Advanced Spanish Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
como un perro en el hortelano
A
like a dog in a manger
2
Q
trenzado
A
plaiting material
3
Q
ebanisteria
A
joinery
4
Q
canones/regalias
A
royalties
5
Q
regadera
A
watering can
6
Q
espejismo
A
smoke and mirrors
7
Q
desgarrar
A
to tear up
8
Q
titularización
A
securitisation
9
Q
diferendo
A
dispute
10
Q
capón
A
gelding
11
Q
máxime
A
especially
12
Q
orden de detención
A
arrest warrant
13
Q
enjambre
A
swarm
14
Q
liarse
A
to get muddled
15
Q
falso autónomo
A
bogus self-employed
16
Q
un parche
A
a sticking plaster
17
Q
chabola
A
shack
18
Q
a toda mecha
A
at full speed
19
Q
escaparate
A
shop window
20
Q
horquilla
A
pitchfork/hairpin
21
Q
fianza
A
bail
22
Q
azote
A
scourge
23
Q
estaño
A
tin
24
Q
peladilla
A
sugared almond
25
un piltrafa
a weakling / scraps
26
abarrotado
packed
27
mesa petitorio
charity stall
28
pliego petitorio
list of demands / petition
29
pillar
to catch
30
tocayo
namesake
31
manteca
oil-based spread
32
cargar con el mochuelo
to carry the can
33
desfalco
misappropriation
34
achicar
to bail out (literally) / belittle (LatAm)
35
chancla
flip-flop
36
albahaca
basil
37
excedência
sabbatical
38
abanico
fan
39
injerto
graft
40
de tal palo tal astilla
like father like son
41
chasco
disappointment/hoax
42
al amparo de la ley
under legal protection
43
cuentapropista
self-employed / entrepreneur
44
anständig
decent/acceptable
45
cortapisa
restriction/condition
46
alambre de hierro espinoso / alambre de púas
barbed wire
47
dar pábulo a
to fuel s/th
48
con la soga en el cuello
with a noose around your neck
49
una veleta
a weathervane
50
marear la perdiz
to beat around the bush / filibuster
51
derrochar
to squander/waste
52
poner ladrillos
to lay bricks (build)
53
cunetas
gutters
