vocab 050122 Flashcards
(50 cards)
1
Q
insistently / persistently
A
machaconamente
2
Q
x-rays
A
rayos-x
3
Q
poke your nose in
A
meter la nariz
4
Q
Hump on the back
A
la joroba
5
Q
not convenient
A
No venirse mal aprender
6
Q
horrofic
A
dantesco
7
Q
a lynx or an astute person
A
un lince
8
Q
pliers
A
un alicate
9
Q
a “wow!!” / something fantastic (colloq)
A
una pasada
10
Q
stem cells
A
las células madre
11
Q
to tangle - complicate - confuse
A
enmarañar
12
Q
nonsense - bullshit
A
chorrada
13
Q
Flies (of trousers)
A
las braguetas
14
Q
Deranged
A
enajenado
15
Q
commissioner
A
el comisario
16
Q
to be liked by a person
A
Ser del agrado de una persona
17
Q
to hold up / hinder
A
trabar
18
Q
human trafficking
A
la trata
19
Q
To give a hint of a smile (NB - espozar = to sketch)
A
esbozar una sonrisa
20
Q
shipyard
A
el astillero
21
Q
a model (in photography etc.)
A
un figurante
22
Q
derisory
A
irrisorio
23
Q
to bend or flex
A
flexionar
24
Q
very intense (person)
A
un cargante
25
jab /injection
un pinchazo
26
at last
por /al fin
27
at the end /in the end
al final
28
to spoil (overindulge)
mimar
29
spoiled brat
un mimado / un malcriado / mocoso
30
snot
el moco
31
to tell a lie
echarse un farol
32
moral (of a story)
la moraleja
33
he pulled an ace from his sleeve
se sacó un as de la manga
34
a folk tale
un cuento folclórico
35
lovers
los enamorados
36
shortage / scarcity
el desabastecimiento
37
jingle bells / sleigh bells
los cascabeles
38
to pocket / collect (money)
embolsarse
39
Christmas bonus (LA)
un aguinaldo
40
thong
un tanga
41
eventually
a la postre
42
crack, fissure
la grieta
43
bagpipe
La gaita
44
to really miss somewhere (la Morriña ¡ homesickness)
tener morriña de
45
to crumble
migar
46
baseball cap
la gorra
47
beany (wooly hat=
el gorro
48
pidgeon-hole
un casillero
49
handsome man, hero, heart-throb
el galán
50
to appear in a film
salir en una peli
