Advanced Spanish Vocabulary Flashcards

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potenciar

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boost, potentiate, promote

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2
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descifrar

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to decipher

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3
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liviana

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lightweight

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4
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padecer

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to suffer

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5
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ácaros de polvo

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dust mites

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6
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el moho

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mold

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7
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desencadenar

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unleash/trigger

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8
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atravesar

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pass through

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9
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cuyos

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whose

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10
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notarse

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to show up

“cuyos sintomas empezaron a notarse en EEUU”

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11
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derrumbe

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collapse

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12
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sueldos

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wages/salaries

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13
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los desafíos

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challenges

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14
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“el buen acero aguanta todas las temperaturas”

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“good steel withstands all temperatures”

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15
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las amenazas

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threats

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16
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un atentado

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attack

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17
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salí ilesa

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i left/got out unscathed

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18
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aguerrida

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courageous

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19
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“algo se quebraba en mi”

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“something was breaking in me”

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20
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contagiando

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passing on

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21
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una senda de crecimiento

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path of growth

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22
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acertadamente

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rightly/accurately

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23
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alambres de puas

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barbed wires

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24
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para doblegarnos

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to break us down

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el zumbido de millones de bichos
the buzzing of millions of bugs
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yo no paré de rascar ni un solo día
i didn't stop scratching for a single day
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estimulaba la delación
stimulated the denouncement
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los rencores
the resentments/grudges
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para amarrarnos
to tie us up
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para adelantarlos
to bring them forward
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coger un teléfono
to pick up a phone
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fugado
escaped/fled
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amordazado
muzzled
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el alarido
the scream
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un muro
a wall
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para reclutarnos
to recruit us
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el referente
the reference/landmark/benchmark
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desplegar las alas
flap your wings
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arrugan la tele flexible
wrinkle the flexible fabric
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un colchón
a mattress
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pliegues
creases
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nos achicamos
we shrink ourselves
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sensibles
responsive
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tal y como
just as
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me rehúso a ser una grabadora
i refuse to be a tape recorder
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apretar el botón
press the button
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sumamente personal
highly personal
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si te toca cubrir...
if it's your turn to cover (a certain journalism story)
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si te enteres...
if you find out
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fosas clandestinas
clandestine graves/pits/trenches
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eso me paso a mi
this happened to me
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colegiaturas
tuition fees
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destartalado
ramshackle
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orilla
shore, bank, riverside
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un cazador al acecho
a lurking hunter/ a hunter on the prowl
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dichosa
joyous, blissful
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dicho
said ___
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manzanilla
chamomile
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cuadrar
to square, to balance
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insólitamente
usually
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aplazado
deferred, postponed
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absorto
engrossed/absorbed
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encaramada
perched
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el peñón
rock
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el cogollo
heart (of leafy vegetable)
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desperdigar
to disperse
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el porvenir
future
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abuchear
to boo
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abucheado
booed
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inquieta
restless
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sonidista
sound technician
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pelotudo
jerk
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boludo
idiot, jerk
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la terraza
terrace
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mareada
dizzy
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un cerrajero
locksmith
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ataduras
restraints
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sucios de mierda
filthy bastards
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el consorcio
consortium
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el culo
ass
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estallar
explode
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asunto judicial
legal case
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galardonado
prizewinner
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secuestradores
hijackers
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aportar
contribute
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monaguillos
altar boys
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aterrador consuelo de tontos
terrifying comfort of fools
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tergiversar
misrepresent/distort
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un sinfín
a myriad
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la cuasi aniquilación
the near annihilation
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sistema vigente
existing system
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un déspota inigualable
an unparalleled despot
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un seductor
a seducer
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los surcos de su cara
the grooves on his face
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y él, afanoso, las rastrilla
and he, eagerly, rakes them up
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enfoque
approach
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matizado
nuanced
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ciego
blind
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aletargada
dormant
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rodaje
the filming
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vivencias
experiences
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arrasar
to sweep, to sweep away
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astillada
splintered
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resquebrar
to crack
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transcurso
course
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las caricias
caresses
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restante
remaining, leftover
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cuando presintió que algo feo podía pasar
when you sensed something ugly might happen
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nos van a aparecer preguntas
we're going to have questions
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agarrarnos con las dudas
to hold on to our doubts
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un trámite violento
a violent procedure
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el menor atisbo de duda
the slightest hint of doubt
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tenaz
tenacious/persistent
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modositas y recatadas
modest and demure