spanish 210325 Flashcards by Rob Glover

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el frenesí

A

frenzy

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¡tú sí qué sabes como vivir bien!

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you know how tolive well!

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una visita relámpago

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lightning visit

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visto y no visto

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in a flash (i.e. very fleetingly or quick)

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un Chilango

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citizen of CDMX

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la cursilería

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corniness

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de la noche a la mañana

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overnight / quicklyç

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cursi

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corny, tacky, cheesy

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estar / ser educado

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to be polite / educated

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hacer un sinpa

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to do a runner (from a restaurant)

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tener puesto

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to turn on (a device / TV etc.)

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poner / quitar la radio

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to turn on / off the radio

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tengo la téle puesto

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I have the TV turned on

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lo de menos

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the least (important)

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perderse

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to miss (a train / bus etc.)

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las notícias de ultima hora

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breaking news

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indultar

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to pardon

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desplegar

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to deploy

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el despecho

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spite

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nos pusimos al día

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we caught up (conversationally)

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no me dejaba

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he wouldn´t let me

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no se calla ni debajo del agua

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he doesn´t stop talking (colloq)

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meter baza

A

to interject (in a converation) or get a word in edgeways

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cantantes coristas

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backing singers / chorus singers

tiene un deje de un acento

he has a trace of an accent

los oidos / las orejas

inner / outer ears

por cierto

by the way

un conductor de carreras

racing driver

los títeres de hilos

string puppets

de qué va?

what´s it about (play etc.)

el argumento / trama

plot / story

quién sale?

who´s in it (the film)?

de quien es?

who directed it? (a film)0

estirar un chicle

to stretch a theme too far (eg 1 series too many)

los figurantes

theatrical / film extras

un actor secundario / de reparto

supporting actor

es para llorar

it´s terrible

alucinante

amazing / mind-blowing

penoso

painful / distressing / embarrassing

un fragmeto

an extract

cursi

pretentious (pretending to be elegant or refined)

No tengo oído musical, no tengo oído para la música

I am tone deaf

una estrofa

verse

tirarse en la piscina

to be thrown in at the deep end

un aguafiestas

party pooper

un adivino

medium (spiritual)

leer los posos de café

to read your tea leaves

perjudicial

harmful

energía eólica

wind energy

energía mareomotriz

Wave power

afin a

related to

exento

exempt

parecer / aparecer

to seem / to appear