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alocarse, enloquecerse, volverse loco/volverse loca, enloquecer, perder un tornillo, volverse majara (España)

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to go crazy (lose control)

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alocar a alguien

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to drive someone crazy (excite someone or annoy someone), to drive someone mad

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alocar

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to start working on the product requested by a client, to assign funds to someone for something

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inocuo/inocua, innocuo/innocua

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innocuous (of a substance - harmless)

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inofensivo/inofensiva

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innocuous (of a remark - inoffensive), inoffensive, harmless (inoffensive)

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neutralizar algo, contrarrestar algo, hacer inocuo algo/hacer inocua algo

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to make something innocuous

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tácito/tácita, no expresado/no expresada, sin decir, sobreentendido/sobreentendida

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unspoken

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el artista/la artista, el animador/la animadora

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the entertainer (both are performers, 2nd is also person who seeks to amuse others)

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el artista itinerante/la artista itinerante, el artista ambulante/la artista ambulante

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the wandering entertainer (traveling performer)

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la ruina, la perdición

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the ruination

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la fuerza de los brazos, la fuerza en los brazos

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the arm strength

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inscribirse en algo

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to register for something, to enroll in something (a course/school), to enter something (a competition), to join something (a political party), to belong to something (be part of something), to sign up for something (a course/group), to put one’s name down for something (a course/group), to sign on for something

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inscribirse dentro de algo, estar de acuerdo con algo, estar en conformidad con algo, estar conforme con algo, estar en armonía con algo, ser acorde a algo, estar a tono con algo

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to be in keeping with something

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inscribir algo en algo

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to engrave something on something, to inscribe something in something, to carve something in something

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inscribir a alguien/algo en algo

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to register someone for something, to enroll someone in something (a course/school), to enter someone in something (a competition), to register something in something (a record), to inscribe something in something (in math), to draw something in something (in math)

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de acuerdo con algo, en conformidad con algo, conforme a algo, en armonía con algo

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in keeping with something

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bolita y hoyo, bolihoyo

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marbles (game)

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rústico/rústica, del campo, rural

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rustic (relating to the countryside)

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rústico/rústica, tosco/tosca, grosero/grosera, inculto/inculta

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rustic (unrefined) (used pejoratively)

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el rústico/la rústica, el campesino/la campesina

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the rustic (country person - often derogatory)

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el ibérico/la ibérica

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the Iberian (person from Iberia)

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ibérico/ibérica

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Iberian

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(la) Iberia

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Iberia

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la Península Ibérica

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Iberia, the Iberian peninsula

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con espíritu competitivo, competitivamente, de manera competitiva

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competitively (with the aim of winning)

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en competiciones, competitivamente

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competitively (in competitions)

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el espíritu competitivo

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the competitiveness (love of competing)

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la competitividad, la competencias

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the competitiveness (in finance - attractive prices)

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competitivo/competitiva

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competitive (of a person or business or relating to competitions)

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anticompetitivo/anticompetitiva

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anticompetitive, anti-competitive (of trade - restricting competition)

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la ventaja competitiva, la condición favorable

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the competitive advantage

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la ventaja competitiva

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the competitive advantage, the competitive edge

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no competitivo/no competitiva

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noncompetitive, non-competitive (not economically strong or not involving a competition)

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contrariar a alguien, disgustar a alguien

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to disgruntle someone

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descontento/descontenta, contrariado/contrariada, agitado/agitada, disgustado/disgustada, insatisfecho/insatisfecha

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disgruntled

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capacitarse para (+infinitivo)

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to qualify as (something) (acquire skills necessary for something), to train to (+infinitive) (acquire skills necessary for something)

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capacitar a alguien para algo

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to prepare someone for something, to qualify someone for something (subject is a thing - eg my skills qualify me to apply for work), to entitle someone to something (subject is a thing - eg my skills entitle me to apply for work), to teach someone to (do) something

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capacitarse en algo

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to get trained on something (a line of work), to be trained in something (a line of work), to qualify in something (a line of work), to be certified in something (a line of work)

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el capacitador/la capacitadora

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the trainer (coach), the instructor

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capacitador/capacitadora

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training, preparatory

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la capacitación

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the training (for work)

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la capacitación continua

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the continuing education

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la capacitación del personal

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the personnel training, the training of personnel

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el taller de capacitación

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the training workshop

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capacitado/capacitada

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qualified (trained), prepared, trained (all used with estar)

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déjame proponértelo de esta manera, déjame decírtelo de esta manera

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let me put it to you this way

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la hoja de nenúfar, el nenúfar

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the lily pad

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la miseria, la suciedad, la mugre

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the squalor (1st is poverty/sordidness, 2nd and 3rd are filth)

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miserable, escuálido/escuálida, sucio/sucia

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squalid (dirty)

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sórdido/sórdida

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squalid (morally repulsive), sordid (dirty or indecent), dirty

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el portabicicletas, el portabicis (coloquial), el portabicicleta para auto

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the bike rack (device for transporting bikes)

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el estacionamiento para bicicletas, el aparcabicis (España)

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the bike rack (place to park a bike)

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el pez globo, el pez fugu

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the pufferfish (singular)

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los peces globo, los peces fugu

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the pufferfish (plural)

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la búsqueda de la felicidad

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the pursuit of happiness

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mi búsqueda de la felicidad

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my pursuit of happiness

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el gran día

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the big day

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maravillosamente, fantásticamente

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wondrously

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maravilloso/maravillosa, asombroso/asombrosa

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wondrous

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parecer sincero/parecer sincera, sonar sincero/sonar sincera

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to ring true

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en su totalidad, todos juntos/todas juntas

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in full force (involving all members of a group)

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totalmente natural, completamente natural

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all-natural

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que no es de fiar, de poca confianza, inconfiable

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untrustworthy (of a person)

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no fidedigno/no fidedigna, no contrastado/no contrastada, no confiable

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untrustworthy (of speech/text - unreliable)

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la pieza móvil, el órgano móvil

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the moving part (used to describe parts in engineering)

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las habilidades artísticas, las habilidades de arte

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the art skills

67
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aspirar a lo máximo, soñar a lo grande, ir a por todo, alcanzar las estrellas

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to reach for the stars

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(la) Belarús, (la) Bielorrusia

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(the) Belarus

69
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el bielorruso/la bielorrusa

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the Belarusian

70
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bielorruso/bielorrusa

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Belarusian

71
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el bidé, el bidet

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the bidet

72
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el rencor, la malicia, la malevolencia

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the spitefulness (1st is resentment, 2nd and 3rd are malice/ill will)

73
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el rencor, el resentimiento, el deseo de hacer daño

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the spite

74
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molestar a alguien, fastidiar a alguien (coloquial), herir a alguien, odiar a alguien, hacerle daño a alguien

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to spite someone

75
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tirar piedras contra su propio tejado

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to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face (put oneself at a disadvantage through spite)

76
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a pesar de algo, pese a algo

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despite something, in spite of something

77
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a tu pesar

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in spite of yourself

78
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rencoroso/rencorosa, malintencionado/malintencionada, vengativo/vengativa, malicioso/maliciosa

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spiteful (last is of a remark, rest are general)

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la mala persona, la persona malintencionada, la persona despreciable

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the spiteful person

80
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maliciosamente, malvadamente, con malevolencia

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spitefully

81
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por rencor, por resentimiento

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out of spite

82
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la doble moral, el doble criterio, el doble estándar, el doble rasero (España)

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the double standard

83
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aturdido/aturdida, mareado/mareada, grogui (España)

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punchy (dazed)

84
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con garra, contundente

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punchy (concise & impactful)

85
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la positividad corporal

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the body positivity

86
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por mencionar solo algunos/por mencionar solo algunas, por nombrar unos pocos/por nombrar unas pocas

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to name but a few

87
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el sombrero, la papalina, la toca, la capota, el tocado

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the bonnet (old-fashioned hat for women)

88
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el gorro, la capota

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the bonnet (baby hat)

89
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la gorra escocesa, el bonete, el gorro

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the bonnet (Scottish headgear - men’s hat with no brim)

90
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el sombrerete

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the bonnet (uppermost part of a chimney), the little hat (of a mushroom), the cap (of a mushroom), the cowl (uppermost part of a chimney)

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la boneta

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the bonnet (part of a sail)

92
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el penacho

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the bonnet (Native American headdress), the warbonnet (Native American headdress), the war bonnet (Native American headdress)

93
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el bonete, el capó, el cofre (México), el capote

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the car bonnet, the car hood, the hood (of a car), the bonnet (of a car)

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erizado/erizada, hirsuto/hirsuta, puntiagudo/puntiaguda, rasposo/rasposa, pinchudo/pinchuda

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bristly (1st, 2nd, and 3rd are of hair; 4th and 5th are of beard or mustache)

95
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la cerda, el pelo, el diente, la púa

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the bristle (stiff filament; 1st is of a brush, 2nd is of beards or a plant, 3rd and 4th are of a comb)

96
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se me erizaron los pelos de los brazos, se me pusieron los pelos de los brazos de punta

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the hair on my arms bristled

97
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estar erizado de algo/estar erizada de algo, estar repleto de algo/estar repleta de algo, estar lleno de algo/estar llena de algo, estar plagado de algo/estar plagada de algo

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to bristle with something (be full of something)

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erizarse

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to bristle (to become erect OR of an animal - to raise its fur), to become intimidated, to stand on end (of hair), to raise one’s hackles (of an animal), to stiffen (get scared)

99
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la barba, el pelo

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the bristles (beard/whiskers)

100
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enfurecerse, resentirse, enojarse

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to bristle (react with annoyance)

101
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encresparse de algo, erizarse de algo

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to bristle with something (react with something; 2nd is used specifically with “susto,” 1st is general)

102
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el cepillo de cerda

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the bristle brush (brush with stiff hairs)

103
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erizar algo

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to make something stand on end, to complicate something, to set up traps on something (followed by noun)

104
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erizar algo de algo

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to surround something with something (obstacles, traps, etc.), to fill something with something (obstacles, traps, etc.)

105
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el hombre adulto

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the grown man

106
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el conducto lagrimal

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the tear duct

107
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al día, al corriente, al tanto

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abreast (up to date)

108
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en fondo, a la altura (de), lado a lado, uno al lado del otro/una al lado de la otra

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abreast (side by side)

109
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al lado de algo/alguien, junto/junta a algo/alguien

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abreast of something/someone (side by side)

110
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al corriente de algo, al día sobre algo, al día con respecto a algo

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abreast of something (up to date)

111
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mantenerse actualizado con algo/mantenerse actualizada con algo

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to keep abreast of something (up to date), to stay abreast of something (up to date)

112
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el vertedero

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the garbage dump, the (garbage) dump, the drain, the spillway (of a reservoir), the dumping site, the landfill

113
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ven tal y como estás, ven tal cual, ven así nomás (Argentina)

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come as you are (singular command)

114
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aerotransportado/aerotransportada

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airborne (of military operations)

115
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llevado por el aire/llevada por el aire, transmitido por el aire/transmitida por el aire

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airborne (carried in the air; 2nd is medical, 1st is general)

116
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las fuerzas aerotransportadas

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Airborne (US military group)

117
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el peligro de incendio, el riesgo de incendio

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the fire hazard

118
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el peligro de asfixia, el riesgo de asfixia

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the choking hazard

119
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el acreedor prendario/la acreedora prendaria

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the pledgee (law - someone to whom a pledge is given)

120
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la promesa, el compromiso

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the pledge (promise)

121
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la prenda, la garantía

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the pledge (collateral)

122
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la señal, la prenda, el símbolo

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the pledge (token representing a promise)

123
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el aspirante/la aspirante, el no iniciado/la no iniciada

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the pledge (in a fraternity or sorority; followed by a)

124
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la promesa de donación, el compromiso de donación

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the pledge (promised donation)

125
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prometer algo, dar la palabra de (+verbo)

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to pledge something (promise something)

126
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entregar como garantía algo, dejar en prenda algo

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to pledge something (give something as a guarantee)

127
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aceptar como aspirante a alguien

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to pledge someone (accept someone into a fraternity or sorority)

128
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prometer hacer algo, dar la palabra de hacer algo

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to pledge to do something (promise to do something)

129
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hacer prometer a alguien (que +verbo)

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to pledge someone to (doing something) (bind someone to something)

130
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la compresa

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the pledget (cotton compress), the cotton pledget (cotton compress)

131
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el síndrome de abstinencia de la nicotina

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the nicotine withdrawal symptoms

132
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el síndrome de abstinencia

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the withdrawal symptoms

133
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el office, la antecocina, la trascocina

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the butler’s pantry

134
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el mayordomo

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the butler, the majordomo (butler), the steward (administrator of a property), the foreman (person in charge of workers - used in Andes), the (religious) administrator, the religious administrator

135
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caliente, acogedor/acogedora, cómodo/cómoda, cómodo y caliente/cómoda y caliente

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snug (warm and comfortable)

136
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ajustado/ajustada, ceñido/ceñida

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snug (tight-fitting)

137
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ceñidamente, ajustadamente, pegado/pegada (coloquial)

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snug (snugly - used after a verb)

138
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acogedor/acogedora

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snug (warm and comfortable OR small but comfortable), cozy, warm (of a place or a person), friendly, welcoming, inviting

139
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acurrucadito y calentito/acurrucadita y calentita

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snug as a bug

140
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perfectamente, ajustado/ajustada, ajustadamente, ceñidamente

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snugly (tightly)

141
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cómodamente

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snugly (cozily/comfortably), comfortably, conveniently, in comfort (of travel), easily

142
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la mariquita

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the gift given at baptisms usually in the form of coins, the sandy goggle (fish), the redmouth grunt (fish), the gold-lined grunt (fish), the tomtate grunt (fish), the white grunt (fish), the young grunt (fish), the yellow tomtate (fish), the yellow-lined tomtate (fish), the ladybug, the parakeet, the yellow-shouldered blackbird, the fried plaintain (used in Cuba)

143
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el mariquita

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the sissy (effeminate male), the fag, the wimp (used with el/la)

144
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la vaca de San Antonio, la mariquita, la catarina, la vaquita de San Antonio, la vaquita de San Antón

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the ladybug

145
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elástico/elástica, parecido a la goma/parecida a la goma

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rubbery (elastic/springy)

146
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gomoso/gomosa, correoso/correosa, chicloso/chiclosa (Argentina)

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rubbery (of food - tough/chewy)

147
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la amapola

A

the Chinese hibiscus, the China rose, the shoeblack plant, the Hawaiian hibiscus, the rose mallow, the poppy, the opium poppy, the field poppy, the red poppy

148
Q

hacer el ganso (España)

A

to play the fool, to clown around

149
Q

la manzana silvestre

A

the crabapple (small, sharp-tasting wild apple)

150
Q

morir, no incrementar, no subir

A

to flatline (1st is of a person - to die - 2nd and 3rd are of an increase - to stay low or at zero)

151
Q

el carnaval, el desfile, la procesión

A

the carnival (annual celebration)

152
Q

la feria ambulante

A

the carnival (traveling fair), the traveling fair

153
Q

la feria, la kermés, el desfile

A

the carnival (fundraising)

154
Q

el Carnaval

A

Carnival, Carnaval (season preceding Lent)

155
Q

la reina del carnaval

A

the Carnival Queen, the Carnaval Queen (woman who heads Carnival/Carnaval parade)

156
Q

la glorieta, la rotonda, la redoma (Venezuela), el óvalo (Perú)

A

the roundabout (on a road)

157
Q

el tiovivo, el carrusel, la calesita (Sudamérica)

A

the merry-go-round, the roundabout (merry-go-round)

158
Q

indirecto/indirecta, con rodeos, no directo/no directa

A

roundabout (1st is of a route, 2nd and 3rd are general)

159
Q

mediante circunloquios, con rodeos, de manera indirecta

A

in a roundabout way

160
Q

que repele, poco atractivo/poco atractiva

A

off-putting

161
Q

el lugar más frecuentado, el punto de reunión, el garito (coloquial)

A

the hangout

162
Q

pasar el rato, boludear (Argentina), huevear (Argentina), colgar

A

to hang out (1st, 2nd, and 3rd are to spend time idly, 3rd is to dangle/protrude)

163
Q

juntarse con alguien, pasar tiempo con alguien

A

to hang out with someone

164
Q

dejar salir todo

A

to let it all hang out (be uninhibited)

Spanish - Random Vocabulary (43 decks)

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