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Noviembre Flashcards

1
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Desplegar

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To deploy, unfold, spread out

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aliviar

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to alleviate, relieve, soothe

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3
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instar

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to pressure, urge, lobby

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4
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deambular

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to wander

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5
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a hurtadillas

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stealthily, sneakily

“El entró al salón a hurtadillas.”

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6
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avecinarse

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To approach, come/ draw near

“nos avicinen tiempos malos y peligrosos”

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7
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desquiciar

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to drive to despair

“Tanta desgracia desquició al pueblo”

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impulso

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thrust, drive, push, momentum

“ya había ganado impulso”

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declive

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decline, deterioration

“un tipo de declive lento”

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inquietante

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disturbing, worrying, troubling

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retratar

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to portray, depict

“ha retratado la realidad fielmente”

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desgastar(se)

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to wear away, erode

to wear oneself out

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contundente

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convincing, forceful, conclusive, overwhelming

“son pruebas contundentes”

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aportar

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to contribute, deliver, produce

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15
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carecer

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to lack, not have

“Manchin carecía del valor necesario para afrontar la situation.”

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16
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catalizador

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catalyst

“Facebook es un catalizador del radicalismo”

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17
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recopilar

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to gather, compile

“Primero, recopilamos todos los datos disponibles”

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18
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obviar

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to eliminate, omit, dodge, evade

“Sinema obvió el pregunta sobre su posicion”

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19
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presagiar

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to foretell, indicate

“el comportamiento de Trump presagiaba un golpe de Estado”

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atisbo

atisbar

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shadow, trace, glimmer

monitor, observe, glimpse

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21
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codicia

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greed

“su codicia no tiene limites”

22
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reflexiva

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thoughtful

“el EEUU necesita una reflexiva repluralizacion de los medios”

23
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derribar

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to tear down, knock down, demolish

24
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escudriñar

escrutinio

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to scrutinize

scrutiny

25
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convenirle a

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de advisable, be in someone’s interest

“nos conviene saberlo”

26
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apuro

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hardship, difficult situation

“tengo un apuro, por favor ayudame”

27
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engendrar

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to produce, conceive

“las palabras engendran la realidad”

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afianzar

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to secure, strengthen, reinforce, consolidate

29
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albedrio libre

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free will

30
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apuntalar

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underpin, strengthen, fortify

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conformar

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make up, form, define, shape

32
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revistirse

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cloak, disguise

“se revisten de una revolucionaria pero en realidad…”

33
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prefigurar

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to foreshadow, prefigure

34
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cobijar(se)

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to give shelter to, take in

seek refuge, shelter

35
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agudizar

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sharpen (+), aggravate (-), exacerbate (-)

36
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cabalmente

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exactly, precisely

37
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acontecer

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to happen, occur

38
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asemejarse

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to look alike, take after

“mi prima y mi tío se asemejan mucho.”

39
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sacudir(se)

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to shock, jolt

to shake off

40
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aquejar

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to bother, trouble, afflict

41
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retroceso

A

relapse, backward movement

42
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podredumbre

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rot, corruption

“es una podredumbre que esta creciendo dentro”

43
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arrojar

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produce, generate, emit

“la chimenea arroja demasiado humo”

44
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implantar

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to introduce, institute, instil, implant

“han implantado el uso de oredenadores en las escuelas de primaria”

45
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abocar

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(acercar a algo peligroso)
to head for, head toward
“el penalismo magico nos aboca a una sociedad facista”

46
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ansiar

A

be eager, be anxious, want, long
(desear intensamente)
“ansiaba volver a verlo de nuevo”

47
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adentrarse en

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to get to the heart of, go deep into, study thoroughly

“es necesario adentrarse en el problema para identificar la cause”

48
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reacio

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opposed, resistant, unwilling, reluctant

“es reacio a que te vayas”

49
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suscitar

A

to provoke, cause

“una ley que suscitó tanto consenso”

50
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imprescriptibles

A

un derecho inalienable

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