Tema 4, Sesión 3 y 4

Question 1

Es de nuevo un tema de actualidad

Answer 1

Is once again a topical issue

Question 2

Prestigioso

Answer 2

Prestigious

Question 3

Melancólico

Answer 3

Melancholic

Question 4

Fértil

Answer 4

Fertile

Question 5

Recuento (noun m)

Answer 5

Recount (acción de computar de nuevo)
Account (acción de narrar de nuevo)

Question 6

Recontar

Answer 6

To recount (in both senses)

Question 7

Seno

Answer 7

1. Breast
2. Sinus
3. Bosom, protection
4. Sine (trigonométrica)

Question 8

Predilecto

Answer 8

Favourite

Question 9

Paisano/a

Answer 9

Compatriot, fellow countryman/woman

Question 10

Desafío

Answer 10

Challenge, defiance

Question 11

Someter

Answer 11

Subdue, suppress

Question 12

Tertuliano

Answer 12

Talk show host, panelist

Question 13

Recuperar

Answer 13

To recover

Question 14

Desprenderse de

Answer 14

Get rid of

Question 15

Desprender

Answer 15

Remove, detatch

Question 16

Emprender

Answer 16

1. Set out (to travel)
2. Launch (a military attack)
3. Undertake, start (a project)

Question 17

Y eso se acabó

Answer 17

And that’s all over

Question 18

Tinerfeño

Answer 18

Somebody from Tenerife

Question 19

O sea

Answer 19

That is to say

Question 20

Hemeroteca

Answer 20

Newspaper or periodical archive

Question 21

Fonoteca

Answer 21

Music library or collection

Question 22

Intelectualidad

Answer 22

Inteligencia

Question 23

Acudir a

Answer 23

Go to, attend (habitually)

Question 24

frente

Answer 24

1. Forehead
2. Front (weather)
3. Front (front line in war)

Question 25

Marchito

Answer 25

Withered, shrivelled

Question 26

La sien

Answer 26

The temple (part of head)

Question 27

Soplo

Answer 27

1. Sigh, breath
2. Breeze, blow, puff

Question 28

Aferrarse a

Answer 28

Cling to, take refuge in, grab hold of

Question 29

Reencontrarse

Answer 29

Reconnect

Question 30

Tener raíces

Answer 30

Having roots

Question 31

País desconocido

Answer 31

Unknown country

Question 32

Pasado añorado

Answer 32

Longed-for past

Question 33

Familiares lejanos

Answer 33

Distant relatives

Question 34

Bruma

Answer 34

Haze, mist, fog

Question 35

Batea

Answer 35

1. Tray
2. Punt (boat)
3. Trough

Question 36

Capaz que sí

Answer 36

Maybe yes, perhaps, probably (Latin America)

Question 37

¡No me lo puedo creer!

Answer 37

I can’t believe it!

Question 38

¿Qué haces aquí?

Answer 38

What are you doing here?

Question 39

¡Cuánto tiempo sin verte!

Answer 39

Long time no see!

Question 40

¡Qué alegría verte!

Answer 40

It’s so good to see you!

Question 41

Envejecer(se)

Answer 41

To age

Question 42

Envejecido

Answer 42

Aged

Question 43

Según [person’s name]

Answer 43

According to [person’s name]

Question 44

Teñir

Answer 44

To dye, stain

Question 45

Salirse las canas

Answer 45

Become grey

Question 46

Hacerse

Answer 46

To become when applied to profession, ideology, religion

Question 47

Ponerse

Answer 47

To change or become when applied to temporary changes in health or mood and to physical changes in general

Question 48

Quedarse

Answer 48

To become in the sense of permanent physical changes

Question 49

Ponerse gordo

Answer 49

Become fat

Question 50

Ponerse guapo

Answer 50

Get good-looking

Question 51

Ponerse contento

Answer 51

Become contented

Question 52

Ponerse enfermo

Answer 52

Get sick

Question 53

Ponerse furioso

Answer 53

Get furious

Question 54

Volverse un poco raro

Answer 54

Become a bit strange

Question 55

Volverse muy antipático

Answer 55

Become apathetic

Question 56

Volverse más tímido

Answer 56

Become more timid

Question 57

Quedarse inválido

Answer 57

Become disabled

Question 58

Quedarse preocupado/a

Answer 58

Get worried

Question 59

Quedarse contento

Answer 59

Become content

Question 60

Quedarse ciego

Answer 60

Go blind

Question 61

Quedarse sordo

Answer 61

Go deaf

Question 62

Quedarse calvo

Answer 62

Go bald

Question 63

De balde

Answer 63

In vain

Question 64

De balde

Answer 64

In vain

Question 65

Adelgazar

Answer 65

To lose weight, slim down

Question 66

Cursar

Answer 66

Study a subject

Question 67

Constatar

Answer 67

Confirm, verify, validate