9 Flashcards
At ease, comfortable
A gusto
To compare
2 forms
Cotejar
Comparar
Congratulations
3 forms
Enhorabuena
Felicidades
Felicitaciones
To scrub; to annoy
Fregar
Contribution
2 forms
Aportación
Contribución
To burst; to break up
Exhausted
Tronar
Tronado
To function, work
3 forms
Funcionar
Servir
Jalar
Bound, linked
Ligado
To heal
Healing
Sanar
Sanador
To line up
Enfilar
To sadden, shame or embarrass
Apenar
To resign
2 forms
Dimitir
Renunciar
To get straight to the point, cut to the chase
Ir al grano
To collapse
desplomar
The length
2 forms
El largo
La longitud
To go full steam ahead, to cruise along, to go well
Ir viento en popa
To make a fool (of someone, yourself)
Hacer el oso
With regards to…
En cuanto a…
To pass (a law)
Promulgar
A broom To sweep (2 forms)
Escoba
Barrer, escobar
Dustpan
El recogedor
A mop
To mop
El trapeador
Trapear
Packaging or container
El envase
The most important (general)
The most important (specific)
Lo más importante
Él más importante
To waste
Desperdiciar
To stop or detain
Detener
A builder
Albañil
Politician
Político
Spelling
Ortografía
To point out or indicate
Señalar
Politics; policy
Política
Quotation
Cita
Disagreement
To disagree
Desacuerdo
Estar en desacuerdo
To take the reins
Tomar las riendas
Cautious
Precavido
To be there when
Tocarse
To beat up
To be in pieces
Madrear
Estar madreado
Shortcut
Atajo
Time zone
Huso horario
To apprehend
Aprehender
Waste, rubbish
Desechos
To make a mistake
If im not wrong…
Errar
Si no erro…
To get right (2 forms)
Acertar
Atinarle
To glance, look over
Ojear
To refuse
2 forms
Rehusar
Negarse a
Exchange rate
Interest rate
Tasa de cambio
Tasa de interés
To leaf through
Hojear
Deep
2 forms
Profundo
Hondo
Hitman
Sicario
Non-stop; fluently
De corrido
Thigh
Muslo
Calf (muscle)
Pantorrilla
To straighten
Enderezar
Resentment, hard feelings
Rencor
To dissolve
Disolver
Rewarding
Retroalimentante
A breakdown (i.e. analysis) To breakdown
El desglose
Desglosar
Broadly speaking, a summary
3 forms
A grosso modo
A grandes rasgos
A grandes líneas
Everything turned out as hoped / perfectly
Todo salió a pedir de boca
As we go
Sobre la marcha
You want the moon on a stick! Beggars can’t be choosers!
Limosnero y con garrote
To bring up or mention
Phrase, 3 possible verbs
Salir / sacar / traer a colación
A person who is up-to-date with current affairs etc
Una persona actualizada
Elections
2 forms
Las elecciones
Los comicios
The media
Through the media
Los medios
Mediático
To coin (a phrase)
Acuñar
Either… or…
Podría ser… o bien…
Sovereign
Sovereignty
Soberano
Soberanía
Lizard; push-up
La lagartija
To raise
On the rise
Alzar
A la alza
A space or gap (non-physical e.g. emotional)
Un vacío
To handle
Manejar
To untie; to trigger or cause
Desatar
Remittance
Remesa
To stall or hold back
Estancar
To weaken
Debilitar
I would appreciate…
Agradecería
Only ‘lo…’ to substitute something
To perform
To give up
Rendir
Rendirse
To have a function as
Desempeñarse
The performance (e.g. effectiveness) (2 forms)
Desempeño
Rendimiento
To fire
4 forms
Despedir
Dar las gracias
Dar de baja
Correr
To tangle
Tangled
Enredarse
Enredado
Indisputable
Indiscutible
Mortgage
Hipoteca
Likewise
Asimismo
To disadvantage
Disadventejar
To be in mourning
Estar de luto
To impose
Imponer
Literacy
Alfabetismo
Worse still (inf.)
Peor tantito
Leader
Líder
Of the capital
Capitalino
To counteract
Pissed off
Contrariar
Contrariado
Everyone doing their own thing…
Cada quien en su rollo…
What a pain / bore!
Qué rollo!
To talk a lot (phrase)
Echar rollo
Letter (of the alphabet)
La letra
To underline
Subrayar
Renowned
Renombrado
In due course
With all due respect
A su debido tiempo
Con el debido respeto
In the year so far…
En lo que va del año…
Average
2 forms
El promedio
La media
On doing…; by doing…
Al hacer…
A hard worker
Chambeador
A shape
La forma
To dunk or dip
Sopear
I’m about to…
Estoy por…
Abbreviation
Sigla
Pile, heap
2 ways
Montón
Cerro
Shitty, bad
Very cool
To do something bad to someone
To rob
De la fregada
Fregón
Fregar
Fregar
Album
Great album
Great success, smash hit
Disco
Discaso
Exitazo
Practice (noun)
Práctica
To supply
To be unable to cope
Dar abasto a
No dar abasto
It’s never too much…
Nunca está de más…
To catch (a ball; in the act) (2 forms)
Atrapar
Cachar
Wow; how outrageous!
I can’t believe it!
¡Qué bárbaro!
¡Qué barbaridad!
Astonished, astounded
Atónito
I have a feeling that…
Tengo el presentimiento de que..
To have nothing (phrase)
Estar en la calle
To have absolutely no effect (phrase)
No hacer ni cosquillas
To experiment with, to dabble, to venture
Incursionar
To ice or frost
Escarchar
Joint (anatomy)
Articulación
To feel free
Sentirse con la libertad
Anti-establishment
Contestatario
To rule out, dismiss
Descartar
Bathrobe
Bata de baño
Spoiled or gone off
Echado a perder
To top it all
The height of stupidity
The height of elegance
Para colmo
El colmo de la estupidez
El colmo de la elegancia
To slip away, sneak out
Escabullirse
To drive crazy
Enloquecer
Take a peek
Echar un vistazo
To sue
Demandar
Ballot box
Urna
To cremate
Cremar
A shade, hue, touch
El matiz
Bodyguard
El/la escolta
Hebrew
Hebreo
To attend to
Atender
To rule
Regir
To explain at length
Explayar
Israeli
Israelita
To qualify, explain; to tinge
Matizar
To take in, welcome or give refuge to
A welcome or reception
Acoger
Acogida
Show-off or loudmouth
2 forms
Farol
Fanfarrón
They make me mad!
Me les pongo! (como loco!)
Recklessly, like it or not
A la brava
Half-heartedly
A medias
A medias tintas
Die
Dice
Dado
Dados
To struggle
Batallar
Thoroughly, little by little
Detenidamente
Laughable, risible, ridiculous
Irrisorio
I am used to…
Estoy acostumbrado a….
To ride or mount; to set up or assemble
Montar
Prisoner
3 forms
Prisionero
Reo
Preso
Abortion
Aborto
Incidentally, whilst on the subject
Phrase
Dicho sea de paso
To end with a flourish, save the best for last
Terminar con broche de oro
To declare or pronounce oneself
Pronounciarse
To be very stubborn
Phrase
Montarse en su macho
Someone else’s, of other people
Ajeno
Decree, order
Dectreto
True (adjective)
Verídico
Knackered; extremely sad
Deshecho
Witty, clever
Occurente
Straw or hay
Paja
Pond
El estanque
How am I supposed to… (e.g. know)
Cómo voy a… (saber)
From the north / south
Norteño
Surteño
Rascal (2 forms)
Pillo
Pilluelo
To be reborn
Renaissance
Renacer
Renacimiento
To plant (seeds)
Sembrar
Weeds
Hierbas
A clipping; a cutback
El recorte
Ire, fury
Ira
Ruthless
Despiadado
Outsider
Forastero/a
Lost (Mx slang)
Norteado
To assemble
Ensamblar
Mexicans
Los Mexicanos (always los)
Ground, floor, soil
Suelo
To make way for
Dar paso a
Swaggering, cocky; a bully
Bravucón
Annoying person (Colloquial)
Sangrón
To harvest
Cosechar
Crux
El meollo
For now
Por ahora
In advance
Por adelantado
Gums
Las encías
Sharp (e.g. knife)
Filoso
Sword
Espada
Outside wall
Inside wall
Big wall
Barda
Pared
Muro
Of the border
Fronteriza
To live off of
Vivir de
To fend for yourself
Valerse por sí mismo
Compatriot, fellow national
Connacional
To get rid of
Deshacerse de
To take for granted
Dar por hecho
I am happy to see you
I would be content to wait
Estoy feliz de verte
Estaría contento de esperar
The people on the street begged for money
La gente en la calle pidió dinero
