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 estándares (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
La tiniebla
The darkness
Pelofrito
Frizzy hair
Un triatlón
A triathlon
La jerarquía
The hierarchy
(Bala) de fogueo
Blank (bullet)
Mofarse de
To mock
To make fun of
Sin miramientos
Unceremoniously
La escotilla
The hatch (submarine)
La albahaca
The basil
Truenos y relámpagos
Thunder & lighting
Apenas + (verb)
To barely (verb)
El vínculo
The link
Descartar
To rule out; to dismiss
To discard card game
Desordenado
Messy; untidy
Una limosine
A limo
A limousine
Un hay de qué”
“Don’t mention it”
La alcancía
The piggy bank
El homónimo
Homonymous (adj)
Homonym (n)
El superficie
The surface
Colmar
To fill to the brim
To shower (give abundance)
La bata
The robe
The lab coat
“Soy bueno para eso”
“I’m good at it”
Horas extras
Overtime (job)
Un hombre encantador
A lovely man
Dado que
Given that …
Una Padilla
A small frying pan
Susurrar
To whisper
To murmur
Las baterías desechables
Disposable batteries
Un gallinero
A henhouse
Un puñetazo
A punch
Un antro
A dive bar
A “dump”
Un colador
A colander
A spaghetti strainer
Salvo por
“Except by”
“Apart from”
“Aside from”
La primera plana
The front page
A menudo
Often; frequently
Patán
Uncouth (adj)
Una trabalenguas
A tounge twister
Un(a) faraón
A pharaoh
Chiquearse
to act like a child
Súper sobrevalorado
Way over valued
El radio (ciencia)
Radium
rozar
To chafe
To brush against
To border on
Embustero
Lying; deceitful
“Lying bastard”
Susurrar
To whisper
Arreglarse
To get ready (appearance)
*clothes for the night out
El/la colegial(a)
The school boy (girl)
Un treintañero
A 30 something year okd
La cuna
The cradle
Meter la pata
To mess up
To make a “blunder”
Un hablador
A chatterbox (noun)
Talkative (adj)
Para que sepas
“Just so you know”
“FYI”
La apuesta
The bet
(Juguete) de peluche
Plush (toy)
Asearse
To get washed & dressed
To clean oneself up good
“Al parecer”
“Apparently”
Kazajistán
Kazakhastan
La desventura
The misfortune
Repentino (a)
Sudden (adj)
No sé por dónde empezar
I don’t know where to start
Venir a
To come to
La rareza
The oddity; the rarity
Desandar
To undo the path or track you walked
Taladrar
To drill into
La clemencia
The clemency
The leniency
Irse a la mierda
To go fuck oneself
El soplón
The informant
The snitch
En caso de que (subjunctive)
“In case that …”
Un manjar
A delicacy
Lucir como
To look like
Asegurar de (que)
To ensure (that)
Un fornido
Well-built (adj)
Hefty
Tal como
Such … as
Andar mal
To go wrong
Un peregrino
A pilgrim
El naufragio
The shipwreck
Vengativo
Vengeful
Vindictive
La vajilla
The dinner set tableware
Una reliquia
A relic
Un monopatín
A skateboard
A scooter
La grandeza
The nobility
Un aditamento
An accessory
An addition
La trama principal
The main storyline (plot A)
Destapar
To open take off lid
Un egipcio
An Egyptian
Entallado
Fitted; tailored clothes
Respaldar
To back; to back up
To support; to have one’s back
Arrodillarse
To kneel down
Además de
Besides …
Un atisbo
A hint
A glimmer of
Con sumo respecto
With utmost respect
Un alcance
A reach (grasp)
Cada loco con su tema
To each their own
Estar a prueba
To be on trial
Una subasta
An auction
Un tirante
A shoulder strap
Redimirse
To redeem oneself
Perdona la molestia
Sorry for the inconvenience
Parlotear
To chatter
To prattle
Una litera
a bunk bed
Un molcajete
A mortar (bowl smasher)
El repelente de insectos
Bug spray
Una canoa
A canoe
La armonía
The harmony
La mantequilla de maní
Peanut butter
El/la asaltacunas
The cougar (older woman)
Atomizar
To divide into fragments
Jugarse
To stake; to risk
To bet
To wager
Desalmado
Heartless (adj)
Cometer un error
To make a mistake
Tomar una decisión
To make a decision
El propietario
The owner
Aprestarse (a)
To get ready (to)
Una tormenta
A storm; a thunderstorm
Sujetar
To hold; to grasp
“Can you hold my bag?”
To fasten; to hold in place
Desamparar
To abandon
To desert
El eslogan
The slogan
De improviso
“Without warning”
“Out of the blue”
El/la prometido(a)
The fiancé
La ciruela
The plum
Un clavo
A nail (hardware)
Un asco
A disgust; a revulsion
Chiflado
Crazy; nuts (adj)
El/la fabricante
The manufacturer
The manufacturing
El limpiador facial
Facial cleanser
Face wash (product)
Exagerar
To exaggerate
To overdo it
Las máquinas expendedoras
The vending machine
Un bate
A bat
A baseball bat
Una fachada
A façade (architecture, look)
A front (illegal business)
Vagar
To wander
Hundir
To sink
La compuerta
The floodgate
Ablandar
To soften
To tenderize
La jaula
The cage
Acurrucarse
To curl up
To snuggle
La franquicia
The franchise
Desafiante
Defiant; challenging
Intentar entender
To try to understand
Ahuyentar
To frighten off
To score off
Quemarse un fusible
To blow a fuse
La lápida
The tombstone
El historial
The history; the record
background information
Un castillo inflable
A bouncy castle
Salpicar
To splash; to splatter
El Cáncer de mama
Breast cancer
Entrelazar
To intertwine
To interlace
Me importa un carajo
“IDGAF”
Sonar a
To sound like
Un florero
A flower vase
A florist
Calladito
Quiet (adj)
Idóneo
Ideal (adj)
Suitable
Un lazo
A bow
Ficticio
Fictitious
Un translado
A transfer
A move
Un chingo de
“A shit ton of”
Desvelar
To keep awake
To be unable to get sleep
El quilate
The karat (jewellery)
Hurgar en
To dig around in
To rummage through
Los electrólitos
The electrolytes
El camarógrafo
The cameraman
