3.1.8 Vocab Enrichment

Question 1

Translate to Spanish:

to compete

e.g. She always competes with her brother

Answer 1

competir

ej. Ella siempre compite con su hermano

Question 2

Translate to Spanish:

a contest / a competition

e.g. We’re having a contest to see who can eat the most pizza

Answer 2

un concurso / una competencia

ej. Estamos haciendo un concurso a ver quién puede comer más pizza

Question 3

Translate to Spanish:

competitive

e.g. Look how serious he looks while he plays. He’s very competitive

Answer 3

competitivo

ej. Mira lo serio que se ve cuando juega. Es muy competitivo

Question 4

Translate to Spanish:

a competitor / a rival

e.g. Microsoft and Apple used to be fierce competitors

Answer 4

un competidor / un rival

ej. Microsoft y Apple solían ser fieros rivales

Question 5

Translate to Spanish:

a contestant

e.g. a contestant on a game show

Answer 5

un concursante / un participante

ej. un concursante en un programa de juegos

Question 6

Translate to Spanish:

to cooperate / to collaborate

e.g. Let’s cooperate. I’ll lift the right side, and you lift the left side

Answer 6

cooperar / colaborar

ej. Colaboremos. Yo levanto el lado derecho, y tú el lado izquierdo

Question 7

Translate to Spanish:

cooperation / collaboration

e.g. With cooperation, we can solve this problem

Answer 7

la cooperación / la colaboración

ej. Con la cooperación, podemos resolver este problema

Question 8

Translate to Spanish:

craziness / madness / insanity

e.g. Stop this madness!

Answer 8

la locura / la demencia

ej. ¡Detén esta locura!

Question 9

Translate to Spanish:

a psycho / a lunatic / a nut

e.g. That guy is so crazy. He’s a lunatic!

Answer 9

un loco / un chiflado / un lunático

ej. Ese tipo está muy loco. ¡Es un lunático!

Question 10

Translate to Spanish:

madly

e.g. madly in love

Answer 10

locamente

ej. locamente enamorado

Question 11

Translate to Spanish:

a crime / a transgression

e.g. Opening other people’s mail is a crime

Answer 11

un crimen / un delito

ej. Abrir el correo de otras personas es un crímen

Question 12

Translate to Spanish:

a criminal

e.g. a convicted criminal

Answer 12

un criminal

ej. un criminal condenado

Question 13

Translate to Spanish:

criminal

e.g. criminal activity

Answer 13

criminal

ej. la actividad criminal

Question 14

Translate to Spanish:

a charge / an accusation / a criminal charge

e.g. He denied all the charges

Answer 14

un cargo / una acusación / un cargo criminal

ej. Negó todos los cargos

Question 15

Translate to Spanish:

to steal / to rob / to walk off with

e.g. He stole my wallet

Answer 15

robar / irse con

ej. Él me robó la cartera

Question 16

Translate to Spanish:

stolen

e.g. a stolen watch

Answer 16

robado

ej. un reloj robado

Question 17

Translate to Spanish:

a burglar / a thief / a robber

e.g. a bank robber

Answer 17

un ladrón / un ratero / un atracador

ej. un atracador de bancos

Question 18

Translate to Spanish:

a burglary / a theft / a robbery

e.g. There was a burglary at the house next door

Answer 18

un robo

ej. Hubo un robo en la casa de junto

Question 19

Translate to Spanish:

to mug / to rob

e.g. She got mugged last night in a dark alley, and they took her purse

Answer 19

asaltar / atracar

ej. La asaltaron anoche en un callejón oscuro, y le quitaron el bolso

Question 20

Translate to Spanish:

a mugger / a thief

e.g. The mugger was wearing a black mask when he attacked her

Answer 20

un atracador / un ladrón / un asaltante

ej. El ladrón llevaba puesta una máscara negra cuando la atacó

Question 21

Translate to Spanish:

a mugging / a robbery

e.g. There was a mugging on this block last night

Answer 21

un atraco / un asalto

ej. Hubo un atraco en esta cuadra anoche

Question 22

Translate to Spanish:

a victim

e.g. The victim was found unconscious and bloody

Answer 22

una víctima

ej. La víctima fue encontrada inconsciente y llena de sangre

Question 23

Translate to Spanish:

murder / homicide / manslaughter

e.g. He was charged with homicide

Answer 23

el asesinato / el homicidio

ej. Fue acusado de homicidio

Question 24

Translate to Spanish:

a murderer / a killer

e.g. The murderer was given the death penalty

Answer 24

un asesino

ej. El asesino recibió la pena de muerte

Question 25

Translate to Spanish:

an assassin / a hitman

e.g. He hired a hitman to kill his wife

Answer 25

un asesino a sueldo / un sicario

ej. Contrató a un sicario para que matara a su esposa

Question 26

Translate to Spanish:

a pirate

e.g. The pirates robbed the merchant ship

Answer 26

un pirata

ej. Los piratas asaltaron el barco mercantil

Question 27

Translate to Spanish:

You’re under arrest

ej. John Smith, you’re under arrest for murder

Answer 27

Está arrestado / Queda arrestado / Queda detenido

ej. John Smith, queda arrestado por asesinato

Question 28

Translate to Spanish:

to arrest / to detain

e.g. The police arrested him

Answer 28

arrestar / detener

ej. La policía lo arrestó

Question 29

Translate to Spanish:

an arrest

e.g. The police made three arrests last night

Answer 29

un arresto / una detención

ej. La policía hizo tres arrestos anoche

Question 30

Translate to Spanish:

to investigate

e.g. The police investigated the robbery

Answer 30

investigar

ej. La policía investigó el robo

Question 31

Translate to Spanish:

an inspector / an investigator / a detective

Answer 31

un inspector / un investigador / un detective

Question 32

Translate to Spanish:

an investigation / a case

e.g. a criminal investigation

Answer 32

una investigación / un caso / una pesquisa judicial

ej. una investigación criminal

Question 33

Translate to Spanish:

evidence / proof

e.g. There was no evidence he committed the crime

Answer 33

la evidencia / la prueba / los indicios

ej. No había evidencia de que él había cometido el delito

Question 34

Translate to Spanish:

to prove

e.g. The scientists proved their theory

Answer 34

probar / demostrar / comprobar

ej. Los científicos comprobaron su teoría

Question 35

Translate to Spanish:

to suspect

e.g. We suspected that he had a gun

Answer 35

sospechar

ej. Sospechamos que llevaba pistola

Question 36

Translate to Spanish:

a suspect

e.g. The detectives have three suspects

Answer 36

un sospechoso / un presunto / un presunto implicado

ej. Los detectives tienen tres sospechosos

Question 37

Translate to Spanish:

suspicious / shifty / dishonest-looking

e.g. a suspicious person

Answer 37

sospechoso

ej. una persona sospechosa

Question 38

Translate to Spanish:

a suspicion / an assumption

e.g. Do you believe his suspicion that Mary is a spy?

Answer 38

una sospecha / una suposición / una conjetura

ej. ¿Tú crees su sospecha de que Mary sea espía?

Question 39

Translate to Spanish:

to be up to something / to be plotting something secretly / to be up to no good

e.g. I don’t trust that guy. I think he’s up to something evil

Answer 39

tener algo entre manos / estar tramando algo / estar en malos pasos

ej. No confío en ese tipo. Creo que tiene algo entre manos

Question 40

Translate to Spanish:

deceased / departed

e.g. That religion has a lot of respect for the deceased

Answer 40

fallecido

ej. Esa religión tiene mucho respeto por los fallecidos

Question 41

Translate to Spanish:

a wake

e.g. They held a wake at the church, the night before her funeral

Answer 41

un velorio / un velatorio

ej. Tuvieron un velorio en la iglesia, justo antes de su funeral

Question 42

Translate to Spanish:

a funeral / a burial

e.g. We attended his funeral this morning

Answer 42

un funeral / un entierro

ej. Fuimos a su funeral esta mañana

Question 43

Translate to Spanish:

a grave / a tomb

e.g. She visits her father’s grave every year

Answer 43

una tumba / una sepultura

ej. Ella visita la tumba de su padre cada año

Question 44

Translate to Spanish:

a cemetery / a graveyard

Answer 44

un cementerio / un camposanto

Question 45

Translate to Spanish:

a corpse / a body / a cadaver

e.g. They found the body down by the river

Answer 45

un cadáver

ej. Encontraron el cadáver junto al río

Question 46

Translate to Spanish:

deadly / fatal / lethal

e.g. a deadly poison

Answer 46

fatal / letal / mortífero

ej. un veneno letal

Question 47

Translate to Spanish:

mortal

e.g. Since she was expressing mortal thoughts, we considered her a suicide risk

Answer 47

mortal

ej. Dado que ella expresaba pensamientos mortales, consideramos que estaba en riesgo de suicidio

Question 48

Translate to Spanish:

to commit suicide / to kill yourself

e.g. Romeo & Juliet committed suicide

Answer 48

suicidarse / cometer suicidio / matarse

ej. Romeo y Julieta se suicidaron

Question 49

Translate to Spanish:

to depend on / to rely on / to count on

e.g. She depends on them for financial support

Answer 49

depender de / contar con

ej. Ella depende de ellos para el apoyo monetario

Question 50

Translate to Spanish:

It depends on ___

e.g. It depends on how many people come

Answer 50

Depende de ___

e.g. Depende de cuántas personas vengan

Question 51

Translate to Spanish:

It depends / That depends

e.g. Where’s the best place to live? It depends

Answer 51

Depende / Eso depende

ej. ¿Dónde es el mejor lugar para vivir? Depende

Question 52

Translate to Spanish:

reliable / dependable / trustworthy

e.g. a reliable employee

Answer 52

confiable / fiable

ej. un empleado confiable

Question 53

Translate to Spanish:

unreliable / undependable

e.g. an unreliable friend

Answer 53

poco fiable

ej. un amigo poco fiable

Question 54

Translate to Spanish:

a detail

e.g. I don’t care about the details. I just want to hear a summary

Answer 54

un detalle

ej. No me importan los detalles. Solamente quiero escuchar un resumen

Question 55

Translate to Spanish:

detailed

e.g. a detailed description

Answer 55

detallado

ej. una descripción detallada

Question 56

Translate to Spanish:

to go into detail

e.g. She went into detail describing each individual bone in the wrist

Answer 56

entrar en detalle

ej. Entró en detalle describiendo cada hueso de la muñeca individualmente

Question 57

Translate to Spanish:

to develop / to evolve

e.g. The town developed quickly

Answer 57

desarrollar(se) / evolucionar

ej. El pueblo se desarrolló rápidamente

Question 58

Translate to Spanish:

development

e.g. I used to work in the field of International Development, with a specialty in Education

Answer 58

el desarrollo

ej. Solía trabajar en el área de Desarrollo Internacional, con especialización en Educación

Question 59

Translate to Spanish:

a housing development / a subdivision

Answer 59

un complejo habitacional / un fraccionamiento

Question 60

Translate to Spanish:

to foster / to advance / to encourage

e.g. The new president’s policies foster economic growth

Answer 60

fomentar / promover

ej. Las nuevas políticas del presidente fomentan el crecimiento económico

Question 61

Translate to Spanish:

backward / underdeveloped

e.g. a backward nation

Answer 61

atrasado / subdesarrollado

ej. una nación atrasada

Question 62

Translate to Spanish:

to disappoint / to let down

e.g. I don’t want to disappoint her

Answer 62

decepcionar / defraudar

ej. No quiero decepcionarla

Question 63

Translate to Spanish:

to be disappointed

e.g. She was disappointed with the gift

Answer 63

estar decepcionado

ej. Estaba decepcionada con el regalo

Question 64

Translate to Spanish:

to be disappointing

e.g. a disappointing result

Answer 64

decepcionante

ej. un resultado decepcionante

Question 65

Translate to Spanish:

disappointment

e.g. Her father had a look of disappointment on his face

Answer 65

la decepción / la desilusión

ej. Su padre tenía una expresión de decepción en el rostro

Question 66

Translate to Spanish:

domestic / national

e.g. domestic political issues vs. foreign political issues

Answer 66

nacional

ej. los asuntos políticos nacionales frente a los asuntos políticos internacionales

Question 67

Translate to Spanish:

domestic / household

e.g. household appliances

Answer 67

doméstico

ej. aparatos domésticos

Question 68

Translate to Spanish:

domesticated

e.g. a domestic dog

Answer 68

domesticado

ej. un perro doméstico

Question 69

Translate to Spanish:

effective

e.g. an effective strategy

Answer 69

eficaz / efectivo

ej. una estrategia efectiva

Question 70

Translate to Spanish:

effectively

e.g. I effectively convinced her to come to the party

Answer 70

eficazmente / efectivamente / con eficacia

ej. Efectivamente, la convencí de venir a la fiesta

Question 71

Translate to Spanish:

efficient

e.g. an efficient system

Answer 71

eficiente

ej. un sistema eficiente

Question 72

Translate to Spanish:

efficiency

e.g. improvements in energy efficiency

Answer 72

eficiencia

ej. mejoras en la eficiencia energética

Question 73

Translate to Spanish:

inefficient

e.g. an inefficient use of my time

Answer 73

ineficiente

ej. un uso ineficiente de mi tiempo

Question 74

Translate to Spanish:

the end / the edge

e.g. the other end of the table

Answer 74

el extremo / la punta

ej. el otro extremo de la mesa

Question 75

Translate to Spanish:

toward the end of / at the end of / in late

e.g. at the end of the 21st century

Answer 75

al fin de / a finales de

ej. al fin del siglo 21

Question 76

Translate to Spanish:

toward the beginning of / at the beginning of / in early

e.g. in early August

Answer 76

a principios de / a comienzos de

ej. a principios de agosto

Question 77

Translate to Spanish:

equipment / gear

e.g. camping equipment

Answer 77

el equipo

ej. el equipo para acampar

Question 78

Translate to Spanish:

equipped

e.g. They were equipped for the trip

Answer 78

equipado

ej. Ellos estaban equipados para el viaje

Question 79

Translate to Spanish:

an exception

e.g. She is an exception to the stereotype

Answer 79

una excepción

ej. Ella es una excepción al estereotipo

Question 80

Translate to Spanish:

exceptional

e.g. That tennis player is exceptional. There is nobody like her

Answer 80

excepcional

ej. Esa jugadora de tenis es excepcional. No hay nadie como ella

Question 81

Translate to Spanish:

extraordinary / out of the ordinary / different

e.g. He has an extraordinary background

Answer 81

extraordinario / fuera de lo ordinario / diferente

ej. Él tiene unos antecedentes extraordinarios

Question 82

Translate to Spanish:

to explore

e.g. He explored the Northern Hemisphere

Answer 82

explorar

ej. Él exploró el hemisferio norte

Question 83

Translate to Spanish:

exploration

e.g. the exploration of the deep ocean

Answer 83

la exploración

ej. la exploración del océano profundo

Question 84

Translate to Spanish:

an explorer / a scout

e.g. A team of explorers traveled to Antarctica

Answer 84

un explorador

ej. Un equipo de exploradores viajó a la Antártida

Question 85

Translate to Spanish:

an adventure

e.g. They went on an adventure to a place that had never been seen before

Answer 85

una aventura

ej. Fueron de aventura a un lugar que nunca antes había sido visto

Question 86

Translate to Spanish:

adventurous

e.g. an adventurous traveler

Answer 86

aventurero

ej. un viajero aventurero

Question 87

Translate to Spanish:

a household / a family unit

e.g. There are 5 people living in this household

Answer 87

un hogar / una unidad familiar

ej. Hay 5 personas que viven en este hogar

Question 88

Translate to Spanish:

a housewife

e.g. After she had kids, she stopped working and remained a housewife

Answer 88

una ama de casa

ej. Después de tener hijos, ella dejó de trabajar y se quedó como ama de casa

Question 89

Translate to Spanish:

to be related

e.g. They have the same last name, but they’re not related

Answer 89

ser pariente / ser familiar / tener parentesco

ej. Ellos tienen el mismo apellido pero no son parientes

Question 90

Translate to Spanish:

How are you two related?

Answer 90

¿Qué parantesco tienen ustedes dos?

Question 91

Translate to Spanish:

a relative / a family member

Answer 91

un pariente / un familiar

Question 92

Translate to Spanish:

his ancestors / his predecessors

Answer 92

sus antecesores / sus antepasados

Question 93

Translate to Spanish:

his descendants

e.g. There is great debate about whether Jesus Christ had any descendants

Answer 93

sus descendientes

ej. Hay gran debate sobre si Jesucristo tuvo descendientes

Question 94

Translate to Spanish:

my brother-in-law

i.e. my spouse’s brother, or my sibling’s husband

Answer 94

mi cuñado

i.e. el hermano de mi esposa, o el esposo de mi hermano o hermana

Question 95

Translate to Spanish:

my sister-in-law

i.e. my spouse’s sister, or my sibling’s wife

Answer 95

mi cuñada

i.e. la hermana de mi esposo, o la esposa de mi hermano o hermana

Question 96

Translate to Spanish:

my son-in-law

i.e. my child’s husband

Answer 96

mi yerno

i.e. el marido de mi hija o mi hijo

Question 97

Translate to Spanish:

my daughter-in-law

i.e. my child’s wife

Answer 97

mi nuera

i.e. la esposa de mi hijo o hija

Question 98

Translate to Spanish:

my father-in-law

i.e. my spouse’s father

Answer 98

mi suegro

i.e. el padre de mi esposa o esposo

Question 99

Translate to Spanish:

my mother-in-law

i.e. my spouse’s mother

Answer 99

mi suegra

i.e. la madre de mi esposa o esposo

Question 100

Translate to Spanish:

my great-grandfather

i.e. the father of one of my grandparents

Answer 100

mi bisabuelo

i.e. el padre de uno de mis abuelos

Question 101

Translate to Spanish:

my great-grandmother

i.e. the mother of one of my grandparents

Answer 101

mi bisabuela

i.e. la madre de uno de mis abuelos

Question 102

Translate to Spanish:

my stepdad / my stepfather / my mom’s new husband

Answer 102

mi padrastro / el nuevo esposo de mi mamá

Question 103

Translate to Spanish:

my stepmom / my stepmother / my dad’s new wife

Answer 103

mi madrastra / la nueva esposa de mi papá

Question 104

Translate to Spanish:

my stepsister

i.e. my stepfather’s or stepmother’s daughter

Answer 104

mi hermanastra

i.e. la hija de mi padrastro o de mi madrastra

Question 105

Translate to Spanish:

my stepbrother

i.e. my stepfather’s or stepmother’s son

Answer 105

mi hermanastro

i.e. el hijo de mi padrastro o de mi madrastra

Question 106

Translate to Spanish:

my stepdaughter

i.e. my spouse’s daughter, from a previous marriage

Answer 106

mi hijastra

i.e. la hija de mi esposo o esposa, de un matrimonio anterior

Question 107

Translate to Spanish:

my stepson

i.e. my spouse’s son, from a previous marriage

Answer 107

mi hijastro

i.e. el hijo de mi esposo o esposa, de un matrimonio anterior

Question 108

Translate to Spanish:

a twin

e.g. They’re identical twins

Answer 108

un gemelo

ej. Son gemelos idénticos

Question 109

Translate to Spanish:

my ex-husband

Answer 109

mi ex-esposo / mi ex-marido

Question 110

Translate to Spanish:

my ex-wife

Answer 110

mi ex-esposa / mi ex-mujer

Question 111

Translate to Spanish:

my ex

e.g. my ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend

Answer 111

mi ex

ej. mi ex-esposa, ex-marido, ex-mujer, ex-novio

Question 112

Translate to Spanish:

a godchild

e.g. I have three godchildren: one godson, and two goddaughters

Answer 112

un ahijado

ej. Tengo tres ahijados: un ahijado y dos ahijadas

Question 113

Translate to Spanish:

a godfather

e.g. I named my best friend as the godfather of my son

Answer 113

un padrino

ej. Nombré a mi mejor amigo como el padrino de mi hijo

Question 114

Translate to Spanish:

a godmother

e.g. If anything happens to my mother, my godmother will become my adoptive mother

Answer 114

una madrina

ej. Si le pasa algo a mi madre, mi madrina se convertirá en mi madre adoptiva

Question 115

Translate to Spanish:

his guardian / his legal guardian

e.g. When her parents died, her grandmother became her legal guardian

Answer 115

su guardián legal / su tutor / su protector

ej. Cuando murieron sus padres, su abuela se volvió su tutora

Question 116

Translate to Spanish:

maternal

e.g. maternal instincts

Answer 116

materno

ej. instintos maternos

Question 117

Translate to Spanish:

paternal

e.g. my paternal grandmother

Answer 117

paterno

ej. mi abuela paterna

Question 118

Translate to Spanish:

heritage / ancestry / blood

e.g. She has a German heritage

Answer 118

la herencia / el patrimonio / la sangre

ej. Ella tiene herencia alemana

Question 119

Translate to Spanish:

legacy

e.g. Facilitating the fall of the Soviet Union is part of President Reagan’s legacy

Answer 119

el legado

ej. Haber facilitado la caída de la Unión Soviética es parte del legado del presidente Ronald Reagan

Question 120

Translate to Spanish:

to pass down

e.g. This watch has been passed down for five generations

Answer 120

legar / dejar en herencia

ej. Este reloj ha sido legado durante cinco generaciones

Question 121

Translate to Spanish:

a fan

e.g. a ceiling fan

Answer 121

un abanico / un ventilador

ej. un ventilador de techo

Question 122

Translate to Spanish:

to fan

e.g. He fanned the flames

Answer 122

avivar

ej. Él avivó las llamas

Question 123

Translate to Spanish:

to be a fan of / to like

e.g. He is a fan of the Beatles

Answer 123

ser aficionado a / ser fanático de / ser hincha de

ej. Él es aficionado a los Beatles

Question 124

Translate to Spanish:

a fan / an admirer

Answer 124

un fan / un admirador

Question 125

Translate to Spanish:

fashion

e.g. She’s obsessed with fashion and is always going shopping

Answer 125

la moda

ej. Ella está obsesionada con la moda y siempre está yendo de compras

Question 126

Translate to Spanish:

a model / a supermodel

e.g. a runway model

Answer 126

un modelo

ej. un modelo de pasarela

Question 127

Translate to Spanish:

a designer / a fashion designer

Answer 127

un diseñador / un diseñador de modas

Question 128

Translate to Spanish:

to be stylish / to be fashionable / to have style

e.g. a stylish person

Answer 128

estar a la moda / ser de moda / tener estilo

ej. una persona a la moda

Question 129

Translate to Spanish:

trendy / in style / stylish

e.g. a trendy bar; trendy clothes

Answer 129

a la moda / moderno / de moda

ej. un bar de moda; ropa a la moda

Question 130

Translate to Spanish:

to go out of style

e.g. Those shoes went out of style last year

Answer 130

pasar de moda

ej. Esos zapatos pasaron de moda el año pasado

Question 131

Translate to Spanish:

unfashionable / out-of-style

e.g. Your hairstyle is very unfashionable

Answer 131

pasado de moda

ej. Tu corte de cabello está muy pasado de moda

Question 132

Translate to Spanish:

a trend / a style

e.g. a fashion trend

Answer 132

una moda / una tendencia

ej. una tendencia de la moda

Question 133

Translate to Spanish:

a trend / a tendency

e.g. a trend towards increasing globalization

Answer 133

una tendencia

ej. una tendencia hacia el incremento de la globalización

Question 134

Translate to Spanish:

scary / frightening / terrifying

e.g. a scary movie

Answer 134

de miedo / aterrador

ej. una película de miedo

Question 135

Translate to Spanish:

creepy / spooky / scary

e.g. a creepy animal

Answer 135

que da miedo / espeluznante

ej. un animal espeluznante

Question 136

Translate to Spanish:

to startle / to scare / to surprise

e.g. He scared me

Answer 136

asustar / sorprender

ej. Me asustó

Question 137

Translate to Spanish:

to fold / to fold up

e.g. Fold the clothes

Answer 137

doblar

ej. Dobla la ropa

Question 138

Translate to Spanish:

a wrinkle

e.g. I have a few wrinkles on my forehead. I’m getting old!

Answer 138

una arruga

ej. Tengo unas cuantas arrugas en la frente. ¡Estoy envejeciendo!

Question 139

Translate to Spanish:

to be wrinkled

e.g. Aw man, this shirt is all wrinkled!

Answer 139

estar arrugado

ej. ¡Ay, no, esta camisa está toda arrugada!

Question 140

Translate to Spanish:

to wrap

e.g. He wrapped his gift and put it under the tree

Answer 140

envolver

ej. Envolvió su regalo y lo puso bajo el árbol

Question 141

Translate to Spanish:

to unwrap / to open

e.g. Don’t unwrap your presents until Christmas

Answer 141

desenvolver / abrir

ej. No desenvuelvas tus regalos hasta Navidad

Question 142

Translate to Spanish:

a form / a piece of paperwork / a document

e.g. Please fill out this form

Answer 142

un formulario / un documento

ej. Por favor complete este formulario

Question 143

Translate to Spanish:

a format

e.g. In what format should I type this document? Large font? Bold?

Answer 143

un formato

ej. ¿En qué formato debo escribir este documento? ¿Con letra grande? ¿En negritas?

Question 144

Translate to Spanish:

to format

e.g. How should I format this letter?

Answer 144

formatear

ej. ¿Cómo debo formatear esta carta?

Question 145

Translate to Spanish:

independent / autonomous / sovereign

e.g. an independent nation

Answer 145

independiente / autónomo / soberano

ej. una nación independiente

Question 146

Translate to Spanish:

independence / autonomy / sovereignty

e.g. The colonies fought for their independence

Answer 146

la independencia / la autonomía / la soberanía

ej. La colonias lucharon por su independencia

Question 147

Translate to Spanish:

freedom / liberty / liberation

e.g. The prisoners fought for their freedom

Answer 147

la libertad / la liberación / la emancipación

ej. Los prisioneros lucharon por su libertad

Question 148

Translate to Spanish:

to free / to set free

e.g. He freed the birds

Answer 148

liberar

ej. Liberó a los pájaros

Question 149

Translate to Spanish:

Feel free to

e.g. Feel free to call me if you have any questions

Answer 149

Siéntase libre de / Siéntase con la libertad de

ej. Siéntete libre de llamarme si tienes preguntas

Question 150

Translate to Spanish:

frequent

e.g. a frequent occurrence

Answer 150

frecuente

ej. un suceso frecuente

Question 151

Translate to Spanish:

often / frequently / regularly

e.g. The bus comes pretty often

Answer 151

a menudo / seguido / con mucha frecuencia

ej. El autobus viene a menudo

Question 152

Translate to Spanish:

regularly / on a regular basis / habitually

e.g. I exercise regularly

Answer 152

regularmente / habitualmente

ej. Hago ejercicio regularmente

Question 153

Translate to Spanish:

occasional

e.g. an occasional headache

Answer 153

ocasional

ej. un dolor de cabeza ocasional

Question 154

Translate to Spanish:

a frequency / a radio frequency

e.g. My sensor can’t pick up the right frequency

Answer 154

una frecuencia / una frecuencia de radio

ej. Mi sensor no puede encontrar la frecuencia correcta

Question 155

Translate to Spanish:

a garden / a flower garden

e.g. They have a garden in their front yard

Answer 155

un jardín / un jardín de flores

ej. Tienen un jardín en el patio frontal

Question 156

Translate to Spanish:

a lawn / a yard

e.g. The children are playing in the yard

Answer 156

un césped / un jardín / un patio

ej. Los niños están jugando en el jardín

Question 157

Translate to Spanish:

a front yard

e.g. They have huge Christmas decorations in their front yard

Answer 157

un jardín de enfrente / un jardín frontal

ej. Tienen enormes decoraciones navideñas en el jardín de enfrente

Question 158

Translate to Spanish:

a backyard / a back yard

e.g. The kids are playing in the backyard

Answer 158

un patio trasero / un jardín trasero

ej. Los niños están jugando en el patio trasero

Question 159

Translate to Spanish:

a courtyard

e.g. There’s a nice courtyard in between the two apartment buildings

Answer 159

un patio

ej. Hay un lindo patio entre los dos edificios de departamentos

Question 160

Translate to Spanish:

a gardener

Answer 160

un jardinero

Question 161

Translate to Spanish:

gardening

e.g. Gardening is her favorite hobby

Answer 161

la jardinería

ej. La jardinería es su pasatiempo preferido

Question 162

Translate to Spanish:

to get / to pick up / to receive

e.g. I get a good cell phone signal if I stand right here

Answer 162

captar / capturar / conseguir

ej. Capto una buena señal de celular si me paro aquí mismo

Question 163

Translate to Spanish:

to get off / to get time off

e.g. I hope I can get time off for Christmas

Answer 163

sacar tiempo libre

ej. Espero poder sacar tiempo libre en navidad

Question 164

Translate to Spanish:

to get around

e.g. How do you get around without a car?

Answer 164

movilizarse / desplazarse

ej. ¿Cómo te movilizas sin un coche?

Question 165

Translate to Spanish:

to get over / to get past

e.g. It took me two years to get over my divorce

Answer 165

superar / sobreponerme

ej. Me tomó dos años superar mi divorcio

Question 166

Translate to Spanish:

to get on someone’s case / to pressure / to nag

e.g. My mom always gets on my case to clean my room

Answer 166

presionar / fastidiar / dar la lata

ej. Mi mamá siempre me fastidia con que limpie mi recámara

Question 167

Translate to Spanish:

to get through to someone / to make oneself understood

e.g. My teenage son never listens to me. How can I get through to him?

Answer 167

hacerle entender a alguien

ej. Mi hijo adolescente nunca me escucha. ¿Cómo puedo hacerle entender?

Question 168

Translate to Spanish:

to get back at / to retaliate / to get revenge against

e.g. My brother is always playing pranks on me, but I’ll get back at him soon

Answer 168

vengarse de / pagarle con la misma moneda

ej. Mi hermano siempre me está jugando bromas, pero pronto me vengaré de él

Question 169

Translate to Spanish:

to get back / to recover / to regain

e.g. I got my bike back after the police arrested the thief

Answer 169

recuperar

ej. Recuperé mi bicicleta después de que la policía arrestó al ladrón

Question 170

Translate to Spanish:

Get off of me! / Get off! / Let go of me!

Answer 170

¡Suéltame!

Question 171

Translate to Spanish:

Get out! / Get out of here!

Answer 171

¡Vete! / ¡Salte de aquí! / ¡Largate!

Question 172

Translate to Spanish:

gossip

e.g. Those 13 year-old girls are obsessed with gossip

Answer 172

el chisme / el chismorreo / el cotilleo

ej. Esas niñas de 13 años están obsesionadas con el chisme

Question 173

Translate to Spanish:

a rumor / a piece of gossip

e.g. I heard a rumor about you

Answer 173

un rumor / un chisme

ej. Escuché un rumor sobre ti

Question 174

Translate to Spanish:

to gossip

e.g. You shouldn’t gossip about other people

Answer 174

chismear

ej. No deberías chismear sobre los demás

Question 175

Translate to Spanish:

Rumor has it that ___ / There’s a rumor that ___

e.g. Rumor has it that he’s gonna resign

Answer 175

Se rumorea que __ / Se dice que __

ej. Se rumorea que él va a renunciar

Question 176

Translate to Spanish:

to eavesdrop

e.g. He put his ear to the door and eavesdropped on their conversation

Answer 176

escuchar a escondidas / escuchar disimuladamente

ej. Él puso el oído contra la puerta y escuchó su conversación a escondidas

Question 177

Translate to Spanish:

to overhear

e.g. She overheard them saying bad things about her

Answer 177

oir por casualidad / escuchar casualmente

ej. Ella los escuchó por casualidad diciendo cosas malas sobre ella

Question 178

Translate to Spanish:

to pry / to snoop / to sniff around

e.g. I don’t like when government officials pry into our private lives

Answer 178

curiosear / husmear

ej. No me gusta cuando los oficiales del gobierno husmean en nuestras vidas privadas