2016 09 14 Flashcards
Day 6
la esquina
vs
el rincón
corner (outwards - “pointing” - you can bump against)
vs
corner (inwards - “hole” - can gather dust)
para averiguar (informarse de) los precios
to find out the prices
pudoroso(a)
ashamed (shy/modest?)
maletero
trunk of a car
lejano (con es)
lejos (con estar)
far (from)
cercano (con es)
cerca (con estar)
close (to)
aislado
isolated
seco
dry
desertico
desert-like
selva
jungle
bosques
woods
forest
la ventilador(es)
fan
el abanico
handfan
oler
huele mal
apesta
to smell (bad)
smells bad
stinks
en vias de desarrollo
in the process of developing
narcomenudeo
≠ narcotraficante
(petty) drug peddler
(major) drug trafficker
lavado de dinero
money laundering
llegar a [SER]
volverse
to become (usually a profession)
to turn/become
“Estar en el lugar correcto, en el momento adecuado”
“To be in the right place at the right time.”
trampas
(negative) loopholes
or “acts of cheating”
“truco o trata”
“trick or treat”
el disfraz
costume
lacio
straight
rizado(a)
curly
ondulado(a)
wavy
encrespado(a)
frizzy
perder el peso
to lose weight
una junta
una reunión
una sita
meeting (formal)
meeting
appointment/date
rasgos
features
pitillo (Colombia)
straw
ambos
los dos
both
quincena
biweekly
jubilado/a/s
retired people
cobrar
to collect (money that we are due)
from English to Spanish:
corner (outwards - “pointing” - you can bump against)
vs
corner (inwards - “hole” - can gather dust)
la esquina
vs
el rincón
from English to Spanish:
to find out the prices
para averiguar (informarse de) los precios
from English to Spanish:
ashamed (shy/modest?)
pudoroso(a)
from English to Spanish:
trunk of a car
maletero
from English to Spanish:
far (from)
lejano (con es)
lejos (con estar)
from English to Spanish:
close (to)
cercano (con es)
cerca (con estar)
from English to Spanish:
isolated
aislado
from English to Spanish:
dry
seco
from English to Spanish:
desert-like
desertico
from English to Spanish:
jungle
selva
from English to Spanish:
woods
forest
bosques
from English to Spanish:
fan
la ventilador(es)
from English to Spanish:
handfan
el abanico
from English to Spanish:
to smell (bad)
smells bad
stinks
oler
huele mal
apesta
from English to Spanish:
in the process of developing
en vias de desarrollo
from English to Spanish:
(petty) drug peddler
(major) drug trafficker
narcomenudeo
≠ narcotraficante
from English to Spanish:
money laundering
lavado de dinero
from English to Spanish:
to become (usually a profession)
to turn/become
llegar a [SER]
volverse
from English to Spanish:
“To be in the right place at the right time.”
“Estar en el lugar correcto, en el momento adecuado”
from English to Spanish:
(negative) loopholes
or “acts of cheating”
trampas
from English to Spanish:
“trick or treat”
“truco o trata”
from English to Spanish:
costume
el disfraz
from English to Spanish:
straight
lacio
from English to Spanish:
curly
rizado(a)
from English to Spanish:
wavy
ondulado(a)
from English to Spanish:
frizzy
encrespado(a)
from English to Spanish:
to lose weight
perder el peso
from English to Spanish:
meeting (formal)
meeting
appointment/date
una junta
una reunión
una sita
from English to Spanish:
features
rasgos
from English to Spanish:
straw
pitillo (Colombia)
from English to Spanish:
both
ambos
los dos
from English to Spanish:
biweekly
quincena
from English to Spanish:
retired people
jubilado/a/s
from English to Spanish:
to collect (money that we are due)
cobrar
