Tema 3: English and Spanish Flashcards
el agrado
pleasure
la etimología
etymology
el canon
canon, rule, principle
la pujanza
strength, vigour
paradigmático, paradigmática
paradigmatic
plasmar
to express, to capture (artistically)
el donaire
grace
menospreciar
to scorn, to despise
morfológico, morfológica
morphological
sustraerse
to escape (from something), to avoid
radicar (en)
to lie in, to consist of
el mozo, la moza
young person, a youth
despampanante
stunning, extraordinarily beautiful
afable
affable
agraciado, agraciada
graceful, attractive
desplegarse
to unfold, to unfurl
sensible
sensitive
cotidiano, cotidiana
daily
conmover
to move deeply
la queja
complaint
la luca
luca (type of shirt material)
la polera
shirt
lucas
(in some countries, ie Chile) a one-thousand peso bill
la feria americana
yard sale, tag sale
el flequillo
bangs
el jopo
quiff (hairstyle)
tener la posta
(informal) to be right
fiable
reliable, trustworthy
la casilla
box (on a form), checkbox
proporcionar
to provide
la prenda de vestir
garment
presumir
to brag, to show off
discrepar
to disagree
un vistazo
a glance
o sea
in other words
ajeno, ajena
someone else’s
la prestancia
distinction, elegance
rotundamente
emphatically, definitively
el capricho
whim
deambular
to wander
el hallazago
finding, discovery
propiciar
to favour, to win the favour (of)
encogerse
to shrink
el denominador común
common denominator
el patrimonio
heritage
el entramado
grid, framework
vincular
to link
legar
to bequeath, to hand down
carecer de
to lack
el alboroto
fuss, whirl
arrastrar
to drag
crujir
to creak
desentrañar
to pull out, to extract
empeñarse en
to insist, to persist
asomarse
to look out or through
la privación
deprivation
hacer caso de
to heed
la huerta
vegetable garden
hechizado, hechizada
bewitched
la mente
the mind
dispuesto, dispuesta
ready
encerrarse
to shut oneself away
atroz
terrible, awful
el guión
script
en convenio
agreement
acreditado, acreditada
accredited, authorized
liberado, liberada
free (of charge)
difundir
to spread, to disseminate
el patrimonio artístico
artistic heritage
resguardar
to protect
ingresar
to enter (an institution)
la vanguardia
avant-garde
estallar
to break out
acogida, acogida
welcome, taken in
amalgamar
to amalgamate, to unite, to merge
el malabarismo
juggling
la decalcomanía
decalcomania
el fumage
fumage
el frottage
frottage
insólito, insólita
unusual, unbelievable
el arcano
mystery
el juramento
oath
el triunfo
triumph
apartar
to separate
el presidio
imprisonment
unirse
to join
precolombino, precolombina
pre-Colombian
la cerámica
ceramics
el textil
textile
la vitrina
glass cabinet, display case
la cosmovisión
worldview
profano, profana
secular, profane
