11 Flashcards
Outgoings
Egresos
Uneasiness, worry, anxiety
Zozobra
To erect
Erigir
Comfortably or easily
Holgadamente
To have to luxury/liberty of
Darse el lujo
Outbreak; shoot or sprout
Brote
To demonise
Satanizar
To recover or pick up
Repuntar
It is spitting (2 forms)
Está chispeando
Está el chipichipi
To excite, agitate, unsettle
2 forms
Alebrestar
Alborotar
To be annoyed/offended
MX phrase
Estar sentido
To instill e.g. values
Inculcar
To make it easy/hard
Poner fácil/difícil
To be far from
Distar
To contradict
Contradecir
Cabin, hut, sentry box
2 forms
Garita
Caseta
Dreamlike
De ensueño
Sour-faced
Malencarado
To cry or weep
Whiney; a whiney person
Chillar
Chillón
With God’s will
A la buena de dios
Barefoot
Descalza
Goose
El ganso
Suit jacket
Saco
The tide
La marea
To bounce
Rebotar
An exchange or swap
2 forms
El trueque
El canje
Background, backdrop
Fondo
Novel, original
Novedoso
Piece of news; novelty
La novedad
To annihilate, destroy
Aniquilar
Facing (a person) (2 forms)
My desk is facing the window
Frente a frente; cara a cara
Mi escritorio está frente la ventana
Wild (animal)
Wild (plant)
Salvaje
Silvestre
Native
Indígena
In the middle of the night
En la mitad de la noche
In the middle of the city
En el centro
As a rule
En regla general
It’s not surprising
No es de extrañar
I am in the middle of my chores
Estoy a la mitad de mis quehaceres
In the middle of (the week/month)
At the beginning of ^
At the end of ^
A mediados de…
A principios de…
A finales de…
To trap, corner
Acorralar
To not know
Desconocer
The eve (formal)
La víspera
To take advantage of, abuse (Mx)
Encajar
To keep safe
Resguardar
To get more rubbish
Chafear
Sharp, cunning, clever
Mx
Abusado
Despite
2 forms
Pese a
A pesar de
Soft
2 forms
Suave
Blando
To grant, award
Otorgar
A shithole; a bad neighbourhood
De mala muerte
6 in the afternoon
Seis de la tarde
The sun goes down
Se mete el sol
There are various ways to say it
There are lots of ways to start
There are 3 ways to learn
Hay varias maneras de decirlo
Hay muchas maneras de empezar
Hay 3 maneras de aprender
There’s no two ways about it; there’s no other way; that’s the way it is.
No hay vuelta de hoja
Sceptical
Escéptico
Tourist attractions
Atractivos turísticos
To label/mark as (in negative form)
Tachar de
Car accident
Accidente automovilístico
To drain
The drainage or drain
Drenar
El drenaje
Let me know when you’re 5 minutes from the café
Avísame cuando estés a 5 minutos del café
I managed to leave…
3 forms
Alcancé a salir
Logré salir
Llegué a salir
Scales (e.g. bathroom)
Báscula
Passer-by
Transeúnte
Bottleneck
Embotellamiento
Glovebox
Guantera
Billboard
Espectacular
Thanks in advance
De antemano gracias
A well
Un pozo
A damn
Una presa
To dig (3 forms)
Cavar (manual)
Excavar (con máquina)
Escarbar
Feel free, without shame
Con confianza
A minor crime, a misdemeanour
Fechoría
To get ready to
I’m getting ready to
Disponerse a
Me dispongo a
There’s no way
Mx
Ni madres!
I wish I could
2 forms
Espero poder
Espero que pudiera
No sooner said than done
Dicho y hecho
Look… or notice… (imperative)
Haz de cuenta
To pounce
Echarse encima
He doesn’t mince his words
No tiene pelos en la lengua
Slide or chute
Resbaladilla