Random Words #5 Flashcards
el sepelio
burial
fúnebre
related to funerals or the deceased; gloomy, mournful
el arroyo
stream; poverty, ‘gutter’
el descaro
impertinence, nerve, insolence
criticar
to criticize; to gossip
el sacerdote
priest
fallido(a)
failed; missed target; vain, disappointed; bad (credit); brankrupt
reponer
to replace, to replenish; to reinstate; to rerun (a show); to reply; (ref.) to recover
hundir
to sink; to destroy, to ruin; to plunge, to go down into
la cancha
court, field, course; free reign, no restraint; space, room; experience
la víbora
viper, adder; spiteful person
el caimán
alligator, crocodile, caiman; con man, swindler
rumorar
to run a rumor
especificar
to specify, to detail
el/la superviviente
survivor
la avalancha
avalanche; large quantity
rondar
to patrol; to pester; to attract, to court; to be around, to be more or less
el chillido
shriek, squeal, squeak, scream
el cometa, la cometa
(m.) comet; (f.) kite
la tiza
chalk (writing instrument)
la soya
soybeans; soy
el lazo
bow, knot; ribbon; lasso; snare, trap; link, bond
el/la loro(a)
parrot; chatterbox; hag; lookout man/woman; (m.) snot, bogey
la risotada
guffaw, loud boisterous laugh
el borrador
eraser; draft, sketch
el puesto
job, position, post; place something belongs; place (as in rank); market stand
la cachemira
cashmere
la pelusa
fluff, lint; jealousy; dust; tiny hairs
la calcomanía
decal, fake tattoo, transfer
mojar
to wet; to submerge; to celebrate with a drink; to urinate in
el portón
door, gate, hatch, entrance
la arruga
crease, wrinkle (clothes); wrinkle (skin)
el acero
steel
exponer
to expose; to exhibit; to explain, to expound; to risk
la imprenta
action of printing; printing press; printing house
la tecla
key, button
agarrar
to grab, to take, to grip, to hold; to capture; to understand, to get
el gatillo
trigger
disparar
to shoot, to fire; to take (a picture); to trigger
arrancar
to extract forcefully, to take out; to provoke, to get out; to turn on, to start up; to stem from
el pedal
pedal
el puño
fist; cuff; handle, grip; handful
clavar
to hammer, to drive, to sink; to nail; to rip off, to cheat; to make wait; (ref.) to steal; (ref.) to be fixated on/with
la rabia
anger, rage, fury; rabies
la llave inglesa
adjustable wrench
la tuerca
nut, fastening piece; (m. or f.) car fanatic
la hoja
leaf, blade (of grass); sheet, page, form; blade (metal)
el cansancio
tiredness, fatigue; boredom, tedium
enhebrar
to thread; to string; to combine, to string together
la aguja
needle; syringe; hand of a clock; pointer
