Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Flashcards
A sus anchas (adj)
Freely, comfortably
A ultranza
Fanatical (adjective), tooth and nail (adverb)
Abarrotado (adj)
Packed or filled
Abucheo (nm)
Booing
Abultarse (vb)
Bulge
Acantilado (nm)
Cliff
Acarrear (vb)
To carry
Acometido (adj)
Taken hold of
Acritud (nf)
Harshness
Adoquinado (adj)
Paved
Afición (nf)
Fans (of a sport)
Agarrotado (adj)
Stiff
Agolparse (vb)
Sudden gathering of many people or things
Aguileño (adj)
Long and curved
Agujerear (vb)
Pierce or make holes
Ajado (adj)
Well-worn
Al dedillo (adj)
Perfectly, like the back of your hand
Alarde (nm)
A show, display
Aldaba (nf)
Door knocker
Alimaña (nf)
Pest, vermin
Alisarse (vb)
Straighten out
Almibarado (adj)
Sweetened
Amilanarse (vb)
To be terrified
Añil (nm)
Indigo
Anticuario (nm)
Antiques dealer
Apercibimiento (nm)
Warning
Aporrear (vb)
Bang on, hammer on
Apretujar (vb)
Squash together
Apretujarse (vb)
Crowd in or around
Apurar (vb)
To finish off a drink
Apuro (nm)
Embarrassment
Arcada (nf)
A retch or heave (before vomiting)
Ariete (nm)
Battering ram
Arrear (vb)
Spur on (a horse), deliver a blow (a person)
Arreciar (vb)
To intensify
Arremolinar (vb)
To swirl, whirl
Arriate (nm)
Flowerbed
Atajar (vb)
Cut off, interrupt
Atontado (adj)
Stunned, dazed
Avenirse en (vb)
To agree to
Azorado (adj)
Embarrassed
Balbucear (vb)
To stammer
Baraja de cartas (nf)
Deck of cards
Barriga (nf)
Belly, stomach
Barrotes (nm)
Bars (of a fence)
Batacazo (nm)
A blow sustained while falling
Berza (nf)
Cabbage (repollo)
Bocanada (nf)
Puff (of smoke)
Bufido (nm)
Snort or car backfire
Butaca (nf)
Theatre style seat
Caballete (nm)
Sawhorse
Cabestrillo (nm)
Sling (for an injured appendage)
Cachivache (nm)
Junk
Calado (adj)
Soaked
Calarse (vb)
Put on
Camaleónico (adj)
Related to a chameleon
Camisón (nm)
Nightgown (of a woman)
Canalla (nm)
Rotten or vile person
Carraspear (vb)
To clear one’s throat
Catarro (nm)
A cold (resfriado)
Cáustico (adj)
Stinging, biting (when speaking)
Celo (nm)
Scotch tape (Spain)
Cenerse (vb)
To hover (planarse)
Centella (nf)
Flash of light
Centésimo (adj)
Hundredth
Cháchara (nf)
Chat (conversation about something unimportant)
Chapotear (vb)
Splash
Chapuza (nf)
Something done amateurishly
Chaval (nm)
A kid, youngster, squirt
Chillar (vb)
To shriek
Chirriar (vb)
To shriek or squeal
Chismes (nm)
Junk, thing-a-ma-jig
Chismes (nm)
Thingamajig
Cisne (nm)
Swan
Cobertizo (nm)
Shed
Cobrizo (adj)
Copperish, copper colored
Codazo (nm)
Nudge with an elbow
Cohete (nm)
Rocket
Col (nf)
Cabbage
Colarse (vb)
Sneak through
Combarse (vb)
To sag or cave in
Comedero (nm)
Feed trough, feeder (of an animal)
Competer (vb)
To correspond to
Con disimulo (adv)
Surreptitiously (done without others noticing)
Conciliar sueño (vb)
Get to sleep
Congoja (nf)
Anguish, distress, sorrow, grief
Contracubierta (nf)
Back cover (el dorso)
Contrariado (adj)
Upset, annoyed
Contrincante (nm)
Opponent
Crepitar (vb)
To crackle (a fire)
Cuarto trastero (nm)
Junk room
Cuenca (nf)
Socket or hole (eye sockets)
Cuenco (nm)
Bowl
Cuerda de ahorcado (nf)
Hang rope (to execute a person)
Curtido (adj)
Tanned from the sun
Dar un escarmiento (vb)
Teach a lesson
Dar un respingo (vb)
Give a start (out of fear)
De bruces (adj)
Face down
De cuajo
Completely, entirely, from it’s roots
De improviso (adv)
Suddenly, unexpectedly, out of the blue
De mala uva (adj)
In a bad mood
Desasosiego (nm)
Uneasiness
Descorrerse (vb)
Draw back (curtains), unlatch (door)
Desentrañar (vb)
Unravel, get to the bottom of something
Deshilachado (adj)
Frayed
Desmadrarse (vb)
Get out of control
Desvaído (adj)
Faded
Desvalido (adj)
Helpless, defenseless
Desván (nm)
Attic
Disecar (vb)
To stuff (taxidermy)
Disparate (nm)
Absurdity
Dosel (nm)
Canopy
Dubitativo (adj)
Doubtful
Embadurnado (adj)
Smeared
Embargado (adj)
Overcome, overwhelmed
Embargar (vb)
Overwhelm, overcome
Embebido (adj)
Soaked
Embelesado (adj)
Captivated
Embestir (vb)
To charge or rush upon someone or something
Emborronar (vb)
To scribble
Emborronar (vb)
Smudge
Embrollo (nm)
A complication
Embrollo (nm)
Messy situation
Embutir (vb)
To stuff in
Emparedado (nm)
Sandwich
En cabeza por
In the lead
En un santiamén
In a jiffy (very quickly)
Encabritarse (vb)
To rear up (a horse)
Enchufado (adj)
Connected (as in pulled strings, knowing the right people)
Enervar (vb)
To unnerve, to make nervous
Enfilar (vb)
Make one’s way somewhere
Enfurruñado (adj)
Sulking (from irritation)
Enfurruñar (vb)
To sulk
Engullir (vb)
Scarf down, wolf down
Enronquecer (vb)
Go hoarse (lose voice)
Enseñarse con (vb)
To vent or take it out on somebody
Envolvente (adj)
Enveloping
Escoria (nf)
Scum (referring to a person)
Escurridero (nm)
Draining rack (for dishes)
Esfumar (vb)
To melt away or disappear
Espetar (vb)
To spit or blurt something out
Estancia (nf)
Large room
Estar fuera de sus casillas
To be fed up, driven nuts
Estar que reviento (vb)
To be exhausted (or stuffed with food)
Estirpe (nf)
Lineage
Estridente (adj)
Shrill
Estrujado (adj)
Crumpled (paper)
Estrujar (vb)
Wring out, crumple (a paper)
Explanar (vb)
To flatten or level out
Fatídico (adj)
Fateful
Firmamento (nm)
Sky
Floritura (nf)
Frill, embellishment
Follón (nm)
Commotion
Forrado (adj)
Loaded (with money)
Fulminante (adj)
Withering, devastating (denoting an immediate affect)
Fulminar (vb)
To give a withering or deadly look
Gacha (nf)
Pudding, porridge
Garabatear (vb)
To scribble or scrawl
Gatera (nf)
Pet door
Guasa (nf)
A joke (“tomárselo a guasa”, “está de guasa”)
Gusanillo (nm)
The itch to do something (le entró el gusanillo)
Hacer reverencia (vb)
To bow (to someone)
Hacerles papilla (vb)
Beat to a pulp, destroy morale
Harapiento (adj)
Dressed in rags
Harapos (nm)
Rags, tattered clothes
Herrumbroso (adj)
Rusty
Hirsuto (adj)
Bristly (hair)
Hollín (nm)
Soot
Hondonada (nf)
Hollow (a hollowed out area of a forest or field)
Horquilla (nf)
Bobby pin (pasador)
Hosco (adj)
Sullen, sully
Humeradas (nf)
Clouds of dense smoke
Impertérrito (adj)
Unperturbed, unmoved
Inanición (nf)
Starvation
Incisivo (adj)
Cutting
Infranqueable (adj)
Insurmountable, unsurpassable
Inmutarse (vb)
Become perturbed
Insólito (adj)
Unusual
Insonorizar (vb)
To soundproof
Insoslayable (adj)
Unavoidable, inescapable
Inusitado (adj)
Unusual
Irascible (adj)
Irritable
Jaleo (nm)
Ruckus, rabble
Jergón (nm)
Straw mattress
Lacónicamente (adv)
Concisely, succinctly
Ladera (nf)
Slope, hillside
Lápida funeraria (nf)
Grave stone
Libras esterlinas (nf)
Sterling pound
Llantina (nf)
Wailing, howling
Lóbrego (adj)
Gloomy
Maceta (nf)
Flowerpot
Maceta (nf)
Flowerpot or mallet (depending on context)
Machacar (vb)
Crush
Madriguera (nf)
Borough, hole in the ground
Majo (nm)
Nice person
Maleza (nf)
Weeds
Maleza (nf)
Undergrowth, weeds
Manecilla (nf)
Hand (of a clock or instrument)
Manilla (nf)
Handle (manija)
Manosear (vb)
Handle, fumble with something
Manotazo (nm)
A swat or slap
Maremoto (nm)
Tidal wave
Mermar (vb)
To shrink
Merodear (vb)
Prowl about, wonder around
Mole (nf)
Mass (large dimensions)
Mondadientes (nm)
Toothpick
Morro (nm)
Snout of an animal or front of car
Mortecino (adj)
Dying, failing or fading
Muda (nf)
Shed skin (like a snake)
Mugido (nm)
Bellow, moo (from a cow)
Mullido (adj)
Plumped up
Musitar (vb)
Murmur, mumble (slightly above a whisper)
Nariz chata (nf)
Snub nose
Palidecer (vb)
To blanch, turn pale
Palmatoria (nf)
Candlestick
Parapetar (vb)
To take cover (like behind a parapet)
Parlante (adj)
Talking
Patalear (vb)
To kick or stamp
Patraña (nf)
A tall tale, unlikely story
Pavonearse (vb)
To swagger or otherwise show satisfaction with oneself
Peliagudo (adj)
Difficult, tricky
Pelota (adj)
Creepy
Pícaro (adj)
Crafty, cunning
Pillo (nm)
Rascal
Pinchos (nm)
Prongs
Pitorreo (nm)
A joke, something not taken seriously
Pocilga (nf)
Pig sty (something very dirty)
Pócima (nf)
Potion, concoction
Pomo de la puerta (nm)
Doorknob
Ponzoñoso (adj)
Venomous, poisonous
Presteza (nf)
Swiftly, quickly
Proeza (nf)
Feat, exploit
Pujar (vb)
To bid on something (Spain)
Rastrero (adj)
Despicable, contemptible
Rebuscado (adj)
Overly elaborate
Receloso (adj)
Distrustful, wary
Rechoncho (adj)
Squat, short and fat
Reconcomerse (vb)
To eat away at someone
Redoble de tambor (nm)
Drumroll
Regatear (vb)
Bargain, haggle
Regodearse (vb)
Take delight in a bad event
Reñir (vb)
To quarrel
Reparar (vb)
Take notice of
Repiquetear (vb)
Tap repeatedly
Restregado (adj)
Scrubbed
Restregar (vb)
Scrub
Retumbar (vb)
Boom
Revoltijo (adj)
Mess, jumble
Revuelo (nm)
Stir, commotion
Rezagarse (vb)
Drop back, drop behind
Rezumar (vb)
Ooze out
Ribete (nm)
Trimming, edging
Rollizo (adj)
Plump, chubby
Rondar (vb)
To patrol
Rotundidad (nf)
Emphatically, categorically (while answering or asking)
Rulo (nm)
Curler or roller for hair
Sacar (lo/la) de quicio (vb)
Drive someone nuts
Salpicadero (nm)
Dashboard (of a car)
Segundo de a bordo
Second in command (segundo al mando, segundo en rango)
Sendos (adj)
Ambos, cada uno
Sigilo (nm)
Stealth
Sobresaltos (nm)
Scares
Socarrón (adj)
Snide, sarcastic
Solariego (adj)
Ancestral
Sonrosado (adj)
Pinkish
Sonsacarle (vb)
Get information from somebody that would prefer to keep secret
Sonsonete (nm)
A droning noise
Sopera (nf)
Soup bowl
Sopor (nm)
Drowsiness, sleepiness
Soporífero (adj)
Sleep inducing
Subastar (vb)
To auction off
Sulfurado (adj)
Angry, irritated
Superarse a sí mismo (vb)
To outdo oneself
Suprimido (adj)
Abolished
Tajantemente (adv)
Categorically, emphatically
Tarima (nf)
Dais, platform
Tarro (nm)
Jar
Tenacillas (nf)
Tongs (utensil)
Terciar (vb)
Interject in an argument
Terrón (nm)
Clod, lump (or a particulate, such as dirt)
Tirabuzón (nm)
Corkscrew
Tiritar (vb)
To shiver from cold
Topetazo (nm)
Bump, bang
Traca (nf)
String of firecrackers
Tramo (nm)
Flight of stairs
Trastienda (nm)
Back room
Trémula (adj)
Trembling
Tritón (nm)
Newt
Triza (nf)
Small piece of something broken
Truculento (adj)
Gruesome
Tuerca (nf)
Nut (of a bolt)
Turbio (adj)
Cloudy in appearance
Ufano (adj)
Proudly, contentedly
Vadear (vb)
To ford or wade across (such as a body of water)
Veleidoso (adj)
Fickle, capricious
Verse a la legua (verse a leguas)
Evident (seen from far away)
Vertiginoso (adj)
Vertiginous (algo que se hace con rapidez o intensidad)
Vitrina (nf)
Glass display cabinet
Vivaracho (adj)
Jolly, cheerful
Voltereta (nf)
Somersault
Volver a las andadas (vb)
Get back to one’s old ways
Zarandear (vb)
To shake energetically
Zarpa (nf)
An animal’s paw with sharp claws
Zopenco (nm)
Idiot
Zote (nm)
Dumb, dimwit
