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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

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  1. Heartbreaking, piercing, harrowing
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Torpe

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Clumsy, awkward (adj)

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Pedante

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Pedantic

  • pretentious, pompous, conceited
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Heavy, difficult, boring

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Pesado

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Ya Caigo!

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Now I get it!

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Un martillo

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A hammer

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Tacaño

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Stingy, mean

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El corcho

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Cork

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Lipstick

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Una barra de labios

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A bucket

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Un cubo

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Belly button

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Ombligo

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Hortaliza

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Vegetable (garden), garden stuff

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Sponge

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La esponja

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A bracelet

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Una pulsera

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Dustpan

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El recogedor

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Estropeado

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Broken, damaged

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Nephew/ niece

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Soberino, sobrina

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La lema

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The motto

Tu lema= your motto

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Calf (leg)

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La pantorrilla

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Snub; flat

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Chata

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Arched

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Arqueadas (las cejas)

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Curly (pelo)

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Rizado

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Smooth

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Liso

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Lively, vivacious

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Vivaracho

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Wavy (pelo)

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Ondulado

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Thick (las cejas)

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Poblada

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Oval

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Ovalada

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Aguileña

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Hook (la nariz)

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Root, origin

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Raíce

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The marked box

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La casilla señalada

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Grayish

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Grisáceo

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Summit (top)

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La cumbre

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Uphill/ downhill

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Cuesta arriba/ Cuesta abajo

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Undergrowth, brush

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Maleza

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Shore

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La orilla

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Blackish (adj)

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Negruzca

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A drop (de líquido), bead (de sudor)

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Una gota

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Upright (erguido)

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Upright (adj)

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Imposing, stunning, impressive (adj)

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Imponente

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Regañadientes

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Unwillingly; reluctantly (adv)

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El alambre

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  1. Wire of any metal

Idiom: alambre cargado (live wire)

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La prensa

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The press

Dar a la prensa- to publish

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La portada

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  1. Title page, front page

2. Porch (architecture)

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El enlace

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Link, relationship, marriage

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La traición

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Betrayal, treason

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Propiamente

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Exactly, correctly, properly

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Curse

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Maldición

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Maltradas

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Handled roughly, abused, ill treated

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Overdose

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Sobredosis

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Ingenuo

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Naive

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Ingenio

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Wit, ingenuity, wittiness

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La ñoñería

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The fussiness, the nonsense

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Mientras tanto

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Meanwhile

  • also Entre tanto
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Humo

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Smoke

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Clue

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Pista

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Suspect

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Sospechoso

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Hold- up

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Atraco

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Guilty

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Culpable

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Waste

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Residuo

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Dirt

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Suciedad

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Wise

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Sabio, - a

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El saldo

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Balance (móvil)

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Streetlamp, street light

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Farola

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Demás

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  1. Other, rest of

Todo lo demás- everything else
Los/las demás

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Despistado

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(adj) Absent minded, scatterbrain

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Los bichos

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Bugs

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Andanza

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Adventure, event, fortune

Andanzas- wanderings

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Tener moratones

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To have bruises

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Delito

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Crime, offense

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Los atracones

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Binges (eating)

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Bocaza

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Loudmouth

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Los lirios

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The lilies

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Tertulia

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Regular informal social gathering, circle

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Copay

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El copago

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Inquietud

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  1. Worry, anxiety
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La escolarización

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Schooling

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Asignatura

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Subject (educación, school subject)

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Pendiente

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(Adj)

  1. pending, outstanding
  2. Failed (asignatura)
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La demanda

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  1. Demand, request

2. Lawsuit

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Docente

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(Adj)

  1. Teaching
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No es casual que

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It is no coincidence that…

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La carencia

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  1. Lack, scarcity, deficiency
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Imprescindible

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Essential, indespensable

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La plantilla

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Staff (de empresa)

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La inversión

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Investment (de dinero, tiempo…)

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…con qué fin?

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With what purpose (end)?

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Una encuesta

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A survey, opinion poll

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Occidente

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Europe, the west (contrast to Asia, etc)

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Puesto que…

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Since, as …

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Position, post, place (en fila, clasificación)

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El puesto (noun)

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La quiebra

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Bankruptcy

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El fondo (noun)

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Background, bottom, fund (dinero)

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Percent %

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Por ciento

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… En medio de…

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In the middle off …

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Domestic consumption

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El consumo interno

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The clashes

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Las enfrentamientos

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El trozo

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  1. Piece (pedazo), bit
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El tramo

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Stretch (espacio), period, section

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Trapicheo

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A shady deal (trampa), scheme

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Agujero

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Hole (hueco)

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Absence

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La ausencia

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Beret

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La boina

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LA trama

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Plot (historia)

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Incautación

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Seizure, confiscation

Verbo- incautar

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Alijo

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Contraband (alijo de drogas)

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Por menor

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Retail

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Desapercibo

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Unpreparedness

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Ringleader

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El/la cabecilla

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El desuso

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The disuse

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Es habitual que

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It is customary/habitual that…

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La valla

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The fence

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Una cata

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A tasting (vino, etc)

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Una tripa

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A belly, a gut

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Singular (adj)

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  1. Singular, single
  2. Unique (único)
  3. Peculiar, odd (raro)
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La percha

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(Clothes) hanger

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Muy maja

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Very nice

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Las ventas

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The sales

Ejemplo: las ventas de refrescos

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Regret, repentance (noun)

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El arrepentimiento

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Rebaño

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Flock, herd

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Tamaño

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Size

adj & noun

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Una pesadilla

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A nightmare

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El seso

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Brain (cerebro)

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Susto

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Fright, scare

Darse un susto- to get a fright

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!Qué susto!

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What a scare! What a fright!

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Harto

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Fed up, tired, full (de comida) (adj)

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Bromita

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Little joke

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Double edged sword

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Una arma de doble filo

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Zumbido

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Buzz (insecto), hum (máquina)

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La apatía

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Apathy

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Pancarta

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Banner, placard

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Pintada

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Graffiti (en pared)

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“Madrileño de puro cepa”

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Authentic, genuine madrileño

De pura cepa- authentic, genuine

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El escollo

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  1. Hurdle, obstacle, pitfall

2. Reef (en el mar)

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La sede

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Headquarters (empresa); seat (de gobierno)

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El alijo

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Drug or contraband

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Sister/ brother in law

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El/ la cuñado, -a

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Slightly, lightly

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Ligeramente

Me siento ligeramente enfermo
i feel slightly sick

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Pimple

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El granito

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Beating

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Una paliza

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A hundred of…

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Un centenar de…

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Contribution

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La aportación

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El revé , Los revés

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Back; Setback; hitch

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Rally, political meeting

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Un mitin

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Right now !

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Ahora mismo

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In / at the beginning…

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Al principio

*beginning: el inicio, el comienzo

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Las ganancias

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The profits

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Unpredictable

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Imprevisible

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Unique, unrepeatable, one & only

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Irrepetible

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Gossip

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El cotilleo [co- teal- lay’o]
(Cotillear)

  • el chisme/ chismoso
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Ludoteca

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Children’s play center

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La meta

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Finish line; aim, goal

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La quimera

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  1. Fantasy, chimera, illusion
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Aun así

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Even so

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Aun

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Even (adverb)

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Aún

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Still

***w/o accent it means “even”

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La respuesta

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Answer, reply

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Adonde

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Where (adverb)

** used with verbs of movement, use donde to refer to state position

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How depressing!

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! Qué deprimente!

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What a beautiful day!

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Qué bello está el día!

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Excuse me!

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Discúlpeme!

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Wide

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Ancho

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Narrow; tight

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Estrecho

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La lealtad

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Loyalty

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Shortcut

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El atajo

  • tomar/coger un atajo
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Mud

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El lodo

  • lodoso (muddy)
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A slice (of bread)

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La rodaja (de pan)

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En rodajas

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Sliced

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Calavera

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Skull

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Esqueleto

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Skeleton

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Majo, -a

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  1. Nice (cosa), !Qué blusa tan maja!

2. Nice (persona), guapo

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Hola maja! Qué tal te vez?

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Hey love! How are things going?

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Como supiste?

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How did you know?

196
Q

Amorcito

A

Little love, darling, sweety

197
Q

Gunpowder

A

La pólvora

198
Q

La etapa

A

Stage, phase

Por etapas- in stages

199
Q

Alivio

A

Relief

200
Q

Atajo

A

Shortcut

201
Q

Allergy

A

Alergia

202
Q

Espantoso

A

Frightening, awful, hideous

203
Q

No te vayas

A

Don’t go

204
Q

Borroso

A

Blurry, vague, hazy

205
Q

El vuelco

A

Upset; overturn; 180 degree turn

  • volcar
206
Q

Solo bromeo

A

I’m just kidding

207
Q

No te burles de mi

A

Don’t make fun of me

208
Q

La cartelera

A

Billboard; entertainments page

209
Q

La carrera

A

Race; career

210
Q

La chatarra

A

Scrap metal, junk, cheap jewelry

211
Q

Amount

A

La cantidad

212
Q

Flat (surface, landscape)

A

Llano, plano

213
Q

Antaño

A

Long ago, yester year

214
Q

A pinch, a tiny bit

A

Una pizca

215
Q

Jet (de líquido)

A

Chorro

216
Q

Quijotesca

A

Quixotic

  • extremely idealistic, unrealistic, impractical
217
Q

Tuzudo

A

Stubborn

218
Q

Cateto

A

Adj- uncultured, uncouth

Noun- country bumpkin

219
Q

Matraca

A

Rattle

  • ser una matraca - to be a pain
220
Q

Currar

A

To work

221
Q

Well said

A

Bien dicho

222
Q

Bache

A

Pothole, patch

223
Q

Asquerosa

A

Disgusting, nasty, filthy

224
Q

Maldito

A
  1. Damn
  2. Cursed, damned
  • maldita sea! (Damn it!)
225
Q

Spoiled

A

Consentido, mimado

226
Q

Naughty, mischievous

A

Travieso

“Los niños traviesos”

227
Q

Crop

A

La cosecha

Cosechar- to harvest

228
Q

Species

A

Especie

229
Q

Soil, ground

A

Suelo

230
Q

Drought

A

Sequía

231
Q

Mailman

A

Cartero, -a

232
Q

Sweaty

A

Sudado

233
Q

Fig tree

A

Higuera

234
Q

4th, 5th…9th

A

Quarto, quinto, sexto, septimo, octavo, noveno

235
Q

Inquina

A

Hatered, aversion, dislike

*tener inquina a alguien- to have a grudge against someone

236
Q

Infection

A

Infección

Infección de oídos (ear infection)

237
Q

Sunstroke

A

Insolación

238
Q

Food poisoning

A

Intoxicación

239
Q

Stiff neck

A

Tortícolis

240
Q

Sprain

A

Torcedura

241
Q

Fracture

A

Rotura

242
Q

Ibuprofen

A

Ibuprofeno

243
Q

Rough (adj)

A

áspero, -a

244
Q

Inculto

A

Uneducated

245
Q

Paleto

A

Uncouth, uncultured

  • hick, country bumpkin
246
Q

Vinculadas

A

Linked

247
Q

Ni siquiera

A

Not even

248
Q

Stealth, secrecy

A

Sigilo

El ladrón entró con mucho sigilo y nadie lo oyó

249
Q

La carcajada

A

Loud laughter

*reír a carcajadas - to roar with laughter

250
Q

Sin rodeos

A

Bluntly, with out mincing words

  • háblame directamente, sin rodeos
251
Q

Hoguera

A

Bonfire

252
Q

Sorteo

A

Raffle, prize

253
Q

Public transportation

A

El transporte público

254
Q

I just took my sister to her house.

A

Acabo de llevar a mi hermana a su casa.

255
Q

Dresser

A

Cómoda (bedroom- dormitorio)

256
Q

Chancla, chancletas

A

Flip flop, backless sandal

257
Q

Noun

A

El sustantivo

258
Q

Vase, large jug

A

Jarrón

259
Q

Indisputable, unquestionable

A

Indiscutible

260
Q

Gunpowder

A

Pólvora

261
Q

Extremely crowded

A

Multitudinario

262
Q

Náufrago

A

Shipwrecked person, castaway

263
Q

Cashmere

A

Cachemira

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