget

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engranaje

A

m. gears

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enjambre

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m. swarm, crowd

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enjugarse

A

to wipe off

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enjuto

A

dry, skinny

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lo más enjuto

A

the driest part

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enmienda

A

compensation, satisfaction, amends

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enojo

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anger

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enredadera

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vine

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enrojecido

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reddened, red

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enrolarse

A

to join, enroll

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ensalmo

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magic

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ensalzar

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to exalt

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ensanchar

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to widen

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ensancharse

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to widen out, unburden

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ensangrentado

A

gory, drenched with blood

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ensayar

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to try, test, attempt, undertake

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ensilado

A

stored away

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ensillar

A

to saddle

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ensombrecerse

A

to grow shadowy

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enteco

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weak, sickly, thin

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era entendido en leyes

A

knew a lot about the law

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entendimiento

A

understanding

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entenbrecer

A

to grow dark

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enterarse

A

to perceive

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entereza

A

firmness

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enternecido

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softened, tenderized

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entornado

A

half-closed

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entrante

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incoming

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entreabirse

A

to half open, part

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entregado

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(a) lost (in), given over (to)

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entristecido

A

saddened

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envainar

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to sheathe, cover up

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envanercerse

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to be proud

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envejecer

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to grow hold

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envenenamiento

A

poisoning

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envevenar

A

to poison, stain

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envidiar

A

to envy

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enviudar con

A

to become a widow or a widower (depending on whether subject is masculine or feminine)

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epopeya

A

epic poem

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equidad

A

f. equity

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erguirse

A

to stiffen

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erizar

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to set on end, bristle, raise

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erizo

A

hedgehog

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errar

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to err, be mistake, make a mistake

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errar por

A

to wander about

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escalonando

A

in echelon form or shape, jagged

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excampar

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to stop raining

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escarbar

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to scratch up, scrape, pick, rumble

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escarmentar

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to learn one’s lesson (by experience)

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escarpado

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rugged

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escenario

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stage

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escobajo

A

stem

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escogido

A

chosen

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lo más escogido

A

the most select people

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esconder

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to hide

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esconderse

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to hide

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a escondidas de

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without the knowledge of

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escribiente

A

m cleark, writer

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escritorio

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writing-desk, cabinet, secretary

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escudero

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squire, country, gentleman

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escudillar

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to dish out

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escudo

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shield

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escudo de armas

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coat of arms

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escudriñar

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to scrutinize, watch, peep

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escuelero

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schoolboy

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de escuelero

A

school-boy like

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escupir

A

to spit

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escurrir

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to slip, slide, sneak out

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esforzar

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to reassure

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esforzarse

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to make an effort, try hard, exert oneself

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esmeralda

A

emerald

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espada

A

sword

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espantar

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to frighten, scare

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espantarse

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to be astounded

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espanto

A

fright

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poner espanto

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to frighten

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esparcir

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to scatter

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esparcir la vista

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to look

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espaviento

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animation, exaggerated wonder

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espectador

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m. spectator

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los espectadores

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the crowd, onlookers

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espectro

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ghost

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espejo

A

mirror

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espesarse

A

to grow dense

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espiar

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to spy on, keep tabs on

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espina

A

thorn

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esplendoroso

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splendid

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esponjado

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fluffy

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esquelético

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skeletal, scrawny

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establecimiento

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establishment, concern

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estada

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stay, sojourn

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estadística

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statistics

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estancia

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sitting room, living room; (Amer.) small farm, ranch

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estéril

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sterile, unfruitful

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estilográfica

A

fountain pen

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esío

A

summer

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estirar

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to stretch, pull

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estirarse

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to haul oneself up

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estrangular

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to choke up

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estrategia

A

strategy

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estraza

A

rag

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papel de estraza

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wrapping paper, brown paper

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estrellar

A

to dash to pieces

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estremercerse

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to shake, shiver, tremble

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estrofa

A

stanza

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estropeado

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marred

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estropicio

A

breakage

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estuche

A

m. clever felow

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eternizado

A

petrified

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engenlio

A

gospel

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evitar

A

to avoid, prevent

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excusado

A

needless

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excusado es decir

A

needless to say

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extención

A

f. exemption

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exención suficiente

A

sufficient cause for exemption

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exhalar

A

to blurt out

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exigencia

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entreaty, demand

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expectativa

A

expectancy

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expedientado

A

prisoner

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expediente

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m. file, record, petition

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expulsar

A

to throw out, expel

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extenderse

A

to be drawn up

188
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se extendieron los documentos

A

the documents were drawn up

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extenuado

A

eak, exhausted

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extravío

A

aberration

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exultación

A

f. high spirits