10 Flashcards
County
Condado
To wrap up warm
Abrigarse
Based on
2 forms
En base a
En base en
As a result of
A raíz de
It’s 20 degrees
Hay 20 grados
To be handy
Estar a la mano
To come across
Toparse
Investigate (3 forms)
Investigar
Indagar
Averiguar
Even (e.g. worse)
3 forms
Aún
Incluso
Hasta
Because I’m stupid
Because he’s lazy
(Phrases)
Por tonto
Por flojo
Things outstanding to do
To be attentive
Pendientes
Estar pendiente
To decorate
Decorative
Decoration
Adornar
De adorno
Adorno
Out of the blue
De la nada
Kind hearted
Corazón de pollo
Steel
Acero
Ivory
Marfil
In instalments
A plazos
Mould
Moho
Long time no see!
¡Qué milagro!
To get used to (the environment)
Ambientarse
One in a million
Fuera de serie
Sack
That’s something else entirely
Costal
Es harina de otro costal
Dense (3 forms)
Denso
Tupido
Espeso
To recommend highly
Recomendar ampliamente
To charge at, attack, criticise
Arremeter contra
Prestige
2 forms
Prestigio
Caché
Fickle
Voluble
To gamble with e.g. safety
Apostarse
To inflame
Enardecer
A nonsense, contradiction
Contrasentido
To soften, ease, mitigate
Atenuar
Bundle, lump, bag
To be in the way (phrase)
Bulto
Estar de bulto
To settle up
Solventar
Majority (adjective, e.g. vote)
Mayoritario
Most of the time
La mayor parte del tiempo
Of utmost importance
De suma importancia
Accelerate
Decelerate
Acelerar
Desacelerar
Needy
Necesitado
Wire netting, mesh
Malla
Cunning, crafty
Mañoso
To lean against
2 forms
Recargarse
Inclinarse
To grind or crush
Machacar
Crooked
Chueco
To detach
2 forms
Desprender
Despegar
Syringe
Jeringa
Bald (informal, friendly)
Pelón
To replenish, reinstate
Reponer
Finishings
Acabados
Motivating
Motivante
To feel or touch
Palpar
To be in trouble
Estar en problemas
Head of state, leader
Mandatario
To fit or match (e.g. 2 pieces)
Embonar
To shoot a ball; to put up with someone (sl.)
Chutar
Condemned; damned…
Condenado
To bring up or suggest
Plantear
To vindicate; to restore one’s reputation
Reivindicar
Warmth (of a person)
Calidez
Coldness (of a person)
Frialdad
Without doubt (phrase to emphasise a something said in negative form)
De plano
To set the date
Ponerle fechas
Are you crazy?
3 slang phrases
Estás güey?
Estás chiflado?
Estás pacheco?
Like always (phrase to emphasise fact)
De por sí
To get goose bumps
2 forms
Ponerse la piel chinita
Ponerse la piel gallina
An enclosure or site
Recinto
Achilles’ heel
Talón de Aquiles
Self-learning
Autodidáctico
Wholesale client
In bulk
Cliente mayorista
Al mayoreo
Detached
Desprendido
Generous
2 forms
Dadivoso
Generoso
Sole of foot
Planta
Shares (of a company)
Acciones
Chancellor
Canciller
To milk (a cow)
Ordeñar
Don’t even go there!
Ni que lo digas!
A ton
Tonelada
Manners
Modales
Hash sign
2 forms
Tecla de gato
Tecla de número
Goods, merchandise
2 forms
Insumo
Mercancía
A voucher for petrol, food etc.
Un vale
To be deserving of
Ser acreedor de
I don’t care (informal, but not too strong)
Me vale gorro
To inform (phrase, formal)
Hacer de su conocimiento
Neutral
Neutro
Null
Nulo
To pour; to express or voice (elegant)
Verter
Unhygienic
2 forms
Insalubre
Antihigiénico
Butt (of cigarette)
Colia
Fixed e.g. contract
De planta
Side
2 forms
Lado
Costado
To bother (phrase)
Dar lata
To compliment or say nice things about (Mx slang)
Chulear
Beak
Pico
To fuck up; to fuck this shit up
Hacer mierda
It seems X to me
2 forms
Me parece X
Se me hace X
(Immediate) Surroundings
Etorno
To get drunk (very Mx)
I’m on the piss!
Empedar
Estoy en la peda!
To sting
A sting; a small addition of booze
Picar
Un piquete
To be broke
Mx phrase
Andar bruja
Senate
Senado
A motto
El lema
Balance (amount)
Saldo
Marsh
Pantano
Scratch (an itch)
Scratch (strong e.g. to injure) (2 forms)
Rascar
Rasguñar; Arañar
(A person) Full of problems, complexes
Acomplejado
To de depressed (Mx slang)
Depressed
Bajonearse
Bajoneado
A moral
Una moraleja
To take responsibility for
Responder
To make work hard, to crack the whip
Cargar la mano
Light years
Años luz
Everything revolves around…
Todo gira en torno a…
Retirement home
Asilo
Staff (3 words)
El personal
El empleados
La plantilla
Latest technology
Tecnología de punta
To nourish
Nutrir
Housing
Vivienda
Suppress
Suprimir
Too sticky or sweet
Literal or figurative
Empalagoso
Hyperactive
2 forms
Hiperactivo
Acelerado
To be all talk / someone that exaggerates a lot
To talk a lot
Ser puro chorro
Echar chorro
Scorpion
2 forms
El escorpión
El alacrán
Third time lucky
La tercera es la vencida
It’s famous for the rain
Es famoso por la lluvia
I’m on it!
Estoy en eso!
To man e.g. a boat
Tripular
To betray
A betrayal
Traitor
Traicionar
Traición
El traidor
The rest
The others
Lo demás
Los demás
Rehearsal; essay
To rehearse
Ensayo
Ensayar
Student (adjective e.g. student march)
Estudantil
Fellow countryman
Paisano
To oppose
Oponerse a
Office for lawyer, accountant etc
Despacho
Scarce
Scarcely
Scarce resources; poor
Escaso
Escasamente
Escasos recursos
To hinder or make difficult
Dificultar
Very poor, impoverished
Paupérrimo
Everything’s running smoothly
Todo marcha sobre ruedas
Bunch, bouquet
Ramo
In the flesh
En carne propia
Pride
Orgullo
In person
Presencial
To tread carefully
Tratar con pinzas
Agreeable, engaging, pleasant
Ameno
Eagerness, desire; effort
Afán
Very softly, quietly, gently
Quedito
The X possible
Soonest, longest, briefest etc
Lo más X posible
To do a bit of exercise (Mx phrase)
Hacer pierna
In retrospect
En retrospectiva
To take matters into your own hands
Tomar cartas en el asunto
To spend like crazy, squander
Despilfarrar
As time passes, I get hungrier
Conforme pasa el tiempo, tengo más hambre
I’ve got no other choice
No me queda de otra
Something very difficult or impossible (Mx phrase)
Está en Chino
To agree
Acordar
To try to remember
Hacer memoria
In a personal view
A título personal
He that is silent, gives consent
El que calle, otorga
A person or thing that is everywhere (phrase)
El ajonjolí de todos los moles
To be caught off guard
Agarrar en curva
Only! (With emphasis)
Tan sólo!
Secular
2 forms
Secular
Laico
To standardise, classify
Tipificar
Bow tie
To push your luck
Moño
Ponerse moños
To turn a blind eye
Hacerse de la vista gorda
Brick
Ladrillo
Zipper
Cierre
Fish tank
Pecera
To burp
Eructar
Kid (slang)
Chamaco
Cot
Cuna
A draft (written)
El borrador
Coastal
Costera
Yacht
El yate
To cheat on a partner
Person cheated on; deceived
Poner los cuernos
Cornudo
A vessel, craft or boat
La embarcación
A finding
El hallazgo
A leak
La fuga
Tissue (anatomy)
Tejido
Womb
Matriz
Vein
La vena
Relationship (with family member)
Parentesco
To wrinkle, crease
A wrinkle, crease
Wrinkled, creased
Arrugar
Arruga
Arrugado
To snub or reject something
Colloquial
Hacer el feo
To not be working nor studying (Mx phrase)
Estar de nini
To pick apart, scrutinise
Desmenuzar
Everywhere!
Mx phrase
Aquí y en China
To praise (2 forms) A praise
Elogiar; echarle flores
Elogio
To knock over
Volcar
Stranded
Varado
To hoard; to hog
Acaparar
Weights
Pesas
To put off, defer
Postergar
To lose weight
2 forms
Adelgazar
Enflacar
To mist up; to tarnish
Empañar
Carriage; hearse
Carroza
To run into, charge towards
Embestir
To snatch
Arrebatar
Transmitter
El emisor
A bump
Batacazo
It’s well known that…
Es bien sabido que…
It can be assumed that…
Es de suponer que…
