English C1+ vocabulary 4T - adjectives Flashcards
Desinflado
Flat
The bike tyre is a little flat
Duro de corazón
Hard-hearted
Perplejo, desconcertado
Puzzled
Podrido, corrupto
Rotten
Rotten to the core
De poca monta, de pacotilla
Small-time
A small-time crook
Atado, liado
Tied up
The dog was securely tied up
I’m going to be tied up until next week
Embarazoso
Awkward
An awkward silence
Magullado, amoratado
Bruised
Húmedo, mojado
Damp
The walls were damp to the touch
Malvado, retorcido
Wicked
You live in a big wicked city
Absorto, ensimismado
Engrossed (in)
He was engrossed in the film
Al por mayor
Wholesale
A wholesale price
They buy everything wholesale
Correoso, duro, rancio
Stale
Get stale, go stale
Muy cabreado, fuera de sus casillas
Hot under the collar
I get hot under the collar every time I think about it
Seguido muy de cerca, con el aliento en la nuca
Hot on their heels
He’s running first with two opponents hot on their heels
Arenoso, color arena, rubio
Sandy
This tree needs a sandy soil
Ordinario, rudo
Coarse
Don’t use this coarse language
Hueco, vacío
Hollow
The tree is hollow inside
Travieso, atrevido, malcriado
Naughty
He is a naughty boy and always plays tricks
Amargo, agrio
Sour
The milk is starting to go sour
Severo, austero
Stern
You are to take stern punitive action if you break the law
Abundante, grueso
Thick
She had a thick hair
Menor, inferior
Lesser
A lesser human being
To a lesser extent
The lesser of two evils
Subyacente, en el trasfondo
Underlying
The underlying reason was financial gain
Fascinante, cautivante
Riveting
A riveting book, the spectacle was riveting
Carente, despojado
Bereft (of)
They were bereft of any future plans
Despectivo, despreciativo, displicente
Dismissive
Scornful
That was a dismissive gestureHe was scornful of the organisation’s ability to deal with customers
Pegado
Glued (to)
With his ear glued to the radio
No concluyente, inconcluso
Inconclusive
Diferente, impropio de
Unlike
Pepsi is not unlike Coca-Cola
Those actions were so unlike him
Muy estricto, ineludible
Hard and fast
Hard and fast rules
Sin efecto legal, nulo
Null and void
The court declared the law to be null and void
Sin relación, sin parentesco
Unrelated
The progress of one is often unrelated to the progress of the other
Fructífero, productivo
Fruitful
We have to see which path of experimentation might be more fruitful
Desacostumbrado
Unaccustomed
I am unaccustomed to speaking in public
Usual, habitual
Customary
It’s customary to return calls
Trascendental, crucial, muy importante
Momentous
It was a momentous decision
Abundante, copioso, sustancioso (comida)
Hearty
We ate a hearty breakfast
Descorazonador, desalentador
Disheartening
Inestable, al azar
Hit and miss
It’s all a bit hit and miss, nobody knows whether the project will be successful or not
Friamente educado
Icily polite
Insatisfactorio
Unsatisfactory
Castigable
Punishable
Muy muy vago
Bone idle
Inmotivado
Groundless
Mal pertrechado, dotado con pocos recursos
Underresourced
The Health Service is in a poor state because it has been underresourced for many years
Autosuficiente
Self-sufficient (in)
Indignado
Indignant (at)
He was indignant at not being invited to the wedding
Corriente, común, habitual, tópico
Commonplace
It is commonplace to hear it as a part of a standard repertoire
Zoológico
Zoological
Zoological specimen
Familiarizado, versado
Conversant
He is fully conversant with several programming languages
No conectado, sin relación
Unconnected
They are totally unconnected areas
Relacionado, consanguíneo, parecido, semejante
Akin to
The artist uses a technique akin to hyperrealism
Liso, fluido, suave, soso, exento de problemas
Smooth
A smooth material, smooth movements, smooth landing, smooth flavour, smooth path in life
Prematuro, temprano
Untimely
His premature death was untimely
Reutilizable
Reusable
Plastic bags are reusable time and time again
Plagado de
Plagued by
The daytime skies are now plagued by aircraft condensation
En marcha
Afoot
A new trend is afootTo be afoot
Entusiasta, ferviente
Zealous
The individuals that hesitated in the zealous search for food, starved
Acreditado, autorizado
Authoritative
It is an authoritative account of the events
Numérico
Numerical
Numerical order
Acicalado, bien arreglado
Well-groomed
Who is that well-groomed woman?
Deferente, respetuoso
Deferential
Receptivo, que esponde
(Un)Responsive
Desorientado
Disoriented
Impreciso
Imprecise
Indeterminado
Indeterminate
Predeterminado
Predetermined
Evasivo, que no compromete
Noncommittal
A noncommittal answer
Permisible, aceptable, tolerable
Permissible
Hecho a medida
Made-to-measure
A made-to-measure suit
Bien guardado
Closely-guarded
A closely-guarded secret
Abrumador, poderoso
Overpowering
Antiestético, feo
Unsightly
An unsightly scar
Preferente
Preferential
A preferential treatment
Horrible, desastroso, abominable
Appalling
The room was in an appalling condition
Insensible, inmune, impermeable
Impervious to
Impervious to pain, impervious to moisture
Espacioso
Spacious
Roomy (COL)
De última generación
State-of-the-art
Our new television uses state-of-the-art technology
Más fácil dicho que hecho
Easier said than done
Achieving these targets will be easier said than done
Enfermizo, enclenque, empalagoso
Sickly
Grow sickly, sickly sweet
De hasta ahora, por el momento
Hitherto
He discovered more than 150 species of hitherto unknown creatures
Consumado, conseguido, alcanzado
Accomplished
An accomplished novel, mission accomplished
De voluntad débil, débil de carácter
Weak-willed
Puritano
Puritanical
Culto, informado
Knowledgeable
Digno, que se respeta a sí mismo
Self-respecting
Every self-respecting town has a market
