School Flashcards
El hipo
Hiccup
Un petardo
Explosive
Alabar
To applaud, praise
Alargado
Elongate
Alargar
To lengthen, extend
El mechero
Lighter
Etiqueta
Etiquette, tag, label
Desplegar
Display, show, open up
Un juergista
Merry maker
Chismoso
Gossip, spreading rumours
Agachar
Duck, crouch
Pringoso
Greasy
Variopinto
Multicoloured, colourful
Estrepitoso
Noisy, boisterous
Alborotado
Rowdy, disorderly
Empalagoso
Sickly sweet
Jaleo
Pandemonium, uproar
Bravío
Wild, ferocious, cruel
Epigrama
Phrase, proverb
Colmena
Beehive
Imperar
To reign, to avail
Insólito
Unusual, uncommon
Abotargar
To swell, increase in volume
Aprisco
Pen (sheep)
Cabrío
Goatish
Chula
Rough woman, showy woman
Remanso
Backwater
Chopo
Creak, squeak
Entronizar
To crown
La repisa
Ledge, shelf
Huérfano
Orphan
Estentóreo
Very loud, powerful
Tragaperras
Slot machine
Cochecito
Stroller, baby carriage
Un chucho
Mutt
Abigarrado
Multicoloured
Bullicioso
Boisterous, noisy
Colilla
Cigarette butt
Catecúmeno
Christian
Serrín
Sawdust
Codorniz
Quail
Escabechado
Pickled, soured
Llavero
Keyring
Surtido
Assortment, selection, variety
Estafa
Swindle, cheat, fraud
Un hervidor
Kettle
Velero
Sail, sailing
Ojo de buey
Bull’s eye
Naúfrago
People from a shipwreck
Achaque
Weakness, sickness, affliction
Periférico
Peripheral, on the circumference
Mansedumbre
Gentleness, tameness
Salvajismo
Savagery
El estribo
Stirrup
La fusta
Whip, riding crop
La rienda
Rein
El calabozo
Prison cell
Astroso
Unfortunate, unsuccessful, dirty, messy
La vicisitud
Mishap, misfortune
Congénere
Colleague, fellow
Mendicante
Beggar
Decomisar
To confiscate, take away
Aventar
Echar al viento
Talego
Duffle bag, poke, jail
La pulga
Flea
Comparecer
To appear
Amedrentar
To scare, frighten, intimidate
Cigüeña
Stork
Gaviota
Seagull
Chapuza
Odd job, botched job
Asediar
To besiege, surround
Desmentir
To nail, catch in a lie, deny
Piojo
Louse, nit
Aborrecer
Abhor
Trasnochar
To go to bed late, stay up late
Farfullar
Botch, jabber, splutter
Fechoría
Misdeed
Desolado
Heart broken
Estropicio
Breaking, shattering into pieces
Estrellarse
To crash, prang
Gula
Gluttony, greediness
Soberbia
Pride, arrogance
Ahínco
Earnestness, sincereness
Afán
Eagerness, hard work
Una lapa
Limpet
Pegote
Plaster, patch, bodge
Precavido
Cautious
Inusitado
Unusual, uncommon
Hormiga
Ant
Cumplinentar
Wait on, wait upon
Puntiagudo
Spiky
Calarse
To stall
Pitar
To beep, whistle
La nómina
Roster, rota
Roñoso
Stingy person
La estufa
Stove
Ahijado
Godchild
Viciado
Tainted, contaminated
Abarrotado
Packed out
Pega
Practical joke, downside, hoax, snag
El lema
Catchword, slogan
Bombardeo
Bombardment, shelling
Rechistar
To complain, find fault
Nefasto
Disastrous, poisonous, unlucky
Derrochar
To throw away, waste
Despilfarrador
Extravagant
Embuste
Trick, lie, fib
Erizo
Hedgehog
Púa
Quill, tooth, spine, prickle
Caducar
To expire, to lapse
Estafa
Swindle, cheating, fraud
Timo
Swindle
Un bulo
Hoax
Patraña
Old wives’ tale, cock and bull story
La acequia
Drainpipe, gutter
El berberecho
Cockle
La ostra
Oyster
Espantado
Frightened
Atropellar
Knock down, run over
Tropezar
Trip up, trip over
Cabezonería
Pigheadedness
Chiquillada
Prank
Testarudo
Stubborn person
Pueril
Childish
Rapacidad
Greediness
Desembarazar
To unburden