Mayo Dos Flashcards
la rueda de tablones
the plank wheel (of an old ship)
el ímpetu
the impetus/energy
la sotana
the cassock/soutane (priest full-length garb)
un séquito
an entourage/retinue
la baranda
the hand-rail/railing
el silbato
the whistle
ensopar
to soak/drench
la muchedumbre
the crowd
defraudar
to disappoint OR to defraud
la contrariedad
the setback OR contrary nature
resfriado
cold/illness
exorbitante
exorbitant
el asombro
the amazement
la ternera
the veal/calf
haber
to be (in the sense of existing)
la enoteca
the wine cellar/wine bar
el viñedo
the vineyard
el zurdo
the left-handed person
recostarse
to lie back
la pereza
the laziness
una patada
a kick
el anticuerpo
the antibody
rebanar
to slice
la manada/el rebaño
the herd
arrear
to herd
dar la bienvenida
to welcome
costar
to cost OR to be hard/difficult to
el ángulo
the angle
el cisne
the swan
poseído
possessed OR consumed
la marioneta
the puppet
el/la virgen
the virgin (n) or virgin (adj.)
el rechazo
the rejection/refusal/reubb
rehusar
to refuse OR to deny
la negación
the denial/negation
disimular
to hide/conceal OR to cover up
el alacrán
the scorpion
la culebra
the snake OR debt
la cueva
the cave OR cellar
ya que
since OR now that/given that
escanear
to scan
la momia
the mummy
el egipcio
the Egyptian (n) OR Egyptian (adj.)
el ceño
the brow
el útero
the womb/uterus
la gestación
the gestation
nonato
unborn OR born by C-section
la otra vida
the after-life
exiliado
exiled
el exilio
the exile (banishment or people)
la niñez
the childhood/infancy
caliente (adj.)
hot/warm
calor (n.)
heat
caluroso (adj.)
hot/warm OR enthusiastic
peblecito
a special vote/referendum
polvoriento
dusty/powdery
etiquetar
to label
un periodo
a period (of time)
un encadenamiento
a linking
marinero
sailor (n) OR seaworthy/of the sea (adj.)
la fábrica
the factory
mas ludica
very playful
arrugar
to wrinkle
la arruga
the wrinkle
el cantador
the folk singer
cantante
the singer
meterse en un lio
to get into trouble
el comino
the cumin
el patacón
the slice of fried banana OR fried platain
la sartén de hierro
the iron pan
hacíamos de todo
we used to do a little bit of everything
un globo aerostático
a hot-air balloon
el canasto
the basket/hamper
el vértigo
the vertigo
refrescarse
to cool down/off
pillar
to catch/to get/to capture
meter preso
to put in prison
un milico
a grunt
el papeleo
the paperwork
correr peligro
to be in danger
juntar dinero
to save/collect money
el andén
the sidewalk
donde (preposition)
to/at/by (indicating a place)
planificar
to plan
el botón
the button
la personalidad
the personality
la nostalgia
the nostalgia
un lujo de detalles
a luxury of details
bemol
flat (like a note in music, both n and adj.)
los demonios
the demons
el estatus
the status
la privacidad
the privacy
la acción
the stock/share OR action/deed
dale
go ahead/go on
el envoltorio
the wrapping OR wrapper
la intifada
the intifada
puede haber
there might be/there can be
remontarse
to soar up OR to go back/date back
el espectro
the spectrum
el desalojo
the evacuation/eviction/ejection
conceder
to give OR to concede
sucinto
succinct
la humillación
the humiliation
una escalada
a climb/ascent
desescalada
a de-escalation
la estela
the trail/wake
el desahucio
the eviction/dismissal
la ira
the anger/ire/rage
la rabia
the anger/rage
el enojo
the anger/irritation
rebajar
to reduce (an amount) OR to lose weight
retrasar
to postpone/delay OR to procrastinate
el alquiler
the renting/rental OR the rent
efectuar
to carry out/to effect/to execute
el prado
the meadow/field/lawn/grass
escarbar
to dig
el jabalí
the boar/wild pig
el halcón
the hawk
la limpieza étnica
the ethnic cleansing
caldeado
heated
el colono
the colonist
colonizar
to colonize
enardecer
to inflame
moderar
to moderate
la sobreactuación
the over-reaction
un caldo de cultivo
a breeding ground OR medium broth
la franja
the stripe/strip/band
embestir
to run into/attack/charge
reiterar
to reiterate/repeat
boicotear
to boycott
sangriento
bloody
la custodia
the custody
ejercer
to practice/exercise OR to make happen
la referencia
the reference
la reverencia
the reverence
contar con
to rely on/to anticipate OR to have/possess
conciliable
reconcilable
subrayar
to underline
estar de acuerdo
to agree
hogao
colombian tomato/onion salsa
saldarse
to result in
el/la corresponsal
the correspondent
anexionar
to annex
anexar
to annex
el punto álgido
the high point/peak
el gas lacrimógeno
the teargas
las pelotas de goma
the rubber bullets/balls
la represa
the dam OR reservoir
la calidad
the quality
no te hagas la que no escucho
don’t act like you cannot hear
la crianza
the raising/upbringing
el jardín infantil
the kindergarten
el montaje
montage
intercalar
to insert/intersperse
dialogar
to talk/hold talks
un castigo
a punishment/penalty
la añoranza
the nostalgia/yearning
parlante
talking (adj.) OR the speaker (n.) OR loudspeaker/megaphone (n)
proponer
to propose
mítico
mythical
rehacerse
to recover from OR to get over
aterrizar
to land/touch down
autónomo
autonomous
sano y salvo
safe and sound
un infundio
a lie/false rumor/malicious story
preguntarse
to wonder/to ask yourself
ignorar
to be ignorant about/to not know
lívido
livid/pale
sigiloso
stealthy
el chisme
the gossip
chismear
to gossip
un sorbo
a sip (of a drink)
adivinación
divination OR guesswork/prediction
el pálpito
the hunch/feeling
gestarse
to brew/to develop
el rezago
the backwardness/falling-behind/stragglers
el/la lechón
the piglet
la canoa
the canoe
toda clase de cosas de comer
all kinds of things to eat
adornar
to decorate/adorn
por si
in case
como si
as if
un nudo
a knot
cifrado
coded/encrypted
cifrar
to encode/cypher/estimate/calculate
un parentesco
a kinship/relationship
la madrina
the godmother
el dilema
the dilemma
el pésame
the condolences
hacer caso
to take notice/to pay attention to
compadecer
to pity OR to sympathize with
hay que
one must OR “you have to…”
juguetón
playful
una panza
a belly
para lo que sea
for whatever reason
el medio oriente
the middle east
el contacto cercano
the close contact
la mucosa
the mucuous membrane
el estiércol
the manure
las fosas nasales
the nostrils
