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English C1+ vocabulary 4T - adjectives Flashcards

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Desinflado

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Flat

The bike tyre is a little flat

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Duro de corazón

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Hard-hearted

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Perplejo, desconcertado

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Puzzled

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Podrido, corrupto

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Rotten

Rotten to the core

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De poca monta, de pacotilla

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Small-time

A small-time crook

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Atado, liado

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Tied up
The dog was securely tied up
I’m going to be tied up until next week

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Embarazoso

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Awkward

An awkward silence

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Magullado, amoratado

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Bruised

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Húmedo, mojado

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Damp

The walls were damp to the touch

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Malvado, retorcido

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Wicked

You live in a big wicked city

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Absorto, ensimismado

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Engrossed (in)

He was engrossed in the film

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Al por mayor

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Wholesale
A wholesale price
They buy everything wholesale

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Correoso, duro, rancio

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Stale

Get stale, go stale

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Muy cabreado, fuera de sus casillas

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Hot under the collar

I get hot under the collar every time I think about it

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Seguido muy de cerca, con el aliento en la nuca

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Hot on their heels

He’s running first with two opponents hot on their heels

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Arenoso, color arena, rubio

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Sandy

This tree needs a sandy soil

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Ordinario, rudo

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Coarse

Don’t use this coarse language

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Hueco, vacío

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Hollow

The tree is hollow inside

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Travieso, atrevido, malcriado

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Naughty

He is a naughty boy and always plays tricks

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Amargo, agrio

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Sour

The milk is starting to go sour

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Severo, austero

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Stern

You are to take stern punitive action if you break the law

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Abundante, grueso

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Thick

She had a thick hair

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Menor, inferior

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Lesser
A lesser human being
To a lesser extent
The lesser of two evils

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Subyacente, en el trasfondo

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Underlying

The underlying reason was financial gain

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Fascinante, cautivante

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Riveting

A riveting book, the spectacle was riveting

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Carente, despojado

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Bereft (of)

They were bereft of any future plans

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Despectivo, despreciativo, displicente

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Dismissive
Scornful
That was a dismissive gestureHe was scornful of the organisation’s ability to deal with customers

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Pegado

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Glued (to)

With his ear glued to the radio

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No concluyente, inconcluso

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Inconclusive

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Diferente, impropio de

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Unlike
Pepsi is not unlike Coca-Cola
Those actions were so unlike him

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Muy estricto, ineludible

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Hard and fast

Hard and fast rules

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Sin efecto legal, nulo

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Null and void

The court declared the law to be null and void

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Sin relación, sin parentesco

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Unrelated

The progress of one is often unrelated to the progress of the other

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Fructífero, productivo

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Fruitful

We have to see which path of experimentation might be more fruitful

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Desacostumbrado

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Unaccustomed

I am unaccustomed to speaking in public

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Usual, habitual

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Customary

It’s customary to return calls

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Trascendental, crucial, muy importante

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Momentous

It was a momentous decision

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Abundante, copioso, sustancioso (comida)

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Hearty

We ate a hearty breakfast

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Descorazonador, desalentador

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Disheartening

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Inestable, al azar

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Hit and miss

It’s all a bit hit and miss, nobody knows whether the project will be successful or not

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Friamente educado

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Icily polite

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Insatisfactorio

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Unsatisfactory

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Castigable

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Punishable

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Muy muy vago

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Bone idle

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Inmotivado

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Groundless

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Mal pertrechado, dotado con pocos recursos

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Underresourced

The Health Service is in a poor state because it has been underresourced for many years

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Autosuficiente

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Self-sufficient (in)

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Indignado

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Indignant (at)

He was indignant at not being invited to the wedding

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Corriente, común, habitual, tópico

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Commonplace

It is commonplace to hear it as a part of a standard repertoire

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Zoológico

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Zoological

Zoological specimen

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Familiarizado, versado

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Conversant

He is fully conversant with several programming languages

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No conectado, sin relación

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Unconnected

They are totally unconnected areas

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Relacionado, consanguíneo, parecido, semejante

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Akin to

The artist uses a technique akin to hyperrealism

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Liso, fluido, suave, soso, exento de problemas

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Smooth

A smooth material, smooth movements, smooth landing, smooth flavour, smooth path in life

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Prematuro, temprano

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Untimely

His premature death was untimely

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Reutilizable

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Reusable

Plastic bags are reusable time and time again

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Plagado de

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Plagued by

The daytime skies are now plagued by aircraft condensation

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En marcha

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Afoot

A new trend is afootTo be afoot

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Entusiasta, ferviente

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Zealous

The individuals that hesitated in the zealous search for food, starved

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Acreditado, autorizado

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Authoritative

It is an authoritative account of the events

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Numérico

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Numerical

Numerical order

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Acicalado, bien arreglado

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Well-groomed

Who is that well-groomed woman?

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Deferente, respetuoso

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Deferential

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Receptivo, que esponde

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(Un)Responsive

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Desorientado

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Disoriented

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Impreciso

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Imprecise

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Indeterminado

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Indeterminate

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Predeterminado

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Predetermined

69
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Evasivo, que no compromete

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Noncommittal

A noncommittal answer

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Permisible, aceptable, tolerable

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Permissible

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Hecho a medida

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Made-to-measure

A made-to-measure suit

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Bien guardado

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Closely-guarded

A closely-guarded secret

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Abrumador, poderoso

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Overpowering

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Antiestético, feo

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Unsightly

An unsightly scar

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Preferente

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Preferential

A preferential treatment

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Horrible, desastroso, abominable

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Appalling

The room was in an appalling condition

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Insensible, inmune, impermeable

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Impervious to

Impervious to pain, impervious to moisture

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Espacioso

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Spacious

Roomy (COL)

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De última generación

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State-of-the-art

Our new television uses state-of-the-art technology

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Más fácil dicho que hecho

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Easier said than done

Achieving these targets will be easier said than done

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Enfermizo, enclenque, empalagoso

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Sickly

Grow sickly, sickly sweet

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De hasta ahora, por el momento

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Hitherto

He discovered more than 150 species of hitherto unknown creatures

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Consumado, conseguido, alcanzado

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Accomplished

An accomplished novel, mission accomplished

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De voluntad débil, débil de carácter

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Weak-willed

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Puritano

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Puritanical

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Culto, informado

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Knowledgeable

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Digno, que se respeta a sí mismo

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Self-respecting

Every self-respecting town has a market

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