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Spanish: Words of the Day (2022-2024) > Word 1 (May 2024) > Flashcards

Word 1 (May 2024) Flashcards

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wrong: Why is my husband marrying (does my husband marry) (with) her? He was handsome, funny… and totally wrong for me. Or was he? (Or wasn’t it [true]?) (NYT)

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equivocado: Por qué mi esposo se casa con ella? El era guapo, divertido… y totalmente equivocado para mí. ¿O no lo era?

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sword: The knight put his sword on the table.

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la espada: El caballero puso su espada sobre la mesa.

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sword: to be between a rock and a hard place (between the sword and the wall)

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la espada: estar entre la espada y la pared

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4
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swordfish

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el pez espada

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the scarecrow (birds); to put up, set up, mount; to scare away; the crow, the raven: I put up a scarecrow to scare away the ravens.

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el espantapájaros; montar; ahuyentar; el cuervo: Monté un espantapájaros para ahuyentar a los cuervos.

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haunted (bewitched): People say that house is haunted.

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embrujado/a: La gente dice que esa casa está embrujada.

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bewitched: Mario was bewitched! His eyes turned (put themselves) red and he spoke [in] tongues (unknown languages).

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embrujado/a: ¡Mario estaba embrujado! Sus ojos se pusieron rojos y habló lenguas desconocidas.

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politely (courteously): I asked politely if I could leave (retire).

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cortésmente: Pregunté cortésmente si me podía retirar.

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politely (courteously); promptly (with promptness): You ought to respond to business emails courteously and promptly.

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cortésmente; con prontitud: Debes responder a los emails de negocios cortésmente y con prontitud.

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10
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the foreign currency: It’s been 20 years since the U.S. dollar has been this strong. Since (as) this [foreign] currency is also the currency (money) of the world this is (a) bad news for a large part of the planet.

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la divisa: Hace 20 años que el dólar estadounidense no estaba tan fuerte. Como esta divisa también es la moneda del mundo, esto es una mala noticia para una gran parte del planeta.

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the tombstone (ref: lapidary): The tombstone didn’t have a date of birth.

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la lápida: La lápida no tenía una fecha de nacimiento.

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the clown; terrifying: Clowns seem terrifying to me.

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el payaso; aterrador: Los payasos me parecen aterradores.

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the makeup; the makeup artist (m/f): The makeup artist (female) is putting makeup on me.

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el maquillaje; el/la maquillador/a: La maquilladora me está poniendo maquillaje.

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the flashlight, lantern; to turn on: I turned on the flashlight in order to be able to see better.

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la linterna; encender: Encendí la linterna para poder ver mejor.

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risky; the bet: The player made a risky bet.

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arriesgado/a; la apuesta: El jugador hizo una apuesta arriesgada.

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the skeleton: There are more than 200 bones in the human skeleton.

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el esqueleto: Hay más de 200 huesos en el esqueleto humano.

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strange; form: This building has a very strange shape (form).

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extraño; la forma: Este edificio tiene una forma muy extraña.

18
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to guess, devine; to choose, to elect: Sara guessed the card that I had chosen.

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adivinar; elegir: Sara adivinó la carta que yo había elegido.

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to guess, to foretell, to predict, to devine; the fortune teller (psychic), deviner: That fortune teller (female) is incredible; she can really predict the future.

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adivinar; el/la adivino/a: Esa adivina es increíble; realmente puede adivinar el futuro.

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to guess, to discern, to devine; the body language: From [by] Susana’s body language Ernesto discerned that she wanted to leave.

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adivinar; el lenguaje corporal: A partir del lenguaje corporal de Susana, Ernesto adivinó que ella quería irse.

21
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to guess, to divine, to solve, to figure out: She solved the math problem easily.

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adivinar: Ella adivinó el problema de matemáticas fácilmente.

22
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the character, personage; the main character (e.g. in a story); the Viking warrior: The main character of the book is a Viking warrior.

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el/la personaje; el personaje principal; el guerrero vikingo: El personaje principal del libro es un guerrero vikingo.

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the important person, personage; all manner of important people: All manner of important people have descended on (invaded) Davos for the conference.

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el/la personaje; todo tipo de personajes: Todo tipo de personajes han invadido Davos para la conferencia.

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the personage, celebrity: The singer (female) is a celebrity in her country.

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el/la personaje: La cantante es una personaje en su país.

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the wig: We put on wigs in (of) our team color.

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la peluca: Nos pusimos pelucas del color de nuestro equipo.

26
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the wig: The doll comes with a wig.

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la peluca: La muñeca viene con una peluca.

Spanish: Words of the Day (2022-2024) (27 decks)

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