Juan From SpanishDictionary Flashcards
Dejado
Clean.
Also, past tense of to clean.
Vacío
Empty
El patano
The swamp
Recorrer
To travel around
La espuma
The foam
El asiento
The seat
Arreglarse
Me estoy arreglando para salir.
To get ready.
I’m getting ready to leave.
La llave
The key
El mirador
The viewpoint
Trabajador (adj)
Hardworking
La toronja
The grapefruit
Rugir (itv)
To roar
Almorzar (itv)
To have lunch
El chicle
Chewing gum
La ampolla
The blister
Rumbear (itv)
To party
El ancla
The anchor
La cola
The tail
Rápidamente
Quickly (note the accent mark)
El/La salvavidaS
The lifeguard
(Note the plural ending)
La manga
The sleeve
La barbuja
The bubble
Pedalear
To pedal
Exprimir (TV)
To squeeze
Distraerse
Me distraje viendo el celular.
To get distracted
I get distracted checking my cellphone.
Mundial (adj.)
World, worldwide
With a capital M, it’s the World Cup
La contaminación
Pollution
El tejón
The badger
La madriguera
The burrow
El delantero
La delantera
The forward, as in soccer
para anotar
To score (eg goal)
Maullar
To meow
“el/la cavernícola”
The caveman
Dibijo
Drawing
El inframundo
The underworld
Espeluznante (adj)
Terrifying
El caldero
The cauldron
El garfio (emphasis on first syllable)
The hook
Oculto (adj)
Hidden
El acertijo
The riddle
Venenoso (adj)
Poisonous
La luna llena
The full moon
El relleno
The stuffing
(imagine becoming full, “lleno,” again by eating stuffing)
Amasar
To knead
El eneldo
The dill
(eneldildo with a pickle)
El batidor
The whisk (imagine using a frayed bat as a whisk)
Encebollado
Cooked with onions
El berro
The watercress
El ajo
The garlic (imagine using a hoe to harvest garlic)
El ejército
The army
Empalagoso
Sickly sweet (impaling a grossly sweet piece of candy in my mouth)
La calabaza
The pumpkin
Brumoso
Misty: a bear (oso) wipes away the mist with a broom
Machacar
To crush
(smash a car)
El champiñon
The mushroom
(Lion’s Mane is the champion of mushrooms)
Disfrazarse: pronominal verb
To dress up
Pronominal = reflexive verb: Reflexive verb?
Verb whose direct object is the same as its subject.
El títere
The puppet: a female puppet with tits full of air.
Acechar
To stalk
(A helpful hardware cat wearing an Ace vest stalking a chair)
Ej: El gato estaba acechando su presa (prey)
La presa
The prey
El cuervo
The raven/crow
(Genus Corvus)
Passerine (English)
Perching birds: order Passeriformes
Apasserine(/ˈpæsəraɪn/) is anybirdof theorderPasseriformes(/ˈpæsərɪfɔːrmiːz/; fromLatinpasser’sparrow’ andformis’-shaped’), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known asperching birds, passerines generally have ananisodactylarrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching.
El malvavisco
The marshmallow
Emocionado
Excited
Estoy emocionado por ir a Argentina.
I’m excited to go to Argentina.
El ombligo
The bully button
La pelusa
The fluff
La broma
The joke
¡Esa fue una broma muy graciosa!
That was a very funny joke!
La papilla
The baby food
Es hora de darle su papilla a Toñito.
It’s time to give Toñito his baby food.
La mezquita
The mosque
La maleta
The suitcase
La jardinería
(Noun)
(The) gardening
Abarcar
El libro abarca el periodo entre 1939 y 1945.
To cover
The book covers the period between 1939 and 1945.
Plantar
To plant
Plantamos varios árboles en la primavera.
We planted several trees in the spring.
La mueca
The face
Zarandear
To shake
¡Deja de zarandear eso que lo vas a romper!
Stop shaking that or you’re going to break it!
El topo
The mole
Los topos cavan hoyos en la tierra.
The moles dig holes in the ground.
La tórtola
The turtledove
Dos tórtolas estaban posadas en la rama.
Two turtledoves were perched on the branch.
La tinaja
The large earthenware jar
Los aldeanos guardan el aceite en tinajas.
The villagers store the oil in large earthenware jars.
Los aldeanos
The villagers
Voltear
To turn over
Ed volteó la carta para revelar un as.
Ed turned over the card to reveal an ace.
Un as
An ace (card)
Fluir
To flow
El pasatiempo
Hobby
Moler
To grind
La barista está moliendo el café.
The barista is grinding the coffee.
Césped
Lawn
Tengo que cortar el césped.
I have to mow the lawn.
La zanahoria
The carrot
Veranear
To spend the Summer
Este año voy a veranear en Panamá
This year I’m spending the Summer in Panama.
El zarpazo
The swipe
El zarpazo
The swipe
El gato me dió un zarpazo y me rasguñó la cara.
The cat took a swipe at me and scratched my face.
Bucear
To scuba dive
El arrecife
The reef
El cangrejo
The crab
Las tenazas
The pincers
La tiza
The chalk
El profesor agarró un trozo de tiza y comenzó a escribir.
The professor grabbed a piece of chalk and started writing.
Un trozo
A piece
Navegar
To sail
La ola
The wave (like ocean waves)
La balsa
The raft
El babero
The bib
Playero
Beach
El voleibol playero es mi deporte olímpico favorito.
Beach volleyball is my favorite Olympic sport.
La hamaca
The hammock
Templado
Mild
La zona goza de un clima templado todo el año.
The area enjoys mild weather all year.
Gozar
To enjoy
Sediento (adj)
Thirsty
Susurrar
To whisper
El trapeador
The mop
El chapuzón
The dip (as in a lake)
Descalzo (adj)
Barefoot
Descalzo (adj)
Barefoot
Quemando
Burning
La sien
The temple (head)
Refunfuñar
To grumble
¡No refunfuñes! ¡Hace tu tarea!
Don’t grumble! Do your homework!
La tarea en casa
Homework
Salteado
Sautéed
El silbato
The whistle
El partido no acaba hasta que el árbitro toque el silbato.
The game doesn’t end until the referee blows the whistle.
El partido no acaba hasta que el árbitro toque el silbato.
The game doesn’t end until the referee blows the whistle.
El partido
The match/game
Empeñarse
To steam up
El aire caliente hizo que se empañaran mis gafas.
The hot air made my glasses steam up.
La luciérnaga
Firefly
Las luciérnagas alumbran el pantano.
The fireflies light up the swamp.
El pantano
The swamp
Nublado (adj)
Cloudy
El reto
The challenge
El ratito
A little while
El adivino
The fortune teller
El calamar
The squid (duh!)
Adivinar
To guess
Cortésmente (adv)
Politely
El zapallo
The pumpkin
El camote
Sweet potato
La alcaparra
The caper
Este bagel LLEVA salmón ahumado, queso crema y alcaparras.
This bagel has smoked salmon, cream cheese, and capers. NB: “llevas” and lack of Oxford comma
La alcancía
The piggy bank
Volador (adj)
Flying
Nadie me cree
No one believes me
Pero sé que vi
But I know I saw
Un platillo volador
A flying saucer
La obsuridad
The dark (think “the obscurity”)
Viviente (adj)
Living
Nos está persiguiendo…
We are being chased by…
Bostezar
To yawn
Desempacar
To unpack
El amanecer
The dawn
Esperanzado
Hopeful
Friolento (adj)
Sensitive to the cold
La sucursal
The branch (as in a bank)
El diptongo
The dipthong
La escarcha
The frost
El trabalenguas
The tongue twister
