Set 12 Flashcards
sin espinas
spineless (not having spines), boneless (of fish)
invertebrado/invertebrada
spineless (having no spinal column), invertebrate, unstructured (figurative)
débil de carácter, débil, sin carácter
spineless (cowardly)
el invertebrado
the invertebrate
sin hueso, deshuesado/deshuesada, sin espinas
boneless (last is of fish, rest are general)
el afecto plano, el afecto aplanado
the flat affect (most severe)
el afecto restringido, el afecto constreñido
the restricted affect (least severe)
el afecto embotado
the blunted affect (less severe than flat affect but more severe than restricted affect)
el afecto inapropiado, el afecto inadecuado
the inappropriate affect (expression and emotions don’t match)
suculento/suculenta, jugoso/jugosa
succulent (juicy - of food)
carnoso/carnosa, suculento/suculenta
succulent (having fleshy stems)
la planta carnosa, la suculenta
the succulent
suculento/suculenta, crasa
succulent (of a plant - storing water)
la labilidad
the lability (quality of being slippery OR figurative - lack of firmness OR in chemistry - instability)
el hojalatero/la hojalatera, el mecánico/la mecánica
the mechanic
la mecánica
the mechanics (physics or general workings of something), the mechanism, the works (workings), the workings
la mecánica, el mecanismo
the mechanics (components of a machine)
la riviera
the riviera (coastal resort area)
la Costa Azul, la riviera francesa
the Riviera (French Riviera)
la Riviera
the Riviera (French or Italian)
a ver, vamos a ver, veamos
let’s see
¡A ver si no!
sure (yes), indeed
¡A ver si revienta!
Let’s see if he/she bursts! (figurative), Let’s see if he/she explodes! (figurative)
a ver si haces algo
let’s see if you do something, let’s see whether you do something
ir a ver algo
to go to see something (to check/prove something)
llegar a ver algo/a alguien
to get to see something/someone, to come to see something/someone
el método fónico de lectoescritura, el método phonics, la fónica
the phonics
afrutado/afrutada, a fruta, frutal, con sabor a fruta
fruity (of taste; 1st can also be of a smell)
tengo afecto plano, tengo afecto aplanado
I have flat affect
sombrío/sombría
gloomy (dark), shaded, somber, dismal, cheerless, mopey, dark
mirar a ver algo
to check on something, to take a look at something, to look to see something
el percentil 90
the 90th percentile
el percentil
the percentile
el cuartil
the quartile
el cuantil
the quantile
la riña
the cockfight, the argument, the quarrel, the brawl, the fight, the dispute
las riñas, las peleas, las discusiones, las disputas, las garatas
the bickering
pendenciero/pendenciera, camorrista, discutidor/discutidora, polemista
bickering (adjective)