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1
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los accidentes

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the unevenness in terrain, the roughness (in terrain), the accidents (general or of vehicles), the crashes (of vehicles), the stray incidents, the coincidences, the accidentals (in music)

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el accidente aéreo, el accidente de avión

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the plane crash

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el accidente cerebrovascular

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the stroke, the brain injury, the brain damage

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el accidente corporal

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the personal injury, the accident resulting in bodily injury

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el accidente de circulación, el accidente de tránsito, el accidente de tráfico

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the traffic accident

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el accidente de trabajo

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the occupational accident, the work accident, the work related accident

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el accidente de tránsito

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the road accident, the car accident, the traffic accident

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el accidente gramatical

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the accidence (in grammar), the inflection (in grammar) (both - variance of words to express contrasts eg singular/plural and present/past)

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el accidente inculpable

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the blameless accident, the non-negligible accident, the nonnegligible accident, the accident not due to negligence (all in law)

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el accidente laboral

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the work accident, the workplace accident, the occupational accident, the accident at work

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el accidente mortal, el accidente fatal

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the fatal accident

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el accidente no laboral

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the non-work-related accident, the non-occupational accident

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por accidente

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by accident, by chance, accidentally

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la acción afirmativa, la discriminación positiva

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the affirmative action

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la acción remedial

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the action taken to improve a situation or contain damage, the remedial action (change made to a nonconforming product or service to address the deficiency)

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el account

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the account (especially a bank account), the bank account

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17
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el accountability

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(in business) the obligation to settle accounts (to pay outstanding balances)

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la acedía, la agriera, las herbederas, las hervederas, la hervera, la hervedera

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the heartburn, the acidity (of the stomach)

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la acedía, la agriera, las herbederas, las hervederas, la hervera

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the heartburn, the acidity (of the stomach OR in chemistry), the sourness

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aceitado/aceitada

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(of a judicial witness) who has practiced their testimony with their lawyer, (of a person or entity) ready to do something, (of a person or entity) prepared to do something, oiled, bribed (used in Southern Cone), who has had sex (used in Nicaragua)

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21
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la aceitada

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the oiling, the lubing, the bribing, the sweetening (giving of an incentive)

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aceitar la maquinaria

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(in politics) to prepare, organize, and control all of the details in order to achieve the proposed objective(s)

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23
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aceitar los motores

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(of group/organization members) to prepare to put into action a plan or predetermined activity

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el aceite de castor, el aceite de ricino

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the castor oil

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el aceite de coco

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the edible oil extracted from the fruit pulp of the coconut tree used for frying, the coconut oil

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el aceite de comer

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the olive oil used in the preparation of food, especially salads (used in Cuba/Venezuela/Ecuador/Bolivia); the oil that, generally with camphor, is used in lotions or rubs and is never eaten

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27
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el aceite de María

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the calaba oil, the guanandi (type of tree whose wood is used for furniture)

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el aceite de palo, el palo de aceite

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the copaiba balsam (sap-like substance used to make copaiba oil)

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29
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el aceite de Santa María

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the aniseed oil, the balsam made with the oily latex of the sap of the laurelwood (tree)

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30
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la aceitera, la aceiterita

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the oil bottle, the oil cruet (oil bottle), the oilcan (in mechanics), the gland in a rooster’s tailbone that produces oil to condition its plumage

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aceitero/aceitera, aceitoso/aceitosa, grasiento/grasienta, graso/grasa, grasoso/grasosa, oleaginoso/oleaginosa

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oily (1st is only relating to oil, others are relating to oil OR containing oil; last is technical)

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32
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el aceitero/la aceitera

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the oil maker, the oil seller, the oil merchant

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el aceitillo, el haití

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the aceitillo tree, the amargo (tree), the bitter-ash (tree), the bitter-wood (tree), the strong yellow tree/wood used for furniture, the tree with oily yellowish wood used to make cabinets, the Pilocarpus racemosus (plant)

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34
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la aceituna, la guaseta

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the African wall-eye (fish)

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35
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el aceituno, el olivo

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the olive tree

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36
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la aceituna negra, la oliva

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the black olive

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37
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la aceituna verde, la oliva verde

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the green olive

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38
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verde aceituna, verde oliva

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olive green

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39
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el verde aceituna, el verde oliva

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the olive green

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40
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la aceituna blanca, la aceituna cimarrona

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the aceitunilla (tree), the Symplocos micrantha (tree), the fruit of the aceitunilla

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41
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el aceitunillo

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the St. Thomas prickly-ash (plant)

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42
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aceituno/aceituna, aceitunado/aceitunada

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olive (in color), olive-colored

43
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a ceja y vira

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without wasting time, without losing time

44
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acelerado/acelerada

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under the effects of marijuana, somewhat drunk, somewhat drugged, very wasteful (in terms of money), very extravagant (wasting money), accelerated, fast, rapid, brisk, jumpy, agitated (jumpy), intensive, crash (intensive - eg crash course), hyper

45
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el pulso acelerado

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the fast pulse, the rapid pulse

46
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el aceleramiento

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the state of agitation and anxiety manifested in disorganized and hurried behavior, the acceleration (act of speeding up or result of speeding up)

47
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acelerar

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(of a person or animal) to act in a hurried or nervous way due to excess anxiety or agitation, to accelerate, to speed up, to hurry up, to get a move on

48
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acelerar algo

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to accelerate something, to speed something up, to quicken something, to hasten something, to rev something (an engine)

49
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acelerarse

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to get overexcited, to lose one’s cool, to get worked up, to speed up, to be euphoric due to an excess of alcohol or drugs

50
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acepillado/acepillada, cepillado/cepillada

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handsome/pretty with a good body, careful of one’s physical appearance, dressed up

51
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acepillar a alguien

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to treat someone harshly, to severely reprimand someone, to flatter someone, to adulate someone, to suck up to someone, to rob someone (used with a thing + person = acepillarle algo a alguien)

52
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acepillar a alguien, cepillar a alguien

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to flatter someone, to adulate someone, to suck up to someone

53
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acepillarse, cepillarse

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to get ready (of a person), to care for one’s physical appearance

54
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el acercamiento

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the insinuation, the hint (insinuation), the suggestion, the recommendation, the process undertaken to obtain something, the closeness with a person with the goal of getting certain results, the approach (way of dealing with a problem/difficulty OR coming closer of something - eg the approach of the plane), the introduction (to a topic/subject), the rapprochement (between countries), the reconciliation (between people)

55
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el acerico, la rodilla

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the cushion or pad made of plant skin/peel/rind, reeds, or canvas and put under a livestock animal’s harness for comfort or defense; the ring of canvas, cloth, or other material placed atop the head to carry a weight or burden on it

56
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el acerico

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the cushion or pad made of plant skin/peel/rind, reeds, or canvas and put under a livestock animal’s harness for comfort or defense; the ring of canvas, cloth, or other material placed atop the head to carry a weight or burden on it; the pincushion

57
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acertero/acertera

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effective, accurate, capable of hitting the target

58
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achantado/achantada

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(of a person) not motivated to improve, withdrawn, reserved, shy, lazy, satisfied with one’s situation despite the fact that one could progress, unassuming, uncommunicative

59
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achantarse

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to be overwhelmed, to be defeated, to be humiliated, to stagnate (of a person), to be stagnant, to remain stagnant in a situation without ambitions or the desire to progress, to stagnate in a job without seeking advancement, to get discouraged, to lose heart, to restrain oneself (in one’s circumstances), to lose interest in something, to lose enthusiasm for something, to not be in the mood to do what one has to do, to leave a contest/sports game/competition/dispute due to insecurity or lack of motivation, to lack the courage to do what has to be done, to have no ambition or desire to prosper, to hide away, to wimp out, to back down, to give in, to comply

60
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achantar a alguien

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to intimidate someone, to frighten someone, to scare someone, to crush someone (defeat an opponent)

61
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los achaques del oficio, los inconvenientes

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the problems, the disadvantages, the drawbacks, the objections, the inconveniences, the issues, the qualms, the hesitation

62
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inconveniente

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inconvenient, inappropriate, unsuitable

63
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el achaque

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the ailment, the infirmity, the affliction, the excuse, the pretext

64
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achatado/achatada, aplanado/aplanada

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(of an object) flattened, (of an object) leveled

65
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el aplanado (Argentina/México)

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the plaster (on a wall), the layer of plaster (on a wall), the leveling (of a wall)

66
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comer a chauchau

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to eat in a hurry and without tact, to eat in a hurry and without consideration

67
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a chavo

A

amply, abundantly, plentifully, in a perfect way

68
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la ache, la heroína

A

the heroin

69
Q

el achicadero

A

the place where animals are tied; the large stake to which animals are tied with a short rope to saddle them, dress their wounds, milk them, or clean them; the tie stall (cows are tethered to it by their necks)

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achicar algo

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to tie an animal, to tie an animal with a rope, to tie cattle that is about to be sold after it has gone a night without eating or drinking to remove weight from urine and feces, to make something smaller, to take clothes in, to bail water out (of a boat), to pump water out (of a well)

71
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achicar a alguien

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to intimidate someone, to browbeat someone (intimidate someone), to terrorize someone, to dominate someone (into submission)

72
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achicarse

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to be intimidated, to become smaller, to shrink, to get smaller, to bail out (back out of something)

73
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la achicharada, la quemadura de sol

A

the sunburn

74
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tostarse al sol, quemarse al sol

A

to sunburn

75
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quemar algo al sol, tostar algo al sol

A

to sunburn something

76
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la cara se me quemó al sol, la cara se me tostó al sol

A

my face got sunburned

77
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achicharronar algo

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to scorch something (general but especially with clothes), to burn something (food), to burn something to a crisp (food), to burn something to a cinder (food), to completely burn something, to flatten something, to crush something (flatten something)

78
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achichincle, achichinque

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sycophantic, flatterer, servile, obsequious

79
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el achichinque/la achichinque, el asistente/la asistente/la asistenta

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the assistant, the attendant (assistant)

80
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el achichinque/la achichinque

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the servile follower, the lackey, the assistant, the miner whose job is to drain water from mines (used in Mexico), the minion (used in Mexico/Honduras), the servant (used in Mexico)

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el achichinque/la achichinque, el achichincle/la achichincle (Centroamérica/México)

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the lackey, the minion (used in Mexico/Honduras), the servant (used in Mexico)

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el achiote, el achote, el anatto, la bija, la bixa, el urucú

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the achiote (shrub used for condiments), the fruit of the achiote, the seed of the achiote, the seed generally used to give color to food, the fruit that serves as a base for a colorant used in some foods, the dark red colorant paste extracted from pulverized achiote seeds and dissolved in boiling water to color certain foods

83
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la achiotera, la achotera

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the pot for the achiote shrub/fruit/seed, the vessel for the achiote shrub/fruit/seed, the vessel to hold achiote prepared with lard and ready to color foods

84
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el achiotillo, el abeyuelo, el palo de cotorra, la cotorra, el pollo, el poyo

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the Alchornea latifolia (auburn-colored tree used for wood, especially burning despite its good wood)

85
Q

achiquerar algo, achicar algo

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to tie an animal without giving it food or drink so it loses weight overnight before being sold

86
Q

¡Acho!

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expression used when someone knows they can’t do something, expression used to emphasize the impossibility of something, Darn!

87
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el acho

A

the guy, the dude

88
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achocadito/achocadita, despuntado/despuntada

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(of a drink, especially coffee) having little sugar

89
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achocadito/achocadita

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(of a drink, especially coffee) having little sugar

90
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el achocadito

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the beverage, especially coffee, with little or no sugar

91
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achocado/achocada

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having a bad headache, having a strong headache, unconscious after receiving a strong blow to the head, on drugs, in bed due to a passing illness, very sleepy, deeply asleep, sound asleep

92
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estar achocado de la cabeza/estar achocada de la cabeza

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to have a bad headache, to have a strong headache

93
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achocador/achocadora

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who sells adulterated drugs

94
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el achocador/la achocadora

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the seller of adulterated drugs

95
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achocar algo/a alguien

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to make something/someone lose consciousness by hitting them repeatedly on the head, to kill something/someone by hitting them repeatedly on the head, to hit something/someone, to bash something/someone (literal - hit something/someone)

96
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achocar

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to lose consciousness due to a blow on the head, to receive a blow to the head

97
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achocar algo

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to sell adulterated drugs, to sell adulterated narcotics, to hoard something, to stash something away

98
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achocar a alguien contra la pared

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to shove someone against the wall, to dash someone against the wall (shove against the wall)

99
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achocarse, acholarse, golpearse la cabeza, darse en la cabeza

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to hit one’s head

100
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achocarse

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to hit one’s head, to fall alseep due to tiredness

101
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el achocazo, el achoque

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the sudden blow to the head due to carelessness, the accidental blow to the head

102
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el achocazo

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the sudden blow to the head due to carelessness, the accidental blow to the head, the blow, the hit

103
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achocolatado/achocolatada

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chocolate-colored, having the qualities of chocolate, chocolate-brown, made of chocolate, containing chocolate, canned (drunk - used with estar)