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Set 2 Flashcards

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el abra (f)

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the inland mountain pass, the wide mountain pass (used especially by sailors), the open clearing in the forest created by removal of vegetation, the clearing, the cove, the haven (cove), the inlet, the (mountain) pass, the (geological) fissure, the (geological) crack

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la abrazadera, el gancho, el mango, la manigueta, el ojo

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the handle of a shovel, the attachment around a foot joint to give it rigidity and support

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a brazo partido

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with only one’s arms and no weapons, unarmed, bare-fisted

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luchar a brazo partido

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to fight hard, to struggle

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abre fácil (adj), easy open (adj)

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(of a product) designed to open easily

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el abridor/la abridora

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(in baseball) the pitcher who starts the game, (in baseball) the first player at bat

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el abrigadero

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the hideout for criminals/bad people, the sheltered place, the shelter

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el abrigadero de ladrones (México), la cueva de ladrones

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the den of thieves

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el abrigo

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the coat, the overcoat, the protection (shelter against cold OR refuge), the shelter, the layers (of clothing), the refuge, the small cave, the cove, the haven (figurative)

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a buen amigo buen abrigo, en los momentos difíciles se conocen los verdaderos amigos, los amigos son para las ocasiones

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a friend in need is a friend indeed (a person who helps at a difficult time is a truly reliable person)

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al abrigo de alguien

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in the care of someone, under someone’s wing

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al abrigo de algo

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safe from something, sheltered by something, under the shelter of something

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de abrigo (España)

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fearsome, frightening, huge, massive

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la ropa de abrigo

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the warm clothes, the warm clothing

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abrir

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(of a baseball pitcher) to throw the first pitch, (of a baseball player) to be in the batting lineup, (in cockfighting) to hit an opponent the same way until winning a round, to open

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abrir algo

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to open something, to clear something (unblock something - eg snow), to whet something (an appetite - make someone hungry - used with le), to unwrap something, to unfold something (a map), to draw something back (curtains), to raise something (blinds), to pull something up (blinds), to turn something on (a faucet), to start something (a business), to set something up (a business), to drill something (a well), to sink something (a well), to dig something (a ditch/trench/tunnel), to make something (an opening), to begin something (an investigation), to launch something (an investigation), to head something (a parade), to lead something (a parade)

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abrirse

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to open up (share feelings), to be open (receptive to something - used with a), to crack (literal), to crumble (literal), to be off (to leave), to get out (to leave), to be out (eg “I’m out” - I don’t want to do this), to take a curve wide (of vehicles), to take a wide turn (of vehicles)

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abrir a pruebas algo

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to begin taking testimony, to begin hearing testimony (both usually used with el proceso)

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abrir brecha

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to open a gap (of the military - find a path), to make way (of the military - find a path), to make a breakthrough, to make inroads (make a breakthrough), to lead the way (make a breakthrough), to break new ground (make a scientific breakthrough), to break through (figurative - make a breakthrough), (of a fighting rooster) to strike the opponent the same way until defeating it

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abrir camino

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to pave the way, to clear a path, to cut a path (all figurative)

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abrir algo de par en par (para que + subjuntivo)

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to open something wide enough (to), to draw something wide enough open (to), to crack something wide open (used without anything after)

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abrirse de par en par, abrir la boca

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to open wide (1st is general, 2nd is of mouth)

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abrir el corazón, abrir su pecho

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to open one’s heart (1st is romantically or to be sincere, 2nd is only to be sincere)

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abrirle el corazón a alguien, abrirle su pecho a alguien

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to open one’s heart to someone (1st is romantically or being sincere, 2nd is only being sincere)

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abrir el correo

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to open the mail, to open the post, to open one’s email, to open one’s inbox

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abrir el pico

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to snitch, to open one’s mouth (to speak)

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abrir algo en canal

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to slit something open, to slit something from top to bottom

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abrir la caja de Pandora, abrir la caja de los truenos

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to open Pandora’s box

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abrir la puerta

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to open the door (literal or figurative - let something happen), to open one’s doors (figurative - admit/receive someone)

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abrirle la puerta a alguien

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to open the door for someone, to let someone in, to open one’s doors to someone

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abrirle la puerta a algo

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to open the door to something (figurative - allow to happen), to invite something (figurative - allow to happen)

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abrir la sesión, comenzar la sesión

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to open the meeting, to open the session

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abrir las piernas

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to spread one’s legs, to open one’s legs

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abrir los oídos

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to listen carefully, to pay attention, to be all ears

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abrir los ojos, abrir bien los ojos

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to pay close attention, to keep one’s eyes peeled

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abrirle los ojos a alguien a algo

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to open someone’s eyes to something, to make someone wise to something

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abrirle nuevos horizontes a alguien

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to open new doors for someone (figurative), to expand someone’s horizons

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abrir puertas a algo

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to open up doors to/for something (figurative - eg possibilities), to provide opportunities to/for something

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abrir puertas

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to open for business, to open doors (open for business)

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abrir sesión, iniciar sesión

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to log in (online)

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abrir una cuenta bancaria, abrir una cuenta

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to open up a bank account, to open an account (at a bank)

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en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

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in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in the wink of an eye

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abierto/abierta, bien abierto/bien abierta

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open wide

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bien abierto/bien abierta, muy abierto/muy abierta, abierto de par en par/abierta de par en par, totalmente abierto/totalmente abierta

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wide open (of eyes, 3rd is also of a door)

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expuesto a algo/expuesta a algo, abierto a algo/abierta a algo, al descubierto para algo

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wide open to something (figurative - exposed/vulnerable to something)

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abierto/abierta

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wide open (not determined - eg of a criminal case), open (not closed OR in linguistics OR public OR open-minded), open-minded, receptive, amenable, responsive (receptive)

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el espacio abierto

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the wide-open space (outdoor area without buildings OR indoor unobstructed space), the open space

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abrir el coco

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to become willing to learn, to become open to learning, to wake up mentally

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abrir el inin

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(in baseball) to bat in the first half of the inning, (in baseball) to play in the first half of the inning

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abrir el paraguas

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to defend oneself against veiled attacks, to open the umbrella, to tolerate several insults (used in Dominican Republic/Argentina/Uruguay)

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abrogarse

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(of a person or institution) to assume the ability to do something illegal

52
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abrogar algo

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to abrogate something (repeal), to repeal something

53
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el abrojo, el cadillo, el cardo

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the puncture vine, the rose cactus, the leaf cactus, the southern sandbur, the catstongue, the velvetburr (all plants)

54
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abroquelearse

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to insist on maintaining an opinion despite going against that of everyone else

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absorber algo

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to sip something, to suck something up, to slurp something, to soak something up, to absorb something, to swallow something up (eg water swallowing up a ship), to drink something in (listen attentively), to sniffle something, to snuffle something

56
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el abstract

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the abstract, the extract, the summary, the brief summary of an article or scientific report

57
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la abuelita

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the common ground dove, the ruddy ground dove, the grandma, the fossil (old person), the baby bonnet (used in Southern Cone), the cradle (used in Peru/Bolivia)

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abufado/abufada, abofado/abofada

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swollen, bloated, pale, having a swollen face and eyes, having a bloated face and eyes

59
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abufarse

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to swell, to get bloated, to bloat, to become pale

60
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el abuí, el maje

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the gnat, the sand fly, the insect

61
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abufarse, abujarse

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to swell, to get bloated, to bloat

62
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el abuje, el abú, el abujo (Cuba), el abús, el abuse, el abuso (República Dominicana), el babuje (Cuba)

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the louse that bites hard, the Acarus mite, the mite, the small red louse that lives in grasses and causes an intense itch in humans, the nearly invisible insect whose bite causes an intense itch, the small mosquito or louse with an irritating bite

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aburar a alguien

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to hit someone, to punch someone, to pester someone, to bother someone, to harass someone, to harry someone, (of an insect) to bite someone repeatedly

64
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la aburrición, la avulción

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the boredom, the tedium, the bore, the loathing, the hatred, the dislike, the nuisance, the annoyance

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el abús, el abú, el abuje, el abuse, el abuso

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the chigger, the harvest mite

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abusador/abusadora, abusón/abusona

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abusive, who presumes to be brave, who physically or emotionally mistreats another person, prone to abuse (likely to suffer abuse) (2nd is used more in other countries - mostly Chile/Spain/Mexico/Colombia and is considered improper in Puerto Rico)

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el A/C, el a/c, el aire acondicionado

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the air conditioning

68
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acá

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used to refer to a third person present, here, over here

69
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acabado/acabada

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(of a person) weak, (of a person) feeble, (of a person) thin, (of a person) skinny, finished (completed OR ruined), (of a person) old (actually old OR looking old because of exhaustion), (of a person) exhausted, (of a person) worn out (tired), completed, done, (of a person) defeated, (of a person) dejected, (of a person) done for

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el acabado

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the finish (eg matte/glossy), the finishing touch

71
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acabador/acabadora

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(of a person) having more than one partner

72
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a cabalidad

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adequately, conveniently, fully, completely, perfectly, precisely (accurately)

73
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acabar

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to have business success, (of something or someone) to cause a sensation, to age prematurely, to end, to finish, to be over, to be done, to come (in sex - used in Argentina)

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acabar algo

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to finish something (complete something OR run out of something), to use something up, to end something (finish something), to finish something off (food/drink), to polish something off (finish food), to get through something (food/drink)

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acabarse

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to run out, to end, to finish, to be over, to be done, to die (of a person), to get ahead too early and lose vitality and strength later

76
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acabarse algo

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to finish something (consume food/drink completely), to sell out of something (tickets), to run out of something, to put an end to something, to lose something, to destroy something

77
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acabar de hacer algo

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to have just done something, to have just finished doing something

78
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acabar con alguien

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to take someone out (kill someone), to finish someone off (kill someone), to break up with someone

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acabar por hacer algo, acabar haciendo algo

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to end up doing something

80
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acabarse afuera (Chile)

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to pull out (during sex)

81
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acabar en algo, terminar en algo, culminar en algo

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to end in something (1st is in shape - eg the mountain ends in a peak - OR in a certain way - eg the night ended in disaster; others are only in a certain way)

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acabar como el rosario de la aurora, terminar como el rosario de la aurora

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to end up in confusion (without a consensus), to end up badly

83
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acabar con algo

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to put an end to something, to finish something off, to finish with something, to destroy something, to do away with something

84
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el cuento de nunca acabar

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the never ending story (something that keeps happening)

85
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de nunca acabar, interminable, inacabable, eterno/eterna, inagotable

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never-ending

86
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el mundo se va a acabar

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the world is going to end, the world is coming to an end

87
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hasta acabar existencias, hasta agotar existencias

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while supplies last, while stocks last

88
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quedar en agua de borrajas (España), quedarse en agua de borrajas (España), acabar en agua de borrajas (España)

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to come to nothing, to go up in smoke (come to nothing)

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acabará mal, va a terminar mal (Argentina)

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it’ll end in tears

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el acabe, la fiesta del acabe

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the party held by workers on a coffee plantation after the harvest; the post-harvest party on a coffee plantation held by workers, owners, and neighbors; the post-harvest party on a coffee plantation financed by the landowner for the enjoyment of the employees

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el acabose, la jundición, el jundimiento

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the sinking, the subsidence, the collapse, the disaster, the catastrophic situation, the disaster caused by humans

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la acacia, el enrubio, el espino, el espino blanco, el espino rubial, la espinosa, la lengua de mujer, el palo rubio, la sonadora, la vallahonda

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the corpse awakener, the snowflake acacia, the tamarind, the river tamarind

93
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la acacia amarilla

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the lebbeck, the lebbek tree, the flea tree, the frywood, the koko, the woman’s tongue tree

94
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académico/académica

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useless, ineffective, inefficient, theoretical, academic, (of an argument/reasoning) superfluous, (of an argument/reasoning) trivial

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acaíto

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closer over here, close, nearby

96
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el acajú, el cajuil, la caobana, la cóbana, el guaraguao, el pajuil

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the American mahogany, the Cuban mahogany, the small-leaved mahogany, the West Indian mahogany, the cashew shrub, the guarea

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el acalambramiento

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the painful but short-lasting spasmodic contraction of a muscle, the cramp

98
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acalorizarse, acalorarse

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to feel hot due to exercise or work, to feel hot due to physical causes, to get hot, to heat up

99
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el acana, la ácana

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the Manilkara albescens (tree)

100
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¡Acángana!

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the onomatopoeia for a hit, punch, or fall

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acanillado/acanillada

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(of a tree stump) not having begun to rot, (of a cloth) ribbed

102
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el acanturo, el barbero

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the doctorfish, the doctorfish tang, the black doctorfish, the lancetfish, the thorntail, the thorntail fish

103
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acaparachado/acaparachada

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(of eyes) dark-colored, (of eyes) tobacco-colored, (of eyes) between brown and bluish or greenish, (of eyes) between tobacco-colored and light blue

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el acápite

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the paragraph of a document, especially a legal document; the division of a document, literary work, or story that is generally numbered and has its own title; the title or subtitle of a document; the heading; the paragraph; the section (of a text)

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el punto acápite

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the full stop, the period, the new paragraph, the end (full stop)

106
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acapitular, inclinar, agonizar

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to be dying, to be in the throes of death, to be near death, to be at death’s door, to fade (die down - eg of candlelight), to die down (of a fire)

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acapullar, cuajar

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(of the coffee tree) to have the buds of its flowers appear

108
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acaramelear a alguien, caramelear a alguien

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to flatter someone excessively, to gratify someone excessively, to show excessive affection to someone, to praise someone excessively

109
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acaramelear algo

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to sweeten something (a food or drink)

110
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el acarreto (México), el acarreo

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the haulage (of something in a vehicle), the carriage (of something in a vehicle), the transport (of something in a vehicle), the carrying (of something by people), the carry (in sports), the sediment, the carry-over (in math - digit that gets carried over)

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el acarreo hormiga (México)

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the voter hauling (groups or organizations collecting and turning in individual voters’ completed election ballots - usually done to commit fraud), the vote buying (economic exchange in which the voter sells his or her vote to the highest bidder)

112
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de acarreo

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sedimentary, (of materials) brought from elsewhere, (of materials) outsourced

113
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acartonado/acartonada, encartonado/encartonada

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(of a person with tuberculosis) not appearing to have tuberculosis, (of an elderly person) having a lean physique and healthy face (used in Spain), (of an elderly person) not physically showing their age (used in Spain), (of a person) having tuberculosis, (of a person with tuberculosis) not contagious, (of a person) having tuberculosis but successfully having stopped its progression, (of a person) dressed very formally with little spontaneity

114
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acaso

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used as negation at the beginning of a question, perhaps (in statements or questions), maybe (in statements or questions), by chance (in questions)

115
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el acaso

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the chance, the luck

116
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por si acaso

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in case, just in case, for good measure

117
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si acaso (+ verbo con -se/-ra)

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in case, just in case

118
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y por si acaso

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and in case, and just in case, and for good measure

119
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accesar algo, acceder a algo

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to access something in an information system, to have access to information or data contained in an information system, to access something

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el access key, la clave de acceso

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the access key, the access password (1st is rarely used)

Spanish - Tesoro PR (5 decks)

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