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Aplicación

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Means - result of placing something in direct contact with an object.
Also, with regards to studying, doing it well, with interest and care
NOT regard to a form to be completed - formulario; solicitud

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Actual

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Means present, current; NOT actual, which means real, verdadero
Actualmente: at the present time
Actually: en realidad, de verras, realmente

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Asistir

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Means to attend, requires “a” before a noun

“To Assist” is ayudar

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Casualidad

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Coincidence

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Colegio

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General Term for school

“College” is universidad

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Compromiso

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Obligation, commitment, engagement

Also: engagement to be married

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Conferencia

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Lecture as well as conference

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Cuestion

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“A matter of”

Question is pregunta

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Decepción

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Disappointment, deception

Deception is engaño

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Desgracia

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Misfortune

Disgrace is deshonra

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Disgusto

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Unpleasantness, annoyance

NOT disgust which is asco

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Embrazada

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to be pregnant
NOT embarrassed which is avergonzado
NOT embraced which is

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Eventualmente

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Not certain, or by chance

NOT eventually, which means at some later time

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Exito

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Success

NOT exit which is salida

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Firma

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signature

NOT firm which is compañia

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Grosería

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(n.) rudeness; (adj.) ‘grosero’ - rude

NOT grocery which can be colmado, bodega, tienda de abarrotes, almacén to name a few (depending on country)

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Idioma

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language

Idiom which is “modismo”

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Introducir

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to introduce a topic in conversation or to insert physically

To introduce a person = presentar

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Largo

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long

Large is grande

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Lectura

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Reading

Lecture is conferencia

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Liberia

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bookstore

Library is biblloteca

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Molestar

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to bother, disturb, annoy

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Oficio

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trade, occupation

Office is Despacho, Oficina

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Pariente

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family

Parent/s = Padre/Madre/Padres

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Pretender

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to atttempt, try to

Pretend is Fingir

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Sano

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healthy

Sane is Cuerdo

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Sensible

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sensitive
sensible (English) is Sensato, de buen sentido
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Sentencia

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sentence in the judicial sense

Sentence is Frase, Oración

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Simpatico

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pleasant, charming, nice

Sympathetic = Compasivo

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Suceso

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event, occurrence, happening; Verb “suceder” = to happen, occur
Success = éxito

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Sujeto

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subject in the grammatical sense or fellow, “guy” in a derogatory sense
Subject (topic) = Tema

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Tópico

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Means belonging or related to a place, or related to a common expression used to frequently.
With regard to a medication, it means for external use.
NOT - “topic”, which is tema

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