El Periódico Vocabulario Flashcards

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el presupuesto

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the budget

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los impuestos

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taxes

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los recortes

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cuts

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el gasto

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spending

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los gastos

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expenses

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Sanidad

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  • Health
  • Sanitation
  • Health Service
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las subidas

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increases

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carreteras

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roads, highways

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las cantidades

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quantities

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bajada

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descent, drop

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La recogida

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collection

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el fomento

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promotion

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herramien, la herramienta

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tool, tools

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refuerzo

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backing

verb Reforzar: to strengthen, to bolster

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el alcalde / la alcaldesa

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the mayor

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Apenas

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  1. Scarcely, hardly
  2. As soon as

(adj.)

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destacados

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highlights, leads

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una cuerda

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rope

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al cabo de

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after (used with things that happened in past)

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Impertinente

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  1. Impertinent, insolent

Rude

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A mess

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Un lío

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Also, as well, moreover (adverb)

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Asimismo

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thread

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el hilo

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la grúa

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  1. crane, tow-truck
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Desgarrador, -ora
1. Heartbreaking, piercing, harrowing
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Torpe
Clumsy, awkward (adj)
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Pedante
Pedantic - pretentious, pompous, conceited
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Heavy, difficult, boring
Pesado
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Ya Caigo!
Now I get it!
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Un martillo
A hammer
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Tacaño
Stingy, mean
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El corcho
Cork
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Lipstick
Una barra de labios
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A bucket
Un cubo
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Belly button
Ombligo
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Hortaliza
Vegetable (garden), garden stuff
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Sponge
La esponja
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A bracelet
Una pulsera
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Dustpan
El recogedor
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Estropeado
Broken, damaged
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Nephew/ niece
Soberino, sobrina
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La lema
The motto Tu lema= your motto
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Calf (leg)
La pantorrilla
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Snub; flat
Chata
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Arched
Arqueadas (las cejas)
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Curly (pelo)
Rizado
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Smooth
Liso
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Lively, vivacious
Vivaracho
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Wavy (pelo)
Ondulado
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Thick (las cejas)
Poblada
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Oval
Ovalada
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Aguileña
Hook (la nariz)
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Root, origin
Raíce
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The marked box
La casilla señalada
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Grayish
Grisáceo
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Summit (top)
La cumbre
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Uphill/ downhill
Cuesta arriba/ Cuesta abajo
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Undergrowth, brush
Maleza
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Shore
La orilla
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Blackish (adj)
Negruzca
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A drop (de líquido), bead (de sudor)
Una gota
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Upright (erguido)
Upright (adj)
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Imposing, stunning, impressive (adj)
Imponente
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Regañadientes
Unwillingly; reluctantly (adv)
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El alambre
1. Wire of any metal Idiom: alambre cargado (live wire)
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La prensa
The press | Dar a la prensa- to publish
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La portada
1. Title page, front page | 2. Porch (architecture)
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El enlace
Link, relationship, marriage
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La traición
Betrayal, treason
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Propiamente
Exactly, correctly, properly
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Curse
Maldición
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Maltradas
Handled roughly, abused, ill treated
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Overdose
Sobredosis
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Ingenuo
Naive
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Ingenio
Wit, ingenuity, wittiness
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La ñoñería
The fussiness, the nonsense
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Mientras tanto
Meanwhile - also Entre tanto
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Humo
Smoke
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Clue
Pista
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Suspect
Sospechoso
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Hold- up
Atraco
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Guilty
Culpable
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Waste
Residuo
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Dirt
Suciedad
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Wise
Sabio, - a
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El saldo
Balance (móvil)
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Streetlamp, street light
Farola
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Demás
1. Other, rest of | Todo lo demás- everything else Los/las demás
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Despistado
(adj) Absent minded, scatterbrain
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Los bichos
Bugs
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Andanza
Adventure, event, fortune Andanzas- wanderings
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Tener moratones
To have bruises
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Delito
Crime, offense
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Los atracones
Binges (eating)
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Bocaza
Loudmouth
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Los lirios
The lilies
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Tertulia
Regular informal social gathering, circle
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Copay
El copago
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Inquietud
1. Worry, anxiety
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La escolarización
Schooling
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Asignatura
Subject (educación, school subject)
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Pendiente
(Adj) 1. pending, outstanding 2. Failed (asignatura)
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La demanda
1. Demand, request | 2. Lawsuit
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Docente
(Adj) 2. Teaching
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No es casual que
It is no coincidence that...
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La carencia
1. Lack, scarcity, deficiency
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Imprescindible
Essential, indespensable
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La plantilla
Staff (de empresa)
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La inversión
Investment (de dinero, tiempo...)
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...con qué fin?
With what purpose (end)?
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Una encuesta
A survey, opinion poll
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Occidente
Europe, the west (contrast to Asia, etc)
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Puesto que...
Since, as ...
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Position, post, place (en fila, clasificación)
El puesto (noun)
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La quiebra
Bankruptcy
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El fondo (noun)
Background, bottom, fund (dinero)
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Percent %
Por ciento
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... En medio de...
In the middle off ...
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Domestic consumption
El consumo interno
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The clashes
Las enfrentamientos
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El trozo
1. Piece (pedazo), bit
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El tramo
Stretch (espacio), period, section
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Trapicheo
A shady deal (trampa), scheme
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Agujero
Hole (hueco)
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Absence
La ausencia
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Beret
La boina
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LA trama
Plot (historia)
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Incautación
Seizure, confiscation | Verbo- incautar
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Alijo
Contraband (alijo de drogas)
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Por menor
Retail
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Desapercibo
Unpreparedness
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Ringleader
El/la cabecilla
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El desuso
The disuse
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Es habitual que
It is customary/habitual that...
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La valla
The fence
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Una cata
A tasting (vino, etc)
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Una tripa
A belly, a gut
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Singular (adj)
1. Singular, single 2. Unique (único) 3. Peculiar, odd (raro)
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La percha
(Clothes) hanger
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Muy maja
Very nice
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Las ventas
The sales Ejemplo: las ventas de refrescos
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Regret, repentance (noun)
El arrepentimiento
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Rebaño
Flock, herd
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Tamaño
Size | adj & noun
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Una pesadilla
A nightmare
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El seso
Brain (cerebro)
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Susto
Fright, scare | Darse un susto- to get a fright
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!Qué susto!
What a scare! What a fright!
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Harto
Fed up, tired, full (de comida) (adj)
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Bromita
Little joke
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Double edged sword
Una arma de doble filo
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Zumbido
Buzz (insecto), hum (máquina)
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La apatía
Apathy
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Pancarta
Banner, placard
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Pintada
Graffiti (en pared)
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"Madrileño de puro cepa"
Authentic, genuine madrileño De pura cepa- authentic, genuine
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El escollo
1. Hurdle, obstacle, pitfall | 2. Reef (en el mar)
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La sede
Headquarters (empresa); seat (de gobierno)
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El alijo
Drug or contraband
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Sister/ brother in law
El/ la cuñado, -a
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Slightly, lightly
Ligeramente | Me siento ligeramente enfermo i feel slightly sick
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Pimple
El granito
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Beating
Una paliza
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A hundred of...
Un centenar de...
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Contribution
La aportación
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El revé , Los revés
Back; Setback; hitch
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Rally, political meeting
Un mitin
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Right now !
Ahora mismo
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In / at the beginning...
Al principio *beginning: el inicio, el comienzo
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Las ganancias
The profits
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Unpredictable
Imprevisible
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Unique, unrepeatable, one & only
Irrepetible
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Gossip
El cotilleo [co- teal- lay'o] (Cotillear) - el chisme/ chismoso
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Ludoteca
Children's play center
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La meta
Finish line; aim, goal
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La quimera
1. Fantasy, chimera, illusion
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Aun así
Even so
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Aun
Even (adverb)
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Aún
Still ***w/o accent it means "even"
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La respuesta
Answer, reply
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Adonde
Where (adverb) ** used with verbs of movement, use donde to refer to state position
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How depressing!
! Qué deprimente!
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What a beautiful day!
Qué bello está el día!
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Excuse me!
Discúlpeme!
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Wide
Ancho
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Narrow; tight
Estrecho
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La lealtad
Loyalty
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Shortcut
El atajo * tomar/coger un atajo
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Mud
El lodo - lodoso (muddy)
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A slice (of bread)
La rodaja (de pan)
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En rodajas
Sliced
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Calavera
Skull
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Esqueleto
Skeleton
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Majo, -a
1. Nice (cosa), !Qué blusa tan maja! | 2. Nice (persona), guapo
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Hola maja! Qué tal te vez?
Hey love! How are things going?
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Como supiste?
How did you know?
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Amorcito
Little love, darling, sweety
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Gunpowder
La pólvora
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La etapa
Stage, phase | Por etapas- in stages
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Alivio
Relief
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Atajo
Shortcut
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Allergy
Alergia
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Espantoso
Frightening, awful, hideous
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No te vayas
Don't go
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Borroso
Blurry, vague, hazy
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El vuelco
Upset; overturn; 180 degree turn - volcar
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Solo bromeo
I'm just kidding
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No te burles de mi
Don't make fun of me
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La cartelera
Billboard; entertainments page
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La carrera
Race; career
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La chatarra
Scrap metal, junk, cheap jewelry
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Amount
La cantidad
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Flat (surface, landscape)
Llano, plano
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Antaño
Long ago, yester year
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A pinch, a tiny bit
Una pizca
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Jet (de líquido)
Chorro
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Quijotesca
Quixotic - extremely idealistic, unrealistic, impractical
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Tuzudo
Stubborn
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Cateto
Adj- uncultured, uncouth Noun- country bumpkin
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Matraca
Rattle * ser una matraca - to be a pain
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Currar
To work
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Well said
Bien dicho
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Bache
Pothole, patch
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Asquerosa
Disgusting, nasty, filthy
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Maldito
1. Damn 2. Cursed, damned * maldita sea! (Damn it!)
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Spoiled
Consentido, mimado
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Naughty, mischievous
Travieso "Los niños traviesos"
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Crop
La cosecha Cosechar- to harvest
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Species
Especie
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Soil, ground
Suelo
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Drought
Sequía
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Mailman
Cartero, -a
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Sweaty
Sudado
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Fig tree
Higuera
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4th, 5th...9th
Quarto, quinto, sexto, septimo, octavo, noveno
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Inquina
Hatered, aversion, dislike *tener inquina a alguien- to have a grudge against someone
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Infection
Infección Infección de oídos (ear infection)
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Sunstroke
Insolación
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Food poisoning
Intoxicación
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Stiff neck
Tortícolis
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Sprain
Torcedura
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Fracture
Rotura
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Ibuprofen
Ibuprofeno
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Rough (adj)
áspero, -a
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Inculto
Uneducated
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Paleto
Uncouth, uncultured - hick, country bumpkin
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Vinculadas
Linked
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Ni siquiera
Not even
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Stealth, secrecy
Sigilo El ladrón entró con mucho sigilo y nadie lo oyó
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La carcajada
Loud laughter *reír a carcajadas - to roar with laughter
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Sin rodeos
Bluntly, with out mincing words * háblame directamente, sin rodeos
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Hoguera
Bonfire
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Sorteo
Raffle, prize
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Public transportation
El transporte público
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I just took my sister to her house.
Acabo de llevar a mi hermana a su casa.
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Dresser
Cómoda (bedroom- dormitorio)
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Chancla, chancletas
Flip flop, backless sandal
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Noun
El sustantivo
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Vase, large jug
Jarrón
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Indisputable, unquestionable
Indiscutible
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Gunpowder
Pólvora
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Extremely crowded
Multitudinario
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Náufrago
Shipwrecked person, castaway
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Cashmere
Cachemira