Idiomatic expressions SPANISH TO ENGLISH Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
2
Q

Tener lugar

A

To take place

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Tener presente

A

To keep in mind, to take into account

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Estar en lo cierto

A

To be right

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Hacerse cargo de

A

To take charge of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Querer decir

A

To mean

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Estar a punto de

A

To be about to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Deberse a

A

To be due to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Mantener el interés

A

To hold one´s attention

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Dar en el blanco

A

To hit the mark, hit the nail on the head

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

A lo largo

A

Throughout, along

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Valer la pena

A

To be worthwhile

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Llegar a ser

A

To take place

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Hacer hincapié en

A

To emphasize

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

A fin de cuentas

A

In the end, after all

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Por desgracia

A

Unfortunately

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Debe de ser

A

Should be

18
Q

Llevar al cabo

A

To carry out, to accomplish

19
Q

Sentarle bien a alguien

A

To agree with someone

20
Q

Al pie de la letra

A

Literally

21
Q

Tener en cuenta

A

To take into account

22
Q

Estar por

A

To be in favor of

23
Q

Hacerle caso a

A

To pay attention to

24
Q

A fondo

A

Fully, thoroughly, full scale

25
Q

En todo caso

A

If anything

26
Q

En primer lugar

A

Firstly, in the first place

27
Q

Lo que me importa

A

What is important

28
Q

Tanto major

A

So much better

29
Q

De ese modo

A

In doing so, hereby

30
Q

De hecho

A

In fact, actually, as a matter of fact

31
Q

Ya no

A

Any longer, anymore

32
Q

Sobre todo

A

Above all, especially

33
Q

Mejor dicho

A

Better said

34
Q

En cuanto

A

As soon as

35
Q

A mi parecer

A

In my opinion

36
Q

Cada vez más

A

Increasingly

37
Q

Por ahora

A

For the time being

38
Q

En resumidas cuentas

A

In short, to sum it all up

39
Q

De aquí en adelante

A

From now on