Español Flashcards
la guadaña
scythe
el hollín
soot
el picadero
riding school
bachelor pad, fuckpad (slang)
la caspa
dandruff
la hez
dregs, sediment
(derogatory) scum
(in the plural) excrement, dung
el ardid
plot, trick
el soplete
blowtorch, spray gun
la fregona
dishwasher (person); mop
escabullirse
to sneak out, slip away; to squirm
el tenderete
stall, market stall, stand
convenience store
clotheshorse
(el) holgazán
loafing
loafer, lazybones; deadbeat, layabout
baldío
barren, waste; lazy, idle
(el) yermo
barren, deserted
wasteland
el ayo, aya
person who takes care of children, tutor
escamar
to remove the scales from
to make distrustful
(colloquial) to frighten
chapurrear
to speak a smattering of
el regazo
lap
vaticinar
to predict
(el) zalamero
flatterer, sweet talker, wheedler
smarmy, flattering, fawning, wheedling
ralo
scarce, uncommon
sparse
el torciopelo
velvet
azuzar
to incite, to egg on
el macuto
backpack, satchel
cutre
(thing) of bad quality, poor
(place) shabby, seedy, cheesy
(person) stingy, small-minded, mean
espabilar
to wake up, to buck someone up, to get a move on
la pamela
wide-brimmed hat worn by women
el betún
bitumen; shoe polish
el penco
nag (weak horse)
buffoon
el pienso
animal feed
restregar
(transitive) to scour, rub hard, scrub
(transitive, colloquial, figuratively) to rub in (irritatingly make a point)
en bragas
with one’s pants down
bragas
panties (Spain)
empalmarse
to get an erection
el felpudo
doormat
cutre
cheesy; seedy
zopenco
slow, stupid
tajante
emphatic, categorical
