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Adjective
supportive, caring, of solidarity (sympathetic)
mutually binding, jointly liable (legal)

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solidario/a

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To collect, raise (to gather)
To make (to earn money)
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Recaudar

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Adjective

fertilizing (related to fertilizers)

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fertizilante

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The fertilizer (agriculture)

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El fertizilante

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To connect, plug in, to connect up (to attach; often used with “con” or “a”)
To link, connect (to join)
To put someone through (telecommunications)
To link, connect (to relate to; used with “con”)
To get along with, get through, reach (to get on; used with “con”)
To go over to (television; used with “con”)
To provide a link to, connect with, get a connection to (transport; used with “con”)

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Conectar

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To get connected (computing)

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Conectarse

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The brewery

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La cervecera

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Adjective

entertaining, enjoyable (pleasant)

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entretanido/a

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To be carried out

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Llevarse a cabo

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Adjective

controversial, widely debated

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controvertido/a

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To get, obtain, win (to acquire)

To achieve, manage (to realize an objective)

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Conseguir

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To denounce, condemn (to censure)
To report (to notify)
To reveal, indicate (to demonstrate)

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Denunciar

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The pro-government political forces (forces that support the government
The government, government party, ruling party (government authorities)

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El oficialismo

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Adjective

“self proclaimed”

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autoproclamado/a

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To weaken, debilitate (to cause to lose strength or power) (medicine)

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Debilitar

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To weaken, become weak, grow weak (to lose strength or power)
To weaken, become weak, deteriorate (medicine)

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Debilitarse

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Phrase
since, seeing that, given that (because)
now that, as (on account of)

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Ya que

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The spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman (speaker of a group)

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El vocero

La vocera

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To call, convene, summon, organize, announce (to convoke)

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Convocar

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Adjective

supposed, alleged (unconfirmed)

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supuesto/a

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The assumption (hypothesis)

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El supuesto

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Adverb

perhaps, maybe

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acaso/a

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The opponent (rival)
The candidate (competitor)
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El/La opositor

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Adjective

opposing, opposition (competitor)

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opositor/a

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“meanwhile”

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“Mientras tanto”

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The elections

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Los comicios

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Adjective
extraordinary, unusual (exceptional)
extraordinary, outstanding (great)
extra. additional (supplementary
special (publication)
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extraordinario/a

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To penalize, fine, impose sanctions on, sanction (to punish)

To sanction, approve (to authorize)

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Sancionar

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The contribution

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El aporte

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“to get”

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“para sacar”

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To ease, relieve, alleviate, mitigate, lessen, palliate  (to reduce)
To excuse (justify)
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Paliar

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The virtue, benefit

The property, belonging (possession)

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El bien

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Adjective
placed (situated)
employed (having a job)
high, stoned (on drugs) (Spain)
plastered, smashed (drunk)
close (connected to)
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colocado/a

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To reach, catch, catch up with (to get to)
To reach, rise to (to rise to)
To achieve (to accomplish)
To be enough (to be sufficient)

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Alcanzar

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The taxpayer (finance)

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El contribuyente

la contribuyente

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The scholarship, grant (money awarded)

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La beca

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To collect revenue, raise funds (to gather)
To make (to earn money)
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Recaudar

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The collection (act of collecting)
The earnings, takings, box office takings, the gate (revenue)
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La recaudación

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To go out of, leave, come out of, get out of (to exit)
To leave (to depart from)
To finish (to end the school or working day)
To come from (to originate in or from)
To come through, come out of, get out of, overcome
To play (film, theater, television)

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Salir de

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The well (source of water or oil)
The shaft (tunnel of a mine)
The deep part (deepest part)
The pool (pot)
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El pozo

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To get worse, deteriorate, worsen (to decline)

To make worse, to worsen (to aggravate)

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Empeorar

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Adjective

sensible, prudent

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sensato/a

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To discourage, dishearten (to demotivate)

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Desalentar

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To get discouraged, disheartened, be disheartened (to become demoralized)

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Desalentarse

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Adverb

with regard to, as for (in reference to)

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en cuanto a

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To contribute, give (to give)
To provide, contribute (to produce)
To reach port (nautical)

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Aportar

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To punish (to impose a sentence on or for)
To punish, ground, keep in (to chastise)
To penalize, suspend (sports)
To punish, hit, affect, afflict, ravage, devastate (to hurt)
To ride hard (to drive on a horse)

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Castigar

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The tribute, tax

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El tributo

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To innovate

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Innovar

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The sustainability (viability) (ecology)

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La sostentabilidad

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To rule out, dismiss, reject, discount (to discard)

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Descartar

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To intend, expect (to want)
To claim  (to affirm)
To woo (to court)
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Pretender

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To cancel, close an account (to annul)
To cancel, call off (to suspend)
To pay off, settle (to pay)
To erase (to forget)

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Cancelar

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The improvement

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La mejoría

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Adjective
essential (indispensable)(inherent)
main (principal)

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esencial

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To contain (to enclose)
To restrain, hold back, check, curb (to repress)
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Contener

57
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To restrain oneself (to control one’s impulses)

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Contenerse

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“although, even though, while”

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“si bien”

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Conjunction
as well as (and additionally)
just as, in the same way that, just like (used to express comparison)
whereas, while (used to express contrast)

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así como

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The portrait (art)
The portrayal (depiction)
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El retrato

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The firefighter, fireman, firewoman

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El bombero

La bombera

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To cost (to be valued at)
To be hard (to be difficult to)
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Costar

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To venerate, worship (religious)

To worship, revere (to adore)

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Venerar

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To pursue, follow, chase (to run after)
To pursue (to try to accomplish)
To harass (to pester)
To persecute (to oppress)
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Perseguir

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The trunk (botany)
The log (lumber)
The stock (genealogy)
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El tronco

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To escape, survive (to get free)
To be declared innocent, get off (legal)
To be saved (religious)

A

Salvarse

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Phrase
I’d do it (first person singular)
he’d do it, she’d do it, would do it, it’d do it (third person singular)
you’d do it (formal) (second person singular)

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le haría

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To carve (wood, stone), sculpt (stone, metal), cut (gemstone)  (to fashion)
To measure (to determine the height of)
To rub (to massage) 
To scrub (to scour)
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Tallar

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To rub oneself (to massage oneself)

To scrub oneself (to rub oneself hard)

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Tallarse

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To make a pilgrimage, go on a pilgrimage (to journey to a sacred place)
To travel around extensively (to travel around)
To go to and fro, trail (to go around)

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Peregrinar

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The faithful (religious)

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Los fieles

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Adjective
faithful, loyal (devoted)
precise, faithful (precise)

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fiel

73
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The believer (religious)

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El/La fiel

74
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The needle, pointer (on scales)

A

El fiel

75
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Phrase

in other words, that is to say (used to restate something)

A

o sea

o sea que

76
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The buildup, mass, crowd (general)

A

La aglomeracion

77
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The guava

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La guayaba

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To grow (to thrive)
To hit, crash, bump (to bash; used with “con”)
To happen, present itself (to occur)
To take to (to start)

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Darse

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To moderate, curb, mind, reduce (to control)

To moderate, chair (to direct)

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Moderar

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To restrain oneself, control oneself, cut down (to pace oneself)

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Moderarse

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The meeting (act of coming together)
The meeting, conference (assembly)
The encounter (chance meeting)
The game, match (sports)

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El encuentro

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