Caracas 2023 Flashcards by Niall O’Regan

a vulture

a parrot
Venezuelan parrot

Strange sound birds

un zamuro

un loro
el guacamayo

una guacharaca

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Everything went to shit

Todo se fue al carajo

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Wallet (2)

Purse

la cartera, la billetera

el monedero

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Papaya

la lechosa

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Snake (2)

Una culebra
Una serpiente

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Hurricane

el huracán

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A European country

European Union

Europe

Un país europeo (aye-you-row-PAY-oh)

La unión europea
(aye-you-row-PAY-ah)

Europea

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As soon as (3)

As soon as possible (3)

The soonest would be…

Tan pronto como
En cuanto
Luego que

Lo antes posible
Lo más pronto posible
Cuanto antes

Lo más pronto sería…

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A fine
To fine

To ban
a ban

To bar

To censor
Censorship

Una multa
Multar

Prohibir
La prohibición

Excluir

Censurar
La censura

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Cricket-like insect

Pork scratchings

Una chicharra

Los chicharrones

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Casual (3)

Desenfadado,a
Despreocupado,a
Informal

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Chance

By chance (2)

El azar

Por casualidad
Al azar

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A psychopath

A sociopath

Un psicópata

Un sociópata

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A stage (2)

The world stage

A spectacle

El escenario
Una tarima (vz)

El escenario mundial

Un espectáculo

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Bring up to date (2)

Poner al día
Poner al tanto

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Be alert!

You have to be alert

Ponte pilas!

Hay que estar pilas

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Be careful!
Watch out!

MX version

Mosca allí!
Ponte mosca!

Aguas!

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On one’s back/shoulders

A cuestas

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Pending (adj)
The pending budget

Attentive
We’ll keep an eye on your son

Pendiente
El presupuesto pendiente

Estaremos pendientes de tu hijo

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Unforgettable

Inolvidable

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Chlorine

Dollar, 121 dollars

The lack of (2)

El cloro

Dólar, cien veintiuno dólares

La carencia, la falta

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Homogenous

It’s a homogeneous society

Homogéneo (homo-HEYNAY-oh)

Es una sociedad homogénea

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The drop in prices

The rise in costs

The growth in reliance

The decrease in spending

La caída en precios

La subida de costos

El crecimiento de la dependencia

la disminución del gasto

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The best battle is the one where you avoid getting shot

La mejor batalla, es la que uno evita que le metan un tiro.

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To pay attention to, to listen to

Hacerle caso a

To exceed (physically), to overflow, I exceed The outburst, flooding To exceed expectations To pour, I pour To spill, I spill

Desbordar El desborde Superar la expectativas Verter, vierto Derramar, derramo

To divert A diversion (2) A tangent Off topic You’ve gone off topic

Desviar Una desviación Un desvío Un tangente Fuera de tema Te has ido del tema

Round To round-up (gather) To round-up (numbers)

Redondo,a Rodear Redondear

Burning, scalding, passionate Scorching To burn (3) To set on fire (2)

Ardiente Abrasador Quemar, incendiar, abrasar prender fuego, incendiar

The punch line (3) To finish off

El toque El remate El final Rematar

The final touch Over the top (2)

El toque final Exagerado, excesivo

To be surrounded To surround To immerse To be immersed in something

Estar rodeado de Rodear Sumergirse Estar inmerso en algo

Convincing Convenient

Convincente Conveniente

Join me at the mall. You're joining me at the mall? We're joining her at the mall.

Acompáñame al centro commercial Me acompañas al centro commercial La acompañamos al centro commercial

They’re going to love it She would love it

Les va a encantar Le encantaría

Un gallego

A Gallecian

To crack The earth cracked because of the drought. A crack

Agrietar La tierra se agrietó debido a la sequía Una grieta

To crack The earth cracked because of the drought.

Agrietar La tierra se agrietó debido a la sequía

From start to finish The tail (2) The tail end (2)

De cabo a rabo El rabo, la cola El final, la última parte

To bet A bet Gambling

Apostar Una apuesta El juego

Politics

La política

The crowd (2) To follow the crowd (2)

La muchedumbre La multitud Seguir la corriente, la multitud

A nerve The nerve, boldness (2) Shameless, cheeky To be cheeky Don’t be cheeky with the police officer

Un nervio El descaro, la cara dura Descarado,a Descararse No te descares con el policía

I'm glad you liked it

Me agrada que te haya gustado

Do a wash

Hacer un lavado

Venezuelan (derogative)

Veneco

A mess

Un reguero

Seagull

Una gaviota

Stale, stuffy (air) To corrupt Vice

Viciado, a Viciar El vicio

The benefit of the doubt Devil’s advocate

El beneficio de la duda El abogado del diablo

An arrow A sign A notice A billboard (2) A sign (gesture) A sign (of the times) A placard Public relations

Una flecha Una señal Un letrero Una valla publicitaria, la cartelera Una seña Un signo (de los tiempos) La pancarta Las relaciones públicas

A fence (2) A wire fence Barbed wire Wire Sharp point To fence with wire

Una valla, una cerca Una alambrada El alambre de púas El alambre Una púa Alambrar

You can have as much as you like You can have as many as you like

puedes tener todo lo que quieras puedes tener tantos como quieras

Mint Mind

Una menta La mente

Scant, scarce, insufficient

Escaso, a

They stabbed him, hit him, choked him, shot him and killed him

Lo apuñalaron, le pegaron, lo asfixiaron, le dispararon y lo mataron

Oyster A river bed

Una ostra Un lecho

With regard to

En cuanto a

They hit him (golpear) and beat him (pegar)

Lo golpean y le pegan

To run late (2) To delay (2) To lengthen (2)

Demorarse, Alargarse Demorar, retrasar Alargar, prolongar

Reliable (2) Trustworthy

Fiable, confiable Fidedigno,a

New Year’s Eve New year’s day Happy New Year!

La Nochevieja El día de Año Nuevo Feliz Año Nuevo!

Joint (anatomy) (2) Joint (mechanical, plumbing) (2) Group, ensemble Joint (adj) Joint effort

La articulación, la coyuntura La juntura, la junta El conjunto Conjunto,a Esfuerzo conjunto

A lie, bullshit (Vz) A milestone (2)

Un mojón Un mojón Un hito

Ridicule, derision

El escarnio (ace-CAR-neeoh)

A wet dream

Un sueño húmedo

Hypocrisy The hypocrite Hypocritical The hypocrisy of the hypocritical hypocrite! She called her parents hypocritical because they drank wine with dinner after they'd told her that she couldn't.

La hipocresía El/la hipócrita Hipócrita La hipocresía del hipócrita hipócrita — Llamó a sus padres hipócritas porque bebieron vino con la cena después de decirle que ella no podía hacerlo.

They either love you or they hate you 1) Natural way of saying it 2) To practice grammar

O te aman o te odian O les encantas o te odian

I don’t give a shit (Vz slang)

Me sabe a culo

To be in force, to govern, to rule We hope our new president will govern the country with honesty and a firm hand. The new passport law has been in effect since last month.

Regir Esperamos que el nuevo presidente rija el país con honestidad y mano firme La nueva ley sobre los pasaportes rige desde el mes pasado.

Get ready! I feel rested

Prepárate! Me siento descansado

Cavity (tooth) Cavity (hollow space)

Una caries Una cavidad

Dying (adj) The dying plant is dying

Moribundo, a la planta moribunda se está muriendo

Although (2)

Si bien Aunque

Along, throughout (time)

A lo largo de

To annihilate The annihilation

Aniquilar La aniquilación

To unleash (3)

Soltar Desatar Desencadenar

To obliterate, raise to the ground / to sweep

Arrasar

To devastate (2) The devastation

Devastar Asolar (ue) La devastación

For a reason, not for nothing

Por algo es

Unit Unit (furniture)

La unidad Un módulo

Rather, on the contrary (2)

Antes bien Al contrario

The early 90s (2) The early 20th century The mid 90s The late 90s

A principio de los noventa A comienzos de los noventa A principios del siglo veinte A mediados de los noventa A finales de los noventa

Something to aim for (3) To aim at something

Algo a lo que aspirar Un objetivo a conseguir Algo por lo que trabajar Apuntar a algo

To bar, block/box in

Trancar

By the time By the time that (2) By the time we return, you will have left (2)

Para cuando En el momento en que Para el momento en que Para cuando regresemos, te habrás ido para el momento en que volvamos, te habrás ido

Welcome back (2) To welcome back

Bienvenido de vuelta Bienvenido de nuevo Recibir de nuevo

A plateau (2) The intermediate plateau

La meseta Un estancamiento La meseta intermedia

A spokesman (2)

Un portavoz Un vocero, a

A charitable organisation The philanthropy of the philanthropical philantropist (male) The philanthropy of the philanthropical philantropist (female)

Una organización de beneficencia la filantropía del filántropo filantrópico La filantropía de la filántropa filantrópica

A syringe To inject Surgical knife Scalpel (2)

Una jeringa Inyectar Un cuchillo quirúrgico (key-ROOR-hee-co) Un bisturí Un escalpelo