From Books Flashcards
to beat, overcome, win
vencer
winner
un vencedor
after [same meaning as después de] [2]
luego de que / tras
to contribute
aportar
underground [adverb]
bajo tierra
[adjective is subterráneo]
surface / area above ground
la superficie
to take place
tener lugar
to hold [e.g. an event]
celebrar
then, next [formal, in DELE document]
a continuación
to be clear / to consist of / to be present[when used with ‘en’]
(in DELE document)
constar
conducive to [in DELE document]
conducente[s] a
nine million, six hundred thousand
nueve millones seiscientos mil
hierarchy
la jerarquía
e.g. una persona de jerarquía — a high-ranking person
to carry out
llevar a cabo
by then / at that time
por entonces
to emphasise [2 words]
enfatizar / recalcar
to belittle
menospreciar
even though
por más que
to lend oneself to / to be party to
[reflexive]
prestarse a
prestar means lend
to spend
gastar
on average
por término medio
poverty
la pobreza
I feel joy
siento alegría
the remainder
lo restante
to make disappear (object) / to blur or tone down (image)
desvanacer
nevertheless
no obstante
to happen upon (something)
dar con (algo)
to please [2 words]
complacer / contentar
Use anything, however small.
Utilice cualquier cosa, por pequeña que sea.
Claudia threw herself completely into medicine
Claudia se volcó por completo a la medicina
to get overturned
volcarse
indispensable
imprescindible
vigorous, booming
pujante
to drown/choke [something], to cripple [economically]
ahogar
He wasn’t afraid [in the face of something]
Él no se arredró
improvement [a specific change or the concept of it]
[2 words]
la mejora / el mejoramiento
shameful
vergonzoso
few and far between
pocos y distantes entre sí
carelessness
el descuido
to fear the worst
temer lo peor
deadly
mortífero
to demonstrate, show
demostrar (ue)
poison (noun)
el veneno
to poison
envenenar
to cut the throat of
degollar
proof, evidence
la prueba(s) [plural often]
to despise
despreciar
lawsuit
un pleito
to attribute something to
achacar algo a
to bring up (a notion), raise (a notion)
plantear
The house is for sale
La casa está en venta
to resist, counter
contrarrestar
no matter how much… [2 ways]
por más… que [+subj] / por mucho… que [+subj]
Por mucho que insista no le voy a dejar entrar
Por más que le explico no se entera
no matter how (+ adjective/adverb)
por muy… que [+ adj/adv +subj]
A veces hay que ceder, por muy doloroso que sea.
meanings of ignorar [2]
to be unaware of / to ignore
to scowl, frown
fruncir el ceño
to purse one’s lips
fruncir los labios
As far as regards finances…
En lo que se refiere a las finanzas…
