New nouns from Media (Netflix etc) Flashcards
adornos
trims, ornaments, garnish
nadie
nobody
ama de casa
housewife
sitio
place, space, siege, site/website, seats,
machista
sexist, bigoted, male chauvinist, macho
ley
law
barco
ship
el arma
weapon
disparo
shot (like a gunshot)
calle
street
antecedente
history, record, background, previous/ preceding
asesinato
murder, assassination
garrote
club
garrote (strangulation instrument for execution),
brake (in cars)
tema
theme, subject, topic, lesson
rascacielo
skyscraper
compañía
company
planta
plants, staff, floor, plan, sole (on your feet) factory (ex: I work in a water treatment plant)
metro
meter, subway (transportation), ruler
telefonista
operator
caja
box
sede
headquarters
caja fuerte
safe
mudanza
move, change, fickleness (adjective)
conexión
connection, link, contact
puestos
positions
fila
line
izquierda
left
pruebas
tests
lamento
moan, wail, lament, another way of saying sorry
aluvión
flood,
alluvium (loose soil that’s eroded and brought to a new non- marine setting by water)
solicitud
application, request
plazas
square(town square) market job place seat
edificio
building
pisos
floors
centralita
switchboard (1950 phone stuff)
máquina
machines, cameras
despacho
office
ingeniería
engineering
reunión
meeting, gathering
dirección
direction, management, address
traje
suit
caso
case
empresa
company
escalera
stairs, ladder, straight (in card games)
culpa
fault, blame
lapicero
pencil
remedios
remedy, cure, choice, solution
autodidacta
self taught/ autodidact
internado
boarding school, residency (like medical ones), hospital
abonado
subscribers
cargo
charge, position, care
atrevimiento
daring, boldness, audacity, nerve
comarca
region, district, county
cuestión
issue, matter, thingy, question
habilidad
skill
carácter
character, position
sentido
sense
la bruja
witch
hag
bitch
la arpía
witch
hag
medidas
measurements
carita
little face
voz
voice