Avenida Brazil Vocab Flashcards
enloquercer
to go crazy; to drive mad … le enloquece la musica pop - she’s mad about pop music
enloquercerse
to go out of one’s mind
ahogarse
to drown
la garra
a claw
caer en las garras de alguien
to fall into somebody’s clutches
el capricho
a whim
darse un capricho
to treat oneself
balbucear
to babble, to stammer, to stutter
el desmayo
a fainting
sufrir un desmayo
to faint
le dio un desmayo
he fainted
alejar
to keep away; to move away
aleja un poco más el jarrón (alejar - distance)
move the vase away a little (alejar - distance)
ese oler aleja a los mosquitos (alejar - keep away)
the smell keeps the mosquitoes away (alejar - keep away)
imprevisto
unexpected; (impresvistos - unexpected expenses)
si no surgen imrevistos (surgir - to occur)
if nothing unexpected occurs
abanicar; abanicarse
to fan; to fan oneself
se abanicó la cara
she fanned her face
delatar
to denounce, to report, to accuse
lo delaté a la policía
I reported (denounced) him to the police
despeinado/a
disheveled, unkempt, messy
estoy despeinado
my hair’s a mess
estás despeinado/a
your hair needs a comb
lograr
to reach, to be able to
