Expresiones Idiomaticas Flashcards

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¿Cómo? ¿Cómo dijiste?

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What? What did you say?

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¿Cómo te va?

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How are you you? How´s it going?

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¿De cuándo acá?

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Since when?

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¿Y qué?

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So what?

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¿Qué tal?

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How are you?

How´s it going?

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¿Para qué?

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What for?

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¿Por dónde?

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Which way?

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¡Cómo así!

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How is it possible!

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¡Cómo no!

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Of course!

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¡Qué pena!

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What a shame!

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¡A mí qué!

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So what!

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¡Qué sé yo!

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How should I know!

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¡Qué barbaridad!

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How shocking!

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¡No hay de qué!

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You’re welcome!

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¡Cuánto lo siento!

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I’m so sorry.

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¡Qué te importa!

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It’s none of your business.

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abrirse paso

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to make one’s way

me abrí paso - I made my way

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siempre que

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solamente si

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siempre y cuando

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solamente si

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asumiendo que

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aceptando que algo es así

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incluso si

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sin importar que algo es así

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tal y como

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just like

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presa de algo

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seized by something

presa de terror (por ex)

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en cuanto

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as soon as…

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en lo alto
on top
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ya que
since
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fuera se fuese
whatever it was
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lo antes posible
as soon as possible
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entrarse ganas de llorar
to feel like crying Me entraron ganas de llorar. - I felt like crying.
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de pie
standing
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¡Qué + Sustantivo
What...!
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Qué + adjetivo o adverbio
How... ¡Qué sabroso! (How tasty!) ¡Qué listo eres! (How clever you are!)
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¡Cuanto + verbo o sustantivo!
How (so much) ¡Cuánto te extraño! (I miss you so much!) ¡Cuánto tráfico hay! (There’s so much traffic!)
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¡Cuántos(as) + sustantivo!
So Many...! ¡Cuantos primos! ¡Cuántas mujeres elegantes!
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¡Cómo + verbo!
How...! ¡Cómo gritan! (How they scream!) ¡Cómo canta! (How she sings!)
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Quién + verbo en imperfecto de subjuntivo...!
If only...! ¡Quién cantara como Placido Domingo! ¡Quién fuera millonario! (If only I were a millionaire!)
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en tal caso
in that case
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de par en par
wide open
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en el de tal modo
in such a way
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Lo antes posible
as soon as possible
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dar un vuelco el corazón
skip a beat me dio un vuelco el corazón - my heart skipped a beat
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a esas alturas
at that point
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Puede que no sea
it may not be
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al cabo de
after | At the end of
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salta a la vista
obvious
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a Lo mejor
maybe
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capaces de dar con el
able to find him
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¿Podemos acordar que se ponga fin a esto?
Can we agree to put an end to this?
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a raíz de
in the wake of
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el tal Malcolm como se llame
the so-called Malcolm
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rayar en algo
to border on something; verge on something
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si bien
while
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daba a Park Avenue
faced Park Avenue
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tanto de menos
so much
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dar marcha atrás
go backwards
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en concreto
in particular
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se remonta
it dates back to
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en la medida en que todo ello está relacionado
to the extent that all this is related
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lo llevas en la sangre
you carry it in the blood
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hecho hacía atrás la silla
he pushed back the chair
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se te ve poco seguro de ti mismo
you are not sure of yourself
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todo se reduce a una falta de confianza
it all comes down to a lack of confidence
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enseguida voy
right away
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sobre todo desde que
especially since
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lo que fuera
whatever
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ya había dado un salto hacia delante
he had already made a leap forward | he was a step ahead
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gira en torno
revolves around
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o sea que
that means
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anda por ahí
out there
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nos toca ir
we have to go
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esto iba a ser
this was going to be | estoiba(a)ser