Ultralingua 6/29/13 Flashcards
(173 cards)
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to advocate, champion (for)
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abogar (abogué/abogue) (por)
2
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correct, accurate
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acertado
3
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appropriate
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acertado
la música del funeral no fue muy acertada
4
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clarification, explanation
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aclaración
quisiera hacerles una aclaración
5
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to bend down, bend over, crouch
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agacharse
6
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to overwhelm, stifle,
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agobiar
estamos agobiados por las incesantes llamadas telefónicas
7
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to pester, harass
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agobiar
estaban agobiándola con tantas preguntas
8
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(barbed) wire fence
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la alambrada
9
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go between, procurer, pimp
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un alcahuete
10
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to cover up, to gossip
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alcahuetear
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to encourage (someone to do something)
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alentar (a algn a hacer algo)
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to get dark, nightfall
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anochecer, el anochecer
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to squash, crush
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aplastar
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pass, passing grade
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aprobado
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predicament, embarrassing situation
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un apuro
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to put someone in an awkward situation
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poner a algn en apuros
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to snatch away, wrench
they snatched victory from under his nose
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arrebatar
le arrebataron la victoria
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to get worse, intensify *weather, storms
they looked for a place to take shelter because the storm was getting worse
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arreciar
buscaron un lugar para guarecerse porque la tormenta arreciaba.
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brook, stream
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un arroyo
20
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to amaze, astonish
I’m amazed to see you working so hard
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asombrar
me asombra verte trabajar tanto
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to be amazed/astonished
she was amazed that you knew
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asombrarse
se asombró que lo supieras
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to spy on, watch. to make out (vislumbrar)
From the window they watched what was happening in that alley
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atisbar
Desde la ventana atisbaba lo que sucedía en aquel callejón
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to underwrite, endorse/guarantee
to support
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avalar
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to thrash, flog, lash
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azotar
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walking stick
un bastón
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a trick (naipes)
una baza
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to win a trick
hacer una baza
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if he plays his cards right
si juega bien so baza
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(oil) drum, can
un bidón (de aceite)
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silly remark, nonsense (tontería)
un bolazo
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stuffing, fluff, down
la borra
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to bellow, roar (animal, sea, river)
| She hears the bulls on the other side of the river bellowing
bramar
| Se oía bramar a los toros que estaban al otro lado del río.
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to struggle, fight (against/with), to slog
bregar (con)
| los niños de la calle bregan todos los días para sobrevivir.
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paintbrush (large)
una brocha
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to head (soccer ball)
cabecear
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to toss/shake one's head. to lurch/sway (ship)
cabecear
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to lack
carecer de
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that doesn't make sense
eso carece de sentido
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riverbed/channel/course
| they changed the course of the river
el cauce
| desviaron el cauce del río
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to splash about
| The boys are splashing happily in the park fountain
chapotear
| Los niños chapotean felices en la fuente del parque.
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to be crazy, to be a nutcase
chiflado
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crossroads (2)
| to be at a crossroads
el cruce, la encrucijada
| estar en una encrucijada
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a delay
una demora
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degrading, insulting
denigrante
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to squander, waste
| he wasted all his money on drug and alcohol
derrochar
| Derrochó todo su dinero en drogas y alcohol
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defeat
la derrota
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a rush
| when it started to rain everyone rushed for shelter
desbandada
| cuando empezó a llover hubo una desbandada general
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to run off/scatter in all directions
salir en desbandada
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to deserve
he deserves to win
he got what he deserved
merecer
merece ganar
se llevó su merecido
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gap
un desfase
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jet lag
el desfase horario
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to dazzle
deslumbrar
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the car's headlights blinded me
Los faros del coche me deslumbraron.
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His musical talent dazzles me
Su talento para la música me deslumbra.
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to crumble, go to pieces (mountain, house)
| to have a nervous breakdown
desmoronarse
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to tear apart, tear to pieces
despedazar
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the wolf tore to pieces half of the hens in the henhouse
El lobo despedazó a la mitad de las gallinas del gallinero.
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to feel a little out of place
sentirse un poco desplazado
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to dilute, water down
diluir
| diluyo, diluimos/diluía/diluí/diluya
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to plug in
enchufar
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to cover with mud (get covered with mud)
enfangar(se)
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to bury oneself in (a book)
enfrascarse en (un libro)
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to widen, expand
ensanchar
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to spread, scatter, disseminate
| My daughters' books are spread all over the house
esparcir
| Los libros de mis hijas están esparcidos por toda la casa.
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to relax, amuse, divert
esparcirse
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```
to spread (butter)
use the knife to spread butter on the bread
```
untar
| Utiliza el cuchillo para untar la mantequilla en el pan.
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to handcuff
esposar
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a hindrance, nuisance
un estorbo
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Juan is a nuisance, he gets involved in my business and doesn't let me work
Juan es un estorbo, se entromete en mis asuntos y no me deja trabajar .
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odd, outlandish, bizarre
estrambótico
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to smash, shatter
estrellar
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he smashed it against the wall
lo estrelló contra la pared
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to shake, shudder/tremble (with)
estremecerse (de)
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to tremble with horror/cold
estremecerse de horror/frío
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mud, mire, dirt
el fango
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ferocious, fierce
feroz
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I'm starving/famished
tengo un hambre feroz
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fierce, ferocious (wild)
fiero
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it's (he's) not as bad as it's (he's) made out to be
no es tan fiero el león como lo pintan
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enjoyment, pleasure, joy
el gozo
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to be overjoyed
no caber de gozo
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joyful
gozoso
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taste (preference)
el gusto
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to be to someone's liking
ser del gusto de algn
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to be tired/sick of something
hartarse de algo/algn
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i'm tired of waiting
ya me he hartado de esperar
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one of these days she'll get fed up with it all and leave
un día se hartará y se marchará
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a swarm of people
un hervidero de gente
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a hike
una caminata
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to go on a hike (2)
hacer una excursión
| dar una caminata
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hillside
la ladera
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to rummage in (one's pocket)
hurgar en (el bolsillo)
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to pick one's nose
hurgarse la nariz
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to investigate, inquire into
indagar
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The OIJ was investigating the causes of the death of the businessman
El OIJ estuvo indagando las causas de la muerte del empresario.
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to tilt/tip/lean (towards)
indagar (a)
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a (large) lizard
un lagarto
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a small/wall lizard
una lagartija
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flat, level (terreno)
| simple, plain, straightforward (person, style)
llano
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a plain
un llano
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a prairie
la llanura
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to drizzle
lloviznar
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a drizzle
una llovizna
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to bruise, damage, batter
magullar
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They bruised the grapes by hitting them accidentally
Magulló las uvas al golpearlas sin querer.
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to get bruised
magullarse, hacer un moratón
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a bruise
un moratón
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mud (3)
barro, lodo, fango
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native *plant (2)
autóctono, indígena
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native *town, country, soil
natal
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native speaker
un hablante nativo
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insignificant, trivial
nimio
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the petty details do not interest me
Los detalles nimios no me interesan.
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an ode
una oda
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dark rings under the eyes
las ojeras
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he didn't sleep all night, so he had dark circles under his eyes
No durmió en toda la noche, por eso tenía esas ojeras.
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haggard
ojeroso
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to knock about (a ball)
pelotear
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to turn over in one's mind
pelotear una asunto
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neck, scruff of the neck
el pescuezo
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laptop
un portátil
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portable (adj)
portátil
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to postulate
postular
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meadow
la pradera
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meadow, pasture, field
el prado
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proclamation, announcement
pregón
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the budget
el presupuesto
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the national budget
los presupuestos generales (del Estado)
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to ask for an estimate (for work)
pedir presupuesto
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to travel/walk around
recorrer
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we travelled around France on a motorcycle
recorrimos Francia en moto
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to walk around a city on foot
recorrer una ciudad a pie
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to recover, recoup
recuperar
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the country is beginning to return to normality
el país comienza a recuperar la normalidad
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to recover (from) sickness
recuperarse de
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the referee
el árbitro
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to rule, govern
regir
rijo,riges/regí,registe,rigió,rigieron/ rija
regido o recto
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The director runs the business with a heavy hand
El director rige la empresa con mano dura.
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remorse, regret
el remordimiento
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to feel remorse
tener remordimientos
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rancor, bitterness, resentment
el rencor
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to bera malice, harbor a grudge (against)
guardar rencor (a)
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to produce, yield, bear
```
rendir
rindo, rinde, rinde, rendimos, rinden
rendí, rendiste, rindió, rendimos, rindieron
rinda/rindiere
rendido
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to surrender, yield
rendirse
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to bow before the evidence
rendirse a la evidencia
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to divide up/share
repartir
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the students are divided into four groups
los estudiantes están repartidos en cuatro grupos
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fail, failed
reprobado
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to burst, blow up, wreck
reventar
reviento/reventamos/revientan
reventé
reviente, reventare
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i have a flat tire/puncture
tengo una cubierta reventada
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the robbers blew open the safe
los ladrones reventaron la caja fuerte
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latecomer, straggler
el rezagado
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to be left behind
quedar rezagado
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to settle, pay off (debt), put an end to
saldar
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After the last payment I settled my debt with the bank
Después del último pago saldé mi deuda con el banco.
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the accident resulted in four deaths
el accidente se ha saldado con cuatro muertos
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to result in something
saldarse con algo
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sore
dolorido, doloroso
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tenacity, persistence
el tesón
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to resist tenaciously
resistir con tesón
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shoulder strap
un tirante
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tight, taught, tense
tirante
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strapless dress
un vestido sin tirantes
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a toy
un juguete
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an obstacle, hindrance
una traba
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to restrain, obstruct
poner trabas a
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rag, cloth
un trapo
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a damp cloth
un trapo húmedo
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udder (cow)
la ubre
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(what a!) a waste (2)
un (que!) desperdicio
| un derroche
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to waste (3)
derrochar, malgastar, echar a perder
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a whip (2)
un látigo, una fusta
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to whip (2)
fustigar, dar un azote
