Class Reading #2 Flashcards
el camarote
cabin (on board a ship)
to ingrain
arraigar
to go into a period of mourning
enlutarse
destartalado, -a
tacky, ramshackle
la comidilla
gossip
pan comido
a piece of cake
exigir
to exact, demand, require
el vedado
preserve, reserve of land set aside
to investigate, inquire into
indagar
to liberate, free, rescue
librar
well
el pozo
desplegar
to display, show; to reveal
desterrar
to banish, exile
to rout, defeat
derrotar
descolgar
to take down, to take off the hook
to throw down the gauntlet
arrojar el guante
el avestruz
ostrich
pretender
to pretend; to try, claim
puesto que
inasmuch as
to train
adiestrar
la política/táctica del avestruz
burying one’s head in the sand
to make blush
ruborizar
debate, controversy
la polémica
alentar
to encourage
el antojo
whim, fancy
silly thing, crazy idea
el disparate
a partir de
beginning with, from
inasmuch as
puesto que
la polémica
debate, controversy
necio, -a
fatuous, foolish; vacuous
desaprensivo, -a
unscrupulous, immoral
to close down, to gag
clausurar
ahunyentar
to drive away
englobar
to include, encompass
erudite, learned
enterado, -a
pulir
to polish
to fit in, accommodate
caber
prohibition, court injunction
el entredicho
guard, convoy, escort
el escolta
el recelo
mistrust, misgiving, suspicion
reverse; embarrassing incident, contretemps; check
el contratiempo
to ease up, relax
suavizar
a regañadientes
reluctantly, grudgingly
to knock down, to run over
atropellar
but, however
empero
el entredicho
prohibition, court injunction
kinship
el compadrazgo
whereabouts
el paradero
to exact, demand, require
exigir
enterado, -a
erudite, learned
to pretend; to try, claim
pretender
ruborizar
to make blush
el anticipo
advance payment
mistrust, misgiving, suspicion
el recelo
To disquiet, to trouble, to disturb
inquietar
preserve, reserve of land set aside
el vedado
recaudar
to raise, collect
encauzar
to channel
emocionar
to excite, thrill, stir
to negotiate;
to arrange, work out
agenciar
to flatter
halagar
obcecado, -a
obdurate, stubborn
nosy person, meddler
el/la entrometida
to channel
encauzar
to blind, dazzle
deslumbrar
las sobras
leftovers (food)
- to tax (con impuestos)
- to worsen (agravar)
gravar
dotar
to endow, outfit
el paradero
whereabouts
sprout, offshoot, scion
el retoño
el lema
slogan, motto
to renovate, to renew
renovar
to include, encompass
englobar
la elisión
omission
la lacra
scar; bad habit
suavizar
to ease up, relax
la consecución
achievement, attainment, realization (de un deseo)
enlutarse
to go into a period of mourning
hogwash, rubbish
la bazofia
to polish
pulir
crafty, cunning, devious (negative connotations)
solapado, -a
atiborrar
to stuff, pack, or cram (with food)
obdurate, stubborn
obcecado, -a
encomiar
to commend, praise, extol
la superficie
surface
entrometerse
to meddle, interfere
temple
la sien
a piece of cake
pan comido
prescindir
to dispense with, put aside
to coax, wheedle, cajole
engatusar
el óbice
obstacle, impediment
la pacotilla
trash, rubbish
indagar
to investigate, inquire into
adiestrar
to train
nuance, shade
el matiz
rozar
to graze, rub, chafe
to stuff, pack, or cram (with food)
atiborrar
