3. Tricksters* part 2

Question 1

“facial skin”

Answer 1

cutis

Question 2

“You have a nice complexion.”

Answer 2

Tienes buen cutis.

Question 3

“Compromise”

Answer 3

Compromiso

Question 4

“Commitment”

Answer 4

Compromiso (this is the more common usage of compromiso)

Question 5

“I am committed to my femal constituents”

Answer 5

“Me comprometo con las mujeres”

Question 6

“Without committing” (like you can try on a blouse in a store and not have to buy it)

Answer 6

sin compromiso

Question 7

“appointment/engagement”

Answer 7

compromiso

Question 8

“I have an appointment after lunch”

Answer 8

Tengo un compromiso después de la comida.

Question 9

“a stemmed glass or goblet of the sort used for wine or champagne.”

Answer 9

“copa”

Question 10

coffee-styled ‘cup’

Answer 10

taza

Question 11

Electrical, river, or political current

Answer 11

corriente- can only be used as a noun in this sense.

Question 12

“cheap/trashy” in regards to objects

Answer 12

corriente

Question 13

“rude/vulgar” an insult when used for people

Answer 13

corriente

Question 14

“current” as in, “now in progress”

Answer 14

presente/actual

Question 15

“disapointment/disillusionment”

Answer 15

decepción (often with no suggestion of deception)

Question 16

“to disappoint”

Answer 16

decepcionar

Question 17

“disapointed”

Answer 17

decepcionado

Question 18

“I was unimpressed by her boyfriend”

Answer 18

Me decepcionó su novio.

Question 19

“to deceive”

Answer 19

engañar

Question 20

“to defraud” (monetarily)

Answer 20

defraudar

Question 21

“to disillusion” “to let someone down”

Answer 21

defruader

Question 22

“to cause displeasure”

Answer 22

disgustar

Question 23

“I don’t like cucumbers”

Answer 23

Me disgustan los pepinos.

Question 24

“to disgust”

Answer 24

asquear/ dar asco

Question 25

“Cucumbers disgust me”

Answer 25

Los pepinos me dan asco.

Question 26

“disgusting”

Answer 26

asqueroso

Question 27

“He’s a real slimeball”

Answer 27

Es un tipo asqueroso.

Question 28

“embarrased”

Answer 28

apenado/penoso

Question 29

“to embarrass”

Answer 29

dar pena

Question 30

If you don’t want to speak because you are embarrased, you can say:

Answer 30

Me da pena.

Question 31

“How embarrassing!” or “What a fool I’ve made out of myself!”

Answer 31

¡Qué pena!

Question 32

“shame”- often with moralistic overtones.

Answer 32

vergüenza

Question 33

_____ is more the embarrassment that comes of shyness or prudishness.

Answer 33

Pena

Question 34

“absolutely not”

Answer 34

en absoluto/ claro que

Question 35

“in front of” in the sense of “across the way (or street from)” or “facing”

Answer 35

enfrente de/ frente a

Question 36

“across the street from the movie theatre”

Answer 36

en la puerta de/ al frente de

Question 37

“in front of the movie theatre”

Answer 37

en la puerta del cine

Question 38

“aroused”

Answer 38

excitado

Question 39

“excited”

Answer 39

emocionado

Question 40

“exciting”

Answer 40

emocionante

Question 41

“success”

Answer 41

éxito

Question 42

“hits” in the music industry

Answer 42

éxitos

Question 43

“the exit”

Answer 43

la salida

Question 44

“Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits”

Answer 44

Los grandes éxitos de Frank Sinatra.

Question 45

“factory”

Answer 45

fábrica

Question 46

“fabric”

Answer 46

tela

Question 47

“kind” or “corteous”

Answer 47

gentil

Question 48

Somewhat stuffy (and ironic) way of saying “how nice” or “that’s great”

Answer 48

Qué gentil