Spanish Flashcards
The spleen
El bazo
Amazing
Asombrosa
Precious little / scarce
Escasísimo
Inheritance
En herencia
Moonflower
Campanilla
(Pork)chops
Chuletas (de cerdo)
Dominoes
Dominó
Sim. = los pequeñitos
Los chavitos
A light bulb
Un/a bombillo/a
alien (conceptually)
Ajeno
No/none other than
Ni mas ni menos
Sim. = se dio cuenta
Se percató
Justice (person)
Magistrado/a
Gulp
Traga
Flowering
Floración
Bumps
Tumbos
Row
Hilera
To water
Regar
Ancestors
Ascendencia
Descendents
Descendencia
Regrets
Arrepentimientos
The classroom
El aula
The drawer
El cajón
To concern
Incumbrir
Outline
Bosquejo
The Plot
La Trama
Throughout their lives
A lo largo de sus vidas
Help w/o urgency
Ayuda
Help w/ some urgency
Auxilio/ ¡auxilio!
Help w/ the most urgency (also the term for such aid needed)
¡Socorro!(socorro)
the mailbox
el buzón
the flow
el flujo
my ballot
mi boleta
foolish
necia
hitman, hired assasin
sicaria
fight, rows
broncas
aeromozas
flight attendants
they killed my beloved, they up and killed him on me!
me lo mataron
chulada
cute, pretty
chulo
handsome; or a pimp
la morra (MX)
the chick, girl, missy
revolcón
“roll in the hay”
hocicón/hocicona
loud-mouth (Person)
dizque
so-called, supposed; apparently, seemingly
mera
mere
chiquilla
term of endearment for young girl
hooded
encapuchado/a
snitch
soplón
someone adroit
fregona
una ruca (MX)
- (pejorative) old maid, spinster; 2. (affectionate, wife) my old lady
the tide
la marea
marcado
dial (a phone number – meaning to make a call)
perrón
muy bien
chula
hot
alcahuete
pimp
pasarse de lanzas
aprovecharse, abusar, to go too far, cross the line
morro (MX)
kid, boy
bait
carnada
las chavas
the gals
a zillion
chorrocientos
gacho/a (MX)
crappy, awful, mala onda, feo (esp with a person’s behavior)
chambear
to work, earn a living
whistle
pitazo
dar el pitazo a alguien
to tip somebody off, give the heads up
beggar
mendigo
gabacho
froggy, frenchy (pejorative)
chamuco
the devil
rechupete
yummy, muy exquisito
zafado
crazy
coherent, logical
coherente
swallow (bird)
golondrina
tiles
losetas
coleando
kicking, wiggling about, squirming (as in still kicking - vivito y coleando)
rebocero
reboiler
fierecilla
shrew, or someone hot-tempered
tarugo
block of wood or bread; blockheaded person
¿que fregados?
What are you doing?
amarrada
moored, tied up, fastened
mecate
rope
guarura
bodyguard
plata o plomo
Plata o plomo is a Colombian Spanish slang phrase that translates to “silver or lead.” A person saying the phrase is telling the listener to either accept a bribe (plata, meaning “silver,” a common slang term for money in Colombia) or lose their life (plomo, a metonym for “lead bullet”).
plomo
bullet, fire (n) as in lay down fire
berrinche
tantrum, fit
verduleras
- Persona vulgar y maleducada.
- Persona que tiene por oficio vender verduras y otros productos de huerta.
- Mueble o cajón para guardar las verduras.
desplante
affront, insult, insolence
“coger carretera” (CO)
“hit the road”
maluco
indispuesto, enfermo, sick, ill; de sabor desagradable, gross, bad-tasting
fango
mud
mugre
dirt, dirtiness, grime, grease
to bribe
sobornar
pending
pendiente
finta
feint, pretend
the hangover
la resaca, la cruda (GT, HN, MX)
pillar
coger
pillar cacho
hook up with
bizcocho
Term used in Mexico to refer to: 1) Vagina 2) Girls 3) Cake Syn. to Panocha To a Mexican it is a demeaning way of saying dirty pussy, they will take offense to this. To a Puerto Rican it is a piece of cake.
panocha
pussy;
Mexican word for vagina. Also used to criticize someone for being scared?
panochota
good pussy
pussy
panocha- a form of brown sugar
Vagina - This is the medical term
Almeja, Almejita - Actually means clam
Araña - Spider
Chuca - Not sure if there is an English translation
Panochita - This is a cuter (but still vulgar) way of saying panocha
cachetada
slap in the face
cochino
nasty, a pig, dirty, swinish
piloncillo
that same brown sugar that panocha refers to but that isn’t also dirty in its meaning
manager
gerente
flight attendant
sobrecargo, auxilar de vuelo
atorar
to obstruct
tripulantes
crew, member of a crew
auxilar
assistant
stewardess
azafata
urine
orina
piss
chis
estorbar
molestar, obstaculizar, hinder, impede, bother, obstruct
metiche
nosy
