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el estampado de cachemir, el estampado de cachemira, el estampado búlgaro (Río de la Plata), el estampado

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the paisley

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con estampado de cachemir, con estampado de cachemira, con estampado búlgaro, de cachemir, de cachemira

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paisley

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la misión suicida

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the suicide mission

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Dákiti

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a beach in Culebra, a disco in el Viejo San Juan

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el factor de protección solar (FPS)

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the sun protection factor (SPF)

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la piquiña

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the jealousy, the envy, the hives, the itch (used in Colombia/Dominican Republic/Venezuela)

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se me cruzaron los cables

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I got my wires crossed, I got my words tangled, my mind snapped (I went crazy - used in Spain)

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cruzársele a alguien los cables

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to confuse someone, to get someone mixed up

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la camisilla, la camiseta

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the undershirt

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el respiro

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the breathing space, the breathing room (chance to think)

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el espacio vital

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the breathing space, the breathing room (enough space in which to breathe)

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abarcar más de lo que se puede, meterse en camisa de once varas, pretender alcanzar lo inalcanzable, el que mucho abarca poco aprieta, tirarse un pedo más grande que el culo, querer abarcar demasiado, abarcar demasiado, ser demasiado ambicioso/ambiciosa, intentar grandes cosas

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to bite off more than one can chew

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¡Chitón!, ¡Chist!, ¡Ssh!, ¡Chito!, ¡Chis!

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Shh!

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¡Fuera!, ¡Zape!, ¡Largo!

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Shoo!

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ahuyentar algo/a alguien, espantar algo/a alguien, echar algo/a alguien

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to shoo something/someone

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irse, largarse

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to shoo (to go away)

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el ganador seguro/la ganadora segura

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the shoo-in (guaranteed winner)

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la papa, el pan comido

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the shoo-in (easy-to-win contest)

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la falda escocesa, el kilt, el tonelete escocés

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the kilt (all are Scottish garment, 1st is also pleated school skirt)

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la floritura

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the curlicue, the flourish, the frill, the embellishment (flourish), the fancy move (in sports), the grace note

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el culot, la falda pantalón, la skort

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the skort

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el expresidiario/la expresidiaria

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the ex-convict, the ex-con

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tamborilear algo, tamborear algo

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to thrum something (tap or drum on something)

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rasguear algo, rasgar algo

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to thrum something (strum a musical instrument)

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el canturreo
the thrum, the soft singing, the humming (soft singing)
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el caso aparte
the outlier (unique member of a group)
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el valor atípico, el outlier
the outlier (in math)
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la zona de roca joven rodeada de roca más antigua, el área de rocas jóvenes rodeadas de rocas antiguas
the outlier (geographical feature)
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periférico/periférica
outlying, ring (of a road - encircling a town), peripheral, marginal (outlying)
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el periférico
the peripheral (computing device), the beltway (used in Guatemala/Mexico/Ecuador), the ring road (road encircling a town - used in Mexico/Central America)
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el bobolón/la bobolona
the person who lacks mental agility, the clumsy person
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bobolón/bobolona
silly, stupid (both of a person)
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estar a años luz de algo, no tener nada que ver con algo, ser muy diferente de algo
to be a far cry from something
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el reintegro
the repayment, the reimbursement, the refund, the refund of one's stakes (in the lottery), the reinstatement (rehiring of someone), the withdrawal (of money), the fiscal stamp (stamp put on legal documents), the rehiring (of someone), the cost of the ticket (in the lottery)
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autoimpuesto/autoimpuesta
self-imposed
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el exilio voluntario
the self-imposed exile, the voluntary exile (willing departure from own country)
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el exiliado voluntario/la exiliada voluntaria
the self-imposed exile, the voluntary exile (person who willingly leaves own country)
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la protesta, el clamor, la manifestación
the outcry (outrage/opposition)
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el grito, el alarido
the outcry (loud cry)
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gritar más fuerte que alguien
to scream louder than someone, to outcry someone (cry louder than someone)
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la protesta generalizada
the public outcry
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el transporte aéreo, los viajes aéreos, el viaje en avión, viajar en avión
the air travel
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caer por las escaleras
to fall down the stairs
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próspero/próspera, boyante, floreciente, pujante
thriving (of business - successful)
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floreciente
thriving (flourishing/growing strongly - eg of plants), flourishing, blooming, flowering, blossoming (of a tree), in bloom
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el retraso del crecimiento
the failure to thrive (of a baby - lack of growth)
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tranquilamente, sutilmente
unobtrusively
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discreto/discreta, desapercibido/desapercibida
unobtrusive
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la torre, la aguja, el campanario
the steeple
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tener la misma opinión, opinar lo mismo
to be of one mind
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episcopal
Episcopalian, episcopal, Episcopal
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el episcopaliano/la episcopaliana, el episcopalista/la episcopalista
the Episcopalian
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el pasamontañas
the ski mask, the balaclava, the balaclava helmet
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cuadrado/cuadrada, en forma de caja
boxy
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el exceso de control, la microgestión
the micromanagement
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controlar de forma excesiva algo, microgestionar algo
to micromanage something
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a morir
to death (figurative - a lot), in excess
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te quiero a morir
I love you to death
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morir a manos de alguien
to die at someone's hands
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la foto espontánea
the candid photo (not posed photo)
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la barrera cutánea
the skin barrier
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a las millas
as quick as lightning, very fast
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el brezo
the heather (plant)
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moteado/moteada
heather (adjective - color), speckled, dotted, spotted, flecked, mottled, dappled (of a horse), high (on drugs), under the influence of drugs or alcohol, drunk
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un traje azul moteado, un vestido azul moteado
a heather blue dress
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jugar a ser Dios
to play God
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la rareza, la curiosidad, la antigüedad
the rarity (rare object)
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la rareza, la infrecuencia, la singularidad, la raridad
the rarity (how rare something is)
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la rarefacción, el enrarecimiento
the rarity (thinness of air with increasing altitude)
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rara vez, casi nunca, pocas veces, raramente
rarely
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raro/rara, poco común (m y f)
rare (uncommon)
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poco hecho/poco hecha, vuelta y vuelta, jugoso/jugosa, poco cocido/poco cocida
rare (of meat)
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excepcional
rare (extraordinary), exceptional, extraordinary, outstanding, inimitable, unusual, uncommon
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enrarecido/enrarecida, escaso/escasa
rare (of air - thin)
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escaso/escasa, raro/rara
rare (scarce)
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muy jugoso/muy jugosa, casi crudo/casi cruda, vuelta y vuelta (Argentina)
extremely rare (of meat)
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jugoso/jugosa (Argentina), poco hecho/poco hecha
medium-rare, medium rare (of meat)
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la especia rara
the rare breed (of animal)
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el bicho raro, el personaje
the rare breed (figurative - type of person not often encountered)
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la tierra rara
the rare earth (in chemistry - lanthanide elements on periodic table), the rare-earth element, the rare-earth metal
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el raro don para algo, el don especial para algo
the rare gift for something (rare talent for something)
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algo inusual
the rare sight, something unusual
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el cabrón/la cabrona, el pendejo/la pendeja, el gilipollas/la gilipollas (España), el huevón/la huevona (Andes), el pelotudo/la pelotuda (Sudamérica), el forro/la forra (Argentina), el mamón/la mamona (España/México), el culero/la culera (México)
the asshole (person)
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el culo, el ojete, el ano
the asshole (body part)
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la sesión de fotos, la sesión fotográfica
the photo shoot
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perrear, culear
to twerk
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el perreo
the twerking
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el moderador/la moderadora
the moderator, the chair (moderator)
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moderador/moderadora
moderating
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la intuición
the intuition
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por intuición, por instinto, intuitivamente
by intuition
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quebradizo/quebradiza, frágil
brittle (stiff and easily broken)
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frágil, precario/precaria
brittle (figurative - precarious)
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crispado/crispada, quebrado/quebrada
brittle (of a voice - sharp-sounding)
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el caramelo de azúcar, el guirlache (España), el crocante
the brittle (confection)
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nervioso/nerviosa, crispado/crispada
brittle (figurative - superficially confident but internally nervous)
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quebrarse, irritarse
to brittle (eg of food - become stiff & hard)
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el precio pedido
the asking price
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la fatiga auditiva
the hearing fatigue, the ear fatigue
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el musical
the musical
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musical
musical (of music, resembling music, or set to music)
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musical, melodioso/melodiosa
musical (resembling music)
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dotado para la música/dotada para la música, con aptitudes musicales
musical (good at music)
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la caja de música
the music box
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el director de música/la directora de música
the music director, the musical director
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el juego de la silla
musical chairs (literal - game)
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el cambio constante de situación
musical chairs (literal - constantly changing situation)
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la comedia musical
the musical comedy
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la composición musical
the musical composition
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el matiz dinámico
the musical dynamics, the dynamics, the dynamic (volume of a piece of music)
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el instrumento musical
the musical instrument
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la métrica musical, el patrón rítmico
the musical meter (rhythm pattern)
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la nota musical
the musical note, the music note
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el show musical, el espectáculo musical
the musical performance
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la pieza musical, la obra musical
the musical piece
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la escala musical
the musical scale
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la partitura, la banda sonora
the musical score (1st is actual sheet music for play/film, 2nd is soundtrack for play/film)
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el oído para la música
the musical sense (natural aptitude for music)
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el talento para la música, el talento musical
the musical talent
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la obra musical, el musical
the musical theater (drama with singing & dancing)

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