16/03 Flashcards
secarse
to dry oneself
de ceniza
ashen
desmerecido
deteriorated
ardilla
squirrel
ímpetu
urge
pin down
describir
embody
representar
to bring together
recopilar
to shatter
sacudir/destruir
to instil
inculcar
to point out
señalar
to pull together
unirse
theme park
parque temático
quintessences
quintaesencias
standard
habitual
random
aleatorio
amusements
diversiones
snobbery
esnobismo
mistrustful
desconfiado
soul-searching
introspección
law abiding
respetuoso con las leyes
trámite
procedure
tópico
stereotype
zalamero
flattering
grosero
rude/ill-mannered
desprenderse
to point out
matizar
to emerge
doblegarse
to give in
encuesta
survey
epígrafe
epigraph
brusco
rough/abrupt
piropear
to make flirtatious comments
evaluar
to assess
arrimar
to get closer
retrato
portrait
piropo
flirtatious comment
segurata
private security guard
ineludible
unavoidable
trasfondo
background
delito
crime
perfil racial
racial profile
requisito
requirement
lastre
burden
escaso
small, limited
español de segunda
second-class citizen
Magrebí
North-African
prevalecer
to prevail
connivencia
collusion
testigo
witness
hurto
robbery/theft
certificado de penales
police records
incomodidad
awkwardness
punto de inflexión
turning point
leve
minor
punto de vista jurídico
legal point of view
avergonzado
ashamed
asociarse
to join (a group)
derogar
abolish/repeal
ceder
transfer/cede
inscribirse
to be in line with
escueto
succinct, plain
bífido
forked
chantaje
blackmail
trasiego
coming and going
domar
to tame/bring under control
contraer
to contract
bravía
wild, indomitable
fútil
trivial
apego
attachment
asignatura pendiente
unresolved matter
pretensión
plan, desire, claim
vedar
ban
hostigar
to bother, harass
bronco
harsh, rough
mestizo
mixed race
pabellón
national flag
soberbia
arrogance
recorridos
travels
desventuras
misadventures
casona
big house
orillas
shores
ubicar
to locate
acuñar
to coin
asentarse
to settle
anudar
to link
enguillir
to bolt down
vetar
to veto
poner cautelas
to set up precautions
banalizar
to banalise
querella
lawsuit
querellante
plaintiff
fiscalía
office of public prosecutions
judicatura
judiciary
es un totum revolutum
it’s chaos
el quid de la cuestión
the heart of the matter
cavar la tumba
to dig the grave
la ganancia de pescadores
to benefit from a chaotic or confusing situation
marea humana
human tide
lesión
injury
lesionar
to injure
lesionarse
to injure oneself
injuriar
to emotionally damage
vecindad
neighbourhood
eje
axis
acogimiento
admittance
chantajear
to blackmail
desamparado
helpless
amparo
defence, protection
amparar
to protect
comércio atípico
black market
condiciones fiscales
tax conditions
encaminar
to direct
desencaminado
disorientated
desplegar
to deploy
plegable
foldable
mantenerse a flote
to stay afloat
externalizar
to outsource
to get something off one’s chest
confesar/deshogarse
to marry someone
casarse con alguien
to take pity on someone
apiadarse de alguien/simpatizar con alguien
Home Office
Ministerio del Interior
to get the ok
dar el visto bueno
once
hubo un tiempo en que
a principios de
at the beginning of
bonanza
prosperity
alentar
to strengthen
hacendados
landowners
zafra
harvest
certificado de nacimiento
birth certificate
registro civil
registry office
derribar
to destroy
quebar
to interrupt
formar
to train
capacitar
to equip
anhelar
to long for
emprender
to undertake
dejar sin aliento
to leave without defence
a la par que
on par with
dirigente vecinal
community leader
orientadora legal
legal representation
banderola
banner
reivindicar
to claim justice
genio
genius, temper
solapa
label
sesgo
bias
solapar
to overlap, conceal
engancharse
to hook
proscrito
outlawed, banned
proscribir
to outlaw, banish
camarada
friend, comrade
burdo
crude, coarse
bautizar
to baptise
despectivo
derogatory
pandilla
gang, mob
presidario
convict
hipotética
hypothetical
eclosión
creation, hatching, emergence
inacabado
unfinished
insignia
flagship, flag, badge
ujier
usher
rehén
hostage
apaciguar
to appease, soothe
ensordecer
to deafen
restañar
to heal
incidir
to come into play, influence
chirriar
to creak, to screech
lidiar
to deal
derrochar
to waste
conciliar
to reconcile, settle
conciliar el sueño
to fall asleep
irrumpir
to barge in
acusar
to accuse, to blame
cohibir
to inhibit
liarse
to make out that, to become involved in, to match
máquina tragaperras
slot machine
lucidez
lucidity, clarity
entramado
estructura
entremesera
appetiser
loza
crockery
cacharrerío
utensils
turmix
blender
disparatado
crazy, foolish, ridiculous
desportillado
chipped
perder pie
to lose out, to feel lost
tener la moral por los suelos
to be demoralised
hacer un alto
to take a break
ir/venir cargado
to be drunk
dejar meter baza
to intervene in a conversation
ponerse perdido
to get lost
medias tintas
half measures
pasar de castaño oscuro
to go too far, to be very serious
mohoso
mouldy
innatural
unnatural
sostener
to hold
correr de vuelta
to run back
shovel
pala
deformed
deforme
fence
valla
chain link
tela metálica
smallpox
viruela
sugar cubes
terrones de azúcar
to light
encender
fireworks
fuegos artificiales
scabs
costras
drinking fountain
fuente para beber
to fall in love with
enamorarse de
to get bored
aburrirse
to get tired
cansarse
to be puzzled
extrañarse
to feel sick
marearse
to grow sad
entristecerse
to cheer up
alegrarse
to be amused
divertirse
to get annoyed
fastidiarse
to be bothered
molestarse
to get frightened
asustarse
to grow hard
endurecerse
to get irritated
irritarse
to become empty
vaciarse
to be dying
agonizar
to diminish
disminuir
to go deaf
ensordecer
to lose weight
adelgazar
to die
morir
to get worse
empeorar
to go mad
enloquecer
to improve
mejorar
to grow bright
clarear, iluminar
to be silent
enmudecer
to grow young
rejuvenecer
to come back to life
resuscitar
to increase
aumentar
to get ill
enfermar
to age
envejecer
to get dark
oscurecer
to grow
crecer
to go red
enrojecer
to be born
nacer
to get fat
engordar
to grow pale
palidecer
soplar
to blow
apagar
to put out, to switch off
banquero de inversión
investment banker
banquero
banker
paisano
civilian/fellow countryman
the more…more
cuanto más…más
to taunt
provocar
pinkish
rosado
greenish
verdoso
-ito/a
to indicate smallness and endearment
-illo/a
to indicate smallness and endearment (southern and central spain)
-cico/a
substitute for -ito, most common in eastern spain and spanish-speaking caribbean countries
bote
container
camión
truck
-uelo/a; -zuelo; -ezuelo; -ecezuelo
to indicate smallness, but in a derogatory form
ladrón
thief
pícaro
swindler
-ote/a
to indicate endearment or denote largeness in size
cabezota
big-headed/stubborn
angelote
large figure of an angel; chubby child; decent person (in south america)
amigote
buddy, pal, mate
-ucho/a
to indicate a negative connotation
casucha
shack, hovel
flaco
thin
flacucho
skinny
medicucho
quack, quackish
-ón/ona
to make a word bigger in size or intensity
cuchara
spoon
el cucharón/ la cucharona
ladle
el vozarrón/la vozarrona
booming voice
el portón/la puertona
gate
grandón/grandona
very big
simpaticón/simpaticona
very easily likeable
tontorrón/tontorrona
very silly (usually with endearment)
apagón
blackout
resbalar
to slip, to slide
resbalón
a slip
tropezar
to bump into, to trip over
tropezón
a trip, a stumble
mirón/mirona
nosy, snoopy
llorón/llorona
weeper, crybaby
tragar
to swallow, to gulp down
tragón/tragona
greedyguts, pig
-azo/a
to make a word bigger in size or intensity; to indicate a hit or blow with something
puño
fist
puñetazo
punch
cabezazo
blow to the head
portazo
door slam
cañón
cannon
cañonazo
cannon shot
-udo/a
to indicate having a lot of something (normally used with parts of the body and physical qualities
peludo
hairy, furry
forzudo
strongman
orejudo
big-eared
-ada
to indicate a violent action or blow with; to indicate a big quantity or full of (similar to -ful in english); to indicate an action or effect of an infinitive
cuchillo
knife
cuchillada
knife cut, stab wound
cuerno
horn
piedra
rock, stone
pedrara
a hit or blow with a stone
cucharada
spoonful
millonada
fortune, lots of millions
-dor/-dora
to create instruments and household appliances that make the action of the verb they are derived from; to create names of places where you do the action of the infinitives they are derived from; to create occupations and jobs; to create adjectives and nouns having a specific quality related to the infinitive they are derived from
asar
to roast
asador
rotisserie
probar
to try on
encantador/encantadora
charming
hablador/habladora
talkative; chatterbox
-al
to form adjectives that mean ‘related to’; to form nouns that indicate a place where the original noun can be found
arrozal
paddy field
arenal
sandy area
-ante
to turn verbs into nouns and adjectives
picar
to be hot, to be spicy, to sting
calmante
painkiller; soothing, calming
-ario/a
to indicate a profession; to indicate a place; to mean ‘a group of’; to mean ‘related to’
empresario
entrepreneur
becario
intern, apprentice
bibliotecario
librarian
escenario
stage
campanario
bell tower
abecedario
alphabet
recetario
cookbook
poemario
book of poems
-ero/a
to turn a noun into an occupation; to denote types of fruit trees; to form adjectives with the meaning ‘related to’; to form nouns meaning ‘the place in which to keep’
camionero/a
truck driver
frutero/a
fruit seller
verdulero/a
greengrocer
panadero/a
baker
cocotero
coconut palm
limonero
lemon tree
melocotonero
peach tree
platanero
banana tree
pescar
to fish for
pesquero/a
related to fishing
lechero
related to milk
setentero/a
related to the 70s
azucarero
sugar bowl
salero
salt shaker
monedero
purse
-ía
to form the names of stores and shops from nouns; to indicate relation
galán
handsome man
galantería
gallantry
camaradería
comradeship
-mente
to transform adjectives into adverbs
-ista
to create names of occupations; to denote people who support or are associated with something
madridista
real madrid player or supporter
-acho/a
to add a negative connotation or contempt to a word
poblano
small hillbilly town
hombracho
big, heavy-built guy
-ajo/a
to denote something very small and insignificant, usually with a negative connotation
miga
crumb
migaja
tiny, insignificant crumb
hierba
grass
hierbajo
weeds
-anza
to form a noun from a verb
fiar
to sell/give on credit
-able/ible
to form adjectives from verbs
absorber
to absorb
absorbible
absorbable
-dad
to form a noun that’s representative of the adjective or verb that it comes from
contabilidad
accounting
activar
to activate
-ísmo/a
to turn adjectives into adverbs that emphasise having a lot of or being in the most extreme state
-oso
to turn nouns into adjectives
-ano/a
to turn nouns into adjectives that indicate belonging or origin from the noun
-dero
to indicate a position, title, occupation etc in relation to a verb or noun; to turn a verb into a place where the activity verb occurs; to form an adjective out of a verb to indicate that something is possible
barrer
to sweep
barrendero
street sweeper
honda
sling
hondero
slinger, someone who uses slingshots
embarcar
to embark
embarcadero
pier
lavadero
laundry room
pagadero
payable
llevar
to take, tobear
llevadero
tolerable, bearable
hacedero
doable
-adizo
to form adjectives form verbs to mean ‘prone to’
manchar
to stain
manchadizo
easily stained, prone to staining
olividadizo
forgetful, prone to forgetting
quebrar
to break
quebradizo
fragile, delicate
-grafo
spanish equivalent of the english ending - graph
-iento
to form adjectives from nouns that convey a physical or emotional condition
sed
thirst
sediento
thirsty
hambriento
sorrow
amarillento
yellowish
darle asco / disgustarle
to disgust
hacerle falta
to need something
tocarle
to be someone’s turn
quedarle
to have something left
volverle loco
to drive (someone) crazy
convenirle
to be good for / suitable for
entusiasmarle
to be excited for something
dolerle
to be painful / to hurt
las chanclas
flip-flops
la sombrilla
sun umbrella
la tabla de surf
surfboard
la cometa
kite
la pala
shovel
la pelota de playa
beach ball
el castillo de arena
sandcastle
la concha
shell
las algas
algae, seaweed
la medusa
jellyfish
bucear
to dive/snorkel
estar fuera
to be outside
el veraneo
summer holiday
nublado
cloudy
cielo despejado
clear sky
La Pascua
Easter
florecer
to bloom
la hoja
leaf
la noche de brujas
halloween
fresco
cool, not hot
la cosecha
harvest
congelado
frozen
lloviendo a cántaros
raining cats and dogs
las botas de goma
rainboots
el impermeable
raincoat
la inundación
flood
el tifón
typhoon
luna de miel
honeymoon
escalofrío
shiver
helar
to freeze
ligero
light, slight, gentle
estremecimiento
thrill, shiver
dicha
happiness, bliss
ternura
tenderness
blancura
whiteness
friso
frieze
mármol
marble
rasguño
scratch, scrape
rasguñar
to scratch
sin un rasguño
unscathed
hallar
to find, discover
hallar un equilibrio
to strike a balance
nido
nest
arrastrar
to drag, to haul
insidiosamente
treacherously
reponer
to replenish, replace, refill
sollozo
sob
respiración honda
deep breath
llanto
cry
pozo
pit, well
baranda
rail, railing
interminablemente
endlessly
anaquel
rack, stand
angosto
narrow
zaguán
hallway, entrance
desembocar en
to culminate in, to result in
abismado
engrossed
espejo
mirror, glass
superficie
surface, area
bruñida
burnished
transversal
cross, cross-sectional
peregrino/a
pilgrim
acaso
perhaps
legua
league
piadoso/a
pious
mentira piadosa
white lie
tirar
to pull, throw, dump
sepultura
burial, grave
insondable
unfathomable, impenetrable
quedarse a gusto
to feel satisfied
quedarse tranquilo
to feel at peace
quedarse embarazada
to get pregnant
quedarse quieto
to remain still
pardo
colour between grey and brown
manco/a
a one-armed man
tuerto/a
a one-eyed person, or someone who is blind in one eye
vergüenza ajena
second hand embarrassment
duende
feeling of awe and inspiration
aturdir
when someone overwhelms, bewilders or stuns you to the point you can’t focus or think straight
resol
the reflection of the sun off of a surface or the glare of the sun
sobremesa
after-dinner conversation
anteayer
the day before yesterday
desvelado/a
unable to sleep or sleep-deprived
pavonearse
strutting around like a peacock, acting like they own the place
picotear
to nibble, snack on
el hombro
the shoulder
la barriga
the tummy
la rodilla
the knee
el dedo
the finger
la espalda
the back
el codo
the elbow
el cuero cabelludo
the scalp
la frente
the forehead
la mejilla
the cheek
la barbilla
the chin
las cejas
the eyebrows
el párpado
the eyelid
las pestañas
the eyelashes
la muñeca
the wrist
el pulgar
the thumb
la cintura
the waist
el ombligo
the belly button
las caderas
the hips
el muslo
the thigh
la pantorrilla
the calf
el tobillo
the ankle
el hígado
the liver
el riñón
the kidney
el vientre
the womb
rasurarse
to shave
un diente de ajo
a garlic clove
llover
to rain
nevar
to snow
tronar
to thunder
chispear/llovinzar
to drizzle
la granizada
hailstorm
el bochorno
sultry or muggy weather
la racha/ráfaga
gust (of wind)
la niebla
fog
el granizo
hail
el pronóstico
forecast
actually
de hecho, realmente
currently
actualmente
to attend
asistir
to take care of
atender
to assist
ayudar
warning, notice
aviso
arena
estadio
plot
argumento
bald
calvo
bucket
balde
basement
sótano
bigot
un intolerante
trillion
billón
billion
mil millones
soft
blando
firefighter
bombero
carpet
alfombra
coincidence
casualidad
to choke
ahogar
comfort
comodidad
complexion
tono de piel, tez
accessory
complemento
to condescend
dignarse
to comply, to agree
condescender
having a cold
constipado
to correspond to
corresponder
curse
maldición
deception
engaño
delight
encanto
to wake up
despertar
destitute
indigente
diversion
desviación
empress
emperatríz
envy
envidia
eventually
a largo plazo
to excite
emocionar
to arouse
exitar
fabric
tela
facilities
instalaciones
familiar
conocido
bargain
ganga
vulgarity
grocería
to introduce
presentar
to insert
introducir
knot
nudo
relatives
parientes
to pretend
fingir
preservative
conservante, conservador
preoccupied
distraido
barber
rapista
to stir
remover
to resume
reanudar
to summarise
resumir
sane
cuerdo
sensible
sensato
perceptive
sensitivo
sin
pecado
soap
jabón
to tolerate, put up with
soportar
adormecer
to numb
stranger
desconocido
afraid
temeroso
to jabber/falter
farfullar
to tremble
temblar
edge
borde, límite
twin
gemelo
to stun/dizzy
aturdir
burden
carga/responsabilidad
to recede
retroceder
to entrust
confiar
clavar
to pin, to thrust
clavar un puñal
to stab
una y otra vez
over and over again
to joke
bromear
plans
planes
la peste
plague
grueso
bulk, majority
to pour
verter, echar
breath
aliento, respiración
mist
niebla, vaho
cloud
nube, sombra
coat
abrigo
crossed
cruzado
damp
húmedo
to whisper
susurrar
wet
mojado
cricket pitch
cancha de críquet
silver
plata
euphemistic
eufemístico
middle-aged
de mediana edad
to engage, to enter into
entablar
to meet up
reunirse
to misunderstand
malinterpretar
to hurt (feelings)
herir (sentimientos)
estirar
to stretch
arrugar
to wrinkle, to crumple
hule
rubber
mercado de pulgas
flea market
ralo
sparse, wispy
apuñalar
to stab
engreído
smug, arrogant
manso
meek, gentle
morado
purple
chillón
harsh, garish, gaudy
moretones
bruises
desperdicio
waste
anyway
de todos modos, en todo caso
mattress
colchón
porch
porche
socks
calcetines
grease
grasa
breakfast
desayuno
puñetazo
punch
rabieta
tantrum
gachas
gruel
estufa
stove, fire
desvencijado
cikety, dilapidated
féretro
coffin, casket
patadas
kicks
estremecer
to shake, to twitch
mezquino
petty, shabby
sin gracia
unfunny, unfunnily
agacharse
to bend, to squat
reventar
to burst, to pop
swollen
hinchado
wrinkles
arrugas
thick
grueso, denso
upside down
boca abajo, invertido
graceful
elegante
acariciar
to caress, to stroke
soltar
to release, to free
gemido
groan, wail
frotar
to rub
suela
sole
pisar
to tread, to step
curtain
cortina
clown
payaso
desgastado
worn, frayed
suelto
loose, flowing
brakes
frenos
to honk
pitar, tocar la bocina
to hit
golpear, tropezar con, atropellar
hoarse
afónico, ronco
traffic light
semáforo
troublemaker
alborotador
to dye
teñir
stretcher
camilla
meddling, nosy
metiche
nailed, stuck
clavado
