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Mareo

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carsick / boat sick / nausea

Marea is tide or brisa (sea breeze)

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Ancho

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Wide

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Estrecho

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Narrow

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Bajo

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Short

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Alto

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Tall

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Corto

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short

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Salobre

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Salty

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Azucarado

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sugary

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amargo

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bitter

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Sazanado

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seasoned

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ácido

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acid

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agrio

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sour

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Picante

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spicy

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caliente

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hot

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Cutre

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Stingy (tight fisted)

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Paleto

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Hick

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Maruja

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housewife

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Calzonazos

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Wimp / whipped husband or boyfriend Eres un calzonazos

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Preñada

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Pregnant woman

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Chucho

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Mongrel / mutt (usually about dogs/pets)

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Pedo

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High (drogado, esp) - Ana se puso bien pedo

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Chalado

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Crazy / nuts / loony

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Cojonudo

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Great / Amazing / Awesome - “Mi abuelo es un tipo my cojonudo”

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Majo

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Nice

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Acojonado

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Scared shitless

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Agarrotado

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Stiff (body)

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Coñazo

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Pain in the ass

More so - very boring/long winded
“Este lugar es un coñazo.”

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El Madrugador

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Early riser

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Nostálgico

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Nostalgic

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El humor

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mood (El profesor estaba de buen humor y no tenemos deberes para hoy)

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El ánimo

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Mood (El ánimo del país no es exactamente optimista)

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La moda

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Mood (Moda de mes: Llegar a casa, abrir una botella de vino y hacer un maraton de gret british bake off)

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En buena forma

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In good shape

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Viudo

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Widowed

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Torpe

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Clumsy

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Tosco

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Crude / rough
“El armario se ve tosco porque todavia ni lo pulí ni lo barnicé” - The closet looks crude because I haven’t polished and varnished it yet.”

“Esta tela tiene una textura tosca y gruesa” - This fabric has a coarse, thick texture.

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Acojonante

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Scary as hell / Fucking terrifying “El túnel del terror es realmente acojonante. Yo grité todo el rato.”

Killer / Fucking amazing - “La nueva película de los hermanos Cohenes acojonante Tienes que verla!

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Capullo

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Jerk/Dickhead “Ese tío siempre ha sido un capullo”

Can also mean actual dick/foreskin/head of penis

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Muermo

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Boredom / bore “Tu hermando es un muermo. Si el viene, no nos divertiremos”

Boring - “Las clases de matematicas son un autentico muermo” Math classes are really boring

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Mote

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Nickname

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Rollo

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Boring/bore “Limpiar la casa es muy rollo”

Pain/drag/nuisance - “Es un rollo presentar la declaracion de impuestos” - Filing your taxes is a drag

Also means vibe, affair, lecture, scene, story, thing

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Chispa

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Tipsy “Estoy un poco chispa, pero puedo conducir. Que va, tío, estas ciego!

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Ciego

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Blind

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Sordo

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Deaf

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Paralizar

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to paralize

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Entumecido

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Numb

Entumecer - to numb

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Congelado

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Freezing

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Congestionado

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Congested

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Tapado / Taponado

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Stuffy (nose) “Tengo la nariz tan taponada!”

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Picar

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Itchy “Me pica la espalda”
“Tengo unos calcetines de lana que pican demasiado”

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Irritado

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itchy/irritated “Debes usar esta crema si tienes la piel irritada”

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Dividido / Polarizado

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Divided / polarized

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Pringado

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Loser “Marcos, tu sabes que no debes pasar tiempo con los pringados de esa pandilla” - Marcos, you know that you shouldn’t be hanging around the losers in that gang

Poor devil - “Un pringado cargó con la culpa de nuestro error” - A poor devil took the blame for our mistake

Sucker

Idiot - “Es la segunda vez que ese pringado es ..”

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Pretencioso

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Pretentious / Vain

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Pijo

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Posh / Spoiled / rich kid

Can also mean dick/cock

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Salvo

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Safe

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Chungo

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Sketchy - “La casa no esta fea, pero el vecindario está chungo.”

Dodgy

Nasty - “Cris es una tía muy chunga que no tiene ninguna empatía”

Crappy - “Esta tostadora esta chunga, ya tirala!

Brutal - “El examen de historia fue chungo y no creo que apruebe nadie”. The history exam was brutal and I don’t think anyone will pass

ESPAÑA - “Veo chungo con estas gafas” - I can’t see a thing with these glasses
“Lo pasaron chungo cuando murió su padre” - They went through a rough time when their dad died

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Chulo

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Genial

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Cretino

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Cagón

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Wimp/chicken - “Pero tan cagón eres que no puedes ver una pelicula de terror con nosotros?) “No seas una cagona!”

Shitty (Con los perros cagones tienes que estar continuamente recogiendo caca)

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Estar verde

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To be green (inexperienced) “Lucy aún esta demasiado verde. Todavia no le des mas responsibilidades”

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Parecido(s)

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Similar / alike “Todas sus hijas son muy parecidos”

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Maruja

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Envidioso(a)

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Dispuesto

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Prepared / willing / ready - “Estoy dispuesta a ayudar en lo que necesites”.

Handy (esp) “Mi esposa es muy dispuesta con los arreglos de la casa”.

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Aterrador(a)

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Terrifying “El ruido de los rayos fue aterrador”

68
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Risible / Ridículo

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Laughable - “La idea de que Ron se convierta en el jefe sería risible si no fuera tan aterradora”

69
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La moda

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Torpe

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Rollo

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vibe “En este bar hay muy buen rollo”

affair or sex fling “Cres q es cierto que Gustavo haya tenido un rollo con su secretaria?”

boring - “Limpiar la casa es muy rollo”

Pain/drag - “Es un rollo presentar la declaración de impuestos”

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Molar

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basically means to like - As with gustar, the subject is the likee, while the indirect object is the liker.

“Me mola tu idea de ir a patinar” I like your idea of going skateboarding

“No le mola nada que le toquen sus plantas” - She doesn’t like people touching her plants at all”.

“Te molan los Rolling Stones?” Do you like the rolling stones?

In the absence of a liker, you can assume the likee takes a value of being universally liked. In this case, it means being cool:

“Cenar galletas mola mucho” Having cookies for dinner rules/is the shit”

“No mola que aún no te haya llamado” It’s not cool that she still hasn’t called you yet”

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Molón

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Neat / fantastic / brilliant (UK) - “No sabia q tenias un auto tan molón!? Cuando compraste este descapotable”(convertible)?

“Que disfraz tan molón. Te ves increíble como la mujer maravilla” - What a fantastic costume. You look amazing as Wonder Woman

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Rollizo

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Chubby / plump - Emilio es un niño adorable y tiene unos mejillas rollizos que dan ganas de pellizcarlos” - Emilio is an adorable child with chubby cheeks you just want to pinch

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La cuñada(o)

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Sister in law

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Nieto(a)

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Sobrino(a)

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Sana y salva

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Safe and sound

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Raza

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race / breed (dog)

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Despiste

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Absent-mindedness - “El despiste del conductor hizo que se saliera de la carretera y chocara contra un arbol”

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Agobiado

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Overwhelmed

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Perruno

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Canine / dog-like

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Palurda (o)

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Redneck / hick - “Esos palurdos no conocen los buenos modales” Those rednecks don’t have good manners

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Culta

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Cultured / educated - “Ron es muy culto”

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Avellana

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Hazel (eye color)

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Borde

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Rude “Eres muy borde conmigo.” You are so rude to me

Jerk “El camarero es un borde! No le dejaré propina

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Apuesto

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Handsome / good looking

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Miope

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Nearsighted / nearsighted person “Soy miope, pero solo del ojo derecho”

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Pecador

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Sinner / sinful

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Desfasado

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Behind the times “Mi tia es tan desafasada. Ni siquiera tiene un movil!

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Resabiado

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Crafty

Vicious (animal)

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Plasta

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Pain in the neck - “No seas plasta! Quejarte no nos llevará a la playa!” Can say to kids

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Pájara

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Crafty woman “Juana es una pájara. Nunca te fies de sus palabras.” She is a crafty woman. Never trust anything she says.

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Soso

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bland / dull / tasteless / boring

“Las lentejas estan sosas”
“Es guapo, pero muy soso”

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Porrón

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Slow/stupid “Andres es un porrón pero no es mala persona y es trabajador”

Loads (esp) - Necesito comprar un porrón de cosas antes del viaje

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Enamorado

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In love “Mi primo esta enamorado de mi mejor amiga”

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Oprimido

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Reprimido

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Repressed (not eating/sex)

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Deprimido

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Bozazas

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Bigmouth / blabbermouth “Eres una bocazas”

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Avergonzado

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Constipado

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Stuffed up

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Ser un cuentista

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Exaggerator / liar

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Pedante

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Know it all / pretentious

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Tuno

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Llorón(a) / el/la llorica

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Pelele

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Masoca

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Masochist / masochistic

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Okupa

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Gorrón(a)

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Freeloader

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Pobriño (a)

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Poor thing - gallego

112
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Tirado

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Bum - my primo es un tirado

113
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Cochino(a)

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Dirty / rotten / filthy

Como no arregles esta habitación cochina, te quedas todo el fin de semana en casa. — If you don’t tidy up this filthy room, you’re going to stay home all weekend.

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Ligón / ligona

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Flirtatious person

115
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Caprichoso

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Impulsive

Capricho - whim (sustantivo)

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Psicópata

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Despistado

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Scatter brained / absent minded / forgetful

118
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Pasota

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Apathetic - Me sorprende la actitud pasota de Pedro cuando solía ser muy considerado. — I am shocked by Pedro’s apathetic attitude. He used to be very thoughtful.

119
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Chivato

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Snitch/rat/informer

120
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Blandengue

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soft
¿No te meterás en problemas por quedarte hasta tarde cuando hay clases mañana? - No. Mi mamá es blandengue. No me va a castigar. — Won’t you get in trouble for staying out late on a school night? - No. My mom is a softy. She won’t ground me.
b. wimpy
El chico nuevo de la escuela es blandengue y lo intimidan mucho. — The new boy at school is wimpy and he gets bullied a lot.

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Empollón

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El pelota (esp)

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Brownnoser

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Distraído

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Distracted

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Hablador

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Chatterbox /talkative

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Copión

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Golfa

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Whore/prostitute /slut

127
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Besugo

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Besugo

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Piltrafilla

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Someone that is physically pathetic, weak/skinny

Or someone that has little confidence

130
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Leal / fiel

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Loyal / faithful

131
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Ser moñas

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Ser moñas - to be a whimp/pussy/softie - usually said about guy acting feminine. “Es que eres muy moñas”

132
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Coqueto

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Flirtatious

Agustín es muy coqueto para ser un hombre casado. — Agustin is very flirtatious for a married man.

133
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El/La Chantajista

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Blackmailer

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Pesado/a

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Annoying or boring

Has recogido tu cuarto, hija? -¡Qué pesada eres, mamá! — Have you tidied up your room, dear? -Why do you have to be so annoying/ such a nag, mum!

La charla fue un poco pesada — The talk was a bit on the tedious/dull side / a bit heavy-going

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Rebelde

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Rebellious

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CArcamal

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Old hag/ old fogie

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Zumbado(a)

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Nuts / crazy / loony

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Machote

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Tieso

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Un fofo

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Flabby / pudgy

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