spanish vocab 140124 Flashcards by Rob Glover | Brainscape

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encariñar

A

to win over

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una rosquilla

A

doughnut

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de parranda / salir de parranda

A

out on the town / to go out on the town

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manso

A

tame, meek, docile

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gambetear

A

to dribble (football)

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un soltero empedernido

A

confirmed bachelor

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el poder de convocatoria

A

pulling power / personal magnetism

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trabado

A

jammed (physically) - eg a door

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una familia ensamblada

A

a “modern family”

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ensamblar

A

to assemble (eg furniture etc.)

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tengo un sueño ligero

A

I am a light sleeper

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el día d´innocentes

A

28th December - equivalent of April Fools Day

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qué detalle

A

how thoughtful!

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intercalar

A

to insert or intersperse

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un villancito

A

Xmas song

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tirar la casa por la ventana

A

to push the boat out /splash out

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dar por superada

A

take for granted

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la cuesta enero

A

the Janauary belt tightening

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el besugo

A

sea bream

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deshacerse (de)

A

to disintegrate / get rid of (with de)

Q

meterse …… entre pecho y espalda / poner las botas

A

to stuff yourself with …

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guardar la linea

A

to keep your shape / figure

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los michelines

A

rolls of fat arround the belly

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qué lío has armado

A

what a mess you have started / what trouble you have caused

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me duele el bolsillo

A

I´ve overspent (colloq)

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está todo por las nubes

A

prices are sky high

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los adornes navideños

A

Xmas decorations

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el Bélen

A

Bethlehem / or used to signify the birth of Christ

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enraizado

A

grounded

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una sintonía

A

tune, tuning, harmony

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en sintonía con

A

in tune with

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un indulto

A

pardon / reprieve

Q

iño / iña

A

Galego diminuitivo

Q

el hazmerreir

A

laughing stock

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la grandilocuencia

A

grandstanding / grandiloquence

Q

la morada

A

la casa (literary)

Q

salir por patas

A

to run away

Q

la patilla

A

sideburn

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un mamporrero

A

cocksucker

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trincar

A

to hold by the arms / to steal

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avispar

A

to prod / spur on

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avisparse

A

to wise up / get ones act together

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avispado

A

clever / sharp

Q

la crispación

A

tension