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1
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Adjective

Technical (related to a specific field)

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Technico

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The technichian, expert, specialist, repairman (profession)

The coach, manager, trainer (sports)

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El/La técnico

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The game (game)
The chess set (board and pieces)
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El Ajedrez

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To dispute (to call into question)
To discuss (to debate)
To compete for  (to contend)
To play (sports)
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Disputar

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The ball, soccer ball, baseball (round object)

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La pelota

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The resurgence, reemergence

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El resurgimiento

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The drought

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La sequía

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To promote  (to raise in rank)
To promote, cause, provoke (to encourage)
To bring  (legal)
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Promover

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The spark, bit (flash of fire)

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La chispa

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“in the face of”

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“de cara a”

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“largest minority group”

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“la minoría más numerosa”

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To accept (to accept)
To access, gain access, get
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Acceder

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The spotlight, headlight, floodlight (light source)

The focus, focal point, center, source (nucleus)

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El foco

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“on the occasion of”

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“Con motivo de”

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“than ever, that ever”

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“que nunca”

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to grow (to thrive)
To hit, crash, bump
To happen, present itself (to occur)

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Darse

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The audience, spectators, public (crowd)
The turnout, the attendance (simultaneity)
The coincidence, concurrence (simultaneity)

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La concurrencia

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“to become free”

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“en quedar libre de”

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Abverb

Usually

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Suele

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“On A global level”

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“A nivel global”

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To not trust, be suspicious of, mistrust, distrust (to regard with suspicion; used with “de”)
To doubt whether, be doubtful whether (to feel uncertain about; used with “de”)
To doubt, have no faith in, lack confidence in (to feel insecure about; used with “de”)

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Desconfiar

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“to do so”

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” Para ello”

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The survivor

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El/La sobreviviente

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Adjective

Surviving

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sobreviviente

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Adjective

Imported

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importado

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“Budget cuts”

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“recortes presupuestarios”

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The cutting, cutting down, the felling (cutting)

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La tala

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Stock breeding, ranching, livestock farming (rearing)
The cattle. livestock (stock)
The livestock farm, ranch (farm)

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La ganadería

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The mining, mining industry

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La minería

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The manager, person in charge

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El encargado

La encargada

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Adjective

Devastating

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devastador/a

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To suppose, assume, imagine, mean

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Suponer

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The wetland

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El humedal

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To subtract, take away (mathematics)
To deduct, take away (to discount)
To minimize, play down (to make light of)

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Restar

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The posture, position (body position)

The stance, attitude, position (disposition)

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La postura

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The filmmaker, movie maker (profession)

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el cineasta

la cineasta

37
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The assistant, attendant (profession)

The attendee, participant (person attending)

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el asistente

la asistente

38
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The wealth, abundance

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La riqueza

39
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To exploit, use, run, operate (to use)

To explode. go off (to detonate)

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Explotar

40
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“It’s necessary”

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“Hace falta”

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To dispute, fight for (to contend for)

To play, compete

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Disputarse

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To postpone, put off, defer  (to delay)
To neglect (to dismiss)
To pass over (to hold an employee back)
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Postergar

43
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Adjective

Controversial, widely debated

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Controvertido

44
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To appeal, resort to, appeal to

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Apelar

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The mistake, stupid mistake (error)
The fault  (mechanical flaw)
The miss (failure to hit)
The ruling, decision, judgement, verdict (conclusion after deliberation)
A

Fallo

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To claim, allege (legal)
To cite, put forward, plead (to adduce)
To argue (to quarrel) (Latin America)
To complain, gripe (to protest)

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Alegar

47
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Adjective

Unanimous

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Unánime

48
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“therefore, consequently”

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“por ende”

49
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The coherence  (logical connection)
The consistency, cohesion  (logical connection)
A

La Coherencia

50
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To abandon, leave (to leave behind a person)
To leave (to depart a place)
To give up, drop out (to cease an activity)
To withdraw, retire, pull out, concede defeat, throw in the towel (sports)
A

Abondonar

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“about to, on the point of, almost, nearly, on the verge of, on the brink of (very close to)”

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“a punto de”

52
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To make a comeback, reappear, revive, bounce back

A

Resurgir

53
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to swing, oscillate (to move back and forth)

To fluctuate, vary, range (to waver)

A

Oscilar

54
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The headquarters, seat (chief administrative office)

The venue, host (locale)

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La sede

55
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The collection, group, whole (collective of things or people)
The ensemble, group, band (music)
The team (sports)

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El conjunto

56
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Adverb

Anyway, anyhow, in any case

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de todas maneras

57
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“a trend”

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“Una moda”

58
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To live on, last, endure (to continue indefinitely)

To remain, still exist, persist (to prevail)

A

Perdurar

59
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The practice, training, training session (period of exercise)
The training, coaching

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El entrenamiento

60
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The scholarship, grant

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La beca

61
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the recreation, reenactment, re-creation, reconstruction

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La recreación

62
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The court, field, pitch

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La cancha

63
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The attire, outfit (clothing)

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El atuendo

64
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To stand out, jut out, project (to be notable)

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Resaltar

65
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The evolution, development, progress (gradual growth)

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La evolución

66
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“spread the word”

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“corriendo la voz”

67
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To promote, provoke, cause (to encourage)

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Promovir

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To summarize, abridge, sum up, shorten (to condense)

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Resumir

69
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The drought

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La sequía

70
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To supply, provide

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Abastecer

71
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To stock up on, obtain (to acquire; used with “de”)

A

Abastecerse

72
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The basin, catchment area (geography)
The socket (anatomy)
The mining area

A

La cuenca

73
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The wetland

A

El humedal

74
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TO SURROUND, ENCIRCLE

A

Rodear

75
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To renew (to extend the validity of)
To refurbish, change (to refurbish)
To renovate, restore (to repair)
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Renovar

76
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The pasture, grassland

A

El pastizal

77
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The channel, canal (waterway)

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El canal

78
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“in a very concrete way”

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“de manera muy concreta”

79
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The forecast, prediction, tip (assessment)
THE PROGNOSIS (medicine)
A

El pronóstico

80
Q

“and therefore”

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“por lo cual”

81
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The fox, fox fur

A

El zorro

82
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Adjective

Wild, born in the wild

A

Monteses

83
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To burn, set fire to scald (to scorch)

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Quemar

84
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To burn oneself, get burnt, get burned (to get hurt)

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Quemarse

85
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The journalism

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El periodismo

86
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“to wipe off the face of the earth”

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“que los borren del mapa”

87
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To delete, erase, remove, wipe off, rub out

A

Borrar

88
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To fade, disappear, cancel one’s membership

A

Borrarse

89
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Adjective

In charge of, responsible for (accountable)

A

Encargado/a

Vocab From News In Slow Spanish (41 decks)

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