Advanced Spanish Vocabulary Flashcards by Tom Jayes | Brainscape

Q

como un perro en el hortelano

A

like a dog in a manger

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trenzado

A

plaiting material

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ebanisteria

A

joinery

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canones/regalias

A

royalties

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regadera

A

watering can

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espejismo

A

smoke and mirrors

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desgarrar

A

to tear up

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titularización

A

securitisation

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diferendo

A

dispute

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capón

A

gelding

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máxime

A

especially

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orden de detención

A

arrest warrant

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enjambre

A

swarm

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liarse

A

to get muddled

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falso autónomo

A

bogus self-employed

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un parche

A

a sticking plaster

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chabola

A

shack

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a toda mecha

A

at full speed

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escaparate

A

shop window

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horquilla

A

pitchfork/hairpin

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fianza

A

bail

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azote

A

scourge

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estaño

A

tin

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peladilla

A

sugared almond

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un piltrafa

A

a weakling / scraps

Q

abarrotado

A

packed

Q

mesa petitorio

A

charity stall

Q

pliego petitorio

A

list of demands / petition

Q

pillar

A

to catch

Q

tocayo

A

namesake

Q

manteca

A

oil-based spread

Q

cargar con el mochuelo

A

to carry the can

Q

desfalco

A

misappropriation

Q

achicar

A

to bail out (literally) / belittle (LatAm)

Q

chancla

A

flip-flop

Q

albahaca

A

basil

Q

excedência

A

sabbatical

Q

abanico

A

fan

Q

injerto

A

graft

Q

de tal palo tal astilla

A

like father like son

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chasco

A

disappointment/hoax

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al amparo de la ley

A

under legal protection

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cuentapropista

A

self-employed / entrepreneur

Q

anständig

A

decent/acceptable

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cortapisa

A

restriction/condition

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alambre de hierro espinoso / alambre de púas

A

barbed wire

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dar pábulo a

A

to fuel s/th

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con la soga en el cuello

A

with a noose around your neck

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una veleta

A

a weathervane

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marear la perdiz

A

to beat around the bush / filibuster

Q

derrochar

A

to squander/waste

Q

poner ladrillos

A

to lay bricks (build)

Q

cunetas

A

gutters