Box 5 S->E Flashcards
Una cuantiosa cantidad
A large/ hefty amount of
Doble
Dual/double (adj)
Calmarse; tranquilizarse
To calm down
Un tope
A doorstop
El antecedente
Background history (noun)
Previous/ proceeding (adj)
Un asueto
Time off; break rest
Untar
To lather; to spread
(Butter; jam)
El/la magnate
The tycoon
La trampa
The trap; the trapdoor
Travieso
Naughty; mischievous (adj)
Los trastes
The dishes; the kitchen utensils; the cutlery
Un cangrejal
A place that cooks & sells crabs
Contiguo
Adjacent (adj)
Contiguous “48 contiguous states”
Ambulante
Street vender (noun)
Walking; traveling (adj)
“Walking circus act”
“Ni modo” “nada que hacer” “es lo que hay”
It is what it is
Una agrupación
The grouping
The group (large); the association
Radicar
To lie in; to be situated
“It lies in your ability.” “It’s situated in the out skirts.”
La amabilidad
The pleasantness; the kindness
Los añicos
Pieces of glass shards
Un amargado
Bitter (adj)
A bitter person (noun)
Exprimir
To squeeze (out)
lemoms, sponge
El delantero
The forward (soccer)
(Asiento) delantero
Front (seat)
El trapo; el paño
The cloth; the rag
Un abusón
An abuser
El rubro
The heading (printing)
Area; field
“It’s in the following area”
“Field of medicine”
Siento decepcionarte
I hate to disappoint you!
Un temático
A subject matter
El azar
The chance; the fate
“Game of chance” “leave it to fate”
Parlante
Speaking; talking (adj)
Speaker (noun)
“Talking dog”
Proceder de
To come from
To originate in
To date back to
Alterar se
To falter (voice)
To get agitated
To get flustered
La plomeria
The plumbing
Terrorífico
Terrifying
El jugular
The jugular
Convalidar
To recognize; to accept
“I recognize Taiwan as a country.”
Agacharse
To squat
To duck
To crouch down
Arrastrar
To drag
La betarraga
The beet (veggie)
Psicológico
Psychological
Hambriento
Starving; hungry (adj)
Obrero
Worker; laborer (noun)
Working-class (adj)
Un anfibio
An amphibian
Amphibious (adj)
Un tronco
A trunk (botany)
A log
Un medallero
A medal display
The medal count
Desapercibido
Unnoticed (adj)
Empedernido
Hardened (smoker) (drinker)
Compulsive (liar)
Un candelabro
A candelabra
Precipitarse
To rush
To make haste
Un parto
A birth; a labor
“In labor”
Retroceder (a)
To go back (to)
“Los yunaites”
The USA
Jerga “United”
Forcejear
To struggle
To struggle
To wrestler
Chulear
To make fun of
To compliment (Guatemala)
Reventar
To burst (pressure)
To blow up; to shatter
“Trabajando duro o durando en el trabajo”
“Working hard or hardly working”
“Ha de ser duro”
“It must be hard”
“It must be tough”
El control (remoto)
The (remote) control
El vecindario
The neighborhood
The residents of the neighborhood
El consuelo
The consolation
Descarado
Blatant
Shameless
Sassy
“Esto marcha bien”
“This is going well”
“This is going smooth”
Una predilección
A preference
“I have a preference for Italian food.”
Un obsequio
A gift; a present
Acobardar
To cower
To get scared
To get frightened
Con lujo de detalles
In great detail
“Me pillaste”
“You got me!”
“Okay caught me off guard.”
Salvo que …
Except that …
Unless …
Llevo aquí 5 años
I’ve been here 5 years
La gama
The range
The spectrum
Debidamente
Properly; correctly
“Do it properly.”
Irremediablemente
Inevitably
La cotización
The estimate; the quote
The price; the value
Vale que (subjunctive)
Better that …
“I better not see you…”
“You better thank me.”
Estar a mano
To be even
Mayormente
Mainly; mostly
Una celebridad
A celebrity
La nómina
The payroll; the pay slip
Raspar
To graze
To scrape (off)
To sand (sandpaper)
Aflojar
To loosen (less tight)
To slacken (cable slack)
To relax (muscles)
El chupasangres
The bloodsucker
Lo cual
Which (not question)
“Like ‘lo que’”
Rectas paralelas
Parallel lines (math)
El desapego
The lack of attachment
The indifference
La hipocresía
The hypocrisy
Limítrofe (adj)
Bordering; neighboring
Atragantarse
To choke (swallow)
To lose one’s thought
El transbordo
The transfer (plane; train)
Transbordar
To transfer (trains, plane)
Científico
Scientific (adj)
Scientist (noun)
El limpiacristales
The window washer fluid
Insípido
Insipid; tasteless
Engrandecer
To magnify
To make bigger
La escobilla
The brush for cleaning toilets
Un criticón
Someone who likes to criticize people
Un comilón
Someone who likes to eat too much
El estándar
The standard (n)
Standard (adj)
“Standard questions”
Una peliculita
A low quality bad movie
Un hombretón
A manly man
Una minuta
A first draft; a rough draft
Un cuartucho
A messy; dirty room
Abrocharse
To fasten (seatbelt)
(Ir/ marchar) viento en popa
On a roll
“We’re on a roll!”
Desembuchar
“To spit it out”
“To spill the beans”
Un ornitorrinco
A platypus
Un intento
A try; an attempt
Descorchar
To uncork
To remove cork (wine)
Espeluznante
Terrifying; hair-rising; horrifying
Comprometer
To compromise
To jeopardize
Olvidado
Forgotten (adj)
La paliza
The beating
The thrashing
Ambicioso
Ambitious
