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Set 1 Flashcards

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AARP (Asociación Americana de Personas Retiradas)

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AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)

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ababachado/ababachada

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embarrassed, ashamed

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ababacharse

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to be ashamed, to be embarrassed

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el ababuy

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the tallow wood, the hog plum, the yellow plum, the sea lemon (all type of plant)

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abacorado/abacorada

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depressed, dejected, downhearted, despondent, dispirited, busy, rushed, in debt, cornered, harassed, harried

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abacorar a alguien

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to pursue someone relentlessly, to hound someone, to bully someone, to harass someone, to pester someone with work, to torment someone through insistence on something, to corner someone in a place with no escape, to overwhelm someone with work

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abacuá, abakuá

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relating to the Abakuá Secret Society (Afro-Cuban version of Freemasonry)

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el abadejo

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the cod (Galls morrhua), the pink cusk-eel (both types of fish)

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abajado/abajada

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bad-smelling due to beginning the putrefaction process, bad-smelling because it is damaged

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abajar

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to go down, to come down (physically move down)

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abajarse, avajarse

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to begin to rot or reek (general), to begin to rot (of meat/fish/etc)

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abajeño/abajeña

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(of a person) from southern Puerto Rico, (of a person) settled/deeply rooted in the coast or lowlands, naturally from coastal zones or lowlands near the coast

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abajo de algo, debajo de algo

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under something, underneath something, beneath something

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el abacuá, el abakuá

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the abakuá (man belonging to Abakuá - Afro-Cuban version of Freemasonry)

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La Sociedad Secreta Abakuá, Ñañiguismo

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the Abakuá Secret Society (Afro-Cuban version of Freemasonry)

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abalear algo/a alguien

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to shoot something/someone, to shoot at something/someone, to execute someone by firing squad, to plagiarize something/someone, to injure or kill someone by shooting them

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abalserar algo/a alguien

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to train raftsmen/raftswomen; to pile up grass, branches, trash etc to burn when felling/cutting down is occurring

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el abana, la ábana

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the liana (woody climbing plant), especially that of the yam or sweet potato, used as a seed

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la abanasta, la banasta, la aguadera

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the fruit basket, the large basket, the hamper

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abanderar

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(of a plantain or banana) to release its last leaf, after which a cluster/bunch starts to bud; (of a spathe - large bract sheathing a cluster of flowers) to emerge, thus heralding the bunches

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abanderar a alguien

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to give a person/collective/delegation a flag so they can represent a country internationally

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abanderarse por algo/alguien, abanderizarse por algo/alguien

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to take sides with something/someone, to side with something/someone

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abandonado/abandonada

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(of land) not cultivated, deserted, abandoned, derelict, neglected

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el abandonado/la abandonada, el dejado/la dejada, el vago/la vaga, el zángano/la zángana (coloquial), el cerdo/la cerda (coloquial), el cochino/la cochina (coloquial), el guarro/la guarra (España), el desaliñado/la desaliñada, el detestable/la detestable

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the slob

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el abandono

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the action that a rooster effects upon stopping fighting, the escape of a rooster from a fight

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el abanicado

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(in baseball) the failure of the player to bat the ball

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abanicado/abanicada

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drugged, on drugs, out of it, dazed, distracted

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abanicar a alguien

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to treat someone harshly, to slap someone, to smack someone

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abanicar algo

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(in baseball) to not hit the ball after attempting forcefully, (of a baseball player) to fail to bat the ball after swinging the bat completely, (of a baseball pitcher) to make a baseball player fail to hit the ball

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el abanico

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the electric fan, the electric device that propels air around a room, (in a car) the helical device that helps to prevent the motor from overheating

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abarcar algo

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to stockpile something, to hoard something, to monopolize something, to corner something (a market), to hog something, to take up something (eg time), to carry something off (receive something - eg a prize), to cover something (deal with something), to extend over something, to see something (have a view of something), to take something on, to undertake something, to cope with something, to contain something, to embrace something (figurative - accept), to include something, to span something, to encompass something, to attempt something

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el abarrotamiento

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the saturation of the market with a specific good, the cramming (general - crowdedness of an object)

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abastar

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to be enough (of someone or something)

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abastar a algo de algo

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to supply something with something, to provide something with something, to issue something to something, to cater something to something

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abastecerse

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to eat sumptuously, to eat plentifully

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abastecido/abastecida

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(of a farm/ranch/etc) producing lots of food and fruit, (of a farm/ranch/etc) having good production rates, (of a person) stuffed/full and satisfied, (of a person) satisfied and satiated

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abatatado/abatatada

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chubby, plump, stocky, short and fat, short and fat with rough manners, lazy, shirker, avoiding work

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el abatatamiento

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the loss of interest in leaving the house especially to have fun, the lack of desire to leave one’s home, the intimidation (used in South America), the confusion (used in South America)

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abatatarse

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to become fat and therefore lose interest in things, to let oneself go, to lose interest in things, to not be excited to leave the house especially to have fun

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abayalde (m y f)

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(of a person) albino with slightly reddish skin

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la abeja

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the bee, the botfly, the blowfly, the bluebottle, the hornet, the wasp, the pest (figurative), the nuisance

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la abeja africana

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the African honeybee, the East African lowland honeybee

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el abejón

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the persistent suitor, the suitor who becomes a nuisance due to his insistence

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abejucado/abejucada, embejucado/embejucada

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tangled like a vine, full of vines (of a place or plant), (of a thing) giving the appearance of being tangled

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abejucarse

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(of a plant) to tangle like a vine, (of a plant’s stem) to grow twisted and tangled

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el abejuelo, el abeyuelo, el aveyuelo, el achiotillo, el guitarán, el quitarán

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the colubrina (plant), the nakedwood (plant), the snakewood (plant), the greenheart (plant), the hogplum (plant)

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el abeto, el ala de pájaro (f), el encaje

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the plumosa fern, the asparagus plumosa fern

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el abey, el amarillo, el abey amarillo

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the Jacaranda sagraena (plant), the seersucker plant, the blackbead (plant), the Ouratea littoralis (plant), the false tamarind (plant)

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el abey blanco

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the Pithecellobium obovale (plant), the Bertero albizia (plant)

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el abeyuelo amarillo

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the yellow colubrina (plant)

51
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el abeyuelo perfumado, el abey, el amarillo, el abey amarillo

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the Ouratea littoralis (plant)

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el abierto

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the sporting event open to players of any age, federation, category etc

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a billetazo limpio

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(done/accomplished) through a lot of money especially cash, (done/accomplished) through favors or privilege

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abocado/abocada

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(of a person) completely dedicated to a task or activity, (of a person) completely focused on a task or activity, (of wine) smooth and slightly sweet, (of wine) semisweet, exposed

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abocado a algo/abocada a algo

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destined for something (followed by noun), devoted to something (followed by verb)

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el abogado de trompito/la abogada de trompito

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the little-known lawyer, the lawyer not well respected

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abojotarse

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to swell with pride, to become vain, to puff up, to get bloated

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el abolicionismo

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the abolitionism

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abolicionista (m y f)

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abolitionist (adj)

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el abolicionista/la abolicionista

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the abolitionist, the emancipator

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abombachado/abombachada

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(of clothing) loose and baggy; (of clothing) extremely loose, baggy, bulky, and wrinkly

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abombachar algo, abombacharse algo

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to arrange a piece of clothing so it remains loose and baggy

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abombado/abombada

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(of water) bad-smelling, (of food/liquid) bad-smelling due to beginning to rot, in bad conditions, rotten

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abombarse

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(of water or meat) to start to rot and smell bad, to rot, to putrefy, to go bad, (of water in a well/basin/etc) to go bad and acquire a bad flavor, (of clothes) to take on a bad smell after being washed and dried

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la abonadora, la abonera

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the tank in which manure is kept and that has orifices for it to come out into grooves in the ground

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abonanzado/abonanzada

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describing the sea when the wind is calm, calm, settled, (of weather) cleared up after a storm

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abordar algo

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to get in something (a vehicle), to board something (a boat/plane), to tackle something (deal with), to deal with something, to get into something, to get on something, to ram something (collide with), to address something, to present something (a subject), to broach something

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abordar a alguien

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to approach someone, to accost someone, to go up to someone, to come up to someone, to talk to someone, to talk with someone, to have a talk with someone

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abordar, atracar

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to tie up (nautical)

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atar algo/a alguien, amarrar algo/a alguien, atarse algo

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to tie something/someone up (fasten OR wrap up OR leave attached - eg of dogs; 2nd is also of dogs - al perro) (last is only to fasten; usually of shoelaces)

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cerrar algo, concluir algo, finalizar algo, terminar algo

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to tie something up (finalize something)

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inmovilizar algo, invertir algo

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to tie something up (money)

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paralizar algo

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to tie something up (traffic), to paralyze something (medically or immobilize or stop), to bring something to a standstill, to bring something to a halt, to bring something to a stop, to halt something

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meter a alguien en algo

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to tie someone up in something (involve someone in something), to involve someone in something, to get someone into something (eg jail/bed)

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atarse

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to tie up (to fasten - eg of straps)

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cuadrar con algo, concordar con algo

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to tie up with something (coincide with something)

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estar relacionado con algo/estar relacionada con algo

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to tie up with something (be connected to something), to be related to something

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el embotellamiento

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the tie-up (of traffic), the traffic jam, the bottleneck (traffic jam), the congestion (traffic jam), the bottling (act of putting something in a bottle)

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atar los cabos sueltos, atar cabos sueltos, atar cabos

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to tie up loose ends

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paralizarse

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to become paralyzed (medically), to grind to a halt, to be paralyzed (eg with fear - used with de), to come to a halt, to stop dead in one’s tracks (of a person)

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atarse algo

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to tie something, to tie up something, to do up something

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atarse a algo

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to be tied to something (figurative), to be towed to something (figurative), to be conformed to something

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atar algo

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to tie something, to tie something up, to tie something down, to tie something together, to tether something (livestock)

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atar a alguien

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to tie someone down (figurative - impede), to truss someone up (literal - tie someone up), to constrain someone, to limit someone

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atar cabos

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to tie up loose ends, to put two and two together

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atar con alambre algo

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to tie something with wire, to attach something with wire

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atar corto a alguien, traer a mecate corto a alguien

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to keep someone on a short leash

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atar de manos a alguien

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to tie someone’s hands, to tie up someone’s hands (both figurative - stop someone from acting)

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atar de pies y manos a alguien

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to tie someone’s hands and feet, to bind someone by the hands and feet (both figurative - stop someone from acting/reacting)

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estar loco de atar/estar loca de atar

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to be a raving lunatic, to be a nervous madman/madwoman, to be a raving looney

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aborrecido/aborrecida

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bitter, sulky, embittered, ill-tempered, loathed, hated, detested, unpopular

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aborrecer algo/a algo

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to abhor something, to detest something, to loathe something, to hate something, to forsake something, to abandon something, to ditch something, to dump something (abandon) (a algo is only of animals, but they can also use just algo)

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aborrecer a alguien

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to abhor someone, to detest someone, to loathe someone

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abortar algo

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to prematurely end a process or program on an electronic device due to an error or communication issue, to foil something (thwart something), to abort something (stop something - general or in computing), to call something off, to cut something short

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abortar

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to abort, to have an abortion, to miscarry, to have a miscarriage, to suffer a miscarriage

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el aborto de la naturaleza

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the extraordinary circumstance that falls outside the norm, the extraordinary circumstances, the double bagger (a person so ugly that in order to have sex with them you have to put a bag over their head and a bag over your head in case theirs falls off)

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abostezar

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to yawn, to yawn from tiredness or boredom

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abotonar algo

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to fasten something, to button something, to button up something, to do up something

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abotonarse

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to button, to button up

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abotonarse algo

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to do up the buttons of something

Spanish - Tesoro PR (5 decks)

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