Miscellaneous 10

Question 1

Hacer una reverencia

Answer 1

Bow

Question 2

Instaurar (no preposition)

Answer 2

Establish, found, install

Question 3

Aparentar

Answer 3

Feign, pretend

Question 4

Zurdo/a (adj)

Answer 4

Left-handed

Question 5

Bajo la lupa

Answer 5

Under the magnifying glass

Question 6

Oscurecer la verdad

Answer 6

Obscure the truth, muddy the waters

Question 7

Confiable/s
Falaz/falaces
Veraz/veraces

Answer 7

Trustworthy
False
True

Question 8

Periodismo amarillista
El amarillismo

Answer 8

Sensationalist journalism/sensationalism

Question 9

Abusar de la libertad
El libertinaje

Answer 9

Abuse liberty
Debauchery

Question 10

Propagar/propagación
Difundir/difundación

Answer 10

Spread (a disease)
Spread (news)

Question 11

Entre comillas

Answer 11

In quotation marks

Question 12

Desmantelar

Answer 12

Dismantle

Question 13

Criticar a personas
Criticar cosas

Answer 13

Criticize

Question 14

Abogar por
Influir en
Tener un derecho a
La libertad de
Votar por

Answer 14

Advocate
Influence
Have a right to
Liberty of
Vote for

Question 15

Mostrar los dientes

Answer 15

Show your teeth, threaten

Question 16

No tener ánimos (para bromas, para hacer algo)

Answer 16

Not feel like it

Question 17

Cerca de ( )
Cercano/a.

Answer 17

Close to ( )
Close, nearby.

Question 18

Sensible
Delicado/a

Answer 18

Sensitive about people (skin, feelings)
Sensitive topics or information

Question 19

Subyacente
Subyacer (rare, archaic)

Answer 19

Underlying

Question 20

Volverse
Hacerse

Convertirse en

Answer 20

Become
Convertirse en - stronger, more like a physical change

Question 21

Cambiar de parecer
Cambiar de opinión

Answer 21

Change your mind

Question 22

Extinguirse

Answer 22

Go out, be extinguished, go extinct

Question 23

Carecer de
Carecer de antecedentes

Answer 23

Lack
Have a clean record

Question 24

Echarle(s) la culpa a alguien
Culpar a alguien

Answer 24

Blame them

Question 25

Prestar El préstamo

Answer 25

Loan

Question 26

Tomar cartas en el asunto

Answer 26

Take action

Question 27

El abastecimiento El desabastecimiento

Answer 27

Supply Shortage (of goods, usually)

Question 28

Amedrentar a

Answer 28

Atemorizar a, intimidar a

Question 29

Atentar contra

Answer 29

Assault

Question 30

Recoger (basura, my bici del taller, a mi amiga, a mi gata)

Answer 30

Pick up

Question 31

Por consiguiente

Answer 31

Therefore

Question 32

Someter(se) a (…) [a (…)]

Answer 32

Subdue, suppress, subject [to], dominar Submit, obedecer, aceptar la autoridad, be subject to

Question 33

De un plumazo

Answer 33

At a stroke

Question 34

Nos lleva a… Llevar a…

Answer 34

Leads to

Question 35

Sus hábitos del ahorro

Answer 35

Saving habits

Question 36

Despectivo

Answer 36

Derogatory

Question 37

Criar niños

Answer 37

Raise kids

Question 38

De arriba hacia abajo

Answer 38

Top down

Question 39

A mano

Answer 39

By hand, manually

Question 40

De tercer edad

Answer 40

Elderly