Tema 2 Flashcards
cifrar
to calculate, to estimate
aquejado(a)
suffering (from)
el cuadro
symptoms
el síndrome de abstinencia
withdrawal symptoms
difuminado(a)
blurred
el enganche
(informal) hook, addiction
tintinear
to tinkle
descomponerse
to decay, to putrefy
la senectud
old age
surtir
to produce; to take effect
aprestarse
to prepare oneself
el verdugo
executioner, tormentor
derramar
to spill
el desprecio
disdain, scorn
rumbo a…
headed for
carcomer
to eat away (at)
el renacuajo
tadpole
la cacería
hunt
el peatón
pedestrian
la somnolencia
drowsiness, sleepiness
el fallecimiento
death
los conductores kamikazes
reckless drivers
el semáforo
traffic light
el siniestro
accident, catastrophe
la gestión
administration
concienciar
to raise awareness
el (la) usuario(a)
user
arribar
to arrive; to reach
instaurar
to establish
asesorar
to advise
el (la) docente
educator
carecer
to lack
precisar
to need or require
acarrear
to entail, to result in
autóctono(a)
native
el aporte
contribution
el (la) laico(a)
lay person
despedazar
to tear to pieces
la peregrinación
pilgrimage
la picaresca
picaresque
acudir
to resort or turn to
el chivo expiatorio
scapegoat
cernir
to happen; to hold over (someone)
el ungüento
ointment
el filtro
potion
milagroso(a)
miraculous; providential
crédulo(a)
credulous; gullible
retrasar
to delay
el riesgo
risk
plantear
to suggest, to propose
rematar
to finish off
impetuoso(a)
impulsive, hot-headed
ADN
DNA
artífice
creator, author
avalar
to guarantee, to support
campar a sus anchas
to do as one pleases
replegarse
to withdraw
salpicar
to splash; to touch or affect; to spread
acoso
harassment
resarcimiento
compensation (for damage)
machaconería
tiresome insistence
mantener
to keep; to preserve
agotar
to use up
disponible
available
el patrón
pattern or model
perjudicar
to harm
a costa de…
at the expense of
quebrar
to break
cobijar
to wrap up
imponer
to impose
la búsqueda
search
la mortandad
death toll, slaughter
el Pérmico
the Permian (period)
el páramo
moorland
el hongo
fungus
la anoxia
anoxia (almost total lack of oxygen)
enlazado(a)
tied
cazar
to hunt
recorrer
to travel across
la planicie
flatland, plateau
el callejón
alleyway
la cordillera
mountain range
suscitar
to raise (doubts)
colgar
to hang
desentrañar
to figure out, to unravel
la sequía
drought
la agrometeorología
agrometeorology
repercutir
to affect, to have repercussions
mitigar
to mitigate
prever
to foresee
afrontar
to face
amenaza
threat
el efecto invernadero
the greenhouse effect
marginar
to exclude
ser muy movido(a)
to be (socially) proactive
dañino(a)
harmful
el poste
lamppost
la pila
battery
el atajo
shortcut
el rezago
backwardness
el entorno
surroundings
