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
