Random Words #5 Flashcards

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1
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el sepelio

A

burial

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fúnebre

A

related to funerals or the deceased; gloomy, mournful

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el arroyo

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stream; poverty, ‘gutter’

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el descaro

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impertinence, nerve, insolence

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5
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criticar

A

to criticize; to gossip

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el sacerdote

A

priest

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fallido(a)

A

failed; missed target; vain, disappointed; bad (credit); brankrupt

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reponer

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to replace, to replenish; to reinstate; to rerun (a show); to reply; (ref.) to recover

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hundir

A

to sink; to destroy, to ruin; to plunge, to go down into

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la cancha

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court, field, course; free reign, no restraint; space, room; experience

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la víbora

A

viper, adder; spiteful person

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el caimán

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alligator, crocodile, caiman; con man, swindler

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rumorar

A

to run a rumor

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especificar

A

to specify, to detail

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15
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el/la superviviente

A

survivor

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la avalancha

A

avalanche; large quantity

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rondar

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to patrol; to pester; to attract, to court; to be around, to be more or less

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el chillido

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shriek, squeal, squeak, scream

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el cometa, la cometa

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(m.) comet; (f.) kite

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la tiza

A

chalk (writing instrument)

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21
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la soya

A

soybeans; soy

22
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el lazo

A

bow, knot; ribbon; lasso; snare, trap; link, bond

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el/la loro(a)

A

parrot; chatterbox; hag; lookout man/woman; (m.) snot, bogey

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la risotada

A

guffaw, loud boisterous laugh

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el borrador

A

eraser; draft, sketch

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el puesto

A

job, position, post; place something belongs; place (as in rank); market stand

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la cachemira

A

cashmere

28
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la pelusa

A

fluff, lint; jealousy; dust; tiny hairs

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la calcomanía

A

decal, fake tattoo, transfer

30
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mojar

A

to wet; to submerge; to celebrate with a drink; to urinate in

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el portón

A

door, gate, hatch, entrance

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la arruga

A

crease, wrinkle (clothes); wrinkle (skin)

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el acero

A

steel

34
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exponer

A

to expose; to exhibit; to explain, to expound; to risk

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la imprenta

A

action of printing; printing press; printing house

36
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la tecla

A

key, button

37
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agarrar

A

to grab, to take, to grip, to hold; to capture; to understand, to get

38
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el gatillo

A

trigger

39
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disparar

A

to shoot, to fire; to take (a picture); to trigger

40
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arrancar

A

to extract forcefully, to take out; to provoke, to get out; to turn on, to start up; to stem from

41
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el pedal

A

pedal

42
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el puño

A

fist; cuff; handle, grip; handful

43
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clavar

A

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

44
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la rabia

A

anger, rage, fury; rabies

45
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la llave inglesa

A

adjustable wrench

46
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la tuerca

A

nut, fastening piece; (m. or f.) car fanatic

47
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la hoja

A

leaf, blade (of grass); sheet, page, form; blade (metal)

48
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el cansancio

A

tiredness, fatigue; boredom, tedium

49
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enhebrar

A

to thread; to string; to combine, to string together

50
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la aguja

A

needle; syringe; hand of a clock; pointer