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como un coquito, borracho como una cuba/borracha como una cuba, hasta la picha (Costa Rica), en pedo (Argentina)

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drunk as a skunk

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la mofeta, el zorrillo (México), el zorrino (Argentina)

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the skunk (animal)

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el canalla/la canalla, el aprovechado/la aprovechada, el oportunista/la oportunista

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the skunk (unsavory person, opportunist, liar)

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la marihuana, la mota (México), la maría, la hierba

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the skunk (cannabis; last 2 are colloquial)

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la piel de mofeta, la piel de zorrillo (México)

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the skunk (skunk fur)

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el descuadre

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the imbalance between the debt and credit in an account, the imbalance (financial)

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el desequilibrio, la inestabilidad

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the imbalance (disproportion/lack of equilibrium)

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el desequilibrio, el desbalance

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the imbalance (inequality)

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el desequilibrio

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the imbalance (inequality OR lack of equilibrium), the instability, the unbalance

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descuadrar

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to not add up (of a story), to not hold up (of a story)

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descuadrar a alguien

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to set someone against another person, (of an employee) to lose a superior’s confidence, to embezzle a person/an institution

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el desequilibrio mental

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the mental imbalance, the mental instability

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crakeado/crakeada, craqueado/craqueada, desequilibrado/desequilibrada, trastornado/trastornada

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unbalanced (of a person - psychologically; 1st 2 are colloquial)

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sesgado/sesgada, parcial, tendencioso/tendenciosa, desequilibrado/desequilibrada

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unbalanced (of a person - biased)

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desequilibrado/desequilibrada

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unbalanced (of a person - psychologically or biased OR not varied - eg of a diet - OR not correctly adjusted - eg of car wheels), out of balance, off balance, uneven, unequal, unstable (of a person), unhinged (of a person)

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no conciliado/no conciliada, que no coincide

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unbalanced (in finance - not yet tallied)

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desequilibrado/desequilibrada, desbalanceado/desbalanceada

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unbalanced (about to tip over)

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desbalanceado/desbalanceada

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unbalanced (about to tip over OR of an electrical circuit - having different properties on each side)

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el desequilibrado/la desequilibrada

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the unbalanced person, the unstable person, the mentally unbalanced person

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desbalancear algo

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to destabilize the balance between things/forces/opposing viewpoints

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desequilibrar algo

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to unbalance something, to make something unbalanced, to throw something off balance, to destabilize something, to upset something (destabilize something)

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trastornar a alguien, desequilibrar a alguien

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to unbalance someone

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desequilibrar a alguien

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to unbalance someone, to to upset someone, to mark someone, to leave a mark on someone, to destabilize someone

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desequilibrarse

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to get out of balance (lose balance), to become unbalanced (go mad), to spiral (of the economy/markets), to destabilize, to become unbalanced, to become unstable, to go mad, to go insane, to become deranged, to become insane

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desequilibrador/desequilibradora, desestabilizador/desestabilizadora, desestabilizante
destabilizing
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desestabilizar algo/a alguien
to destabilize something/someone, to make something/someone unstable, to unbalance something/someone, to throw something/someone off balance, to cause instability in something/someone, to unsettle something/someone, to cause unrest in something/someone
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desestabilizarse
to become unstable, to destabilize, to become unbalanced
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sublime, grandioso/grandiosa
sublime (grand, lofty - eg of writing)
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sensacional, sublime
sublime (awe-inspiring)
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sublime, magnífico/magnífica
sublime (superb)
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supino/supina, total, absoluto/absoluta, supremo/suprema
sublime (1st is of ignorance, other 3 are of contempt or indifference)
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lo sublime
the sublime (that which inspires awe)
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el culmen
the sublime (the supreme degree of something - eg the sublime of stupidity), the peak (figurative - eg the peak of his career), the height (figurative - most important point OR most extreme point), the climax (figurative peak), the high point, the epitome, the highest point (figurative)
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sublimar algo
to sublimate something (in chemistry - to turn something into vapor OR to make something nobler - archaic definition OR in psychology - to repress a bad impulse), to exalt something, to ennoble something (lend a greater character to)
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sublimarse
to sublimate (in chemistry - to turn to vapor - or in psychology - to be repressed)
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culmen
high, finest
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el momento culmen, el momento cumbre, el punto culminante, el momento culminante, el apogeo, el clímax, el punto álgido
the high point
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a medida que (+indicativo)
as (while), while, at the same time that
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a medida que (+subjuntivo)
whenever, to the extent that
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¿Por qué sonreír?, ¿Por qué debería sonreír?, ¿Por qué voy a sonreír?
What is there to smile about?
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el medicamento, la medicina, la medicación, el remedio
the medication (medicine itself)
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la medicación, el tratamiento, la medicina
the medication (treatment using medicine)
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la premedicación
the premedication (drugs given before anaesthesia)
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el medicamento de alivio rápido
the reliever (asthma medicine), the reliever medication, the reliever medicine, the quick relief medicine
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la adversidad, la desgracia, el infortunio
the adversity (uncountable - general difficulties)
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la adversidad, el desafío
the adversity (one individual challenge/obstacle)
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en la adversidad, en tiempos difíciles
in adversity
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adverso/adversa, desfavorable, contrario/contraria
adverse (unfavorable)
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en contra, adverso/adversa, opuesto/opuesta
adverse (of opposite direction - eg adverse winds)
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el balance negativo, el saldo negativo
the adverse balance (negative amount in accounts - expenses exceed income; money owed)
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las circunstancias adversas
the adverse circumstances
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la parte contraria
the adverse party (in law - party with opposing interests)
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la selección adversa
the adverse selection (when individuals who are at higher risk for claims are more likely to purchase insurance, while those at lower risk are less likely to do so)
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el/la testigo hostil, el testigo adverso/la testigo adversa, el/la testigo desfavorable
the adverse witness (a witness in a legal proceeding whose testimony is contrary to the position of the party who called them to testify; the witness is providing evidence that harms, rather than helps, the case of the party who brought them to the stand)
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en circunstancias adversas, bajo condiciones adversas
in adverse circumstances
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negativamente, desfavorablemente, adversamente
adversely
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***encajar algo en algo
to fit something in something
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***encajar una broma
to take a joke
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encajar algo
to land something (a blow), to fit something (into something - en algo), to fit something together (2 things), to let something in (a shot into a goal - in sports), to dump something on someone (burden with - eg dogs), to accept something (eg a dismissal), to take something (accept something - eg a dismissal), to let something in (a goal in sports), to concede something (a goal in sports)
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encajar en algo
to fit into something, to fit in with something (socially)
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***encajar
to fit together, to fit, to add up (eg of people's stories)
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***encajarse algo
to put on something (a piece of clothing)
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***encajarse con algo (México)
to take advantage of something (abuse something)
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encajarle algo a alguien
to pass something off to someone, to hand something off to someone, to deliver something to someone (a punch in boxing), to land something on someone (a punch in boxing), to let something fly (a punch in boxing)
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***encajarle a alguien
to fit someone (of a piece of clothing)
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***finish encajar variants (next: wordreference - coincidir con)

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