Capítulo 4 Flashcards by Amy M

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adentrarse

A

to get into/go into

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apearse

A

to alight/get off (plane, train, bus)

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(la) campiña

A

countryside

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desgastada (adj.)

A

tired, exhausted

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(la) franja

A

border/fringe, strip

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percatarse de

A

to notice, to realise

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saledizo (adj.)

A

projecting, jutting

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(los) adoquines

A

cobbles, paving stones

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(el) ensimismamiento

A

self-absorption

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(el) sobre

A

envelope

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(el) soplo

A

puff/blow, breeze

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plegarse

A

to submit/yield, to fold (figurative)

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atragantar

A

to choke

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socarrona (adj.)

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sarcastic, snide

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pachucho (adj.)

A

weak, feeble

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algodonosa (adj.)

A

cotton

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(la) tez

A

skin, complexion

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anonadado (adj.)

A

astonished, gobsmacked, speechless

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(el) descapotable

A

convertible (car)

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atarse

A

to be tied

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(el) capó

A

(car) bonnet

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refunfuñar

A

to grumble

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ejecer

A

to practise/work as (profession)

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socovar

A

undermine, subvert, impair

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descalzo (adj.)

A

barefooted

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vislumbrar

A

discern, envision

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desperdigado (adj.)

A

dispersed, scattered

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(la) amargura

A

bitterness

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marisquería

A

seafood restaurant/shop

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rezongón (adj)

A

grumbling

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escupir

A

divulge (colloquial)
/ to spit (out)

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fulminante (adj.)

A

sudden and fatal

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espeluznante (adj.)

A

horrifying, terrifying, hair-raising

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(el) chasquido

A

snap, crack, pop

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sonrojarse

A

to blush

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(la) tirantez

A

tension

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jorobarse

A

(colloquial) grin and bear it, put up with

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(la) cordura

A

sanity, good sense

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morder

A

to bite

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larguirucho (adj.)

A

(person) lanky, skinny

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(el) muelle

A

dock, pier

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tachar

A

to cross out

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(el) parabrisas

A

windscreen

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en jarras

A

(hands) on hips

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largarse

A

(colloquial) to leave

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(el) asno

A

(colloquial, pejorative) ass

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(el) follón

A

commotion