Century 16 Flashcards
el despojo
plunder
(de animales) offal
(el,la) desposado, a
newly wed
desposar(se)
to marry
los desposorios
marriage
despotricar
VI to rave (contra - about)
desprender(se)
to detach, unfasten
P to withdraw (de - from)
desprendido, a
generous, disinterested
el desprendimietno
generosity, unselfishness
despreocuparse
not to worry
el desprestigio
discredit, loss of prestige
desprevenido, a
unprepared
El despropósito
Absurdity, nonsense
Desprovisto, a
Lacking (de - of)
Devoid
Despuntar
To blunt
VI (planta) to sprout, bud
FIG to be witty
Desquiciar
To unhinge
(Descomponer) to upset, unsettle
Desquitar
To compensate
To take revenge (de - on)
El desquite
Compensation
Revenge, retaliation
El destajo
Piecework
Destapar
To open, uncover
El destape
FAM strip
Destartalado, a
Tumbledown, ramshackle
Destellar
VI to sparkle, gleam
Desteñir(se)
To discolor
VI-P to lose color
Desternillarse
FAM (~ de risa) to split one’s sides laughing
(el/la) desterrado, a
exiled, banished
destetar
to wean
a destiempo
inopportunely, at the wrong time
el destierro
banishment, exile
destilar
to distil
to filter
FIG to exude, reveal
la destilería
distillery
el/la destinatario, a
addressee
consignee
el destornillador
screwdriver
destornillar(se)
to unscrew
FIG P to go crazy
destripar
(animal) to gut, disembowel
(cosa) to tear open
FIG (despachurrar) to crush
destrozado, a
smashed, broken
destrozar
to smash, break in pieces
el destrozo
destruction, damage
desvaído, a
(color) pale, dull
(borroso) blurred
desvalijar
to rob, hold up
el desván
loft, attic
desvanecer(se)
to make vanish
(nubes etc.) to dispel
FIG (recuerdo etc) to efface
(desmayarse) to faint, swoon
el desvanecimiento
dizziness, faintness
desvariar
VI to be delirious, rave, talk nonsense
el desvarío
(delirio) delirium
(locura) nonsense, raving
(capricho) fancy, whim
la desventura
misfortune, misery
el/la desventurado, a
unfortunate
la desvergüenza
shamelessness, impudence
desvirgar
to deflower
desvirtuar
to impair, diminish the value of
desvivirse
to do one’s utmost (por, for)
desear) to long (por, for
devanar(se)
to wind, reel
el devaneo
(delirio) delirium, nonsense
(amorío) flirting
devengar
(sueldo) to earn
(interés) to draw, accrue
la devolución
return, restitution
JUR devolution
la diablesa
she-devil
el diácono
deacon
la diadema
diadem
(adorno) hairband
diáfano, a
diaphanous, see-through
la diana
MIL reveille
(blanco) bull’s eye
el diapasón
diapasón
tuning fork
la diapositiva
slide
dicharachero, a
talkative
el dictamen
opinión
(informe) report
el diezmo
tithe
la difamación
defamation, slander
difamar
to defame, slander
difundir(se)
(luz) to diffuse
FIG (noticia) to spread
RAD to broadcast
el dije
trinket
la dilación
delay, postponement
dilapidar
to squander
la dilatación
dilatation, expansion
dilatado, a
dilated, expanded
vast, extensive, large
dilucidar
to clear up, elucidate
la dimisión
resignation
el dineral
fortune
el dintel
lintel
el dique
dam mole, dike
FIG barrier
~ seco - dry dock
dirimir
to annul, nullify
to settle
díscolo, a
ungovernable, unruly
discurrir
VI to wander, roam
(río) to flow
(tiempo) to pass
FIG (reflexionar) to reason, meditate
VT (idear) to invent, contrive
disertar
to discourse (sobre, on)
la disgregación
disintegration
el disimulo
pretence, dissimulation
dispar
unlike, different
el disparador
(de arma) trigger
(de cámara) release
disparar(se)
to discharge, fire, let off
(lanzar) to hurl, throw
P (precio) to shoot up
(correr) to dash off
disparatado, a
absurd, foolish
el disparate
absurdity, nonsense, crazy
la displicencia
coolness, indifference
distar
VI to be distant (de, from)
la divagación
digression
divagar
VI to digress, ramble
el diván
diván, couch
divinizar
to deify
