Vocab from past translations Flashcards
(155 cards)
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Un gabán
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overcoat
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ufano
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pleased w yourself/smug or vain/conceited
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el espanto
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terror/fright
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un contertulio/una contertulia
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fellow guest/member/participant
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un ejemplar
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a copy/edition/model
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cerciorarse de
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to make sure that/to check
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un cenicero
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an ashtray
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una colilla
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cigarette butt
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un farol
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lantern/lamp/headlight
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visigodo
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visigothic
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un visillo
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lace curtain
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un apartado
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a section/part
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apartado (adj)
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alejado/separated
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el deleite
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delight/pleasure/enjoyment
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inagotable
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inexhaustible
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el crepúsculo
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twilight/dusk
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presidir
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preside over/lead/direct
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multitudinario
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mass/multitudinous
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las ostras
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oysters
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un paradigma
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paradigm/model/exemplar
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el paladar
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palate
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la abadía
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abbey
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descorchar
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to uncork
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arrastrar
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to drag/pull
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llevadero
manageable/easy/bareable/tolerable
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el abismo
abyss/chasm
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un petardo
firecracker
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un cartel
poster/sign/notice (or reputation)
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la bulla
racket/uproar
30
una butaca
arm chair/theatre seat
31
mullido
soft/springy (or hay for animals)
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paulatinamente
gradually/poco a poco
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surgir
arise/emerge/appear
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un susurro
whisper
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ingeniar
invent/create/devise
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un alfiler
a pin
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análogo a
similar to/akin to/comparable to
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la escualidez
gauntness/skinniness
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encandilar
to dazzle (or figurative: encourage)
40
una bata de lana
wool dressing gown
41
flannel (soft fabric)
la franela
42
forrado
lined (material)/upholstered (furniture)
43
la parsimonia
calmness/lack of urgency
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conferir
give/confer/bestow
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envarado
arrogant/conceited
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el pasillo
hallway/corridor
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áspero
rough/rugged/uneven
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una hazaña
a feat/deed
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los frescos
murals/wall-paintings
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entorpecer
to hinder/slow down/hamper (dificultar)
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el desgaste
wear/wear and tear or exhaustion
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huraño
shy/hermit-like
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la decrepitud
decrepitude/decline
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amigablemente
amicably
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una ronda
round/patrol
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un guardián
guard/guardian
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una manada
a pack/herd/mob
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una saleta
small exhibition hall/room
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un sarcófago
coffin/sarcophagus
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etrusco
Etruscan
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la bóveda
vault/dome
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entelar
to cover w hangings
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el ocre
ochre
64
resecado
dried-up
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curtido
weathered/leathery/hardened
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retirarse de
to withdraw oneself from
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ajeno a
unaware of
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un sepulcro
tomb
69
componer
to form/make up
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un estuche
a case
71
la arcilla
clay
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forrarse (slang)
enriquecerse- get rich
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una abertura
an opening/a hole
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la orfebrería
goldsmithing
75
al uso de
typical to/usual/in the style/fashion of
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tapizar
to carpet a floor/upholster furniture
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aflorar
to appear/surface
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brotar
to sprout/bud/come up/arise/appear
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bullicioso
bustling/boisterous/crowded
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el bullicio
racket/hustle and bustle
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los gallinazos
turkey buzzard/vulture
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el alambre
wire/mesh
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remover
to stir/toss/shake
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embestir
to charge/rush at
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carcomido
decayed/worm-eaten/rotten
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desquiciar
to drive to despair/unhinge (e.g door)
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blindado
armoured/ironclad
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los escombros
rubble/debris
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decrépito
ancient/very old/decrepit
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tenue
faint/weak/dim/soft
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polvoriento
dusty
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una guarida
lair/den/hideout
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las tinieblas
darkness
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carente de
lacking
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fidedigno
trustworthy/reliable
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atestiguar
to testify/bare witness to/prove
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las calzadas
road/roadways
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englobar
to encompass/include/comprehend
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el rapto
abduction/kidnapping
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redactar
to write up/edit
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los documentales cinematográficos
documentary films
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socorrido
handy/go-to/helpful
103
una alocución
a speech
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incidir en
to have an influence/impact on
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una extensión
an area/stretch
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un parterre
a flower bed
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la periferia
periphery
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boscoso
wooded
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templado
lukewarm/temperate/mild
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un folleto
a brochure/leaflet
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regar
to water/irrigate
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el mármol
marble
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el dominio
mastery
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a toda costa
at all costs
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recio
robust/sturdy/strong
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la celosía
window lattice
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contrahacer
to copy/imitate/forge/counterfeit
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un jerez (w accent on e)
a sherry
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la incuria
negligence/carelessness
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el terciopelo
velvet
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el paño
cloth/material
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afear
to spoil/ruin/disfigure
123
estremecer
to shake/shudder/tremble
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arquearse
arch/bend
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aullar
to howl
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las facciones
features
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la alacena
cupboard
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apoderarse de
to take over/control over x/get the better of x
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desdentado
toothless
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abatido
despondent/dejected/downhearted
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los ojos entornados
half-closed eyes
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la lujuria
lust or excess
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el umbral
doorstep
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un perezoso/oso perezoso
a sloth
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mediar
mediate/intercede
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por mas que (accent on a and e)
however much
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hojear
to flick through/glance through
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gruñir
to grunt
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anticipar
to foresee/anticipate or bring x forward
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la moraleja de la historia
moral of the story
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de cualquier índole
of any sort/nature/kind/type
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una tertulia
a literary gathering
143
la cola
tail
144
el vino espumoso
sparkling wine
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el brindis
toast
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sano y salvo
safe and sound
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hacerse el sonso
to play dumb
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los estancieros
ranch owners
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las pruebas (sports)
the heats/trials
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los pronósticos
predictions/forecasts
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complotado
conspiring/in cahoots
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aflojar
loosen
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los andamios
scaffolding
154
recatado
prudent/cautious
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recatar
to hide/camouflage
