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
el ámbito
envergadura: ambit, scope, sphere
envenenar
to poison, envenom; to embitter
to include, embrace, take in; to take on, deal with
abarcar
desviar
to deviate, turn aside, divert, deflect
mendigar
to beg, panhandle
steel
el acero
la escaramuza
skirmish, minor battle
vigorous, forceful
pujante
to be on the threshold of ______
Estar en los umbrales de ______
to aim, level, point
apuntar
judgment
el juicio
el estancamiento
stagnation
jurisdiction, authority, special privilege
el fuero
the poverty line
el umbral de la pobreza
el arrojo
daring, spunk
atreverse
to dare, venture
have courage to do something difficult or dangerous
to plead, champion, defend
abogar
quemarropa
point-blank, directly
to subsidize
subvencionar
agotar
to exhaust, use up, wear down
expanse, spread, breadth, scope
la envergadura
to help up, boost, praise up
aupar
huero, -a
hollow, empty
un discurso huero
rally, meeting
el mitin
to escape, flee, run away; to leak out
safarse
la vigía
lookout, watch, watchtower
draconiano, -a
draconian
to expire, come to an end
vencerse
apartar
separate, divide, alienate, lure away
to propose, present, plan, establish
plantear
to grant, give, bestow
otorgar
la hazaña
feat, exploit, deed, performance
achicarse
to shrink, contract
to claim, assert
reivindicar
el chantaje sistematizado
racketeering
la mercadotecnia
marketing
el contrapeso
counterweight
hijacking, seizure, abduction, kidnapping
el secuestro
exigir
to exact, demand, require
trick, deceipt, sleight
la artimaña
el superávit
surplus (budget)
la desmesura
excess, enormity, disproportion
animar
to encourage, drive (motivate)
el acierto
sucess, right guess, bull’s eye, direct hit
la gravedad
gravity
la cuna
cradle, crib
abogar
to plead, champion, defend
disparagement, underestimation
el menosprecio
laudable
loable
provenir
to proceed
desconocer
to disclaim, disown, disavow
ajeno a
alien to
entorno
environment (fig.)
draconian
draconiano, -a
to trip up, trip over
tropezar
to stop, delay; to arrest (someone)
detener
discard, dismiss, reject
descartar
el aguacate
avocado, *slang: idiot, fool, cop *
el dragado
dredging
parejo, -a
equal, same
candente
redhot, glowing, sizzling (fig: popular)
el techo
roof, ceiling
sewer
la cloaca
to age, grow older
enjevecer
broadside, flank; side
el costado
to harvest
cosechar
cosechar
to harvest
desdibujar
to blur, make vague, make dim
el yate
yacht
la desdicha
misfortune, wretchedness, misery
colar
to strain, filter (a liquid)
with por: to slip, to squeeze through
la rencilla
quarrel, fight; feud
abrupt, sudden
repentino, -a
prorrogar
to extend (time, deadline)
la osadía
daring, audacity
decepcionar (a alguien)
to fail, let down, disappoint
el fallo
verdict, judgment, ruling, judicial decision;
or: shortcoming, failure
to tempt, try, tease, entice
tentar
to clean up, to repair
to sanitize
to restructure (capital, compañía).
sanear
to crack, split, fracture
ex: resquebrajamientos en la pared
resquebrajar
esclarecer
to clear up, clarify, elucidate
dike, dam
el dique
componer
to compose, write;
to compound, combine;
to repair, reconcile
la cloaca
sewer
trust (financial)
el fideicomiso
environment (fig.)
entorno
to dissipate, scatter; misspend, waste
desperdiciar
retiree
el/la jubilado/a
tentar
to tempt, try, tease, entice
to sharpen
agudizar
Estar en los umbrales de ______
to be on the threshold of ______
hollow, empty
un discurso huero
huero, -a
disimular
to dissimulate, dissemble
headfirst, headlong
bruces
market rates
las cotizaciones
entregar
to deliver, convey
aprovechar
to use, utilize; to exploit, take advantage of (not negative)
retrasar
to retard, delay, set back
anguish, grief
la congoja
la maniobra
maneuver, move;
maneuvering, handling
to compose, write;
to compound, combine;
to repair, reconcile
componer
soler
be wont to, occur occasionally
los comicios
elections
enjevecer
to age, grow older
blackmail
el chantaje
to stretch, extend, elongate
estirar
el dique
dike, dam
to suffer, endure, undergo
padecer
counterweight
el contrapeso
el puñado
fistful, handful, bunch
breach, gap, opening
la brecha
la tregua
let up, lull, truce
let up, lull, truce
la tregua
el comprobante
receipt, voucher
supporting document
la caza de brujas
witch hunt
to quote, list
cotizar
agredir
to attack, assault
recurrir
to appeal; draw on, draw upon
el chantaje
blackmail
carecer
to lack, be short of something
bribe, bribery
el soborno
skirmish, minor battle
la escaramuza
precipitado, -a
precipitate, hasty
bruces
headfirst, headlong
acabar
to finish, terminate, end
to pause, stop by, rein in
detenerse
link, shackle
el eslabón
desperdiciar
to dissipate, scatter; misspend, waste
el ocio
leisure time
el cohete
rocket
hacinar
to stack
esgrimir
to wield, brandish, fence
(fencing term applied figuratively)
to tumble, topple, overturn
derrocar
asegurar
to assure (garantizar)
hole, perforation, leak
el agujero
key (on a keyboard)
la tecla
el eslabón
link, shackle
babear
to drool, slobber, dribble
leadership, direction
la dirigencia
dirt, filth, rubbish;
bullshit
la porquería
contundente
offensive, overwhelming
to dissimulate, dissemble
disimular
la venganza
vengeance
feverishly
febrilmente
el umbral de la pobreza
the poverty line
la porquería
dirt, filth, rubbish;
bullshit
safarse
to escape, flee, run away; to leak out
la asistencia sanitaria
healthcare system
posibilitar
to facilitate, expedite
emboscarse
to ambush
(hide oneself in order to make a surprise attack)
estirar
to stretch, extend, elongate
to strain, filter (a liquid)
with por: to slip, to squeeze through
colar
to proceed
provenir
to extend (time, deadline)
prorrogar
to challenge, dare
desafiar
la brecha
breach, gap, opening
to drool, slobber, dribble
babear
take upon, take over
encargarse
unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, novel
insólito, -a
to assure (garantizar)
asegurar
misfortune, wretchedness, misery
la desdicha
irrisorio, -a
ridiculous, absurd, laughable
nos ofrecieron un precio irrisorio
el suplicio
martyrdom; torment, torture
la equiparación
comparison
to suck
(vulgar) fellate, participate in oral sex
mamar
downcast, dejected, disheartened
ingerido, -a
in advance, beforehand
por adelantado
nickname
el apodo
to carry
conllevar
concebir
to conceive, envisage
agudizar
to sharpen
marketing
la mercadotecnia
to tarnish (literal and figurative)
to mist, fog, steam
empañar
domestic, homemade
casero, -a
to glimpse, catch sight of
vislumbrar
precipitate, hasty
precipitado, -a
rocket
el cohete
hired assassin, hitman
el sicario
detener
to stop, delay; to arrest (someone)
vencerse
to expire, come to an end
excess, enormity, disproportion
la desmesura
suponer
to suppose, presume, guess
to use, utilize; to exploit, take advantage of (not negative)
aprovechar
el apodo
nickname
level, flat, even
llano, -a
sanear
to clean up, to repair
to sanitize
to restructure (capital, compañía).
rodear
to enclose, circle, surround, encompass
el sicario
hired assassin, hitman
los deberes
preparation, engagement
to conceive, envisage
concebir
empañar
to tarnish (literal and figurative)
to mist, fog, steam
la huella
tread, track, step, footprint
desempeñar
perform, play; discharge
to fail, let down, disappoint
decepcionar (a alguien)
surplus (budget)
el superávit
avocado, *slang: idiot, fool, cop *
el aguacate
reconfortante
heartwarming
la congoja
anguish, grief
to regulate, lay down rules
reglamentar
repentino, -a
abrupt, sudden
racketeering
el chantaje sistematizado
apparently, evidently, seemingly, obviously
dizque
to consecrate, sanctify; dedicate, devote
consagrar
collection, takings, income
la recaudación
el secuestro
hijacking, seizure, abduction, kidnapping
las cotizaciones
market rates
el/la jubilado/a
retiree
acoger
to welcome, recieve, harbor, give shelter to
to evict, empty, oust, expel
desalojar
fiscalizar
to oversee, supervise, manage, inspect
insólito, -a
unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, novel
receipt, voucher
supporting document
el comprobante
martyrdom; torment, torture
el suplicio
to stack
hacinar
alien to
ajeno a
preparation, engagement
los deberes
to overturn, topple, tumble
derrocar
derrocar
to tumble, topple, overturn
elections
los comicios
to exact, demand, require
exigir
el fideicomiso
trust (financial)
to compare
equiparar
abarcar
to include, embrace, take in; to take on, deal with
el soborno
bribe, bribery
amnesty, pardon, reprieve
el indulto
dizque
apparently, evidently, seemingly, obviously
difference, disagreement, unusual quality
el diferendo
to facilitate, expedite
posibilitar
el pez gordo
heavyweight, bigwig
avasallar
to subdue
cradle, crib
la cuna
el fuero
jurisdiction, authority, special privilege
to stick, glue, paste;
to hang;
to fasten, attach;
to beat
pegar
to deliver, convey
entregar
resquebrajar
to crack, split, fracture
ex: resquebrajamientos en la pared
tenancy, tenure, holding
la tenencia
point-blank, directly
quemarropa
to attack, assault
agredir
to retard, delay, set back
retrasar
prevenir
to forestall, foreworn (prevent)
desalojar
to evict, empty, oust, expel
el indulto
amnesty, pardon, reprieve
el mitin
rally, meeting
consagrar
to consecrate, sanctify; dedicate, devote
