Speaking Enrichment Vocab Flashcards
Grabar
To record
Anticuado
Out-dated
Rodear
To shoot a film
Sacar una foto
To take a photo
Bularse de alguien
To make fun of someone (bullying)
Tomar el pelo
To make fun of someone (friendly way)
Padecer de + illness
To suffer from…
Cuanto pueda
As much as I can (subjunctive)
Pienso que sí/no
I think so yes/no
Implicar
To imply
Hacer trampa
To cheat
El concurso
Competition
Pija
Posh
Estropear
To ruin
Gira mundial
World tour
Iba a + inf
I was going to
Un despacho
A study/office
Está como una cabra
He/she is crazy
Ponerse los cuernos a alguien
To put the horns on someone
To cheat on someone
A costa de
At the expense of
Firmar
To sign
Aprobar
To pass a law
Penas
Sentences (jail)
Asqueroso
Disgusting
Me confunde
It confuses me
Me he liado
I’m a bit confused/lost
Una beca
Grant/bursary
Fallecer
To pass away
Peluche
Teddy
El señor de los anillos
Lord of the Rings
Me sabe mal
It tastes bad to me - it annoys me
Fingir
To pretend
Los países del Occidente
Western countries
Los países desarrollados
Developing countries
Los países del tercer mundo
Third world counties
La comida
A meal
Almuerzo
Lunch
Es necesario + inf
It’s necessary to…
Retraso
Delay
Está atope
Full of people
Poner la música atope
To put the music on full blast
Una organización humanitaria
Charity
Recaudar fondos
To raise funds
Aceitunas
Olives
El aceite de oliva
Olive oil
Cotilleo
Gossip
Prensa rosa
Gossip magazines
Prensa amarilla
Tabloid
Suegro/a
Father/Mother in-law
Discurso
Speech
Llamamiento
Call,appeal
Los esfuerzos
Efforts
El compromiso
Agreement
La meta
Goal,aim
Sumar
To equal, be equal, make equal
Según
According to
Al menos
At least
Aún si/ incluso si
Even if
De hecho
In fact
A pesar de
In spite of
Así que
So that
Ya/todavía
Still
Lo/la mejor es/son
The best thing is/are
La carrera
Degree/career/race
El traje
Costume/suit/outfit
El peinado
Hairstyle
No me interesa
Doesn’t interest me
En directo
Live
Jubilación
Retirement
Jubilarse
To retire
Compañeros
Colleagues/housemates/classmates
Disfraz
Costume
Detener
To arrest
Cada vez más/menos
More and more/less and less
Los impuestos
Taxes
Los continentes
Continents
Las prestaciones
Benefits
Parar
To stop
Dejar
To quit/leave
La formación
Training
El alma
Soul
Donar
To donate
Bajo el umbra de pobreza
Below the poverty line
Mortífagos
Death eaters
Restar
To diminish/take away
No vale la pena
Not worth it
Moretones
Bruises
Torpe
Clumsy
Una cita
Appointment/date
Zurdo/a
Left handed
Diestro/a
Right handed
Dentro de unos meses
In a few months time
Detenido
Arrested
Abogados
Lawyers
Una carcel
Prison
Los gamberros
Scallies
Apuñalar /acuchillar
To stab
Orgulloso
Proud
Un vicio
A guilty pleasure
Cometer un delito
To commit a crime
Ciego
Blind
Sordo
Deaf
Rencorosa
Resentful
Los guiris
Foreigners
Convertirse
To become
Nacer
To be born
Volverse loco
To go crazy
Una pancarta
Banner
Comprobar
To test,check
Disparar
To shoot,fire
Reconocer
To recognise
