Vocabulary Flashcards
(198 cards)
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Fogoso
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Fiery / spirited / high-spirited
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Ensalzar
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To Praise
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Pegar un bote
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Jump/jolt/bump
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Lodo
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Sludge
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Arcilla
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Clay
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Jugos de bayas
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Berry juice
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Vides
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Vines
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Alabanzas
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Praise
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Arrasar
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Raze/demolish
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Colmena
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Hive
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Honda
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Sling/slingshot
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Acribillar con preguntas
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To pepper/ pester with questions
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Hacer piña
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Unite/stand as one
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Con pestillo
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[locked] with latch or bolt.
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Hecho un ovillo
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Curled up in a ball
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Moteado
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Spotted / speckled
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Ponchera
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Punch bowl
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Adrede
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Intentionally
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Indultar
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To pardon
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Chapotear
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To splash/splash around/ paddle
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Bellotas
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Acorns
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Sacos de arpillera
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Burlap bags/ sacks
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silvestre
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Wild
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Punzada
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Prick/twinge
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Pasar por alto
Overlook/gloss over
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Propiciar
Promote, foster / favour
| propiciarse - win/earn/gain/attain
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Aventajar
Overtake
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Dar tumbos
Stumble / lurch / stagger
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Agradar
To please / like / attract
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Hacer el/la chulito/a
Do yourself up and look pretty (not 100%if this is right)
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Manjar
Delicacy / delicious or exquisite / feast or banquet
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Rencoroso
Resentful
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Una tolva
A hopper
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Arroparse
To tuck in / cover up or wrap up
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Mechones
Locks of hair
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Resplandecer
Shine / gleam / radiate
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Aferrarse
Cling to / hang onto/ take refuge in
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Celeste
Light/sky blue
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Echarse flores
Brag about oneself
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Esbelto
Slim/slender
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Implacable
Relentless/ ruthless or unsparing
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Comadreja
Weasel
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Revoltear
Fly around / hover / swarm / flutter / circle
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Apretón
Squeeze / crush / hug or handshake
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Castañatear
Chatter (teeth)
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Torniquete
Tourniquet (Cord or tight bandage to stop blood flow)
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Difuminar
Blur (TV picture)
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El alba
Dawn / daybreak
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Penumbra
Shadows / semi darkness. (N.b. Arropado por...-under cover of darkness.
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Desollar
To skin / flay / rip to shreds.
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Embrollar
Confuse, tangle or complicate / +se - get entangled in / mixed up in
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Travesaño
Rung/step
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Atisbo
Shadow or trace (of doubt) or glimmer (of light)
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Colcha
Bedspread
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Correa
Strap / leash ( also tiene poca correa - to have a short fuse.)
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Enfurrañarse
Get angry/ get cross / go into a mood
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Zarrapastroso
Scruffy (person) shabby (clothes)
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Crude or coarse
Tosco
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Versar sobre
To be about / deal with
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Regodearse
Take pleasure in or delight in / gloat over. (Negative connotation: in regodeo - perverse pleasure)
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Estridente
Strident (grating sounds)
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Flash/sparkle or shimmer of light
Destello
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Sawdust
Serrín
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Rubble, debris, wreckage
Escombros
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Sosiego
Calm
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Stream or brook
Arroyo
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Resound / boom (sound)
Retumbar
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To sense / know intuitively
Intuir
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Enderezar
To stand upright, straighten (object) raise, erect (building) straighten up, sit up straight (person) also sort out, straighten out (situation)
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Overly decorated / overly elaborate / ornate
Recargado
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Visitor chair
Confidente
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Hazaña
Great feat or deed
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Tempano [de hielo]
Ice floe / Iceberg (used as similee to say someone is cold)
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Aporrear
Beat / pound (golpear repetidamente)
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Gasa
Muslin/ gauze / chiffon
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Pulla
Nasty comment / cutting remark
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En diferido
Recorded / pre-recorded (television)
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To be in the know
Estar en el ajo
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Henchir (eg con orgullo)
Hinchar (to swell) (eg with pride)
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La fiesta no tiene parangón
The party is like nothing I have ever experienced (literally doesn't have a comparison).
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Empeñarse en
Insist on / endeavour to
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Dejar tirado
Leave stranded
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Vertiginoso
Que causa vértigo (dizzying)
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Veta
Seam or streak / vein or grain (in mineral like gold)
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Beaver
Castor
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Hornilla
Stove / ring / hob
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Prieto
Tight fitting / tight / skinny
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Agrietado/a
Cracked
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Ointment
Ungüento
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Manca
One armed / amputee
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Hosco
Surly / sullen, unsociable (person) gloomy, unwelcoming (place)
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Rojo chillón
Garish, flashy red (too much)
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Hálito
Breath or gentle breeze
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Ramillete
Small bunch / bouquet
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Cabbage
Col
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Bocanada
Gasp, puff or [-de aire]- gust, breath of fresh air.
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Hojalata
Tin plate
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Brebaje
Concoction or mixture
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Barreño
Tub / washbowl
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Encaramar
To climb up (e.g. wall)
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Sacudirse
Shake off / get rid of (also specifically shake off water / dry oneself)
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Doormat
Felpudo
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My heart skipped a beat
Me dio un vuelco el corazón (normally dar un vuelco - Turn around, turn over, knock over)
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Undermine
Socavar
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Asesores
Consultants / advisors
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Lapel / flap / book cover
Solapa
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Indemne
Unharmed / unhurt
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Estar prendado
To be fascinated / captivated / enchanted or won over by
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Dar un respingo
To jump (sobresalto) (similar to pegar / dar un bote)
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Peleón
Aggressive or colloquial for rough/cheap (eg rough wine)
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Cháchara
Chatter / small talk
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Racket / uproar
Alboroto
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Bocina
Horn / siren
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En tromba
Like a whirlwind (eg entro en tromba)
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Cernir
To sift (cernirse also to loom over)
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Body hair or fuzz
Vello
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Tirabuzones
Spirals (of hair)
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Cotorras
Parrot (un loro) or a chatterbox
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Uñas postizas
Fake nails
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Vasallaje
Servitude or homage
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Bocetos
Sketch or outline
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Ataviar(se)
To wear (but it is used when redwing to very elegant clothes)
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Armiño
Stoat
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Efluvios
Outpour or outflow (eg of optimism)
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Amañar
To fix or rig
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Volcarse
Fall over / overturn or capsize or throw oneself into (e.g. a project)
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Menjunje
Cosmético o medicamento formado por la mezcla de varios ingredientes
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Exabrupto
Harsh remark
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Grietas
Crack or crevice
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Choza
Hut or shack
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Cochambrosa
Filthy
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Bufar
Snort
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In on go
De un tirón
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Pelo encanecido
Grey hair
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Banderola
Banner / small flag
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Turba
Turf / peat or a mob of people
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Dresser / dressing table
Tocador
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Sinsonte
Mockingbird
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Trecho
(E.g el trecho entre un sitio y otro) Distance / stretch / section
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Cañería
Plumbing or pipework.
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Chichón
Bump or lump
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Verdugón
Welt
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Desmenuzar
To shread / crumble or analyse thorougly
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Tunda
Shearing / beating or thrashing
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Dar arcadas
To heave (vomit)
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Jarabe
Syrup (medical)
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Resquebrajar
To crack, split or weaken
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Llevar a cuestas
Carry the weight of / bear the responsibility of
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Encimera
Countertop (kitchen)
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A tientas
Blindly, groping (eg andar a tientas)
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Ventisca
Blizzard / flurry
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Represalia
Reprisal / retaliation
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Amainar
To die down / ease of
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Montículo
Mound / hump
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Adoquines
Cobblestones / paving stones (adoquín also colloquial for blockhead)
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Sub machine gun / tommy gun
Metralleta
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Contraventanas
Shutters
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Sarampión
Measles
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Paria
An outcast / social outcast
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Jumpsuit, overalls
Un mono
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Malla
Mesh, net, netting or tights / leggings.
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Achicharrar
Burn or scorch
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Tiritar
Shiver or tremble
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Brizna
Blade or strand of thread (small quantity)
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Ascua
Ember
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Armería
Gunsmith or armoury
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Baluarte
Bastion
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A caress / flattery
Carantoña
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Trinar
To sing (birds)
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Scrutinise/examine
Escudriñar
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Un bucle
A ringlet or curl of hair
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Arce
Maple tree
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An alibi
Una coartada
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Rocking chair
Mecedora
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Eneldo
Dill
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Plasmar
Embody, capture or express
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Con esmero
With care or trouble, painstakingly
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Biased
Sesgado
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Desquiciar
Drive to despair
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Vislumbrar
To make out or discern / glimpse or envisage
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Enfundar
To holster / put away
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Franja
Stripe, band or border, fringe or strip of land
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Marfil
Ivory or enamel
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Metraje
Running time / duration
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Tapón de rosca
Screw cap
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Drain
Sumidero
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Alentador
Encouraging / cheering
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Bochornoso (calor)
Muggy, close, sticky, stuffy or oppressive, stifling heat
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Arañar
Scratch or scrape
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Enclenque
Sickly, weak
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Roedor
Rodent
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Refilón
At a glance / with half an eye
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Cerbatana
Blowpipe/peashooter
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Rebanar
To slice or to slit, cut
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Soplete
Blowtorch
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Barranco
Cliff, ravine or canyon or drop,incline
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Guijarro
Pebble
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Traspié
Stumble / slip also (informal) for a slip-up
