Set 7 Flashcards

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el empujón, el codazo, el golpe, el toque (España)

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the poke (prodding touch)

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la cogida, el palo (México/Centroamérica), el polvo (Colombia/España/Venezuela/Río de la Plata)

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the poke (sex - used in United Kingdom)

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clavar algo, hincar algo, pinchar algo, dar con algo, tocar algo, atizar algo, darle un codazo a algo

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to poke something (hit something - 6th is a fire, 7th is with elbow)

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meter algo en algo

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to poke something into something

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sacar algo por algo, asomar algo por algo

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to poke something out of something

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hacer un agujero en algo, agujerear algo

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to poke a hole in something

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pegarle un puñetazo a alguien

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to poke someone (punch someone), to punch someone

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asomar de algo

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to poke out of something

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darle con algo a alguien, clavarle algo a alguien

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to poke someone with something

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darle a alguien en el ojo, clavarle el ojo a alguien, sacarle el/un ojo a alguien

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to poke someone’s eye out

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metérsela a alguien, clavar a alguien, clavársela a alguien, echarle un polvo a alguien

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to poke someone (have sex with someone)

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el póquer, el póker

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the poker (game)

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el atizador, el hurgón, el espetón, el hurgador

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the poker (tool for tending a fire)

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la reinstalación, la reincorporación, la restitución en el cargo, la reintegración, la readmisión

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the reinstatement (of someone to a job)

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el restablecimiento, la restauración, la reinstalación

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the reinstatement (reestablishment of something)

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reinstaurar algo, restablecer algo, reintegrar algo

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to reinstate something (put something back into effect)

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reincorporar a alguien, restituir a alguien, readmitir a alguien

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to reincorporate someone (give someone their job back)

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volver a incluir algo, reincorporar algo

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to reincorporate something (include something again)

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acabar, rendirse, dar por terminado, cortar (España), mandar a volar (México), cortarla (Argentina)

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to call it quits

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así llamado/así llamada, llamado/llamada

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so-called (commonly called; both come before noun)

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supuesto/supuesta, presunto/presunta, dizque, llamado/llamada

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so-called (supposedly; all come before noun)

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así llamado/así llamada, llamado/llamada, denominado/denominada

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so called (adverbial phrase)

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la vitrina de trofeos, la caja de trofeos

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the trophy case

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el bastón, la batuta

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the baton (1st is in a marching band, 2nd is in an orchestra)

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el bastón de mando, el testigo
the baton (1st is in the military, 2nd is in a relay race)
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el bastón, la porra, el garrote
the baton (police weapon)
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revolear el bastón, hacer malabares con el bastón
to twirl the baton
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la demostración de fuerza, la muestra de fuerza, la muestra de fortaleza
the show of strength
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el diente, la punta, el clavo
the prong (1st and 2nd are of a fork, 3rd is of a plug)
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pinchar algo/a alguien
to prong something (pinch/poke something), to prick something, to spear something, to burst something (a balloon), to puncture something (a tire), to prod someone (bother someone), to pester someone, to needle someone, to give someone a shot (injection) (colloquial), to knife someone, to stab someone (colloquial), to tap something (spy on - eg a phone), to bug something (spy on - eg a phone), to click something (colloquial), to play something (music - colloquial - Spain)
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pinchar
to be prickly, to be bristly (of a beard), to get a flat tire, to get a puncture (flat tire), to click on something (followed by en), to be a flop (colloquial - Spain), to work (do a job - colloquial - Cuba), to have a fling (colloquial - Argentina/Chile/Paraguay)
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pincharse
to prick oneself, to inject oneself (colloquial), to shoot up (do drugs - colloquial), to burst (of a balloon), to puncture (of a tire)
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las condiciones de salubridad, las instalaciones de saneamiento, las instalaciones sanitarias
the sanitation (cleanliness)
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el saneamiento
the sanitation (trash collection OR techniques to promote health OR cleanliness), the clean-up, the restructuring, the (legal) compensation, the write-off (in finance), the write-down (in finance), the plumbing (Spain), the drainage (of water or sewage), the remediation (of the economy)
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el sanitario, el baño, el aseo
the sanitation (toilet/washing facilities)
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de la basura, de recogida de la basura
sanitation (adjective)
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sanitario/sanitaria, de sanidad
sanitary (relating to sanitation)
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higiénico/higiénica, sanitario/sanitaria
sanitary (clean)
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el empleado sanitario/la empleada sanitaria, el recolector de basura/la recolectora de basura
the sanitation worker
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desinfectar algo, esterilizar algo, sanear algo, higienizar algo
to sanitize something (decontaminate something)
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dar una imagen aséptica de algo, suavizar algo
to sanitize something (make something inoffensive)
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antihigiénico/antihigiénica, insalubre, poco higiénico/poco higiénica, malsano/malsana
unsanitary
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puntiagudo/puntiaguda, con pinchos
pronged (literal - having spikes)
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con pinchos, con puntas
-pronged (literal - having spikes) (always used with a number)
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de pinches, de puntas
-pronged (figurative - having multiple approaches) (always used with a number)
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dual, doble
two-pronged (figurative - having two parts)
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tridente, de tres puntas
three-pronged (literal - having three prongs)
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triple, con tres frentes, con tres enfoques
three-pronged (figurative - having three parts)
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la temporada de la gripe, la temporada de gripe, la época de gripe
(the) flu season
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el guijarro, la piedrita, la piedra, la piedrecita (España)
the pebble
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la roca, la peña, el pedrusco, el peñasco
the boulder
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audaz, atrevido/atrevida, valiente
bold (daring/courageous)
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atrevido/atrevida, descarado/descarada
bold (forward/impudent)
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llamativo/llamativa, vivo/viva, intenso/intensa
bold (of a color/pattern)
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negrita
bold (of a font)
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la negrita
the bold (font), the boldface (font), the bold type (font)
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imaginativo/imaginativa, osado/osada
bold (imaginative; 2nd is specifically of imagination, 1st is general)
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la letra en negrita
the bold font
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poner algo en negrilla, poner algo en negrita
to bold something (text)
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resueltamente, con atrevimiento, con audacia, audazmente, con osadía
boldly (daringly)
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con atrevimiento, descaradamente
boldly (forwardly/impudently)
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con trazos firmes
boldly (with vigorous strokes - of something written)
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con valentía, con audacia
boldly (courageously)
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claramente, nítidamente, visiblemente
boldly (prominently)
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la audacia, la valentía
the boldness (daring)
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el descaro, el atrevimiento
the boldness (impudence)
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la fuerza, la singularidad
the boldness (strength)
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el necrófilo/la necrófila
the necrophile, the necrophiliac
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necrófilo/necrófila
necrophiliac (adjective)
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la necrofilia
the necrophilia
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pulverulento/pulverulenta, en polvo, fino/fina, granulado/granulada
powdery (2nd is of snow, 3rd is of sand)
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el polvo, los polvos
the powder (1st is small particles or makeup; 2nd is medicine or makeup)
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la pólvora
the powder (explosive - eg gunpowder), the gunpowder, the fireworks (used in singular form), the instigator (both male & female), the inciter (both male & female), the hothead (both male & female)
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la nieve en polvo, la nieve fresca
the powder (powdery snow)
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empolvarse algo, empolvar algo, polvorear algo
to powder something (put makeup on something)
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espolvorear algo con algo, empolvar algo con algo, cubrir algo con algo
to powder something with something (1st is to put powder on food, rest are to put powder on anything)
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reducir algo a polvo, pulverizar algo, moler algo
to powder something (grind something to powder)
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reducirse a polvo, pulverizarse
to powder (intransitive - to become powder)
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empolvarse la nariz
to powder one's nose
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la labia
the gift of the gab, the smooth talk, the glibness, the loquacity
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los labios, los labios vaginales
the labia
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los labios mayores, los labios vaginales mayores
the labia majora
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los labios menores, los labios vaginales menores
the labia minora
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labial
labial (in dentistry or linguistics or female anatomy or relating to the lips), lip (adjective)
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la labial
the labial (in linguistics), the labial consonant
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el labial, el pintalabios, la barra de labios, el lápiz de labios, el lápiz labial, el carmín
the lipstick
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la regla de los cinco segundos
the five-second rule
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siempre que
whenever (+indicative), every time (+indicative), each time (+indicative), as long as (on the condition that - +subjunctive), so long as (+subjunctive), provided that (+subjunctive), providing that (+subjunctive)
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la estación de bomberos, el cuartel de bomberos, el parque de bomberos (España), la bomba (Chile)
the firehouse
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el carro de bomberos, el camión de bomberos, el coche de bomberos (España), la autobomba (Río de la Plata), la bomba (Chile), el carro bomba (Chile)
the fire truck
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la boca de riego, la toma de agua, la boca de incendios, el hidrante, la boca de incendio
the fire hydrant
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la boca de riego, la toma de agua, la boca de incendios, el hidrante
the hydrant
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el bromatólogo/la bromatóloga
the food scientist
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la ciencia de los alimentos, la bromatología
the food science
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el correo común, el correo ordinario
the snail mail
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el caracol
the snail, the shell, the seashell, the conch, the cochlea, the ringlet (of hair), the curl (of hair), the winkle (aquatic mollusk), the sluggard, the slowcoach, the banana (variety characterized by not being in bunches), the hopscotch board in the shape of a snail or spiral
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a paso de caracol, a paso de tortuga
at a snail's pace
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el caracol marino
the sea snail
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el mejor amigo del hombre
man's best friend
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el perro es el mejor amigo del hombre
a dog is a man's best friend
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para eso están los amigos
that's what friends are for
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hay una víbora en mi bota, hay una serpiente en mi bota
there's a snake in my boot
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echar a alguien, botar a alguien, largar a alguien, despedir a alguien
to give someone the boot
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intacto/intacta, sin tocar
untouched (not touched)
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sin probar, sin comer
untouched (of food)
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intacto/intacta, no afectado/no afectada
untouched (undamaged)
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puro/pura, intacto/intacta, prístino/prístina
untouched (pure/not spoiled)
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insensible
untouched (indifferent - followed by "a" to mean "by"), insensitive, numb, imperceptible, without feelings, callous
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emocionado/emocionada, conmovido/conmovida
touched (emotionally moved)
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tocado/tocada, chiflado/chiflada, chiflis (México/Honduras/El Salvador)
touched (colloquial - crazy)
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de un modo conmovedor, de forma conmovedora
touchingly
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conmovedor/conmovedora, emocionante
touching (emotionally)
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tocante a algo, relacionado a algo/relacionada a algo, con respecto a algo, al respecto de algo, relativo a algo/relativa a algo
touching something (relating to something)
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el derroche, el despilfarro, el capricho
the splurge
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derrochar algo en algo, despilfarrar algo en algo
to splurge something on something
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darse el capricho de comprar algo, despilfarrar en algo, derrochar en algo
to splurge on something
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derrochar, despilfarrar
to splurge
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el kung-fu, el kung fu
the kung fu
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la pista de hielo, la pista de patinaje sobre hielo
the ice rink
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alborotador/alborotadora, perturbador/perturbadora, provocador/provocadora
troublemaking
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el alborotador/la alborotadora, el agitador/la agitadora, el buscapleitos/la buscapleitos, problemático/problemática
the troublemaker
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la seriedad, la gravedad, la honestidad, la franqueza
the earnestness
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sincero/sincera, serio/seria
earnest (sincere)
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serio/seria
earnest (serious), serious (solemn or grave/major), reliable, stiff, deadpan, responsible, trustworthy, straightforward, honest
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ferviente
earnest (eager), fervent, ardent, burning (fervent), passionate
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el compromiso, la señal, el depósito
the earnest (the pledge)
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seriamente, con seriedad, de todo corazón, en serio
earnestly
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ser sincero, decir algo en serio
to be in earnest
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sinceramente
in earnest, sincerely, honestly
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guardar las apariencias, salvar las apariencias
to save face