NEW WORDS SET 3 Flashcards
Landlord
- A person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
- A landowner
- Arrendatario, terrateniente
Swamp
Noun:
A tract (tramo, sección) of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
Verb:
To flood or drench with water or the like.
- Pantano -
Glitter
Verb:
To reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
Noun:
A sparkling reflected light or luster
- Resplandecer -
Chuckle
To laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction
- Risita -
Lumberyard
An establishment where timber (maderos, madera) and sometimes other building materials are stored or sold
- Aserradero, astillero -
Scaffold
Noun:
A temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- Andamio -
Dow
Verb:
To be able.
To thrive; prosper; do well.
Thrive
To prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- Prosperar, triunfar -
Dowse
To search for underground supplies of water, metal, etc., by the use of a divining rod.
- Radiestesia -
Hustle
To proceed or work rapidly or
energetically
- Ajetrear -
Meadow
A tract of grassland used for pasture or serving as a hayfield.
- Prado, pradera (es el plural de prados) -
Hideous
Horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly
- Horroroso -
Roundtrip
A trip to a given place and back again
- Viaje de ida y vuelta -
Stem
Noun:
The ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
Verb: stemming, stemmed
The removal of the stem of a certain plant, fruit or leaf
Log
A portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
It is used commonly to describe a measure or a recording of something
- Leño, Registro, Bitácora -