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1
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The wall

A

El muro

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“against”

A

“de lesa”

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The breath

The encouragement, strength, courage (figurative) (confidence)

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El aliento

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The segment (geometry).
The segment (zoology)
The piston (automobile)
The sector (group)
A

El egmento

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The sanctuary, shrine (religious)
The sanctuary (shelter)
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El santuario

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The mandate, order, command (instruction)
The mandate, term (period in office)
The command (grammar)
A

El mandato

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The coast, shore, bank (land near water)

The cost, expense (expenditure)

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La costa

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The area, expanse, stretch (surface)
The length, extension, duration (size)
The extension cord
The spread, dissemination

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La extensión

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The barrier, obstacle

A

La barrera

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To extend, stretch (to occupy)
To last, endure
to expand on, speak at length
To spread, propagate

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Extendarse

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Adverb

with regard to, as for

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En cuanto a

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“lets not even talk about”

A

“ni hablemos de”

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The bars, grille (metal barrier)
The railing (fence)
The plowshare (agriculture)
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La reja

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The post, stake, pole (upright structure)

The post, goal post, upright (sports)

A

El poste

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The steel (metal)

A

El acero

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“in the end”

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“en el fondo”

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Adjective
clandestine, secret (hidden)
The underground (politics)
undocumented (politics)

A

clandestino/a

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The undocumented immigrant

A

El/La clandestino/a

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The cause (origin)
The cause, reason (motive)
The lawsuit, case (legal)
A

La causa

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To impute, accuse, attribute, charge (to indict)

To allocate, assign (to dedicate)

A

Imputar

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To state, declare, announce (to make known)
to declare (war, independence, peace)
to pronounce (husband and wife)
 to find (guilty or not guilty)
to declare (for tax or customs purposes)
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Declarar

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The person or thing that represses

A

El/La represor

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23
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Adjective

terrifying, frightening

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aterador/a

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24
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To pass away, die

A

Faccecer

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25
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To inform, notify (to communicate)

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Enterar

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To find out (to discover)
To hear, find out (to know)
To understand (to comprehend)
To notice (to comprehend)

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Enterarse

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The device, mechanism (piece of equipment)
The presence (forces)
A

El dispositivo

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28
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The rehearsal (practice)
The essay (composition)
The trial, test, experiment (assessment)
A

El ensayo

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To contribute (to give)
To produce, contribute (to produce)
A

Aportar

30
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The compound (chemistry)

A

El compuesto

31
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“swab test”

A

“prueba de hisopado”

32
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To distinguish, differentiate, tell the difference, tell apart
(to discern)

A

Diferenciar

33
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Adjective

promising

A

prometedor/a

34
Q

The new outbreak

A

El robrote

35
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“at this point”

A

“A esta altura”

36
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The disguise

A

El disfrace

37
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To disguise as, dress up as (to put a costume on)

To disguise, conceal, hide (to conceal)

A

Desfrazar

38
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The candy (culinary)
The tidbit (delicacy)
The incentive (motivation)
A

La golosina

39
Q

The reason, cause, motive (motivation)

The motif

A

El motivo

40
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Adjective

chilling, hair-raising, blood curdling (horrifying)

A

escalofriante

41
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To blink, twitch (to bat one’s eyelashes)

To twinkle, flicker (to scintillate)

A

Parpadear

42
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Adjective

disguised, dressed up, in disguise

A

disfrazado

43
Q

To exhaust, wear out, tire out (to fatigue)

To use up, run out, exhaust, run down (to use completely)

A

Agotar

44
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To tire oneself out, get exhausted, wear oneself out (to become tired)
To sell out, run out, use up (to use up a resource)

A

Agotarse

45
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To review, check, inspect, go over, audit (to examine)
To revise (to edit)
A

Revisar

46
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Halloween

A

Noche de Brujas

47
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To frighten, scare (to cause fear)
To startle (to alarm)
A

Asustar

48
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To get frightened, be frightened (to experience fear)

To get worried (to experience concern)

A

Asustarse

49
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To cross, go through (to go across)
To go through, pierce (to penetrate)
To go through, experience (to live through)
To put across (to place)

A

Atravesar

50
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To cut off, cross in front of (to get in the way)
To arise (to occur)
To butt into (to interfere; used with “en”)
To rub the wrong way (to annoy)

A

Atravesarse

51
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disproportionate, out of proportion (not proportionate in size)(excessive)

A

desproporcionado

52
Q

The commuter train, suburban train (transport)

A

El suburbano

53
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Adjective

suburban

A

suburbano/a

54
Q

To hum, sing to oneself

A

tararea

55
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The maturity (characteristic)
The ripeness (fruit)
The maturity(adulthood)
A

La madurez

56
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The interpreter (translator)
The performer (entertainer)
A

El/La intérprete

57
Q

The drummer (music)

A

El/La basterista

58
Q

The attire, outfit (clothing)

A

El atuendo

59
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Adjective
joint (combined)
A

conjunto/a

60
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The collection, group (collective of things or people)
The whole  (totality)
The outfit  (totality)
The ensemble, group, band (music)
The team (sports)
A

El conjunto

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The clothes, wardrobe (clothing)
The wardrobe, costume (theater)
The locker room, changing room (sports)
The dressing room (theater)
The coatroom, cloakroom (coat storage)
A

El vestuario

62
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The designer

A

El/La diseñador/a

63
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The attire, clothing (clothes)

A

La indumentaria

64
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The makeup  (cosmetics)
The making up (act of applying makeup)
A

El maquillaje

65
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The performance, acting  (interpretation)
The show (presentation)
A

La actuación

66
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The ancestry (heritage)
The influence, ascendency (predominance)
A

La ascendencia

67
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The adversity (misfortune)
The setback (reversal)
A

La adversidad

68
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The reporter, journalist, writer (journalism)
The chronicler (historian)
A

El/La cronista

69
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To arrive, reach, land, to put into (to come to a destination)

A

Arribar

70
Q

The face masks (medicine)

A

El cubreboca

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