Class Reading Flashcards
equal, same
parejo, -a
enjambrar
to swarm, teem, throng, be filled/crowded with
to provide, supply
proveer, abastecer, suministrar, aportar
to forestall, foreworn (prevent)
prevenir
to make blush
sonrojar, ruborizar
inject, infuse, ingrain
infundir
llano, -a
level, flat, even
infundir
inject, infuse, ingrain
tronchar
to cut short, to chop down
offensive, overwhelming
contundente
to blackmail
chantajear
pawn
el empeñado
compadecerse
to sympathize, have compassion
feat, exploit, deed, performance
la hazaña
la tecla
key (on a keyboard)
chantajear
to blackmail
to beg, panhandle
mendigar
to link, tie together;
to hyperlink
vincular
commodity
la mercancía
to shrink, contract
achicarse
desmoronar
to molder
quarrel, fight; feud
la rencilla
to frighten, scare
espantar
fistful, handful, bunch
el puñado
pujante
vigorous, forceful
la paliza
beating, flogging
el costado
broadside, flank; side
to exhaust, use up, wear down
agotar
leisure time
el ocio
el empeñado
pawn
stagnation
el estancamiento
wildly, savagely
salvajemente
el diferendo
difference, disagreement, unusual quality
the bulk (of something), thickness
el grueso
witch hunt
la caza de brujas
el agujero
hole, perforation, leak
tropezar
to trip up, trip over
la envergadura
expanse, spread, breadth, scope
to clear up, clarify, elucidate
esclarecer
recopilar
to compile, collect
to finish, terminate, end
acabar
roof, ceiling
el techo
to lack, be short of something
carecer
aplazar
to postpone, delay, defer
dredging
el dragado
sonrojar
to make blush
otorgar
to grant, give, bestow
daring, spunk
el arrojo
to dare, venture
have courage to do something difficult or dangerous
atreverse
to ambush
(hide oneself in order to make a surprise attack)
emboscarse
la artimaña
trick, deceipt, sleight
revés
(n.) back, reverse
to sympathize, have compassion
compadecerse
sucess, right guess, bull’s eye, direct hit
el acierto
fusilar
to shoot
padecer
to suffer, endure, undergo
redhot, glowing, sizzling (fig: popular)
candente
espantar
to frighten, scare
perform, play; discharge
desempeñar
to find out, to get to know
enterarse
stratus, layer, stratum
el estrato
apuntar
to aim, level, point
el ánimo
mind, soul, encouragement
to blur, make vague, make dim
desdibujar
cotizar
to quote, list
to appeal; draw on, draw upon
recurrir
heavyweight, bigwig
el pez gordo
reivindicar
to claim, assert
desafiar
to challenge, dare
to praise, eulogize, laud
elogiar
to disclaim, disown, disavow
desconocer
encargarse
take upon, take over
to swarm, teem, throng, be filled/crowded with
enjambrar
to postpone, delay, defer
aplazar
to enclose, circle, surround, encompass
rodear
equiparar
to compare
proveer
to provide, supply
derrocar
to overturn, topple, tumble
to subdue
avasallar
la recaudación
collection, takings, income
loable
laudable
el grueso
the bulk (of something), thickness
gravity
la gravedad
mamar
to suck
(vulgar) fellate, participate in oral sex
to suppose, presume, guess
suponer
aguantar
to endure, tolerate, bear
the taking, capture, seizure
la toma
abordar
to collide, to tackle (can be used figuratively)
comparison
la equiparación
el/la alocada
crazy and impulsive person
pegar
to stick, glue, paste;
to hang;
to fasten, attach;
to beat
indifference, detachment; coolness
el desapego
el desapego
indifference, detachment; coolness
la toma
the taking, capture, seizure
to deviate, turn aside, divert, deflect
desviar
atar
to tie, bind
plantear
to propose, present, plan, establish
por adelantado
in advance, beforehand
heartwarming
reconfortante
to shoot
fusilar
conllevar
to carry
aftermath
las secuelas
las divisas
foreign exchange
be wont to, occur occasionally
soler
to wield, brandish, fence
(fencing term applied figuratively)
esgrimir
to endure, tolerate, bear
aguantar
simulation
el simulacro
maneuver, move;
maneuvering, handling
la maniobra
threshold
el umbral de la pobreza: -> the poverty line
Estar en los umbrales de: -> to be on the threshold of
el umbral
la tenencia
tenancy, tenure, holding
el rastro
trace, vestige, sign, track
to beat, shake, bang
sacudir
vislumbrar
to glimpse, catch sight of
el simulacro
simulation
el umbral
threshold
el umbral de la pobreza: -> the poverty line
Estar en los umbrales de: -> to be on the threshold of
vincular
to link, tie together;
to hyperlink
detenerse
To tarry, to stay; to be detained
derisive, contemptible, laughable, ridiculous, absurd
irrisorio, -a
sacudir
to beat, shake, bang
febrilmente
feverishly
crazy and impulsive person
el/la alocada
subvencionar
to subsidize
to molder
desmoronar
(n.) back, reverse
revés
healthcare system
la asistencia sanitaria
el menosprecio
disparagement, underestimation
casero, -a
domestic, homemade
beating, flogging
la paliza
to welcome, recieve, harbor, give shelter to
acoger
salvajemente
wildly, savagely
trace, vestige, sign, track
el rastro
yacht
el yate
descartar
discard, dismiss, reject
to encourage, drive (motivate)
animar
mind, soul, encouragement
el ánimo
to emphasize, stress
recalcar
recalcar
to emphasize, stress
aupar
to help up, boost, praise up
ambit, scope, sphere
el ámbito
to cut short, to chop down
tronchar
la mercancía
commodity
separate, divide, alienate, lure away
apartar
to poison, envenom; to embitter
envenenar
to oversee, supervise, manage, inspect
fiscalizar
el acero
steel
reglamentar
to regulate, lay down rules
enterarse
to find out, to get to know
lookout, watch, watchtower
la vigía
elogiar
to praise, eulogize, laud
foreign exchange
las divisas
el estrato
stratus, layer, stratum
to collide, to tackle (can be used figuratively)
abordar
verdict, judgment, ruling, judicial decision;
or: shortcoming, failure
el fallo
el juicio
judgment
ingerido, -a
downcast, dejected, disheartened
vengeance
la venganza
to compile, collect
recopilar
la dirigencia
leadership, direction
to tie, bind
atar
las secuelas
aftermath
daring, audacity
la osadía
tread, track, step, footprint
la huella
