New Vocab. Flashcards
(190 cards)
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un guarro
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a pig
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grosero
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rude, bad-mannered, vulgar, crude
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un disfraz
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disguise
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enfocar
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to focus
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invertir
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to invest
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despedir
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to dismiss (work)
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despedirse
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to say goodbye to someone
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agradecer
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to thank
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to get annoyed (x3)
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enfadarse, enojarse, cabrearse
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to annoy (x5)
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enfadar. enojar, cabrear, molestar, fastidiar
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to investigate (x3)
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averiguar, investigar, indagar
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comprobar
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to check
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enterar
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to inform; find out
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entregar
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to deliver
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entregarse
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to turn/hand oneself in
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disparate
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foolish remark(s)
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(to say) foolish remarks (x3)
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disparate, tonterías, chorradas
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encargarse (de algo)
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to take care of something
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to hurry (x5)
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apresurar(se), acelerar, apurar(se). correr, darse prisa
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to find (x2)
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encontrar, hallar
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to become (x2)
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volverse, hacerse
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to be in a fix (mess) (x2)
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estar en un aprieto, (lío)
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jactarse
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to boast
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tutear
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to be informal with someone (i.e. use ‘tu’ not ‘usted’)
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rescatar
to rescue
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un zorro
a fox
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un lobo
a wolf
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un trato
a deal (Hay trato? - do we have a deal?)
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to ruin (x2)
arruinar, estropear
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formar parte de
to be a part of
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to fail (x3)
suspender (exams); fracasar, fallar
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manchar
to stain
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suspender
to fail (exams) (opposite = aprobar)
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to manage (to do something) (x5)
apanarse(las), arreglárselas,hacérselas,lograr,
| manejárselas.
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las huellas
fingerprints
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las pruebas
evidence
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una muestra adn
DNA sample
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equivocarse
to be wrong, get it wrong
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(no hay) cobertura
(no phone) signal (reception)
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estar a salvo
to be safe
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sano y salvo
safe and sound
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atascar
to get jammed up
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una sugerencia
a suggestion
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tumbarse
to lie down
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una espada
a sword
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un escudo
a shield
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vagar
to wander
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despegar
to take off (plane)
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aterrizar
to land (plane)
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protagonizar películas
to star in movies
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rodar películas
to shoot movies
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un preso
a prisoner
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palabrota
swear word
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palabrería
empty talk, empty words
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una corazonada
a hunch
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ir de juerga (las juergas)
to party, go on a binge
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la madrugada
early morning
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madrugador(a)
early riser
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el amanecer
dawn (la salida del sol)
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el atardecer
sunset (la puesta del sol)
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una beca
scholarship
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estar famélico
to be starving
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estar molido
to be shattered (moler to crush,grind)
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estar agotado
to be exhausted
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desenmascarar
to unmask, expose
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(un) esnob
(n) a snob (adj) snobish
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alienigenas
aliens
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estar destrozado
to be dead beat
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estar hecho polvo
to be dead beat
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saqueadores
looters
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un payaso
a clown
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divisas
hard currency/foreign currency
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los celos
jealousy
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el vientre
belly (+ womb) (also la panza/ la barriga)
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la cosecha (cosechar)
the harvest (to harvest)
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ahorcar (se)
to hang (oneself)
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los primos; sobrinos; nietos
cousins; nephews/nieces; grandchildren
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vigilar
to watch, keep an eye on
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retar
to challenge (un reto - a challenge)
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ser diestro/ zurdo
to be right/ left handed
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envenenar
to poison ( un veneno - a poison}
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un estercolero
dung heap (i.e. a shit hole - place/town)
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estiércol
dung, animal droppings
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pasado mañana
the day after tomorrow
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una seta
mushroom ( also un champiñón)
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el tiempo se agota
time is running out
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un presupuesto modesto
a modest budget
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envalentonar
to give courage to
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envalentonarse
to boast/ brag ( jactarse)
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una encrucijada
crossroads ( los cruces de caminos)
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halagar
to flatter
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sentirse halagado por algo
to feel flattered
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ajetreado
busy (ocupado)
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estar en desacuerdo
no estar de acuerdo
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de acuerdo a (con)
according to
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acallar
to silence; shut (someone) up
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tramar
to hatch ( a plot) (Que tramas? what r u up to?)
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valioso/ valiente
valuable/ brave
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fijarse ( en algo)
to pay attention to something; notice
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holgazanear
to chill out
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rastrear
to trace ( a phone number)
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allanamiento
breaking and entering
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allanamiento de morada
police raid/ search
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el guisqui
whisky
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yonqui
drug addict/ junkie (drogadicto)
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un(a) yogui
yogi
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esfumarse
to fade away; melt away
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masajear
to massage
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apenas
barely, hardly ( apenas sabía leer)
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espeluznar
horrifying, hair-raising
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caducar
to expire (la fecha de caducidad - expiry date)
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confiado
trusted; confident ( confiable - trustworthy)
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(dar) el pésame
condolences
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un atracador
robber (atracar - to rob/hold up - un atraco - robbery)
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una careta
mask
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actualizar
to update (bring up to date)
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un imán
magnet
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un cazarrecompensas
bounty hunter
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deletrear
to spell
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disparatado
ridiculous
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apodo
nickname
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aguantar (syn x3)
to put up with/ bear/stand something - soportar
| tolerar, resistir
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raciocinar
to reason (raciocinio - the power of reason)
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ser un moroso/a
a person in debt
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la estadística es una chorrada
statistics are bullshit
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un abusón
a bully
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un lameculos
brownnose (lamer - to lick)
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estar forrado
to be loaded
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ser agarrado (syn)
a scrooge (ser raton)
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cazar
to hunt (una cacería - a hunt)
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cotillear (syn x3)
to gossip - (chismear, contar chismes, chismorrear)
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rastrear
to search for/find clues
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acariciar
to caress, stroke
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to melt/ freeze/ ice/ ice cream
fundirse, derretir/ congelar(se), helar/ hielo/ helado
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flirtear (syn)
to flirt - (coquetear)
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fichar
to recruit
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enriqueciar
to get rich/ richer
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perdóname, te lo suplico
forgive me, I beg you
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delatar a alguien
to turn someone in (to the police/ teacher etc)
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bisabuelo
great grandfather
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tatarabuelo
great great grandfather
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una herencia
inheritance
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una jerarquía
hierarchy
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lo arrinconé
I cornered him
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chivatazo
a tip-off (to police/teacher etc) chivarse to grass on
| chivato/a - police informer
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los camellos
drug dealers
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ricacho/a
really rich
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un ricachón
stinking rich
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los esbirros
henchmen
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los artificieros
the bomb squad
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encender/ apagar/ reiniciar (ordenador)
to turn on/ turn off/ re start
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estoy superliado
I'm really busy
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un tiquismiquis
fusspot
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un tirachinas
a catapult
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espabilar(se)
to wake up
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el revés
inside out, the other side
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pico
| cierra el pico
beak of a bird
| shut up
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tapar (Lo pudieron tapar?)
to cover up (could they have covered it up?)
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me da repelús
| me da escalofríos
it gives me the creeps
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incluso
(se puede aguantar días en el bosque, incluso herido)
(era atónito incluso furioso)
even/as well as
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un marcapasos
a pacemaker
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ir al calabozo
to get thrown in the cells
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estar en apuros
estar en un aprieto
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(me lo tomo como) un cumplido
(I'll take it as) a compliment
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estoy reventado
I'm shattered
| reventar - to burst, pop
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orinar/mear
to pee/piss
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no me lo trago
I don't buy it (don't believe you)
| tragar - to swallow
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aguardar (aguarde aqui)
to wait (for) - (wait here!)
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un cartera
wallet
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un carterista
pick pocket
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estar (dado) de bajo (coger la baja)
to be off sick/ take sick leave
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registrar
| han registado la casa
to search
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que alivio!
what a relief
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aleatorio
random (al azar)
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borde (ponerse borde con alguien)
to be rude(vulgar/stroppy) with someone
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el papeleo
the paperwork
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periodicucho
a cheap rag (newspaper)
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chiflar (me chiflan los videojuegos)
to really like
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plantar (me dejo plantado)
she stood me up/ ditched me
| me dio plantón
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una emboscada
ambush
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un rasguño
a scatch (es solo un rasguño)
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un donnadie
a nobody
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un santiamén
in a jiffy
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unas cosillas (tengo que hacer unas cosillas)
a few things (to do)
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hinchar
to inflate (las rodillas hinchadas - swollen)
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magullado
bruised (las rodillas magulladas)
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filtrar
to leak (information)
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los cascos (las auriculares)
headphones (earbuds)
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deshacerse
to get rid of
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a regañadientes
reluctantly
