Pérez-Reverte-Falcó Extras Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
Q
Despejarse
A
To clear one’s head
2
Q
Distar
A
To be far from
3
Q
Estirado/a
A
Stuck up, haughty
4
Q
Medrar
A
To prosper, get ahead, thrive
5
Q
Sarna
A
Scabies
6
Q
Pajizo/a
A
Straw-colored
7
Q
Cachear
A
To frisk, search
8
Q
encina
A
oak tree
9
Q
carmín
A
lipstick; carmine
10
Q
torvo/a
A
baleful
11
Q
Entornar
A
To half close; to leave ajar
12
Q
Empalmado/a
A
Joined together; connected
13
Q
en tablas
A
in a stalemate
14
Q
Tesón
A
Tenacity; determination; perseverance; persistence
15
Q
Caño
A
Spout;
Stem of a pipe
16
Q
contera
A
metal tip or cap
17
Q
el truhan
A
rogue, crook (colloquial); shameless
18
Q
Hurón
A
Ferret; hermit-like loner
19
Q
Talón
A
Heel
20
Q
Despejar
A
To empty a place; to clear
21
Q
Trepar
A
To climb, to scale
22
Q
americana
A
jacket
23
Q
Desprovisto; desproveer
A
Deprived; to deprive
24
Q
Soportal; soportales
A
Porch; arcade
25
embrollar
to tangle up, complicate
26
Viruela
Smallpox; pockmarks
27
Badana
Sheepskin; sweatband
28
Penalidades
Troubles, hardships, penalties, punishments
29
Desabotonarse
To unbutton
30
Chaquetilla
Jacket
31
Dehesa
Meadow, pasture
32
osadía
boldness, daring; audacity
33
receloso/a
suspicious, distrustful
34
Dar por saco
To screw
35
Pasarela
Fashion runway, catwalk; footbridge; gangplank
36
Sopesar
To weigh
37
Gabán
Topcoat, overcoat;
| Jacket in P.R.
38
Simiente
Seed
39
la hombrada
manly deed; brave act
40
la mayor; el foque
mainsol; jib or genoa
41
Punto
Stitch
42
aro
Hula-Hoop
43
Hacinamiento
Overcrowding
44
ciscar
to dirty, soil or mess up
45
a espuertas; espuertas
by the bucketful or sackful; basket
46
aya
governess
47
Tantear
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To feel up; to weigh out; to test;
To swindle (Mex)
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48
rizos
curls; ripples; loops (plane); reef (of a sail)
49
Pastillero
Pill box
