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1
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confiar en algo, tenerle fe a algo, apostar por algo

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to swear by something

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corpulento/corpulenta, grueso/gruesa, rollizo/rolliza

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portly

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hombre bien vestido, nunca mal parecido

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clothes make the man

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mal parecido/mal parecida

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bad-looking, ill-favored

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malparecido/malparecida

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of evil aspect or countenance, ugly, unseemly

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darle una paliza a alguien, pegarle a alguien, aporrear a alguien, apalear a alguien, golpear a alguien, moler a palos a alguien, cagar a palos a alguien (Argentina)

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to beat someone up

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comerse la cabeza, mortificarse, culparse, castigarse

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to beat oneself up (feel bad about something)

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destartalado/destartalada, cagado a palos/cagada a palos (Argentina)

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beat-up (of a vehicle)

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golpeado/golpeada, cansado/cansada

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beat-up (1st is injured, 2nd is tired)

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irse, marcharse, largarse

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to go away (to leave)

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desaparecer

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to go away (to dissipate), to disappear, to go missing, to vanish, to cease to exist

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irse de vacaciones, irse fuera, irse de viaje

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to go away (on vacation)

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vete, lárgate, largo, vete a la potoroca, chíllalas, chíllalas que está verde, tómatelas (Argentina), rajá (Argentina)

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go away (command)

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desaparecer, desaparecerse

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to disappear

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desaparecer a alguien

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to make someone disappear, to do away with someone, to kidnap someone

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el temblor, el temblor de tierra, el seísmo, el tremor

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the tremor (mild earthquake)

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el temblor, el estremecimiento

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the tremor (trembling; 1st is in medical terms, both are general)

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el terror nocturno, el temor nocturno

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the night terror, the sleep-terror disorder

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el comportamiento autoestimulatorio, la autoestimulación

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the stimming, the self-stimulatory behavior

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el acicate

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the stimulant (stimulus), the spur (incentive or in horseback riding), the incentive, the stimulus

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el estimulante

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the stimulant (stimulating substance)

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estimulante

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stimulant, stimulating, invigorating

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23
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el pronóstico, el diagnóstico

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the prognosis (for an illness)

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la prognosis, el pronóstico

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the prognosis (general forecast/outlook)

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el mal pronóstico

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the poor prognosis (prediction that an illness will worsen)

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el buen pronóstico

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the good prognosis (prediction that an illness will improve)

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el depresor, el sedante, el calmante, el tranquilizante

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the depressant

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depresor/depresora, sedante, calmante, tranquilizante

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depressant

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la alogia

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the alogia (poverty of speech)

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agradable, placentero/placentera, divertido/divertida

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enjoyable

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la ayuda está en camino, la ayuda viene en camino

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help is on the way

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32
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¿Parezco tener veinte años?

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Do I look like I’m twenty years old?

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¿Crees que tengo veinte años?

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Do you think I’m twenty years old?

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tienes razón

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you’re right, you’re correct

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te equivocas, estás equivocado/estás equivocada

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you’re wrong

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de tal manera que (+subjuntivo)

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in such a way that, so that (para que), in order to

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de tal manera que (+indicativo)

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so that (therefore), therefore

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38
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la escuela de ingeniería, la facultad de ingeniería, la escuela superior de ingeniería (México)

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the engineering school

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39
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la rama

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the bough, the bundle of leaves forming on the crown of a pineapple, the tip of sugar cane (which when green is used to feed cattle), the pineapple crown (the part with leaves), the sugar cane shoot, the branch (general division or of a tree), the limb (of a tree)

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la canela en rama

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the cinnamon stick

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la rama de ciencias

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the field of science (education in science - eg pursuing it in college)

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la rama del saber

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the branch of knowledge

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43
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expiatorio/expiatoria, sacrificial, sacrificatorio/sacrificatoria

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sacrificial (1st and 3rd are used in a sacrificial rite, 2nd is killed as a sacrifice)

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el altar de sacrificios

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the sacrificial altar

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45
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el chivo expiatorio

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the sacrificial lamb (someone who must suffer for others’ good)

46
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el candidato sin posibilidades de ganar/la candidata sin posibilidades de ganar

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the sacrificial lamb (figurative - candidate chosen to contest an election despite the fact that he or she has little chance of victory)

47
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el desengaño amoroso, la pena, el sufrimiento, la congoja, el dolor, el desamor, la angustia

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the heartbreak (1st is only romantic, rest are general but can also be romantic)

48
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desconsolado/desconsolada, con el corazón destrozado, descorazonado/descorazonada, afligido/afligida, con el corazón roto

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heartbroken

49
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desgarrador/desgarradora, desolador/desoladora, doloroso/dolorosa, que parte el corazón

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heartbreaking

50
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el rompecorazones/la rompecorazones

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the heartbreaker

51
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desconsolado/desconsolada, desolado/desolada, descorazonado/descorazonada, abatido/abatida

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brokenhearted

52
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el corazón roto, el corazón herido, el corazón partido

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the broken heart

53
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romperle el corazón a alguien, partirle el corazón a alguien, partirle el alma a alguien, romperle el alma a alguien

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to break someone’s heart (make someone sad)

54
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romperle el corazón a alguien, terminar con alguien, dejar a alguien

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to break someone’s heart (end a relationship with someone)

55
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agregar algo al carrito

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to add something to cart

56
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el vestido de novia, el traje de novia

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the wedding dress, the wedding gown, the bridal gown

57
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el anillo de casado, el anillo de matrimonio, la alianza, la argolla de matrimonio

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the wedding ring

58
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el día de la boda

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the wedding day

59
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el bizcocho de boda, el pastel de boda, la torta de boda (Sudamérica), la torta de casamiento (Sudamérica), la torta de novios (Sudamérica), la tarta nupcial (España)

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the wedding cake

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la sobremordida, la sobremordida vertical, el retrognatismo, el entrecruzamiento vertical

A

the overbite

61
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la submordida

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the underbite

62
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el gene, el gen

A

the gene

63
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el flujo genético, la migración

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the gene flow

64
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el acervo génico, el pool génico

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the gene pool (of humans)

65
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el empalme génico, el corte y empalme génico

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the gene splicing

66
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la ingeniería genética

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the gene technology, the genetic engineering

67
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la terapia génica

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the gene therapy

68
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el marcador genético

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the genetic marker, the (genetic) marker, the marker gene

69
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el gen saltarín

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the jumping gene (DNA sequence that moves from one location on the genome to another)

70
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genético/genética, hereditario/hereditaria

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genetic (1st is relating to genes, 2nd is hereditary)

71
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la genética, la herencia

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the genetics (1st is heredity or genetic makeup or study of genes, 2nd is only heredity)

72
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el código genético

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the genetic code

73
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la enfermedad genética

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the genetic disease, the genetic disorder

74
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la deriva genética, la deriva alélica

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the genetic drift

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la huella genética, el perfil de ADN

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the genetic fingerprinting, the DNA fingerprinting

76
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el mapa genético

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the genetic map, the linkage map

77
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la prueba de marcador genético

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the genetic marker test (test using DNA for identification)

78
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el cribado genético, el análisis genético

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the genetic screening (1st is for congenital defects, 2nd is at work & for general illness)

79
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genéticamente

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genetically

80
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el genetista/la genetista

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the geneticist

81
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transgénico/transgénica, modificado genéticamente/modificada genéticamente, genéticamente modificado/genéticamente modificada

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genetically-modified, genetically modified

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el organismo transgénico, el organismo modificado genéticamente, el organismo genéticamente modificado

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the genetically-modified organism

83
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el OGM, el OMG, el organismo transgénico, el transgénico

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the GMO

84
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la datación mediante carbono 14, la datación por carbono 14

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the carbon dating, the carbon-14 dating, the radiocarbon dating

85
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el talán, el tolón

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the bong (sound bells make)

86
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la pipa de agua, el bong, la pipa de vidrio, la cachimba (España)

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the bong (for smoking)

87
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tañer, doblar

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to bong (make a reverberating sound)

88
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proclamar algo, declarar algo, anunciar algo, pregonar algo

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to proclaim something ( publicly declare something - eg independence)

89
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revelar algo, anunciar algo, indicar algo, demostrar algo, proclamar algo

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to proclaim something (reveal something)

90
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proclamar que (+indicativo), anunciar que (+indicativo)

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to proclaim that (+indicative)

91
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la proclamación, la proclama, el anuncio

A

the proclamation

92
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el narguile, la cachimba

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the hookah

93
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la noción superficial de algo, los conocimientos rudimentarios de algo, la pizca de algo

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the smattering (minimal knowledge of something; last is also small quantity of something)

94
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sé una pizca de portugués

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I know a smattering of Portuguese, I have a smattering of Portuguese

95
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una pizca de pecas

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a smattering of freckles

96
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de lo contrario, si no, de otra manera, de otro modo

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otherwise (as a conjunction - or else)

97
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de otra manera, otra cosa

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otherwise (1st is adverb - in a different manner - or conjunction - or else) (2nd is adverb - in a different manner - typically used after hacer)

98
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por lo demás, aparte de eso

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otherwise (adverb - excepting all else)

99
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diferente, de otra manera

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otherwise (adjective - different)

100
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a menos que se indique lo contrario, a no ser que se indique lo contrario

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unless noted otherwise

101
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por decreto real

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by royal decree

102
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el subordinado/la subordinada, el subalterno/la subalterna

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the underling

103
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ve lo mucho que me importa, mira lo mucho que me importa

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see how much I care (sarcastic)

104
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mira cuánto me preocupo por ti, mira cuánto me importas, ve cuánto me importas

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see how much I care about you (genuine)

105
Q

a este ritmo, a este paso

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at this rate (both used with indicative)

106
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el trabajo soñado, el trabajo ideal, el trabajo de ensueño, el trabajo de mis/tus/sus sueños

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the dream job

107
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la plata de ley, la plata esterlina, la plata fina

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the sterling silver

108
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los cubiertos de plata, los cubiertos de plata de ley

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the sterling silver flatware

109
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la libra esterlina

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the sterling (currency - British pound), the pound sterling

110
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en libras, en libras esterlinas

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sterling (relating to the currency)

111
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de ley

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sterling (relating to silver), of course (used in Ecuador), obvi (used in Ecuador), obviously (used in Ecuador), pure (of gold), true (real), proper (real - eg a proper gentleman)

112
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excelente, destacado/destacada, admirable, superior

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sterling (excellent)

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