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To grant, confer, award, give (to bestow)
To execute (legal)
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Otorgar

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The auction (competitive sale)
The tender, tendering (public bidding)
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La subasta

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To prevent, stop (to keep from happening)
To hinder (to make difficult)
To block (to obstruct)
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Impedir

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Adjective
entrepreneurial, enterprising, (business-minded)

The entrepreneur (commerce)

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emprendedor

El emprendedor
La emprendedora

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The bulb, light bulb (electricity)

The tube for drinking mate (straw)

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La bombilla

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To receive (to welcome)
To take in (to provide refuge for)
To receive, take (to react to)

To have recourse to (legal; used with “a”)

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Acoger

Acogerse

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The advisor, consultant (counselor)

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advisory (consulting)

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El asesor
La asesora

asesor

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The measurement, dimension (size)
The measurement (act of measuring)
The measure, step (act)
The moderation (restraint)
The extent (limit)
The meter  (literature)
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La medida

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To reopen (to open again)

To reopen (to be open again)

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Reabrir

Reabrirse

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‘until the middle of”

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“hasta mediados de”

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The exodus (emigration)

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El éxodo

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To intrigue (to arouse interest in)
To scheme, plot (to make secret plans)

To be intrigued (to have curiosity)

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Intregar

Intregarse

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The predicament, difficult situation, tight spot, fix (difficulty)
The hardship (dearth)
The embarrassment (shame)
The rush (hurry) (Latin America)
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El apuro

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The slavery, servitude, bondage

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La esclavitude

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The candle (piece of wax)
The sail (part of a boat)
The sailing  (act of boating)
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La vela

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The poster, bill (advertisement)
The sign (notice)
The reputation (fame)
The cartel (commerce)

The cartel (commerce) (criminal organization)

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El cartel

El cártel

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“the days of”

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“a días de”

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Adjective
bloody, bleeding (that bleeds)
cruel, bloody (terrible)
gory (showing a lot of blood)

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sangriento

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The operation (police action) (Latin America)

Adjective
operating (computing)
operative, operational (functioning)

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El operativo

operativo

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To take apart (to disassemble)
To break up (to dismantle)
To foil (to thwart)
To dislocate (to dislodge)

To get dislocated (to become dislodged)

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Desarticular

Desarticularse

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To abolish

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Abolir

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The mestizo, mixed race person, half caste (person of different races)

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El mestizo

La mestiza

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The firearm (weaponry)

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La arma de fuego

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To produce (to yield)
To perform (to do well)
To serve (to be enough)
To defeat (to conquer)
To exhaust (to tire out)
To pay (to honor)
To surrender (to give up)
To yield (finance)
To quit, give up, give in (to admit defeat)
To surrender, give oneself up (to capitulate)
To confess (to admit)
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Rendir

Rendirse

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To shoot, fire (to discharge) (to open fire)
To shoot, take (sports) (photography)
To trigger (to cause)
To pay for, buy (colloquial) (to treat to) (Mexico)

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Disparar

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“auction house”

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“casa de subasta”

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The headquarters, seat of government (chief administrative office)
The venue, host (locale)
The holy see (religious)

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La sede

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To emphasize, stress, highlight (to direct attention to)
To detail, station, post, assign (to send)
To stand out (to be conspicuous)

To stand out, be outlined, be silhouetted (to be conspicuous)

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Descatar

Descatarse

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The ax (tool)
The large candle (light)
The ace, whiz (skilled person)

Adjective
really good, brilliant (skilled)

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La hacha

hacha

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The pot, jar, vessel (container)

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La vasija

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To make kneel, bring someone to his knees (to bend the knees)

To kneel down, kneel (to genuflect)

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Arrodillar

Arrodillarse

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To produce, make, prepare, manufacture (to create)
To work a material (to shape)
To devise a strategy or plan, work out a plan, draw up a budget or a project (to conceive)
To draw up a document or list, prepare a report or contract, write a report (to compose)

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Elaborar

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The property, belonging (possession)
The good (virtue) (benefit)
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El bien

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To review, go over, inspect, check, audit (to examine)
To revise (to examine)
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Revisar

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To remove, take away, clear away (to carry away)
To take away, remove (to put out of sight)
To withdraw troops or ambassador, recall ambassador or envoy (to cause to leave)
To withdraw (to stop giving something) (to take out of circulation)
To take back (to retract)
To withdraw, pull away (to remove from reach)
To force to retire, retire, pension off (to oblige to retire)
To withdraw (finance)
To collect, pickup (to take possession of)

To retire (to stop working)
To hang up (telecommunications)
To move back (to move oneself)
To go to bed, retire (to go to sleep)
To leave, go (to go away)
To retreat (to abandon the front line)
To pull out, withdraw (to quit; used with "de")
To tale oneself, go away, retire (to go somewhere for solitude)
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Retirar

Retirarse

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The plot, lot (piece of land)
The set, batch, lot (group)
The share (part)

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El lote

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The amount, sum total

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El monto

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“what’s the point of having”

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“qúe sentido tener”

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To turn out, turn out to be, to be, work out, prove (to end up)
To work, work out (to appear)
To find, appear (to appear)
To come of, be the result of (to result from; used with “de”)
To result in, lead to (to become; used with “en”)

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Resultar

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The origin (source)
The point of departure, port of origin (transport)
The legitimacy (legal)
The properness (legal)
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La procedencia

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“the charitable soul”

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“la alma caritativa”

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Phrase

from, as of, starting, since, from…on

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a partir de

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To take part in a contest, compete for a position (to participate)
To declare a person bankrupt, declare a company insolvent (to participate)

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Concursar

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To spread out, stretch out (to extend)
To spread out, open up (to unfold)
To spread out (to scatter)
To extend (to broaden)
To issue, make out, write out (to distribute)
To spread (to smear)

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

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Extender

Extenderse

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The performance of actors & musicians, the acting by actors (interpretation)
The show (presentation)
The performance (achievement)
The conduct, actions (intervention)

The proceedings (legal)

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La actuación

Las actuaciónes

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Adverb

supposedly

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supuestemente

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Adjective

cupable (legal)

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culposo/a

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Adjective

pompous, grandiose, ostentatious, showy, overblown, bombastic

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rimbobante

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Adjective
corny, sappy (excessively sentimental)
tacky (excessively sentimental)
affected (pretentious)
prissy (finicky)
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cursi

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To hide, conceal (to keep out of view)

To hide oneself, conceal oneself (to keep oneself out of view)
To hide (to be hidden)
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Esconder

Esconderse

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To acquire, gain, achieve (to get)
To purchase, acquire (to buy)
To acquire, obtain, acquire (to adopt)

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Adquirir

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Adjective
attentive (paying attention)
thoughtful, attentive, courteous (polite)

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atento/a

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The entrepreneur (commerce)

Adjective
entrepreneurial, enterprising, go-ahead (business-minded)

A

El emprendedor
La emprendedora

emprededor(a)

54
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The bulb, light bulb (electricity)

The tube for drinking mate (straw)

A

La bombilla

55
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To reinvent (to recreate)

To reinvent oneself (to rediscover oneself)

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Reinventar

Reinventarse

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To stir, toss (to mix)
To upset (to make sick)
To mess up (to disarrange)
To go through, look through

To toss and turn, writhe (to move from side to side)
To turn stormy (meteorological)
To turn on (to attack)

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Revolver

Revolverse

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To inform, notify (to communicate)
To pay (to remit) (Chile) (Mexico)
To complete (to make up) (Chile)

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

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Enterar

Enterarse

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Adjective

indignant, angry (outraged)

A

indignado/a

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The funding, finance, financing

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La financiación

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The straw, drinking straw (drinking utensil) (Mexico)
The straw (stalk) (Mexico)
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El popote

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The underside, bottom, underneath (stalk)

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La parte inferior

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Adjective

simple (easy) (easy) (clear) (modest)

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sencillo/a

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Phrase

it’s enough to, is enough

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basta con

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Adjective
ground (powdered)
shattered (colloquial) (exhausted)

The loose change (colloquial) (coins) (Chile)

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molido/a

El molido

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The grain (particle)
The grain of salt, sugar, etc,  coffee bean, mustard seed (culinary)
The pimple (acne)
A

El grano

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Adjective
light (of little weight) (thin) (moderate)
frivolous (superficial)
fickle (inconstant)

The lung (culinary)

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liviano/a

El liviano

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Q

Adjective
portable (easily carried)

The laptop, notebook, portable computer (computing)

A

portátil

El/La portátil

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To make angry, anger, annoy, irritate (to upset)
To bore (to cause boredom) (Mexico)

To get angry, get mad, get annoyed (to get upset)
To get tired of (to be bored of) (Mexico)
To fall out (to have a disagreement)

A

Enfadar

Enfadarse

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The chance, coincidence (fortuity)

A

La casualidad

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To admit, accept, allow (to let in)
To accept, take (to consider valid)
To admit, admit to (to concede) (medicine)
To allow, take (to tolerate)
To permit, allow (to authorize)
To hold (to have space for)

To be allowed, be permitted (to be authorized)

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Admitir

Admitirse

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To adapt (to change the format)
To adapt, convert (to rearrange)
To convert (computing)

To adjust, adapt (to get used to)

A

Adaptar

Adaptarse

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The blight (botany) (Mexico) (South America)
The fine dust (dirt particles)
A

El povillo

73
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To anger, make angry, make indignant, outrage (to annoy)

To get angry, become indignant, be outraged, be incensed (to get annoyed)

A

Indignar

Indignarse

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The insult, offence, affront, slight (to get annoyed)

A

El ofensa

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Adjective
chopped, ground (meat), minced meat (culinary)
decayed (as in teeth), rotten, sour (in a state of decay or fermentation)
pockmarked (scarred)
rusted (rusty)
perforated (with a pattern of holes)
cut (as in tobacco)
choppy sea (rough)
hooked, into (colloquial) (interested) (Mexico)
tipsy (colloquial) (drunk)

The hash, mince, chopped vegetables (culinary) (Southern Cone) (Spain)
The chopping, grinding, mincing (act of cutting up)

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picado/a

El picado

76
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Expression

cry me a river

A

a llorar a la iglesia

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To put together (to place together)
To save, raise (finance)
To collect (to make a collection)
To get together, bring together to assemble)
To push to (to close)

To move closer together, get together (to get closer)
To get together, come together, meet up (to assemble)
To mix with, hang out with (to be friendly with)
To get together, live together (as romantic partners)
To join, meet (to converge)

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Juntar

Juntarse

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Phrase

so far, up to now

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hasta el momento

79
Q

crude, clumsy (of poor quality)
coarse, rough (not smooth)
coarse (rude)

A

burdo/a

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Adjective

apart from that, as for the rest, otherwise

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por lo demás

81
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Adjective
lay, secular (nonreligious)

The layperson, layman, laywoman (someone who is not a member of the clergy)

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laico

El/La laico

82
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To confirm, prove (to certify)
To give credit to, do credit to (to give a good reputation to)
To accredit (to appoint as representative)
To credit (finance)
To gain a good reputation as, to prove one's worth as (to gain recognition; used with "como")
To achieve (to reach)
A

Acreditar

Acreditarse

83
Q

The healer (person who can heal)

Adjective
healing (which heals)

A

El sanador
La sanadora

sanador(a)

84
Q

The punishment, fine, penalty, sanction (retribution)
The approval, sanction (formal) (authorization)
The sanction (approval)
The suspension, ban (coercive measure)

A

La sanción

85
Q

The shot (gunshot) (sports)

A

El disparo

86
Q

To venerate, worship (religious)

To worship, revere (religious)

A

Venerar

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Q

Phrase

especially in

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por sobre todo en

88
Q

The Chavism

A

El Chavismo

89
Q

Adjective

irreproachable, impeccable, faultless (blameless)

A

intachable

90
Q 
The virtue (quality)
The power, ability
A

La virtud

91
Q

Phrase

first hand, personally

A

en carne propia

92
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To stick out, lean out (to pop out)
To come out, appear, stick out (to show)

To look (to check)
To stick out, lean out (to peep out)
To come out, appear, stick out (to show)

A

Asomar

Asomarse

93
Q 
The impressionist, impersonator, mimic (theater) 
The imitator (plagiarist)
A

El imitador

La imitadora

94
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Adjective
blessed (beatified)
devout, pious (devoted)
sanctimonious (colloquial) (pejorative) (overpious)

The beatified person (blessed person)
The devoted person, pious person (devoted person)
The sanctimonious person (colloquial) (pejorative) (overpious person)

A

beato/a

El beato

95
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Adjective
said, aforementioned, this (demonstrative)

Noun
The saying

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dicho

El dicho

96
Q

Adverb
well (in good health) (properly) (proficiently)
OK (properly)
very (extremely)

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bien

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