Difficult/unknown words Flashcards
Amamantar
to breastfeed
priest
sacerdote
meterse
to interfere, to go in/down,
cobijar
to give shelter
fall/drop
descenso
quarrel
riña
to invest
invertir
to reverse
invertirse
bondadoso
kind
row
bronca
llegar a las tantas
to come home late
parir
to give birth
spouse
conyúge
equivocarse
to make mistakes
to be engaged
estar prometido
comprometido
engaged
verbena
open-air dance
pretender
to expect/intend
to store
almacenar
rechistar
to complain
aguantar
to put up with/bear
partidiario
supporter
sensibilización
awareness-raising
el personal
staff
sumiso
submissive, obedient
la añoranza
nostalgia
coquetear
to flirt
affair
el idilio, una adventura amorosa
salir del amario
to come out of the closet
goods
bienes
to love
amar
slap
bofetada
Hacer hincapié
to emphasise/stress
comunicado
announced
anterior
former
llevar mucho tiempo
to take a long time/to be … for a long time
reconocido
well-known
lamentar
to regret
poco dignidad
undignified
transcurir
to pass, go by, happen, go on
clashes
enfrentamientos
la Cámara de los Diputados
House of Commons
both … and ….
tanto …. como …..
they may be
pueden ser
to select
elegir
subjunctive of elegir
elija/elijan
individuals
individuos
to engage in criminal activities
participar en/dedicar a actividades criminales
as often as
tan a menudo como
provocar
to cause/provoke
A partir de
From …
presenciar
to witness/assist
declive
decline/incline
predilecta
favourite
cadenas
chains/TV channels/TV or radio stations
el público
the public/audience
culebrones
soap operas - telenovelas
cabalgatas
horseback riding
aim
propósito, objectivo
Agregar
to add
Marca
brand
patrón
pattern, (boss - slang)
prevenir
to prevent
exponer
to expose, exhibit
A report
Un informe
Precisamente,
To be precise,
To be subjected to
Ser sometido a
To focus
enfocar
To release
Liberar
En vez de
rather than
más bien que
rather than
reconocer
to recognise
Indentificarse
To show identification, to identify yourself
Denuncia
complaint,
Vitorear
to cheer
Todos los males
all of the evils
Formación
training, education
Afirmar
to state
umbral
threshold
Asimismo
Likewise/also
Subrayar
To underline, emphasise, highlight
Medios de comunicación
Media
To train
Formar a
destiny
destino
utmost importance
suma importancia
doctrine
doctrina
foundation
base
was based on
se basó en
motherhood
maternidad
prever
to foresee/predict
plantearse
to consider
bolsillo
sostener
to hold, to support, to bear
desear
to want, to wish, to hope
zona
area
NOT ZONE
tratarse de
to be about, to be a question/matter of, to be
rogar
to plead, to ask, to beg
remains (dead body)
restos
photographer
fotógrafo
evidence
las pruebas
unmarked grave
tumba sin marcar
mass grave
fosas comunes
loved ones
seres queridos
village after village
Aldea tras aldea
Pubelo tras pueblo
to execute
ejecutar
even
incluso
even
incluso
in search of
en busca de
properties
propriedades
architects
arquitectos
despejado
clear (sky)
esforzarse
to make an effort/to try hard
dirigirse
address, to turn to/aim for, to walk
subjunctive of oír
oig…
paulatina
gradual
trigo
wheat
put an end to
poner fin a
unexpected
inesperado
to come into force
entrar en vigor
to prove
probar
exodus
éxodo
to seek
buscar
aparentemente
apparently, evidently
cayucos
canoes
luchar
to struggle/fight
hacer que
means that
ser capaz de
to dare to/to be capable of/to be able to
desplegado
deployed
there is no doubt that
no cabe/hay duda DE que
entire
entero
In the short term,
A corto plazo
at the moment
en este momento
the recent decision
la reciente decisión
varios
several
ya que
since
compromiso
commitment
manifestaciones
manifestations, protests, displays
to favour
favorecer
to manipulate
manejar
to obey
obedecer
and so (meaning therefore)
por lo que, por lo tanto, y así
to be fined
recibir una multa
de manera que
in such a way that/so as/so that
semanario
weekly
weekly magazine
a sí mismo
himself
myself
yo mismo
de nada sirve
it’s no use/useless
servir
to use/be useful, to serve
to break away from
separarse de
to bode/forbode
presagiar
It did not bode well
No era un buen presagio
To involve
involucrar
affairs
aventuras amorosas
to come to the throne
subir/ascender al trono
the people (general sense) - e.g. the spanish people
el publo
(el pueblo espanol)
should be + past participle
e.g. the people should be consulted
fuera + past participle
el pueblo fuera consultado
Princess
Infanta/Princesa
court case
juicio
on trial for
acusado de/en juicio por
desde hace
for/in
dar nunca por vencidas
to never give up
suprimir
to take away, to eliminate, to delete, to remove
entregar
to hand over
orfantos
orphanages
courts
juzgados
juvenile court
juzgado de menores
cautiverio
captivity
desde
since/from
hasta
up to/until
la acutalidad
the present, today, currently/nowadays
reducirse
to drop, to come down to
reducir
to reduce, to decrease
rostro
face
manners
modales
de modo que
so that, in such a way that
pálido
pale
castaño
brown, chestnut
acudir
to go to/turn to
enojarse
to get angry
