Set 3 Flashcards
(140 cards)
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estilo imperio
A
empire-style
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el imperio
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the empire (period or territories or political organization or commercial organization), the rule (dominance or legal), the haughtiness, the reign (under an emperor)
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el imperio de la razón
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the rule of reason
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el imperio de la ley
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the rule of law
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imperio/imperia
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empire (adjective - style)
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el güimo/la güima, el conejillo de indias, el cobayo, el cobaya/la cobaya
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the guinea pig (animal)
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el conejillo de indias/la conejilla de indias
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the guinea pig (subject of an experiment)
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majestuoso/majestuosa
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majestic, breathtaking, regal (majestic or like a king)
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real, regio/regia
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regal (relating to royalty)
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regio/regia, majestuoso/majestuosa, suntuoso/suntuosa
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regal (majestic)
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real, majestuoso/majestuosa, regio/regia
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regal (like a king)
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suntuoso/suntuosa, ceremonioso/ceremoniosa
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regal (stately)
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el líder/la líder
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the leader (general and in sports league rankings)
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líder
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leading, top (leading)
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el cabecilla/la cabecilla
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the leader (general or of rebels), the ringleader (general or of a gang)
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el primero/la primera
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the leader (sports - eg in a race), the best (followed by en)
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el oso hormiguero
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the anteater, the ant bear (anteater)
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la embriaguez
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the drunkenness, the intoxication (literal and figurative), the inebriation, the elation, the rapture, the euphoria
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la resaca, el jangóver, el marasmo, el hangover
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the hangover
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estoy como tusa, estoy verdoseado/verdoseada, tengo resaca, tengo jangóver, tengo marasmo, tengo hangover, me engomé
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I’m hungover
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la migraña, la jaqueca
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the migraine
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chonquear
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to vomit violently, to puke, to vomit due to drunkenness
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rechazar algo
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to reject something (general and medical), to turn something down (reject), to repel something, to drive something back (repel), to deny something (declare untrue), to make a save (in sports - followed by noun - eg ball), to keep something out (in sports - followed by noun - eg ball)
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el riñón
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the kidney, the heart (figurative - center)
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los riñones, la parte baja de la espalda, la zona lumbar
the lower back (last is formal)
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la plantación
the plantation (farming/estate/farm), the field (farming), the planting (act of planting)
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la caña de azúcar, la caña, la japonesa
the sugar cane
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el asentamiento, la colonia
the plantation (settlement)
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la plantación, la hacienda, la finca
the plantation (estate/farm)
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el poblado
the town, the village, the area, the place, the settlement
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poblado/poblada
bushy (of hair), thick (of hair), populated, inhabited, full (followed by de to mean of)
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poblado de/poblada de
populated with, full of, inhabited by
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la hacienda
the plantation (property or estate), the hacienda, the estate, the ranch (farm), the wealth (assets), the fortune (wealth), the property (wealth)
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Hacienda
the Internal Revenue Service (US), the IRS (US), the Inland Revenue (UK), the tax office, the tax collector
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la finca
the property (rural real estate), the country house, the country estate, the ranch (property), the farm, the building (used in Spain), the plantation (property)
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el trayecto
the route, the way (route), the journey (trip), the distance, the trajectory, the leg (of a trip)
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ahora, empero, no obstante, sin embargo, aun así, de todos modos, de todas maneras
however (on the other hand)
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sin importar (+lo 'adjetivo' que 'subjuntivo'), por (+ 'adjetivo' 'sustantivo' que 'subjuntivo'), independientemente de (+lo 'adjetivo' que 'subjuntivo')
however (independent of)
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como (+subjuntivo), de la manera que (+subjuntivo), de la forma que (+subjuntivo)
however (by whatever means - eg however you want)
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independiente de cómo (+indicativo), sin importar cómo (+subjuntivo), como quiera que (+subjuntivo)
however (in whichever way - eg however you dress)
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¿Pero cómo nos encontraste?
However did you find us?
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por más que (+subjuntivo/pretérito)
no matter how much (+verb), much as (+verb), as much as (+verb)
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como tú quieras, como quieras
however you like, however you want
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esforzarse, hacer esfuerzo
to strain (make effort)
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tirar de algo, forcejear contra algo
to strain against something
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forzar algo
to strain something (eyes or voice), to force someone (a alguien)/something, to force something open
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forzar la vista
to strain one's eyes, to strain one's vision
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colar algo, escurrir algo
to strain something (food)
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tensar algo
to strain something (put strain on something), to tense something, to tighten something, to tauten something, to draw something (stretch something), to make something tense
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el esfuerzo, la presión, el estrés
the strain (1st is effort, 2nd is compression, 3rd is pressure)
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la raza, la variedad, la cepa
the strain (variant of something; 1st is animal, 2nd is plant, 3rd is virus)
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la distensión, el esguince, el compás
the strain (1st and 2nd are in anatomy, 3rd is in music)
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forzarse a hacer algo
to force oneself to do something, to be forced to do something, to make oneself do something
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tensarse
to tighten, to become strained
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la tripulación, el personal, el equipo
the crew (1st is of a plane or ship, 2nd and 3rd are general - personnel, 3rd is also sport - rowing)
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la banda, la pandilla, el grupo, el equipo, el corillo
the crew (colloquial - social group)
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el equipo, el remo
the crew (sport - rowing)
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formar parte de la tripulación de, formar parte de una tripulación en
to crew on (a vessel), to crew for (a captain)
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tripular algo
to crew something (serve on a vessel), to man something, to drive something (a vehicle)
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el tripulante, el miembro del equipo
the crewman (nautical)
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el corte rapado, el corte militar, el corte a la americana (Argentina)
the crew cut (army haircut)
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el pelo al rape, el pelo rapado
the crew cut (general - very short haircut)
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el cuello redondo
the crewneck, the crew neck (neckline itself)
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de cuello redondo
crew-neck (adjective)
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la camisa de cuello redondo
the crew-neck shirt
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el apartamento, el departamento, el piso (España)
the condo (condominium unit; apartment within a condominium), the condominium
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el bloque de apartamentos, el bloque de pisos (España), el condominio
the condo (actual condominium building)
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el bloque de apartamentos, el bloque, el condominio
the condominium (apartment block)
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el remolcador
the tugboat, the tug (tugboat), the tow truck
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remolcador/remolcadora
tow (that tows), towing (that tows)
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el peinado, el corte de pelo
the haircut (hairstyle)
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el corte de pelo
the haircut (hairstyle or session at hairdresser)
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descalabrar, cortarse el pelo, hacerse un corte de pelo, hacer que le corten el pelo
to get a haircut
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descalabrar
to get a haircut, to split somebody's head open (a alguien), to wound somebody in the head (a alguien), to hurt someone (a alguien), to damage something (algo), to put a damper on something (algo), to foil something (algo), to ruin something (algo), to sell something at bargain prices (algo)
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descalabrarse, escalabrarse
to hurt one's head
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descalabrar algo/a alguien, escalabrar algo/a alguien
to split somebody's head open (a alguien), to wound somebody in the head (a alguien), to hurt someone (a alguien), to damage something (algo), to put a damper on something (algo), to foil something (algo), to ruin something (algo)
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el descalabro
the disaster, the major setback, the setback, the blow (setback), the defeat (military), the calamity
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la descalabradura
the head wound, the scar remaining after a head wound, the head injury, the contusion, the concussion
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¡Corre por tu vida!, ¡Sálvese quien pueda!
Run for your life!
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¡Bah!, ¡Qué vaina!
Pshaw!
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oye, eh, chis, chist, pst
psst
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perseguido/perseguida, cazado/cazada
hunted (being hunted)
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atormentado/atormentada
hunted (fearful/tormented), tormented, tortured
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el cazador/la cazadora, el buscador/la buscadora
the hunter (1st is person who hunts, person who searches - eg ghost hunter - and animal; 2nd is person who searches - eg ghost hunter)
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el cazador/la cazadora, el depredador/la depredadora, el caballo de caza
the hunter (animal; last is only in fox hunting, rest are general)
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el reloj de bolsillo, la saboneta
the hunter (type of watch)
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estrangular algo/estrangular a alguien, ahogar algo, suprimir algo, sofocar algo
to strangle something/someone (1st is to choke or to suppress, rest are only to repress)
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el estrangulamiento, la estrangulación
the strangulation
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comprimido/comprimida
compressed, thin, small, flat
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el comprimido
the pill, the tablet (pill)
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la compresión
the compression, the crushing, the compaction
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descomprimir algo, someter a alguien a descompresión
to decompress something (1st is in computing, 2nd is to release divers from pressure)
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relajarse, desconectar, someterse a descompresión
to decompress (1st and 2nd are to relax, 3rd is in diving)
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la descompresión
the decompression
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condensar algo en algo, reducir algo a algo
to compress something into something
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condensar algo, comprimir algo, reducir algo
to compress something (2nd is to squeeze something, all are to reduce something)
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la compresa, el apósito
the compress
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la compresa fría
the cold compress
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la compresa caliente, la compresa tibia
the warm compress
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qué manera de morir, qué manera de irse, qué manera de ir
what a way to go
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el agotamiento por calor, el golpe de calor
the heat exhaustion
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el pollito/la pollita, el polluelo/la polluela
the chick (baby chicken)
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el polluelo/la polluela, el pajarito/la pajarita
the chick (any kind of baby bird)
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la chica, la muchacha, la chavala (España), la chava (México), la tía (España), la chamaca (México), la chula (México), la mina (Argentina)
the chick (girl)
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las Galápagos
the Galápagos
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las Islas Galápagos
the Galápagos Islands
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la cría
the offspring (of an animal), the ancestry (of a person or animal), the lineage (of a person or animal), the young, the litter (of dogs), the brood (of birds), the baby, the breeding (of animals), the rearing (of animals)
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los hijos, la descendencia, la prole, los retoños
the offspring (children)
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el fruto de algo, el resultado de algo
the offspring of something (figurative - result)
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la supervivencia del más apto, la supervivencia del que mejor se adapta, la supervivencia del más fuerte (Argentina)
the survival of the fittest
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la selección natural
the natural selection
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masticable
chewable, chewy, masticable
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el colchón
the mattress, the cushion (money savings), the rainy day fund, the emergency fund, the nest egg (money savings)
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el caramelo duro
the hard candy
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amorfo/amorfa
amorphous, formless, without a particular shape, shapeless, insipid (of a person - having no personality)
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poco a poco
little by little, step by step
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paso a paso, poco a poco, por etapas
step by step
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detallado paso a paso/detallada paso a paso
step-by-step
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la claridad, la nitidez, la transparencia
the clarity (precision - eg of words/ideas)
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la claridad
the clarity (understanding OR precision - eg of words/ideas - OR distinctness/sharpness), the light, the brightness, the frankness, the candidness, the sharpness (distinctness)
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la transparencia, la limpidez
the clarity (purity - eg of water)
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el tin, el tilín, el din
the ping (of a bell)
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el sonido metálico, el silbido
the ping (metallic sound; 2nd is especially of a bullet)
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el pitido, el ping
the ping (1st is electronic sound, 2nd is in computing)
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sonar a metal, tañer, hacer tin, hacer tilín, hacer din, sonar, pitar
to ping (last is to make an electronic sound, rest are of a bell)
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hacerle un ping a algo, comprobar la disponibilidad de recursos de red
to ping something
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el tilín
the ting-a-ling, the tinkle
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tilín
ding (onomatopoeia)
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el ring
the ding (ringing sound)
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la abolladura, la marca
the ding (dent)
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repicar, sonar
to ding (to make a dinging sound; 1st is of a phone)
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abollar algo, tocar algo
to ding something (1st is to dent something, 2nd is to make something sound)
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la flecha
the arrow, the dart, the spire
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el enemigo mortal/la enemiga mortal
the mortal enemy
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el más propenso a (+infinitivo)/la más propensa a (+infinitivo), el más probable que (+subjuntivo)/la más probable que (+subjuntivo), el que tiene más probabilidades de (+infinitivo)/la que tiene más probabilidades de (+infinitivo)
the most likely to
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la licencia por maternidad, la baja por maternidad (España), el permiso por maternidad, la incapacidad por maternidad (Costa Rica), la licencia materna
the maternity leave
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la planta, la suela, el lenguado
the sole (1st is of a foot, 2nd is of a shoe, 3rd is a fish)
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único/única, exclusivo/exclusiva
sole (1st is one or only, 2nd is only)
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poner suela a un zapato
to sole a shoe
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vender la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca, poner el carro delante de los caballos
to put the cart before the horse
