4.2.3 Vocab Enrichment Flashcards

Learn and memorize advanced vocabulary about religion, sports, and weather. This roughly covers cards 8420-8650 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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Translate to Spanish:

neon

e.g. a neon sign

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neón

ej. un letrero de neón

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neon / hot / fluorescent

e.g. neon orange

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neón / fluorescente

ej. naranja neón

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to rain on someone’s parade / to ruin someone’s plan

e.g. When his ex-wife showed up, that totally rained on his parade

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aguarle la fiesta a alguien

ej. Cuando mi ex esposa llegó, me aguó la fiesta por completo

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a party pooper / a Debbie downer / a negative Nancy

e.g. Please don’t invite her. She’s such a party pooper

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aguafiestas

ej. Por favor no la invites. Es una aguafiestas terrible

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to put in order

e.g. Put these books in alphabetical order

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poner en orden / ordenar

ej. Pon estos libros en orden alfabético

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to be out of order / to be in the wrong order

e.g. These cards are out of order

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estar en desorden / estar desordenado

ej. Estas tarjetas están en desorden

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the former

e.g. When choosing between apples and oranges, I prefer the former. Apples are much better

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el primero / el anterior

ej. Al elegir entre manzanas y naranjas, prefiero las primeras. Las manzanas son mucho mejores

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the latter

e.g. I speak both Thai and English. The latter is spoken in many countries

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el posterior

ej. Hablo tanto tailandés como inglés. El posterior se habla en muchos países

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picky / fussy / choosy

e.g. She is picky about the kinds of guys she’ll date

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exigente / quisquilloso

ej. Ella es exigente con el tipo de hombres con los que sale

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to pick at / to peck at / to eat hesitantly

e.g. He wasn’t hungry, so he just picked at his food

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picotear / picar / comer sin ganas

ej. No tenía mucha hambre, así que solamente picoteó su comida

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to pick at

e.g. You should not pick at a pimple or scab, as it will not heal properly

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tocarse / molestarse

ej. No deberías molestarte un barro o una costra, ya que no sanará bien

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to pick yourself up / to get back on your feet

e.g. After the bankruptcy, he picked himself up and started another company

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reponerse / levantarse

ej. Después de la bancarrota, se repuso y comenzó otra compañía

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the warden / the prison warden

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el alcaide / el alcaide de una prisión

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to take someone prisoner / to take someone hostage

e.g. The rebels took him hostage and held him for ransom

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llevarse preso a alguien

ej. Los rebeldes se lo llevaron preso y pidieron un rescate por él

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a dungeon

e.g. The king threw him in the dungeon with the snakes and corpses

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una mazmorra / un calabozo

ej. El rey lo echó en una mazmorra llena de serpientes y cadáveres

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to serve / to serve time / to serve a sentence

e.g. The thief will have to serve time for his crime

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cumplir / cumplir tiempo / cumplir una sentencia

ej. El ladrón tendrá que cumplir la sentencia por su crimen

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to pull off / to accomplish / to achieve

e.g. I didn’t think the new team could win, but they pulled it off

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lograr / llevar a cabo

ej. No creí que el nuevo equipo pudiera ganar, pero lo lograron

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to pull up to / to approach

e.g. The teenager pulled up to the stop sign with his music playing loud

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acercarse en carro

ej. El adolescente se acercó en carro, con la música muy alta

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a bulletin board

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el tablero de anuncios / la cartelera

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to put up / to post / to hang up

e.g. She put a sign up on the wall

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colgar / poner / colocar

ej. Ella colgó un letrero en la pared

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to put down / to belittle / to insult

e.g. Stop belittling him. You’re hurting his feelings

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ningunear / hablar mal de / insultar

ej. Deja de ningunearlo. Estás hiriendo sus sentimientos

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to put down / to record / to mark down

e.g. I put you down for a reservation for two this evening

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anotar / apuntar

ej. Te apunté para una reservación para dos esta noche

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to put out / to extinguish

e.g. The firemen put out the fire

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apagar / extinguir

ej. Los bomberos apagaron el incendio

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to dump / to dump out

e.g. He dumped all the cookies out of the jar

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tirar / botar / volcar

ej. Él tiró todas las galletas del tarro

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to load / to load up

e.g. They loaded the truck with luggage

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cargar

ej. Cargaron el camión de equipaje

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to unload

e.g. They unloaded the containers from the ship

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descargar / desembarcar

ej. Descargaron los contenedores del barco

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storage

e.g. I had to put my stuff in storage until I could move into my new apartment

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el depósito / el almacenaje

ej. Tuve que poner mis cosas en almacenaje hasta poderme mudar a mi nuevo departamento

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to store / to stock up on / to load up on

e.g. I’m stocking up on water to prepare for the hurricane

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almacenar / acumular / acaparar

ej. Estoy almacenando agua para prepararme para el hurucán

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to store / to keep

e.g. This is where we store our winter clothes

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almacenar / guardar / conservar

ej. Aquí guardamos nuestra ropa de invierno

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to cram into / to stuff into

e.g. He crammed a bunch of paper into the envelope

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embutir en / apiñar en

ej. Embutió un montón de papel en el sobre

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to recruit

e.g. The military recruited thousands of new soldiers this year

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reclutar

ej. El ejército reclutó a miles de nuevos soldados este año

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a recruit

e.g. One of the new basketball recruits is visiting campus tomorrow, so be on your best behavior

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un recluta

ej. Uno de los nuevos reclutas de baloncesto va a visitar la universidad mañana, así que compórtense como es debido

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recruitment / recruiting / hiring

e.g. Recruiting is one of the most important functions of our company’s Human Resources department

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el reclutamiento / la contratación

ej. El reclutamiento es una de las funciones más importantes del departamento de recursos humanos de nuestra compañía

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blessed

e.g. She is blessed with natural beauty

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bendito / bendecido

ej. Ella está bendita con belleza natural

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to bless

e.g. The priest blessed the candles

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bendecir

ej. El padre bendijo las velas

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blessing

e.g. The priest said a blessing and drank the wine

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una bendición

ej. El padre dijo una bendición y bebió el vino

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a shrine / an altar

e.g. They set up a shrine to pay respect to the God of the Sun

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un santuario / un altar / un sagrario

ej. Pusieron un santuario para rendir honores al Dios del Sol

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kosher

e.g. I’m Jewish. I can’t eat that meat unless it is kosher

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kosher

ej. Soy judío. No puedo comer esa carne si no es kosher

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a missionary

e.g. a team of Christian missionaries in Korea

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un misionero

ej. un equipo de misioneros crisitanos en Corea

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enlightenment

e.g. the Buddhist path to enlightenment

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la iluminación

ej. el camino budhista a la iluminación

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to enlighten

e.g. The priest enlightened him of his sinful ways

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iluminar

el. El padre lo iluminó sobre sus actitudes pecaminosas

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Mecca

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La Meca

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a temple

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un templo

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the Sabbath

e.g. I can’t work today. It’s the Sabbath

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el sabbat

ej. No puedo trabajar hoy. Es el sabbat

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an abbey / a monastery / a convent

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una abadía / un monasterio / un convento

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a nun

e.g. a Catholic nun

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una monja

ej. una monja católica

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a monk

e.g. a Buddhist monk

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un monje

ej. un monje budista

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a bishop

e.g. a Catholic bishop

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un obispo

ej. un obispo católico

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a baptism / a christening

e.g. I’m attending my nephew’s baptism on Sunday

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un bautizo

ej. Voy a ir al bautizo de mi sobrino el domingo

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Translate to Spanish:

Easter

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la Pascua

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51
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Passover

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la Pascua Judía

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the gospel / the teachings of Jesus Christ

e.g. He does not believe in science, but he believes strongly in the Gospel

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el evangelio / las enseñanzas de Jesucristo

ej. No cree en la ciencia, pero cree fielmente en el evangelio

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a hymn / a religious song

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un himno / un cántico / una canción religiosa

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a sect / a branch

e.g. The two major sects of Islam are Sunni and Shia

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una secta

ej. Las dos sectas principales del islam son la sunita y la chiíta

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a cult

e.g. All the members of the cult committed suicide, believing that their souls were being saved

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un culto

ej. Todos los miembros del culto se suicidaron, creyendo que sus almas se salvarían

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a sermon

e.g. The priest gives a long sermon every Sunday morning

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un sermón

ej. El padre da un largo sermón todos los domingos por la mañana

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theology

e.g. Her strong interest in religion led her to study theology

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la teología

ej. Su fuerte interés en la religión la llevó a estudiar teología

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to worship / to glorify / to revere

e.g. The ancient Greeks worshiped many gods

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alabar / adorar / venerar

ej. Los antiguos griegos veneraban a muchos dioses

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the Vatican

e.g. The Pope lives in the Vatican

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el Vaticano

ej. El Papa vive en el Vaticano

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a backlash / a retaliation / a resistance

e.g. The new policy was met with a strong public backlash

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un contragolpe / una reacción violenta / una resistencia

ej. La nueva política se topó con una fuerte resistencia por parte del público

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outrage / uproar

e.g. His controversial comments were met with considerable outrage

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la indignación / el alboroto / la furia

ej. Sus controversiales comentatios causaron un alboroto considerable

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to roll out / to launch

e.g. Apple is rolling out 3 new products this year

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dar a conocer / lanzar

ej. Apple lanzará 3 nuevos productos este año

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to roll your eyes

e.g. He rolled his eyes and sighed, all annoyed

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voltear los ojos

ej. Él volteó los ojos y suspiró, molesto

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salt water

e.g. You can’t drink salt water

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el agua salada

ej. No se puede beber el agua salada

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saltwater

e.g. saltwater fish

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de agua salada

ej. peces de agua salada

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to be the same as always

e.g. My hometown is still the same as always

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el mismo de siempre / igual que siempre

ej. Mi ciudad natal sigue siendo igual que siempre

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a clone

e.g. I wish I had a clone to do my work while I went on vacation

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un clon

ej. Quisiera tener un clon que hiciera mi trabajo mientras yo me fuera de vacaciones

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a bowling alley

e.g. There’s a bowling alley less than one kilometer from here

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una bolera / una sala de bolos / un boliche

ej. Hay una bolera a menos de un kilómetro de aquí

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darts

e.g. Let’s play darts

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los dardos

ej. Juguemos dardos

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a dart

e.g. She threw the dart and hit a bulls-eye

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un dardo

ej. Ella tiró un dardo y dio en el blanco

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fencing

e.g. Fencing is my favorite Olympic sport

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la esgrima

ej. La esgrima es mi deporte olímpico preferido

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half-time / halftime

e.g. The coach gave a great pep talk at half-time

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medio tiempo

ej. El entrenador dio un gran discurso de motivación durante el medio tiempo

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a hockey stick

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un palo de hockey

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a puck / a hockey puck

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un disco de hockey

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a lap

e.g. The race consists of three laps around the park

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una vuelta

ej. La carrera consiste de tres vueltas al parque

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water-skiing

e.g. We went water-skiing behind his boat

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el esquí acuático

ej. Hicimos esquí acuático detrás de su lancha

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horseback riding / riding / equestrianism

e.g. Horseback riding has been an olympic sport since 1912

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la equitación

ej. La equitación ha sido un deporte olímpico desde 1912

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a horseback rider / a rider / a jockey

e.g. The jockey almost fell off the horse

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un jinete

ej. El jinete casi se cayó del caballo

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a saddle

e.g. He rode the horse without a saddle

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una montura / una silla de montar

ej. Montó el caballo sin montura

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squash

i.e. the sport

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el squash

i.e. el deporte

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to hurl / to fling / to chuck

e.g. He hurled the bag of bricks over the fence

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arrojar / lanzar / aventar

ej. Arrojó la bolsa de ladrillos por encima de la barda

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a hurdle / an obstacle

e.g. The track star fell when he jumped over the last hurdle

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una valla / un obstáculo

ej. La estrella de atletismo se cayó al saltar la última valla

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an upset

e.g. Did you see the upset last night? Mike Tyson lost to an unknown contender

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una derrota sorpresiva

ej. ¿Viste la derrota sorpresiva anoche? Mike Tyson perdió ante un retador desconocido

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weightlifting

e.g. an olympic weightlifting competition

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el levantamiento de pesas / la halterofilia

ej. una competencia olímpica de levantamiento de pesas

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a weightlifter / a bodybuilder

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un levantador de pesas / un culturista / un fisicoculturista

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a golf course

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un campo de golf

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a caddie / a caddy

e.g. The caddie handed him his golf club

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un caddie / un cargador

ej. El caddie le pasó sus palos de golf

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a club / a golf club

e.g. He swung the golf club and hit a drive 300 yards

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un palo / un palo de golf

ej. Dio un golpe con el palo de golf y logró un tiro de 300 yardas

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badminton

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el bádminton

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to go skydiving

e.g. We went skydiving last weekend, and I got whiplash when my parachute opened

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hacer paracaidismo

ej. Fuimos a hacer paracaidismo el fin de semana pasado, y me di un latigazo cervical cuando abrió mi paracaídas

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bodybuilding / weightlifting

e.g. Look at that huge guy on the cover of that bodybuilding magazine

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el culturismo / el fisicoculturismo

ej. Mira a ese enorme tipo en la portada de esa revista de fisicoculturismo

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a foul

e.g. The referee gave him a penalty for the foul

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una falta

ej. El árbitro le concedió un penal por la falta

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offside / offsides

e.g. The goal didn’t count because he was offside

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fuera de lugar / fuera de juego

ej. El gol no contó porque él estaba fuera de lugar

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aerobics

e.g. an aerobics class

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los aeróbicos

ej. una clase de aeróbicos

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ping pong / table tennis

i.e. the sport

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el pimpón / el tenis de mesa / el ping pong

i.e. el deporte

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lacrosse

i.e. the sport

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el lacrosse

i.e. el deporte

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field hockey

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el hockey sobre pasto / el hockey sobre césped / el hockey sobre hierba

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pool / billiards

e.g. a smoky pool hall

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el billar

ej. un salón de billar lleno de humo

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bowling

e.g. I’m in a bowling league

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los bolos / el boliche

ej. Estoy en una liga de bolos

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to go bowling / to bowl

e.g. Let’s go bowling this weekend

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salir a jugar bolos

ej. Salgamos a jugar bolos este fin de semana

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karate

e.g. Don’t mess with him. He knows karate

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el karate

ej. No te metas con él. Sabe karate

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a marathon

e.g. I’m training for a marathon

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una maratón

ej. Estoy entrenando para un maratón

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rowing / crew

e.g. the university crew team

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el remo / el canotaje

ej. el equipo de remo de la universidad

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to tackle

e.g. The rugby player tackled his opponent

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taclear

ej. El jugador de rugby tacleó a su oponente

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an underdog

e.g. I always cheer for the underdog

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el perdedor esperado

ej. Siempre echo porras al perdedor esperado

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to suck up to / to kiss up to / to brown nose

e.g. She sucked up to her teacher, to try to get a better grade

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lamerle las botas a / hacer la pelota a / chuparle medias a

ej. Le lamió las botas a su profesor, para intentar mejorar la calificación

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Suck it up / Deal with it

e.g. Stop crying, and suck it up

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Aguantátelo / Maneja el asunto

ej. Deja de llorar y aguántatelo

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to get tangled up / to get tangled

e.g. The cords got tangled up

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enmarañarse / enredarse

ej. Se enmarañaron los cordones

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tangled / tangled up

e.g. The cords are tangled

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enmarañado / enredado

ej. Los cordones están enredados

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to wait around / to linger / to loiter

e.g. There are a bunch of teenagers lingering around the movie theater

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holgazanear / merodear / vaguear

ej. Hay un montón de adolescentes holganzaneando alrededor de la sala de cine

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a downpour

e.g. It wasn’t just a little rain. It was a downpour!

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un aguacero

ej. No fue sólo un poco de lluvia. Fue un aguacero

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to get rained out / to be canceled due to rain

e.g. Our baseball game was rained out last night

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ser cancelado a causa de la lluvia

ej. Anoche nuestro juego de béisbol fue cancelado a causa de la lluvia

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visibility

e.g. Thanks to the fog, visibility is low right now

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la visibilidad

ej. Por culpa de la niebla, la visibilidad es baja por el momento

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stormy

e.g. a stormy night

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tormentoso / tempestuoso

ej. una noche tempestuosa

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stormy weather / inclement weather

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el tiempo tempestuoso / el tiempo borrascoso

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a blanket / a layer

e.g. There’s a layer of snow covering all the cars

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un manto / una capa

ej. Hay una capa de nieve que cubre los autos

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a monsoon

e.g. During monsoon season, there is an enormous amount of rain

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un monzón

ej. Durante la época de monzones, hay una tremenda cantidad de lluvia

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slush

e.g. Two days after the blizzard, the streets are covered with slush

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la nieve medio derretida / el aguanieve

ej. Dos días después de la tormenta de nieve, las calles están cubiertas de nieve medio derretida

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a gust / a gust of wind

e.g. A huge gust of wind almost blew me off the dock

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una ráfaga / una ráfaga de viento

ej. Una fuerte ráfaga de viento casi me tumba del muelle

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weighed down / burdened / laden

e.g. laden with grief

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cargado / apesadumbrado

ej. cargado con pena

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flabby

e.g. That old lady’s arms are flabby

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flácido

ej. Los brazos de esa viejita están flácidos

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lanky

e.g. tall, lanky, and clumsy

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larguirucho

ej. alto, largirucho y torpe

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plump / meaty

e.g. plump lips

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carnudo / rellenito

ej. labios carnudos

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lightweight

e.g. a lightweight suit of armor

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liviano / ligero / de peso ligero

ej. una armadura liviana

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heavyweight

e.g. a heavyweight boxer

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pesado / de peso pesado

ej. un boxeador de peso pesado

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to act out / to mime

e.g. She’s acting out the story

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hacer mímica / expresar con mímica

ej. Ella está expresando la historia con mímica

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to act out / to play

e.g. For my drama class, we need to act out Romeo and Juliet

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representar

ej. Tenemos que representar la obra de Romeo y Julieta para mi clase de teatro

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to raid

e.g. The police raided her home

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hacer una redada

ej. La policía hizo una redada en su hogar

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a raid

e.g. Drugs were found during the police raid

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una redada / un allanamiento

ej. Se encontraron drogas durante la redada policial

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to sabotage

e.g. He tried to sabotage the nuclear plant opening by chaining himself to the gate

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sabotear

ej. Intentó sabotear la inauguración de la planta nuclear encadenándose a la reja

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sabotage

e.g. The helicopter crash may have been caused by sabotage. Is there a traitor among us?

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el sabotaje

ej. El accidente del helicóptero pudo haber sido sabotaje. ¿Hay un traidor entre nosotros?

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to counterattack / to strike back

e.g. The Empire Strikes Back

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contraatacar

ej. El Imperio Contraataca

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an inspection / an audit

e.g. The restaurant workers cleaned the kitchen before the government health inspection

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una inspección / una auditoría

ej. Los trabajadores del restaurante limpiaron la cocina antes de la inspección de salubridad gubernamental

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an auditor

e.g. The tax auditor comes tomorrow

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un auditor / un revisor de cuentas

ej. El auditor de impuestos viene mañana

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keyring / a key chain

e.g. How many keys do you have on that keychain?

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un llavero

ej. ¿Cuántas llaves tienes en ese llavero?

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to bail out / to rescue / to save

e.g. The government had to bail out the airline because it was losing so much money

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sacar de apuros / rescatar

ej. El gobierno tuvo que sacar de apuros a la aerolínea porque estaba perdiendo mucho dinero

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to bail out / to bail out of jail / to free on bond

e.g. The presumed murderer was bailed out of jail by his father

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liberar bajo fianza / pagar una fianza

ej. El padre del presunto asesino pagó una fianza para sacarlo de la cárcel

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to bail on / to bail out on / to stop supporting

e.g. Everybody bailed out on him when the scandal broke

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quitar el respaldo / quitar el apoyo

ej. Todo el mundo le quitó el respaldo cuando el escándalo explotó

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to bail on / to bail out on / to quit

e.g. When the project got difficult, she bailed out

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dejar tirado / largar / pelarse

ej. Cuando el proyecto se puso difícil, ella lo dejó tirado

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bail

e.g. His mother paid his bail, so he could get out of jail

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una fianza

ej. Su madre pagó su fianza, para que pudiera salir de la cárcel

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to have guts / to have courage

e.g. He doesn’t have the guts to ask her out

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tener agallas / tener coraje

ej. No tiene las agallas para invitarla a salir

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to gather the courage to / to summon up the courage to

e.g. She finally gathered the courage to call him

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reunir fuerzas para / armarse de valor para

ej. Ella finalmente se armó de valor para llamarlo

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daring

e.g. The daring stuntman rode his motorcycle across the roof

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osado / atrevido / temerario

ej. El osado doble de acción montó su motocicleta en el techo

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to lose your breath / to be out of breath / to be short of breath

e.g. The fat guy lost his breath at the top of the stairs

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quedarse sin aliento

ej. El hombre gordo se quedó sin aliento al subir las escaleras

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to catch your breath

e.g. Hold on, I have to catch my breath

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recobrar el aliento

ej. Espera, necesito recobrar el aliento

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to sigh / to breath a sigh

e.g. He sighed when he found out he was not selected for the draft

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suspirar

ej. Suspiró cuando se enteró de que no fue reclutado

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to gasp / to be dumbfounded

e.g. She gasped when she found out her sister was pregnant

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dar un grito ahogado / quedar boquiabierto

ej. Ella quedó boquiabierta cuando se enteró de que su hermana estaba embarazada

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a builder

e.g. My dad worked as a builder before becoming an architect

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un constructor

ej. Mi papá trabajó como constructor antes de volverse arquitecto

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to rebuild

e.g. It took a lot of time to rebuild the bridge after the earthquake

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reconstruir

ej. Tomó mucho tiempo reconstruir el puente después del terremoto

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to build up / to accumulate

e.g. The leaves on the forest floor build up over time

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acumular / amontonar

ej. Las hojas en el suelo del bosque se acumulan al correr del tiempo

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a carpenter

e.g. The carpenter built me a new tool shed behind my house

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un carpintero

ej. El carpintero me construyó una nueva caseta para herramientas detrás de la casa

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carpentry

e.g. I want to learn carpentry so I can build a wooden birdhouse

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la carpintería

ej. Quiero aprender carpintería para construir una pajarera de madera

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a construction worker

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un obrero de construcción / un obrero

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a scaffolding

e.g. a construction scaffolding

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un andamiaje

ej. un andamiaje de construcción

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to be out of stock / to not be in inventory

e.g. Sorry, that model is out of stock

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estar agotado / no estar en existencias

ej. Lo siento, no tenemos ese modelo en existencias

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the board / the board of directors

e.g. The board voted to fire the CEO

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la junta directiva / el consejo directivo / el consejo

ej. El consejo votó por correr al director general

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a bond

e.g. stocks and bonds

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un bono / una obligación

ej. acciones y bonos

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to break even / to come out even

e.g. The new business was losing money for its first 3 years, but then it broke even

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salir sin ganar ni perder / salir a la par / salir al ras

ej. El nuevo negocio perdió dinero sus tres primeros años, pero después salió a la par

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a broker / an agent

e.g. an insurance broker

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un agente

ej. un agente de seguros

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a broker / a stockbroker

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un corredor de bolsa

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to overcharge

e.g. They overcharged me for the wine

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cobrar de más

ej. Me cobraron de más por el vino

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a concession / a grant

e.g. This parcel of land is a concession from the government

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una concesión / un otorgamiento

ej. Esta parcela de tierra es una concesión del gobierno

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a cutback / a reduction in expenses

e.g. Employee salaries were affected by the company’s cutbacks

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una reducción de gastos / un recorte de gastos

ej. Los sueldos de los empleados resultaron afectados por el recorte de gastos de la compañía

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to deduct

e.g. They deducted the amount from your account

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descontar / deducir

ej. Descontaron la cantidad de tu cuenta

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to take out a loan

e.g. I didn’t have enough money to buy the car, so I took out a loan

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sacar un préstamo / pedir un préstamo

ej. No tenía suficiente dinero para comprar el auto, así que saqué un prestamo

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the CEO / the president

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el director general / el presidente

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a mannequin / a model

e.g. Look at that beautiful dress on the mannequin

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un maniquí / un modelo

ej. Mira ese hermoso vestido en el maniquí

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the standard of living

e.g. Modern South Koreans have a much higher standard of living today than in the 1960s

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el nivel de vida

ej. Los surcoreanos contemporáneos tienen un nivel de vida mucho más alto que en los sesenta

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to outsource / to subcontract

e.g. The company outsources most of its manufacturing to China

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externalizar / subcontratar

ej. La compañía externaliza la mayoría de su producción a China

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retail

e.g. retail sales

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al por menor / al detalle

ej. la venta al por menor

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a retailer

e.g. Jewelry retailers were affected by the increase in diamond prices

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un minorista

ej. Los minoristas de joyería fueron afectados por el alza en el precio de los diamantes

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a wholesaler

e.g. The small store buys its products from wholesalers

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un mayorista

ej. La pequeña tienda compra sus productos de mayoristas

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telemarketing / telesales

e.g. Telemarketing is illegal in some cases, and annoying in most

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las televentas / el telemercadeo / las ventas telefónicas

ej. Las televentas son ilegales en algunos casos, y molestas en la mayoría

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wholesale

e.g. wholesale coffee

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al por mayor

ej. café al por mayor

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in bulk / at volume

e.g. We prefer to buy our coffee beans in bulk, to save money

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a granel / al mayoreo

ej. Preferimos comprar nuestro café a granel, para ahorrar dinero

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to sell separately

e.g. No, we don’t sell them separately

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vender por separado

ej. No, no los vendemos por separado

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to sell in bulk

e.g. We only sell these shirts in bulk

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vender a granel / vender al mayoreo

ej. Sólo vendemos estas camisas al mayoreo

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to auction off

e.g. The police auctioned off the confiscated car

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subastar

ej. La policía subastó el auto confiscado

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a share

e.g. I bought 100 shares of Apple stock

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una acción

ej. Compré 100 acciones de Apple

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a shareholder / a stockholder / an investor

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un accionista / un inversionista

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stock

e.g. I have stock in that company

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acciones

ej. Tengo acciones en esa compañía

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a trademark

e.g. We own the trademark for the name “Brainscape”

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una marca registrada

ej. Somos dueños de la marca registrada con el nombre de “Brainscape”

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interest

e.g. My bonds earn interest every month

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los intereses

ej. Mis bonos generan intereses cada mes

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an auction

e.g. a used car auction

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una subasta / un remate

ej. una subasta de carros usados

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a bid

e.g. The highest bid was $2,000

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una oferta / una puja

ej. La oferta más alta fue de $2.000

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to bid

e.g. He bid on a painting at the auction

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ofertar / hacer una oferta

ej. Él ofertó para la pintura en la subasta

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credit / a credit rating / a bank history

e.g. I have good credit

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el crédito / la calificación crediticia / el historial de crédito

ej. Tengo un buen historial de crédito

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a grant / a subsidy

e.g. a government subsidy for our research

A

un subsidio / una subvención

ej. un subsidio del gobierno para nuestra investigación

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an installment / an increment

e.g. to pay in installments

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una cuota / una mensualidad / un plazo

ej. pagar a cuotas

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duty-free

e.g. a duty-free store

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libre de impuesto

ej. una tienda libre de impuesto

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fiscal / monetary

e.g. fiscal expansion

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fiscal / monetario / económico

ej. el crecimiento económico

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a fund

e.g. a mutual fund, a venture capital fund, a charitable fund, etc.

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un fondo

ej. un fondo de inversión colectivo, un fondo de capital de riesgo, un fondo caritativo, etc.

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inflation

e.g. economic inflation

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la inflación

ej. la inflación económica

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inventory / stock

e.g. We maintain a wide range of products in our inventory

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el inventario / las existencias

ej. Mantenemos un amplio rango de productos en existencias

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a merger

e.g. a merger of two companies

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una fusión

ej. una fusión de dos compañías

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to merge

e.g. The two companies merged

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fusionarse

ej. Las dos empresas se fusionaron

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a monopoly

e.g. The government combatted the oil company’s monopoly

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un monopolio

ej. El gobierno luchó contra el monopolio de la compañía petrolera

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a recession

e.g. We had to cut costs during the recession

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una recesión

ej. Tuvimos que cortar gastos durante la recesión

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to subsidize

e.g. The government subsidized my research

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subvencionar

ej. El gobierno subvencionó mi investigación

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a surcharge / an extra charge / an extra fee

e.g. Read the fine print to see if there are any surcharges

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un recargo / un cargo adicional

ej. Lee las letras pequeñas para ver si hay cargos adicionales

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to finance

e.g. How are you going to finance your new business venture?

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financiar

ej. ¿Cómo vas a financiar tu nueva empresa?

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to cash / to cash in / to convert to cash

e.g. He cashed in his chips and left the casino

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hacer efectivo / convertir en efectivo

ej. Convirtió las fichas en efectivo y salió del casino

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a contractor

e.g. He’s not an employee. He’s just a contractor

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un contratista

ej. No es un empleado. Es sólo un contratista

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overtime

e.g. I’ve been working overtime lately

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el tiempo extra

ej. He estado trabajando tiempo extra últimamente

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a pension

e.g. a retirement pension

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una pensión

ej. una pensión de retiro

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a portfolio

e.g. a photographer’s portfolio

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un portafolio

ej. el portafolio de un fotógrafo

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vocational

e.g. vocational training

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vocacional

ej. formación vocacional

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a voucher / a coupon

e.g. a meal voucher

A

un vale / un comprobante / un ticket

ej. una vale de comida

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a checkbook

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una chequera / un talonario

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to check off

e.g. I checked three items off of my to-do list

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marcar

ej. Marqué tres cosas como completadas en mi lista de cosas por hacer

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to pat down / to frisk / to check

e.g. They patted him down at the airport to look for weapons

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registrar / chequear

ej. Lo registraron en el aeropuerto en busca de armas

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a commission

e.g. She earned a large commission for her sale

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una comisión

ej. Ganó una buena comisión por su venta

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to commission

e.g. The governor commissioned a painting for his office

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comisionar / encargar

e.g. El gobernador comisionó una pintura para su oficina

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a commissioner / an administrator

e.g. The mayor named him commissioner of the new government program

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un comisionado / un comisario / un administrador

ej. El alcalde lo nombró comisionado del nuevo programa gubernamental

215
Q

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intact / whole

e.g. The fossil was found intact

A

intacto / entero

ej. El fósil fue encontrado intacto

216
Q

Translate to Spanish:

sheer / utter / pure

e.g. pure luck

A

puro / simple

ej. pura suerte

217
Q

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the total

e.g. the total of a bill

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el total

ej. el total de una factura