Palabras Flashcards

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1
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Asistir

A

To attend

Estaríamos más que felices de asistir.

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Derrumbar

A

To collapse / fall down

Tu escuela es uno de los primeros lugares que van a derrumbar.

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Abrasar

A

To burn / to scorch

Te vas a abrasar, animal!

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Agarrar

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To grab get snatch

Vamos a agarrar al testigo y a agarrar a los asesinos.

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5
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Agachar

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To lower / bow (ones head) / bend

No volveré a agachar la cabeza nunca más.

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Desplomarse

A

To collapse

Las escaleras estaban a punto de desplomarse.

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Agigantarse

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To become huge

Las autoridades de Honduras están preocupadas por el auge de la violencia y delincuencia que parecen agigantarse cada día hasta en los lugares más

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Empeñarse

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To give effort / to commit / get involved

La cooperación internacional debe empeñarse en fortalecer y mejorar la capacidad de los países en desarrollo.

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9
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Desbordarse

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To become overrun / overflow / spill over / flood

Pero está a punto de desbordarse.

El cubo empezó pronto a desbordarse.

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Desbordado

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Flooded / overran / swamped / overstretched

Para ser honesto, estoy desbordado.

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Yemas de los dedos

A

Fingertips

Se absorbe por las yemas de los dedos.

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12
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Prestaciones

A

Benefits / provisions / supplies

Esos beneficios incluirán las prestaciones de maternidad, las prestaciones de paternidad y las prestaciones parentales.

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Beneficios / ganancias

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Profits / earnings / winnings

Aquí son veneradas las ganancias y las ganancias son todo.

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14
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Irrupción

A

Eruption / breakthrough / emergence

Considero que tras su irrupción histórica, necesitamos otro período de Solidaridad.

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15
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Zarpazo

A

Claw / swipe / strike

Con otro zarpazo, me rompió la clavícula.

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Aguantar

A

Put up with / handle / endure / bear / last

Con provisiones aseguradas, podríamos aguantar indefinidamente.

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Apretar

A

Squeeze / pressure / push

Podría apretar esa pequeña cabeza hasta que explote.

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18
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Ahogarse

A

Drown / choke

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19
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Alzarse

A

Rise / stand up / get up

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20
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Apoderarse

A

Seize / take over / take possession

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21
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Andarse

A

Beating / tiptoeing around

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22
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Apretarse

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Tighten / squeeze oneself

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23
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Chisporrotear

A

Sizzle / frizzle

24
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Fritanga

A

Fried food

25
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Hilos

A

Strings

26
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Ascua

A

Embers

27
Q

Arrimar

A

Put something next to

28
Q

Atar

A

Tie up

Bind

29
Q

Cabrear / carbrease

A

To annoy / piss off

To get annoyed / to get pissed off

30
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Despilfarrar

A

Squander / splurge

31
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Apechugar

A

To put up with / to get the shit end of the stick and put up with it

32
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Aguja

A

Needle

33
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Pajar

A

Haystack

34
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Amedrentar

A

Frighten / bully / intimidate / pick on

35
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Regañar

A

Scold / chastise / nag

36
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Escoria

A

Scum

37
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Ingenuo

A

Naive
Innocent
Gullible

38
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Nido

A

Nest

39
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Sastre

A

Tailor / dressmaker

40
Q

Recaudar

A

Raise / collect money / fondos

Los sintechos aquí han recaudado mucho dinero

41
Q

Sobornar

No me sobornes

A

To bribe / to buy off / to pay off

42
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Carreta

A

Cart / wagon

43
Q

Subasta

A

Auction

44
Q

Liebre

Dar gato por liebre
Vender gato por liebre

A

Hare / rabbit

45
Q

Adular

A

Adulate, fawn over, suck up, butter up

To gain something in return

46
Q

Quebrar

A

To break / crack some

To go bankrupt

47
Q

Conformarse

Cuando era adolescente nunca me conformaba con los Norma’s de la gente

A

To conform

48
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Cosechar

De haber cosechado mucho éxito

A

Harvest / Reap

49
Q

Apresar

A

To seize / apprehend someone

50
Q

Leña

Echar leña al fuego

A

Firewood / kindling

“Add fuel (kindling) to the fire”

51
Q

Subestimar

Me me subestimes, soy muy fuerte

Cuando era joven los chicos de mi equipo de fútbol siempre me subestimaban.

A

Underestimate

52
Q

Menospreciar

A

Underestimate / belittle

53
Q

Arrojarse

A

To throw oneself

To fling oneself

Arrojarse a los pies de alguien

54
Q

Rechistar

A

To not resist

To do something without complaint

Without a grumble

55
Q

Lanzarse

A

To launch oneself

56
Q

Codearse

A

To rob shoulders with