Expresiones Idiomaticas Flashcards

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1
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¿Cómo? ¿Cómo dijiste?

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What? What did you say?

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¿Cómo te va?

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How are you you? How´s it going?

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¿De cuándo acá?

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Since when?

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¿Y qué?

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So what?

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¿Qué tal?

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How are you?

How´s it going?

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¿Para qué?

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What for?

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7
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¿Por dónde?

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Which way?

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¡Cómo así!

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How is it possible!

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9
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¡Cómo no!

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Of course!

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10
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¡Qué pena!

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What a shame!

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¡A mí qué!

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So what!

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12
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¡Qué sé yo!

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How should I know!

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13
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¡Qué barbaridad!

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How shocking!

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14
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¡No hay de qué!

A

You’re welcome!

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15
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¡Cuánto lo siento!

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I’m so sorry.

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16
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¡Qué te importa!

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It’s none of your business.

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17
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abrirse paso

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to make one’s way

me abrí paso - I made my way

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siempre que

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solamente si

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19
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siempre y cuando

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solamente si

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20
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asumiendo que

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aceptando que algo es así

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21
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incluso si

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sin importar que algo es así

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22
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tal y como

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just like

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23
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presa de algo

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seized by something

presa de terror (por ex)

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en cuanto

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as soon as…

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25
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en lo alto

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on top

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26
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ya que

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since

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27
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fuera se fuese

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whatever it was

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28
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lo antes posible

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as soon as possible

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29
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entrarse ganas de llorar

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to feel like crying

Me entraron ganas de llorar. - I felt like crying.

30
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de pie

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standing

31
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¡Qué + Sustantivo

A

What…!

32
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Qué + adjetivo o adverbio

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How…

¡Qué sabroso! (How tasty!)
¡Qué listo eres! (How clever you are!)

33
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¡Cuanto + verbo o sustantivo!

A

How (so much)

¡Cuánto te extraño! (I miss you so much!)

¡Cuánto tráfico hay! (There’s so much traffic!)

34
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¡Cuántos(as) + sustantivo!

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So Many…!

¡Cuantos primos!
¡Cuántas mujeres elegantes!

35
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¡Cómo + verbo!

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How…!

¡Cómo gritan! (How they scream!)
¡Cómo canta! (How she sings!)

36
Q

Quién + verbo en imperfecto de subjuntivo…!

A

If only…!

¡Quién cantara como Placido Domingo!

¡Quién fuera millonario! (If only I were a millionaire!)

37
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en tal caso

A

in that case

38
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de par en par

A

wide open

39
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en el de tal modo

A

in such a way

40
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Lo antes posible

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as soon as possible

41
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dar un vuelco el corazón

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skip a beat

me dio un vuelco el corazón - my heart skipped a beat

42
Q

a esas alturas

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at that point

43
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Puede que no sea

A

it may not be

44
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al cabo de

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after

At the end of

45
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salta a la vista

A

obvious

46
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a Lo mejor

A

maybe

47
Q

capaces de dar con el

A

able to find him

48
Q

¿Podemos acordar que se ponga fin a esto?

A

Can we agree to put an end to this?

49
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a raíz de

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in the wake of

50
Q

el tal Malcolm como se llame

A

the so-called Malcolm

51
Q

rayar en algo

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to border on something; verge on something

52
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si bien

A

while

53
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daba a Park Avenue

A

faced Park Avenue

54
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tanto de menos

A

so much

55
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dar marcha atrás

A

go backwards

56
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en concreto

A

in particular

57
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se remonta

A

it dates back to

58
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en la medida en que todo ello está relacionado

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to the extent that all this is related

59
Q

lo llevas en la sangre

A

you carry it in the blood

60
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hecho hacía atrás la silla

A

he pushed back the chair

61
Q

se te ve poco seguro de ti mismo

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you are not sure of yourself

62
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todo se reduce a una falta de confianza

A

it all comes down to a lack of confidence

63
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enseguida voy

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right away

64
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sobre todo desde que

A

especially since

65
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lo que fuera

A

whatever

66
Q

ya había dado un salto hacia delante

A

he had already made a leap forward

he was a step ahead

67
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gira en torno

A

revolves around

68
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o sea que

A

that means

69
Q

anda por ahí

A

out there

70
Q

nos toca ir

A

we have to go

71
Q

esto iba a ser

A

this was going to be

estoiba(a)ser