2012 Dec Flashcards
the stock market
la bolsa de valores
the heater
el calentador
to save
ahorrar
the place to store wine
la bodega
the cellar / basement
el sótano
the revenge
la venganza
the old school
la vieja escuela
wild
salvaje (animals) / silvestre (plants)
irritating
irritante
to break (stop functioning)
descomponer / romper / estropear
damaged (adj) / to damage
dañado / dañar
out of order / broken
estropeado / descompuesto
to break (into pieces)
romper / quebrar
the blanket
la manta
the bedspread
la colcha
no problem
no hay problema
to fire
despedir
to quit (a job)
renunciar
to quit (a contest, give up)
abandonar
the debt (countable, as in money)
la deuda
the indebtedness (uncountable)
el endeudamiento
the contract
el contrato
to hire
contratar
the contractor
el contratista
How cool!
¡Que chido / Que guay!
the one way ticket
el pasaje(plane) / el billete(bus,train) de ida
the ticket (movie)
el boleto
the one way street
la calle de una dirección
the round trip
xxxx de ida y vuelta
on the way
en camino
backwards
hacia atrás / en reverse
crazy (non-living things)
ser una locura
to drive someone crazy
volverse loco
to go crazy
volverse loco
I’m going crazy
estoy volviendome loco
you are driving me crazy
me vuelves loco
the leaf (tree)
la hoja
to lock
cerrar con llave (with key) / cerrojo/pestillo (with bolt)
the lock (on a door)
la cerradura
the opposite
lo contrario / lo opuesto
opposite (adj)
contrario / opuesto
to realize (thought)
darse cuenta de
That’s enough! / Stop!
Basta!
gaudy
chillón
to make fun of
burlarse de
the host
anfitrión(ona)
the sage
la salvia
to bake
hornear
the flour
la harina
to lend
prestar
to borrow
pedir/tomar prestado
to get cancer (or other disease)
darse cancer
should have ________
deber (conditional tense) haber ________
the yeast
la levadura
the cake
el pastel
the cliff
el acantilado / el precipicio
the goose
el ganso
the goat
la cabra
return (things)
devolver
the quarter (three months)
el trimestre
Thanks for being here.
Gracias por estar aqui (gracias por _____)
to download
descargar
to load / to refill
cargar
to thaw/defrost (food)
descongelar
the vaccine
la vacuna
the coach (sports)
el entrenador
stubborn
terco
to keep / to maintain
mantener
Something like that
Algo así
the achievement
el logro
I really want to _____
tengo ganas de (infinitive)
the deadline
la fecha límite
the swamp
el pantano
the jail
la cárcel
reliable
confiable
the harvest
la cosecha
at the same time / simultaneously
a la vez / al mismo tiempo
the master’s degree
la maestría
suspicious
sospechoso
as long as ______
siempre y cuando (subj)
father/mother in law
el/la suegro/a
the sign (on the road)
la señal
the sign (on the wall) / placard / poster
el anuncio / letrero
the tattoo
el tatuaje
to have a nice/phenominal/awesome time (pasar)
Pasarlo bien / phenomenal / bomba
the membership
la membrecia
the mortgage
la hipoteca
the background (history)
los antecedentes
Good luck! (phrase)
Que tenga(s) suerte
Have a nice day!
Que tenga(s) un buen dia!
May things go well to you!
Que (te/le/les) vaya bien.
I/he have/has been ______.
He/Ha estado _______.
corrupt (adj)
corrupto
sudden / suddenly / All of a sudden…
repentino / repentinamente / De repente…
as soon as I can
en cuanto pueda
sour
agrio
to decompose / rot / disintegrate
descomponerse
the bachelor’s degree
la licenciatura
to grill
asar/hacer a la parrilla
the padlock
el candado
one half
una mitad
one third / two thirds
un tercio / dos tercios
one quarter
un cuarto
one fifth
un quinto
one sixth / seventh / eighth / ninth / tenth (fractions)
un sexto / séptimo / octavo / noveno / décimo
two sixths / three tenths
dos sextos / tres décimos
three hundredths
tres centavos
