Box 3 S->E Flashcards
“El Mac”
McDonald’s (jerga)
Tembloroso
Shaky
Formato medio
Medium format
Una ramera
A whore
El pastro
The lawn; the grass; the pasture
Una vacante
Vacant; empty (adj)
A vacancy; an opening (noun)
Dar una golpiza
To beat up
Mí media naranja
My other half
Un pueblucho
A crappy run down town
Chorrear
To gush
Un marinero
A sailor
Consolador
Consoling; comforting (adj)
A dildo (noun)
Teclear
To type; to key in
Invertir
To invest
Amenizar
To soften; to mitigate
Una aparición
An appearance; an apparition
Soler
-past (to used to be)
-present (to usually be)
-future (to have a tendency to)
Un decano
A dean
Un destello
A sparkle (radiance)
A twinkle (star)
De mi agrado
“To my liking”
Cumplir los estándar (de)
To meet the standards (of)
Plagiar
To plagiarize
El despacho
The dispatch
Un chascarrillo
A funny story
El roble
The oak
The oak tree
Difamar
To slander; to defame
La insignia
The badge; the button patch (cops)
Una cifra
A figure (6 figure salary)
A sum (math, quantity)
La imprudencia
The imprudence
The carelessness
El farol
The lantern; the street lamp
Un funcionario
A civil servant
An official
Someter
To subdue
El reparto
The call sheet (film)
Una milonga
A fib
Enderezar
To straighten up
To put upright
Comúnmente
Commonly
Sra. Srta.
Señora; señorita
Esponjoso
Spongy; fluffy
“Juernes”
A saying when you don’t work Friday and Thursday is your “Friday”
Un campesino
A peasant (from the “countryside”) (adj)
Una berenjena
An eggplant
Antipático
Unfriendly (not nice)
El submarino
The submarine
Tener hartura
To eat so much
La zanja
The ditch; the trench
Asentir (con la cabeza)
To agree; to nod
Conllevar
To entail
El cucuy
The boogeyman
Dar por sentado
To take for granted
Darle la razón (de)
To admit that (so-so) is right
El hecho de que
The fact that …
Un tablero
A switchboard
A board game
A bulletin board
La alacena
The cupboard
Preferiblemente
Preferably
La caridad
The charity
Devastador
Devastating
El tobogán de agua
The water slide
El centauro
The centaur
A mi alrededor
Around me
A la inversa
The other way round
La sabandija
The bug; the “creepy-crowly”
The vermin
Una encrucijada
A cross road (literal/ metaphorical)
An intersection
Desempeñar
To play (acting)
To “play the part”
Desempeñar
To play (acting)
To “play the part”
Un procedimiento
The procedure
Un alga
A seaweed
La trama segundaria
The secondary storyline (plot B)
Jerez
Sherry (wine type)
A quien le gusta …
Who likes …
“Who likes honeydew!?”
Déficit de atención (DDA)
A.D.D.
Yakarta
Jakarta
El vello
The body hair
The fuzz (face)
El anagrama
The anagram
Trás bambalinas
Behind the scenes
Madera dura
Hardwood (hardwood floor)
Una licuadora
A blender
Un arenero
A sandbox
A little box
El flequillo
Bangs (hair)
La desesperación
The desperation
The despair
Dar a conocer
To announce
To make known
Desconocer
To not know
To not recognize (people)
Fulano/ mengano/ zutano
This & That/ so & so
Inevitablemente
Inevitably
Arriesgar
To risk
Referirse a
To refer to
El gavilán
The Hawk
La tarifa
The fare (transport)
The charge / the rate (price)
Arquear
To arch
El volante
The steering wheel (noun)
Flying (adj)
“Flying dogs”
El tobogán
The slide (park)
Zafar
To untie
To free (release)
Zafarse de
To get away from
To break loose from
La cordura
The sanity
Good sense (judgement)
Despellejar
To skin
To tear to pieces
La merecería
The hardware store
Encuadrar
To frame in (photo composition; put into frame)
To classify (category & genre)
prostituirse
To do sex work
Picotear
To peck
To peck at
La perseverancia
The perseverance
Prepotente
Arrogant; over bearing
Un surtido
Assorted (adj)
An assortment (noun)
Un calculo
A calculation
Calculus (study)
Desvanecer
To dispel (doubts/ fear)
To dissipate (smoke/fog)
To fade (decolor)
Un chaleco salvavida
A life preserve
El don
The gift (talent)
“O dom”
Un tocho de
A heap of
