Español Flashcards

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la guadaña

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scythe

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el hollín

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soot

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el picadero

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riding school
bachelor pad, fuckpad (slang)

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la caspa

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dandruff

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la hez

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dregs, sediment
(derogatory) scum
(in the plural) excrement, dung

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el ardid

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plot, trick

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7
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el soplete

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blowtorch, spray gun

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la fregona

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dishwasher (person); mop

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escabullirse

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to sneak out, slip away; to squirm

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el tenderete

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stall, market stall, stand
convenience store
clotheshorse

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(el) holgazán

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loafing
loafer, lazybones; deadbeat, layabout

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baldío

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barren, waste; lazy, idle

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(el) yermo

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barren, deserted
wasteland

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el ayo, aya

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person who takes care of children, tutor

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escamar

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to remove the scales from
to make distrustful
(colloquial) to frighten

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chapurrear

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to speak a smattering of

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el regazo

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vaticinar

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to predict

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(el) zalamero

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flatterer, sweet talker, wheedler
smarmy, flattering, fawning, wheedling

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ralo

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scarce, uncommon
sparse

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el torciopelo

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azuzar

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to incite, to egg on

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el macuto

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backpack, satchel

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cutre

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(thing) of bad quality, poor
(place) shabby, seedy, cheesy
(person) stingy, small-minded, mean

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espabilar
to wake up, to buck someone up, to get a move on
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la pamela
wide-brimmed hat worn by women
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el betún
bitumen; shoe polish
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el penco
nag (weak horse) buffoon
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el pienso
animal feed
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restregar
(transitive) to scour, rub hard, scrub (transitive, colloquial, figuratively) to rub in (irritatingly make a point)
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en bragas
with one’s pants down
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bragas
panties (Spain)
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empalmarse
to get an erection
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el felpudo
doormat
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cutre
cheesy; seedy
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zopenco
slow, stupid
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tajante
emphatic, categorical