Set 27 Flashcards
(164 cards)
1
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alocarse, enloquecerse, volverse loco/volverse loca, enloquecer, perder un tornillo, volverse majara (España)
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to go crazy (lose control)
2
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alocar a alguien
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to drive someone crazy (excite someone or annoy someone), to drive someone mad
3
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alocar
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to start working on the product requested by a client, to assign funds to someone for something
4
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inocuo/inocua, innocuo/innocua
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innocuous (of a substance - harmless)
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inofensivo/inofensiva
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innocuous (of a remark - inoffensive), inoffensive, harmless (inoffensive)
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neutralizar algo, contrarrestar algo, hacer inocuo algo/hacer inocua algo
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to make something innocuous
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tácito/tácita, no expresado/no expresada, sin decir, sobreentendido/sobreentendida
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unspoken
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el artista/la artista, el animador/la animadora
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the entertainer (both are performers, 2nd is also person who seeks to amuse others)
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el artista itinerante/la artista itinerante, el artista ambulante/la artista ambulante
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the wandering entertainer (traveling performer)
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la ruina, la perdición
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the ruination
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la fuerza de los brazos, la fuerza en los brazos
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the arm strength
12
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inscribirse en algo
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to register for something, to enroll in something (a course/school), to enter something (a competition), to join something (a political party), to belong to something (be part of something), to sign up for something (a course/group), to put one’s name down for something (a course/group), to sign on for something
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inscribirse dentro de algo, estar de acuerdo con algo, estar en conformidad con algo, estar conforme con algo, estar en armonía con algo, ser acorde a algo, estar a tono con algo
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to be in keeping with something
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inscribir algo en algo
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to engrave something on something, to inscribe something in something, to carve something in something
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inscribir a alguien/algo en algo
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to register someone for something, to enroll someone in something (a course/school), to enter someone in something (a competition), to register something in something (a record), to inscribe something in something (in math), to draw something in something (in math)
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de acuerdo con algo, en conformidad con algo, conforme a algo, en armonía con algo
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in keeping with something
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bolita y hoyo, bolihoyo
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marbles (game)
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rústico/rústica, del campo, rural
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rustic (relating to the countryside)
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rústico/rústica, tosco/tosca, grosero/grosera, inculto/inculta
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rustic (unrefined) (used pejoratively)
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el rústico/la rústica, el campesino/la campesina
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the rustic (country person - often derogatory)
21
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el ibérico/la ibérica
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the Iberian (person from Iberia)
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ibérico/ibérica
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Iberian
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(la) Iberia
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Iberia
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la Península Ibérica
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Iberia, the Iberian peninsula
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con espíritu competitivo, competitivamente, de manera competitiva
competitively (with the aim of winning)
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en competiciones, competitivamente
competitively (in competitions)
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el espíritu competitivo
the competitiveness (love of competing)
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la competitividad, la competencias
the competitiveness (in finance - attractive prices)
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competitivo/competitiva
competitive (of a person or business or relating to competitions)
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anticompetitivo/anticompetitiva
anticompetitive, anti-competitive (of trade - restricting competition)
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la ventaja competitiva, la condición favorable
the competitive advantage
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la ventaja competitiva
the competitive advantage, the competitive edge
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no competitivo/no competitiva
noncompetitive, non-competitive (not economically strong or not involving a competition)
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contrariar a alguien, disgustar a alguien
to disgruntle someone
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descontento/descontenta, contrariado/contrariada, agitado/agitada, disgustado/disgustada, insatisfecho/insatisfecha
disgruntled
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capacitarse para (+infinitivo)
to qualify as (something) (acquire skills necessary for something), to train to (+infinitive) (acquire skills necessary for something)
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capacitar a alguien para algo
to prepare someone for something, to qualify someone for something (subject is a thing - eg my skills qualify me to apply for work), to entitle someone to something (subject is a thing - eg my skills entitle me to apply for work), to teach someone to (do) something
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capacitarse en algo
to get trained on something (a line of work), to be trained in something (a line of work), to qualify in something (a line of work), to be certified in something (a line of work)
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el capacitador/la capacitadora
the trainer (coach), the instructor
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capacitador/capacitadora
training, preparatory
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la capacitación
the training (for work)
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la capacitación continua
the continuing education
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la capacitación del personal
the personnel training, the training of personnel
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el taller de capacitación
the training workshop
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capacitado/capacitada
qualified (trained), prepared, trained (all used with estar)
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déjame proponértelo de esta manera, déjame decírtelo de esta manera
let me put it to you this way
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la hoja de nenúfar, el nenúfar
the lily pad
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la miseria, la suciedad, la mugre
the squalor (1st is poverty/sordidness, 2nd and 3rd are filth)
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miserable, escuálido/escuálida, sucio/sucia
squalid (dirty)
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sórdido/sórdida
squalid (morally repulsive), sordid (dirty or indecent), dirty
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el portabicicletas, el portabicis (coloquial), el portabicicleta para auto
the bike rack (device for transporting bikes)
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el estacionamiento para bicicletas, el aparcabicis (España)
the bike rack (place to park a bike)
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el pez globo, el pez fugu
the pufferfish (singular)
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los peces globo, los peces fugu
the pufferfish (plural)
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la búsqueda de la felicidad
the pursuit of happiness
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mi búsqueda de la felicidad
my pursuit of happiness
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el gran día
the big day
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maravillosamente, fantásticamente
wondrously
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maravilloso/maravillosa, asombroso/asombrosa
wondrous
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parecer sincero/parecer sincera, sonar sincero/sonar sincera
to ring true
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en su totalidad, todos juntos/todas juntas
in full force (involving all members of a group)
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totalmente natural, completamente natural
all-natural
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que no es de fiar, de poca confianza, inconfiable
untrustworthy (of a person)
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no fidedigno/no fidedigna, no contrastado/no contrastada, no confiable
untrustworthy (of speech/text - unreliable)
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la pieza móvil, el órgano móvil
the moving part (used to describe parts in engineering)
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las habilidades artísticas, las habilidades de arte
the art skills
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aspirar a lo máximo, soñar a lo grande, ir a por todo, alcanzar las estrellas
to reach for the stars
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(la) Belarús, (la) Bielorrusia
(the) Belarus
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el bielorruso/la bielorrusa
the Belarusian
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bielorruso/bielorrusa
Belarusian
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el bidé, el bidet
the bidet
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el rencor, la malicia, la malevolencia
the spitefulness (1st is resentment, 2nd and 3rd are malice/ill will)
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el rencor, el resentimiento, el deseo de hacer daño
the spite
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molestar a alguien, fastidiar a alguien (coloquial), herir a alguien, odiar a alguien, hacerle daño a alguien
to spite someone
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tirar piedras contra su propio tejado
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face (put oneself at a disadvantage through spite)
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a pesar de algo, pese a algo
despite something, in spite of something
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a tu pesar
in spite of yourself
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rencoroso/rencorosa, malintencionado/malintencionada, vengativo/vengativa, malicioso/maliciosa
spiteful (last is of a remark, rest are general)
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la mala persona, la persona malintencionada, la persona despreciable
the spiteful person
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maliciosamente, malvadamente, con malevolencia
spitefully
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por rencor, por resentimiento
out of spite
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la doble moral, el doble criterio, el doble estándar, el doble rasero (España)
the double standard
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aturdido/aturdida, mareado/mareada, grogui (España)
punchy (dazed)
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con garra, contundente
punchy (concise & impactful)
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la positividad corporal
the body positivity
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por mencionar solo algunos/por mencionar solo algunas, por nombrar unos pocos/por nombrar unas pocas
to name but a few
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el sombrero, la papalina, la toca, la capota, el tocado
the bonnet (old-fashioned hat for women)
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el gorro, la capota
the bonnet (baby hat)
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la gorra escocesa, el bonete, el gorro
the bonnet (Scottish headgear - men's hat with no brim)
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el sombrerete
the bonnet (uppermost part of a chimney), the little hat (of a mushroom), the cap (of a mushroom), the cowl (uppermost part of a chimney)
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la boneta
the bonnet (part of a sail)
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el penacho
the bonnet (Native American headdress), the warbonnet (Native American headdress), the war bonnet (Native American headdress)
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el bonete, el capó, el cofre (México), el capote
the car bonnet, the car hood, the hood (of a car), the bonnet (of a car)
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erizado/erizada, hirsuto/hirsuta, puntiagudo/puntiaguda, rasposo/rasposa, pinchudo/pinchuda
bristly (1st, 2nd, and 3rd are of hair; 4th and 5th are of beard or mustache)
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la cerda, el pelo, el diente, la púa
the bristle (stiff filament; 1st is of a brush, 2nd is of beards or a plant, 3rd and 4th are of a comb)
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se me erizaron los pelos de los brazos, se me pusieron los pelos de los brazos de punta
the hair on my arms bristled
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estar erizado de algo/estar erizada de algo, estar repleto de algo/estar repleta de algo, estar lleno de algo/estar llena de algo, estar plagado de algo/estar plagada de algo
to bristle with something (be full of something)
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erizarse
to bristle (to become erect OR of an animal - to raise its fur), to become intimidated, to stand on end (of hair), to raise one's hackles (of an animal), to stiffen (get scared)
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la barba, el pelo
the bristles (beard/whiskers)
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enfurecerse, resentirse, enojarse
to bristle (react with annoyance)
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encresparse de algo, erizarse de algo
to bristle with something (react with something; 2nd is used specifically with "susto," 1st is general)
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el cepillo de cerda
the bristle brush (brush with stiff hairs)
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erizar algo
to make something stand on end, to complicate something, to set up traps on something (followed by noun)
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erizar algo de algo
to surround something with something (obstacles, traps, etc.), to fill something with something (obstacles, traps, etc.)
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el hombre adulto
the grown man
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el conducto lagrimal
the tear duct
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al día, al corriente, al tanto
abreast (up to date)
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en fondo, a la altura (de), lado a lado, uno al lado del otro/una al lado de la otra
abreast (side by side)
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al lado de algo/alguien, junto/junta a algo/alguien
abreast of something/someone (side by side)
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al corriente de algo, al día sobre algo, al día con respecto a algo
abreast of something (up to date)
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mantenerse actualizado con algo/mantenerse actualizada con algo
to keep abreast of something (up to date), to stay abreast of something (up to date)
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el vertedero
the garbage dump, the (garbage) dump, the drain, the spillway (of a reservoir), the dumping site, the landfill
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ven tal y como estás, ven tal cual, ven así nomás (Argentina)
come as you are (singular command)
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aerotransportado/aerotransportada
airborne (of military operations)
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llevado por el aire/llevada por el aire, transmitido por el aire/transmitida por el aire
airborne (carried in the air; 2nd is medical, 1st is general)
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las fuerzas aerotransportadas
Airborne (US military group)
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el peligro de incendio, el riesgo de incendio
the fire hazard
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el peligro de asfixia, el riesgo de asfixia
the choking hazard
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el acreedor prendario/la acreedora prendaria
the pledgee (law - someone to whom a pledge is given)
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la promesa, el compromiso
the pledge (promise)
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la prenda, la garantía
the pledge (collateral)
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la señal, la prenda, el símbolo
the pledge (token representing a promise)
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el aspirante/la aspirante, el no iniciado/la no iniciada
the pledge (in a fraternity or sorority; followed by a)
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la promesa de donación, el compromiso de donación
the pledge (promised donation)
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prometer algo, dar la palabra de (+verbo)
to pledge something (promise something)
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entregar como garantía algo, dejar en prenda algo
to pledge something (give something as a guarantee)
127
aceptar como aspirante a alguien
to pledge someone (accept someone into a fraternity or sorority)
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prometer hacer algo, dar la palabra de hacer algo
to pledge to do something (promise to do something)
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hacer prometer a alguien (que +verbo)
to pledge someone to (doing something) (bind someone to something)
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la compresa
the pledget (cotton compress), the cotton pledget (cotton compress)
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el síndrome de abstinencia de la nicotina
the nicotine withdrawal symptoms
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el síndrome de abstinencia
the withdrawal symptoms
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el office, la antecocina, la trascocina
the butler's pantry
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el mayordomo
the butler, the majordomo (butler), the steward (administrator of a property), the foreman (person in charge of workers - used in Andes), the (religious) administrator, the religious administrator
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caliente, acogedor/acogedora, cómodo/cómoda, cómodo y caliente/cómoda y caliente
snug (warm and comfortable)
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ajustado/ajustada, ceñido/ceñida
snug (tight-fitting)
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ceñidamente, ajustadamente, pegado/pegada (coloquial)
snug (snugly - used after a verb)
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acogedor/acogedora
snug (warm and comfortable OR small but comfortable), cozy, warm (of a place or a person), friendly, welcoming, inviting
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acurrucadito y calentito/acurrucadita y calentita
snug as a bug
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perfectamente, ajustado/ajustada, ajustadamente, ceñidamente
snugly (tightly)
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cómodamente
snugly (cozily/comfortably), comfortably, conveniently, in comfort (of travel), easily
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la mariquita
the gift given at baptisms usually in the form of coins, the sandy goggle (fish), the redmouth grunt (fish), the gold-lined grunt (fish), the tomtate grunt (fish), the white grunt (fish), the young grunt (fish), the yellow tomtate (fish), the yellow-lined tomtate (fish), the ladybug, the parakeet, the yellow-shouldered blackbird, the fried plaintain (used in Cuba)
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el mariquita
the sissy (effeminate male), the fag, the wimp (used with el/la)
144
la vaca de San Antonio, la mariquita, la catarina, la vaquita de San Antonio, la vaquita de San Antón
the ladybug
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elástico/elástica, parecido a la goma/parecida a la goma
rubbery (elastic/springy)
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gomoso/gomosa, correoso/correosa, chicloso/chiclosa (Argentina)
rubbery (of food - tough/chewy)
147
la amapola
the Chinese hibiscus, the China rose, the shoeblack plant, the Hawaiian hibiscus, the rose mallow, the poppy, the opium poppy, the field poppy, the red poppy
148
hacer el ganso (España)
to play the fool, to clown around
149
la manzana silvestre
the crabapple (small, sharp-tasting wild apple)
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morir, no incrementar, no subir
to flatline (1st is of a person - to die - 2nd and 3rd are of an increase - to stay low or at zero)
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el carnaval, el desfile, la procesión
the carnival (annual celebration)
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la feria ambulante
the carnival (traveling fair), the traveling fair
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la feria, la kermés, el desfile
the carnival (fundraising)
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el Carnaval
Carnival, Carnaval (season preceding Lent)
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la reina del carnaval
the Carnival Queen, the Carnaval Queen (woman who heads Carnival/Carnaval parade)
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la glorieta, la rotonda, la redoma (Venezuela), el óvalo (Perú)
the roundabout (on a road)
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el tiovivo, el carrusel, la calesita (Sudamérica)
the merry-go-round, the roundabout (merry-go-round)
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indirecto/indirecta, con rodeos, no directo/no directa
roundabout (1st is of a route, 2nd and 3rd are general)
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mediante circunloquios, con rodeos, de manera indirecta
in a roundabout way
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que repele, poco atractivo/poco atractiva
off-putting
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el lugar más frecuentado, el punto de reunión, el garito (coloquial)
the hangout
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pasar el rato, boludear (Argentina), huevear (Argentina), colgar
to hang out (1st, 2nd, and 3rd are to spend time idly, 3rd is to dangle/protrude)
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juntarse con alguien, pasar tiempo con alguien
to hang out with someone
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dejar salir todo
to let it all hang out (be uninhibited)
