Argentina 1985 Flashcards
overthrow
derrocar, derrumbar, deponer
raid
allanamiento, redada
restore
restaurar, restituir
to defeat
derrotar
to break up, disperse
disgregar
to hinder, obstruct; to strike up
trabar
to gag, muzzle
amordazar
garnish, adornment
guarnición
to strip, divest, rob
despojar
to fill to the brim, to fulfil
colmar
to banish, exile, dismiss
desterrar
blowing up, crazy idea (colloquial)
voladura
execution by firing squad
fusilamiento
beforehand
de antemano
surgical
quirúrgico
executioner, tormentor
verdugo (also means balaclava, lash)
to skin; criticise harshly
despellejar
hostage
rehén (pl. rehenes)
to forge, harden
fraguar (also to think up, conceive, fabricar), forjar, endurecerse
irrigation ditch
acequia
reprisal (revenge), retaliation
represalia
to untie, loosen, spark off
desatar, desamarrar, aflojar, desencadenar (unleash)
injury, wound, graze
lastimadura
ending, top, final touch
remate, desenlace (ending)
to end, conclude, finish off (kill); to top
rematar, clausurar, apurar, culminar
climax
colofón
grand finale
la apoteosis
bloody, fierce, bitter
encarnizado
to make cruel, enrage; to fight fiercely
encarnizar
sample, sampling
muestreo
to overthrow, exceed, break through
desbordar, rebosar (overflow)
frightening, terrifying, hideous
espantoso, escalofriante, espeluznante, horripilante, pavoroso, estremecedor
to surface, rise to the surface
aflorar, asomar (to come out), brotar (to arise)
to dive, scuba dive
bucear
lacustrine (of a lake)
lacustre
to pile up, mount up
apilar, amontonar, hacinar (to heap)
heading, statement
enunciado
to throw, produce, spew out
arrojar
to carpet
alfombrar
to stammer, babble, mumble
balbucear
to subdue, submit (a proposal)
someter
to subdue, conquer, subjugate
avasallar, sojuzgar, oprimir, conquistar, subyugar, vencer (defeat)
to clear up, clarify
esclarecer, aclarar, despejar, dilucidar
to stab
apuñalar, acuchillar, rajar, dar una puñalada a
seedbed, hotbed
semillero, vivero (breeding ground)
shake, beat
sacudir
to scorch, burn, char
calcinar
to climb, scale; climb the social ladder
trepar
to pave, to surface
pavimentar
freeze
congelar
a blow from the butt of a gun
culatazo
damaging, devastating, fulminant (sudden and fatal)
fulminante
ineptitude, incompetence
inepcia, la ineptitud
to atrophy
atrofiarse
to shoot down, take down, demolish
abatir, derribar (bring down), derrumbar (demolish)
to annihilate
aniquilar
to undertake, embark on
emprender, acometer, lanzarse, llevar a cabo
amazement, surprise
asombro, estupefacción, estupor, sobrecogedor (awe, shocking, horrible)
customs tariffs
aranceles aduaneros
foreign, stranger
foráneo, advenedizo, alienígena, extrajero, ajeno forastero (strange)
evil, villain
malvado
to defraud, swindle, con
estafar
stateless, stateless person
apátrida
overwhelming
abrumador, apabullante, aplastante, arrollador, avasallador
ill-fated
infausto, aciago, funesto
damage, ruin
estrago
investigate, enquire into
indagar, averiguar, investigar, interpelar (to question)
ruthless, heartless
despiadado, desalmado, implacable
to take place, occur
acontecer, acaecer, sobrevenir, pasar, ocurrir
kidnapping, hijacking
secuestro, prendimiento (capture)
power, wealth
poderío, dominio, poder, potencia
criminal (adj.)
delictivo, malhechor (adj. or n.)
gloomy, dark, dismal; sinister shady
tenebroso, fúnebre, lóbrego
crime against humanity
crimen de lesa humanidad
erect, raise, build
erigir, alzar, edificar, levantar
to step on, trample
pisotear, patear (stamp on), aplastar (crush)
to cover with a hood
encapuchar
to drag, pull
arrastrar
to take root
arraigar, enraizar
unsteady, shaky
vacilante, tambaleante
hesitant
vacilante, titubeante, dubitativo
demential, senile, crazy
demencial, descabellado, disparatado
to promote, foster; lead to
propiciar (create favourable atmosphere for), posibilitar, propulsar (propel, promote)
den, dump, dive; cave (poetic)
antro, tugurio (hovel)
snatch, grab, take away
arrebatar
plea, appeal, prayer
ruego, súplica (plea)
possessed; wicked, evil
endemoniado, poseído
unpredictable, unforeseeable
imprevisible, insospechado
fortuitous
fortuito, aleatorio
inhabitant, denizen
morador, habitante, poblador
ashes (of a body)
cenizas
helpless, defenceless
desamparado, vulnerable, desvalido, inerme, desprotegido
abandonment, neglect, helplessness
desamparo
protection, refuge
amparo, refugio
barely, hardly; as soon as
apenas
rebuild, repair
recomponer, reconstruir, remediar, reparar
meticulously, thoroughly
minuciosamente, exhaustivamente, diligentemente
exemplary (serve as a warning), enlightening, instructive (educational)
aleccionador
confirm, verify, establish, validate
constatar, cerciorarse (make sure), verificar, dar validez a
entrust, hand over, commend
encomendar, otorgar (to grant)
same old, well-known
consabido
trade union
sindicato, sindicatoria
cleverly, skilfully, craftily
mañosamente
false, apocryphal
apócrifo
