El Juego De La Patada Flashcards
La patada
Kick
Aproximar
To bring closer
Tratar de
Trataba de no pensar en ello
To be about (to deal with) To try (to attempt)
I had tried not to think about it
Tratar
To treat
Compartir
To share
Lograr
Logré desconectarme de lo que decían.
To reach (to achieve) To be able to, to get, to manage to (to make happen)
I managed to tune out what they were saying.
Desconectar
To disconnect
Faltar
To miss, to be missing
Conforme
Conforme sumaba el número de días
As (while)(conjunction)
As I added the number of days
A mí mismo
Me dije a mí mismo
Myself
I said to myself
A cada rato
El rato
Beth me dijo que empacara a cada rato
Every other minute, over and over, constantly, all the time, the whole time
While, bit, minute, moment (period of time)
Beth told me to pack all the time
A menos que
Nadie podía jugar a menos que él quisiera
Unless
No one could play unless he said so
La mezclilla
Denim, jeans (fabric)(Mexico)
Ajustado/a
Pantalón de mezclilla ajustado
Tight
Tight jeans
Remangar
To roll up
Guardar
To put away, to put
To keep, to hang onto, to store
Lo de
Quería olvidar lo de los próximos 133 días
The business about
I wanted to forget about the next 133 days
Ya era hora
It was time, it was about time, it was high time
Ándale
Como on, hurry up (to rush)(Mexico)
Okay (to express agreement)(Mexico)
Que no
No (used to emphasize)
Amenazante
Threatening, menacing (adjective)
Despertador
Alarm clock
El vistazo
Look, quick look, glance (peek)
La cobija
Blanket
A través de
Through, across (from one side to the other)
Through (by means of)
Espeso/a
Thick, dense (compact)
La niebla
Fog, mist
La muralla
Wall, walls, city wall, rampart (fortification)
Holgado/a
Loose fitting
Descolorido/a
Faded, pale
Patilla
Sideburn
Recortado/a
Cut (trimmed)
La quijada
Jaw
Cuadrado/a
Quijada cuadrada
Square
Square jaw
Curtido/a
Tanned
La grieta
Las grietas profundas de sus talones
Chap (on skin)
The deep cracks inthe back of his heels
El talón
Heel
Podrido/a
Rotten
En cuclillas
Y cuando se canse de estar en cuclillas
squatting, crouching (in a squatting manner)
And when you get tired from squatting
Delantero/a
Front, forward (anterior)
Harto/a
Estoy harto de tus mentiras
Fed up (tired)
I’m fed up with your lies
Un puñado
Solo pude agarrar un puñado de las dulces
Handful, fistfull, a few
I was only able to grab a handful
Cobrar
Noa cobra demasiado por todo
To charge for (to demand payment for)
He overcharges for everything
Sinvergüenza
Swine, scoundrel (despicable person)
Meter
Meterse
Ese sinvergüenza no sabe con quién se mete
To put
To interfere, to meddle, to stick one’s nose into, to pick on
This scoundrel doesn’t know who he’s dealing with
A pasar de
Sin embargo, a pasar de que los días eran largos,
A pasar del retraso hicimos nuestro próximo vuelo
In spite of, despite (prepositional phrase)
However, even though the days were long,
Passr. To happen (to occur)
Despite the delay we made our next flight
Ansiar
Ansiaba ver a Beth
To long for
I longed to see Beth
La plática
Talk, chat (conversation)
El terreno
Land
El aradón
Large hoe
El arado
Plow
Atar
To tie
La soga
Rope
Grueso/s
Thick
Arar
To plow
El buey
Ox
Amenazar
To threaten
Suplicar
To beg
Tiznado/a
Sooty
Agarrar
To grab
El cuello
Neck
Collar of a shirt
Caer de espaldas
To fall backwards
Patear
To kick
Apretar
To press, to squeeze
El puño
Fist
Retroceder
To backup
La verdad padece pero no perece
-Mexican Proverb
Truth suffers but does not perish
Padecer. To suffer from
Perecer. To perish
Cielito lindo
Lovely sweetheart (term of endearment)
Charro, charra
Horseman, horsewoman (Mexico)
Palenque
Fence, barrier
Cockpit (Mexico)
Norteño/a
Northern (in from the north)
Charro
Belonging to horseman
Feminine endings
- a
- dad, -tad
- z
- ión, -ción
- umbre
- ie
Parecer
To seem
Suceder
To happen
Desarrollar
To develop
Mirar
Buscar
Cuidar
Estudiar
To look at
To look for
To look after
To look into
Salir de
To go out of, to leave, to come out of, to get out of (to exit)
Lograr
To get, to obtain To win (premio) To achieve (meta)
Present tense
Present progressive tense
Present emphatic
Present progressive (right now)
Mary studies in the library
María estudia
Mary is studying in the library
María estudia
Mary does study in the library
María estudia
Mary is studying in the library (right now)
María está estudiando
Impedir
To prevent
Exigir
To demand
Aconsejar
To advise
Rogar
To ask (pedir) To beg (implorar)
Dejar
To leave
To give up (abandonar)
To let, to allow (permitr)
Alegrarse
To be happy
Extrañar
To surprise (sorprender) To miss
Temer
To fear
Es una lástima que
It’s a pity that, it’s a shame
Capacitado/a
Qualified (trained)
Placentero/a
Pleasant, agreeable (nice)
La visita
Visit
El respeto
Respect
El traslado
Transfer (trip)
El embarcadero
Pier, jetty, wharf
el recorrido
Tour
El misticismo
Mysticism
El ponto
Sea
Auxiliary or helping verb (helps the man verb)
Spanish auxiliaries- estar, haber, ser
Integral
Whole wheat
El trigo
Wheat
El salvado
Bran
Adverb are always invariable.
Mary drives well
The house is very big
The girl ran too quickly
Four types describe Manner, Degree, Time or Place
Describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Mary sings beautifully. Manner answers how? Always end in -mente
Paul did well on the exam. Degree answers how much?
He will come soon. Time answers when?
The children were left behind. Place answers where?
Verbs with built in prepositions. So requires DO, not Object of a Preposition.
I am looking for the book.
The book is the object of a preposition in English, but a direct object in spanish
Buscar To look for Mirar. To look at Pedir. To ask for Escuchar. To listen to Esperar. To wait for Servir. To wait on
Gozar de Entrar en Olvidar de Salir de Casarse de Jugar a Acordarse de
To enjoy To enter To forget To leave To marry To play To remember
Pasado/a
Past
Preterite first person singular (yo form) irregular to keep the pronunciation. Pagar. Buscar. Sacar. Tocar. Empezar.
Pagué Busqué Saqué Toqué Empecé
Probar
To taste
To test
En que
That
Una cacerola
Pan
Tapar
To cover
Naturaleza
Nature
En cualquier momento
Anytime
Cualquier. Any.
El rescate
Rescue
Velatorio
Wake
Fallecimiento
Death, demise, passing
La polémica
Controversy
Impulsar
To propel
Formar
To educate, to instruct
La mochila
Backpack
Antier
The day before yesterday
Devolver
To give back, to return
Arrancar
To pull out
El cobarde
Coward
Ya le tocaba
His number was up, his turn finally arrived
Tocar. To touch. To be someone’s turn
Así como
As well as, just as, while
As well as, just as, while
Así. Like this, like that
Como. Like
La maleza
Weeds
Así como cortaba la maleza, Gabriel maldecía
Gabriel cursed as he hacked at the weeds
Just as he cut the weeds, Gabriel cursed.
Como. Like.
Así. Like this, like that
El bote
Can
Recargado/a
Leaning (reclining)(Mexico)
Overloaded, packed
Lárgate
¡No lárgate!
Get out, go away (imperative)
No way!
Largar. To pay out, let out, unfurl (nautical)
Tan pronto como lo dije
As soon as I said it
Tan. As
Como. As.
La zancadilla
Entonces me echó la zancadilla
Trip (act of tripping)
Then he threw me and pushed me
Aventar
To push, shove (jostle)
To fan, to blow (to blow air at)
Ni siquiera
Not even
Ni. Nor.
Siquiera. Even if.
Recoger
To pick up
En que
Para el tiempo en que yo recogía una caja, Papá ya había recogido dos
That
By the time I had picked up one crate, Papá had picked up two
Apurar
To hurry up, rush, expedite (to demand haste)(latin America)
To finish (to consume all of)
Emparejar
To pair up
