todo3 Flashcards
calentar
to warm
la expectativa
the expectation
reencarnado
reincarnated
figlio mio
my child
figlio
figure
solaz
solace
vecindario
neighbourhood
santificar
to sanctify
una arbitrariedad
an arbitrariness
capuchino
cappucino
abrumador
overwhelming
sucumber
to succumb
convocar
to convene, summon, call
muchedumbre
crowd
los petardos
the firecrackers
sandía
watermelon
la putita
the bitch
mariposear
to flutter about, butterfly, to be fickle, to flit from one woman/man to the next
centenario
centenary, centennial
desvelar
to keep awake
desvelado
sleepless
popelina
poplin
lino
linen
conservar
to conserve
carroza
float
cabalgar
to ride
descarriado
astray
islote desértico
desert islet
circundado
circled
un foso
a moat
divisar
to catch sight, spot, to make out, distinguish
rugir
to roar
desasosiego
disquiet
pecho
chest
matinal
morning
contaminar
to contaminate, pollute
rugidos
roars
sobrenatural
super natural
picardía
mischief
la pechuga
the breast
empedrar
to pave
ancas
haunches
la mariposita
the little butterfly
empolvar
to powder, cover with dust
descalzo/a
barefoot
colegiala
school girl
el debido respeto
the due respect
Él no se dio por enterado
She was not aware
céntimo
penny
escudriñar
to scrutinize
entreabrir
to half open, open halfway, leave ajar
desencajar
to dislocate, throw out of joint, disconnect, disengage
atornillar
to screw
el temblor
the earthquake
degollar
to behead
pelota
ball, cojones, noggin
recobrar
to recapture, recover
la tractoría
the tractor
alumnos
students
el conde
the count
asiduo
regular
un griego
a greek
tropiezo
stumbling block
trasnochadores
nightowls
sumar
to add up, join
el coro
the choir
párroco
parish piest
dominio
domain, domination, dominance
desocupar
to vacate
intrigar
to intrigue
sobrecoger
to startle
sortear
to raffle
remendar
to patch up
ráfaga
burst, gush, flurry
estupor
stupor
delantales
aprons
ensangrentados
bloodied
atónito
stunned, thunderstruck
persignar
to cross
margen
margin
borbotones
gushes, spurts, burbles
borbotón
bubbling, boiling
vuelo
flight
al vuelo
on the flight, on the fly
haya
there is, is
prendidas con alfileres
pinned
goloso
greedy
ardiendo
ablaze
la amabilidad
the friendliness
previsible
foreseeable
la tranvía
the tram
el recado
the message
condiscípulo
classmate
cañonazo
gun shot
reprimir
to suppress
la contrariedad
the dissapointment
retomar
return, to take up again
gesticular
to gesticulate
gesticulando
gesticulating
manotada
slap
jode
fuck
el estalinista
the stalinist
codazos
nudges
benévolo
benevolent
previsión
forecast, foresight
atentado
attempt, attack
premiar
award
perseverancia
perseverance
víspera
eve, evening prayers
el reinado
the reign
sonriente
smiling
un pariente
a relative, family member
albor
prime
carcajada
burst of laughter
el titular
the headine
atrasado/a
overdue
oprimido
downtrodden
cesar
to cease
el caldo
the broth
turbio/a
cloudy
sustenar
to sustain
evocar
to evoke
aleteo
flutter, beating of wings
despeinado, desgreñado
disheveled
una maleza
an undergrowth
atleta
athlete
sobreviviente
survivor
extinguida
extinct
sarnoso
mangy
acatarrar
to catch a cold
morir
to die
plastificada
laminated
añoranzas
longings
charco
puddle
pudrir
to rot
durmiente
sleeping
elástico/a
elastic
almendra
almond
liso
smooth
antigüedad
antiquity
un gusto
a pleasure, a taste (vestido)
lince
lynx
lineal
linear
la cola
the queue
abordar
to board
nevar
to snow
el tránsito
the transit
la autopista
the freeway
camión
truck
alineado
aligned
registro
registration, record, register, registry
aburrir
to bore
el altercado
the altercation
diferido
deferred
la nevada
the snowfall
los floreros
the vases
enlatada
canned
sedante
sedative
vasto
vast
sementero
field, seed bed
un espectaculo
a spectacle
sobrecogedor
overwhelming, imposing
tendida
lying
enseres
things
palacio
palace
varada
grounding
manso/a
meek
asumido
assumed
atestado
crowded
un rebaño
a herd, flock
vasito
cup
cartón
cardboard
cuchara
spoon
tenador
fork
cuchillo
knife
azafata
stewardess
la poltrona
easy chair, armchair
vecina
neighbour
la ventanilla
the window
el dominio
the domain
los viajeros
the travellers
el sobrecargo
the flight attendant
un cofre (de tocador)
a (drawer) chest
cobre
copper
parsimonioso
frugal
el antifaz
the mask
despegar
to take off, lift off
reemplazado
replaced
cartesiana
cartesian
tocador
dressing table
los auriculares
the headphones
reprender
to reprimand
el cartoncito
the cardbaord
inquietud
uneasiness
brindar
to make a toast
palmo a palmo
inch by inch
puntada
stitch
un noviazgo
an engagement
efimero
ephemeral
cauce
riverbed, channel
abandono
abandonment
brazos maniatados
arms handcuffed
la cresta
the crest
el soneto
the sonnet
drogar, narcotizar
to drug
velar
veil, keep vigil
refinamiento
refinement
senil
senile
plenitud
fullness
fogonazo
fleeting, flash
agrietar
to crack
yacer
to lie, sit
despatarrada
spread eagled
la dicha
the joy
desahogar
to vent
desahogarme
to let off steam
enderezar
to straighten, straighten out
libertad
freedom
juventud
youth
un rosal
a rosebush
la crin
the main
peinar
to comb
pleno
full
malecón
pier, jetty
la acera
the sidewalk
un flanco
a flank
sembrar
to sow, seed, plant
el vitral
stained glass
la granizada
the hailstorm
un maretazo
a tidal wave
la muralla
the wall, rampart
avenida
avenue
desmigajar
to crumble
alegre
cheerful, happy
los bomberos
the firefighters
los destrozos
the ravages, destruction
habilitar
to enable
la grúa
the crane
amarrar
to tie up
desbaratado
disrupted, derailed
los botínes
the boots
el botín
the loot
descosido
unstitched
la piltrafa
the scrap, rag
ama de llaves
housekeeper
insólito
unusual
lánguido/a
languid
zorro
fox
austriaca
Austrian
primario
primary
quincallería
hardware
encantador
charming, enchanting
temible, temoso
fearsome
paraíso
paradise
el espionaje
the espionage
mundial
world
comder, comensal
diner
el trabalenguas
the tongue twisters
risco
crag
instaurar
to set up, establish
ayunar
to fast
premonitoria
precognitive
la quebrada
the ravine, gully, brook
vaticinos
predictions
infamia
infamy
golosinas dominicales
sunday treats (candies)
descuir
to neglect
atragantar
to choke
una canica
a marble
propenso
prone, susceptible
las estrecheces
the straits
pernurias
hardships
sugestionado
influenced, suggested
inesperada
unexpected, unlooked for
la escala
the scale
librerías
bookstores
caza mayor
big game
descuadernar
to unbind
descuadernado
disjointed (?)
inválido
invalid
un juguete
a toy
un juguete de cuerda
wind up toy
el renacimiento
the renaissance
renacentista
renaissance
glotón
glutton
presidir
to preside
una langosta
a lobster
cuartear, descuartizar
to quarter
un deleite
a delight
contagiar
to spread, infect
las almejas
the clams
los percebes
the barnacles
las cigalas
the crayfish
exquisiteces
delicacies
afinar
to tune
bogovante
lobster
impávido/a
undaunted
fieltro
felt
inducir
to induce
induje
I induced
clarividente
clairvoyant
el paseo
the walk
retrar
to retract
oídos
ears
atrevido
daring
los loros
the parrots
reanudar
to resume
transcurrir
to elapse, pass
desencantado
disenchanted
la dedicatoria
the dedication
escrito
written
cuela
strain
culebra
snake
naufragio
shipwreck
el embajador
the ambassador
coincidir
to coincide
desencanto
disenchantment
una avería
a breakdown (coche)
variedades
varieties
un prestidigitador
a conjurer, illusionist
desesperada
desperate
raudo
swift
destartalado
tacky, ramshackled
ensopado
soggy
el percance
the mishap
las ansias
the cravings, desires
el traqueteo
the rattle
arropada
clothed
placidez
placidity
el aguacero
the downpour
disuelto
dissolved
helad
icecream, frozen, ice
empedrado
paved
convento
convent
alumbrar
to illuminate
un faro
a streetlight, headlight, lighthouse
el parvulario
the nursery school, kindergarden
la monja
the nun
mojar
to wet
en fila india
in single file
perentoria
peremptory (authoritatively)
inapelable
unappealable
el zaguán
the hall
jerarquía
hierarchy
cosido
stitched
el corpiño
the bodice
descompuesto
decomposed
compromisos
commitments
repasar
to go over
te portas
you behave
ostensible
ostensible
un acuario
an aquarium
apaciaguada
appeased, pacified
cantería
stonework
un zarpazo
a blow, paw, scratch
energúmeno/a
mad woman/man
descomunal
huge, enormous, thumping
encargada
in charge
recluso/a
recluse
estrangulada
strangled
oso polar
polar bear
adiestrado
trained
descuido
carelessness, neglect, negligence
amonestar
admonish
amonestada
reprimanded
la oveja
the sheep
descarriada
wayward
inyectar
to inject
un somnífero
a sleeping pill
muñeca
wrist, doll
el tobillo
the ankle
las barras
the bars
el paradero
the whereabouts
enfermería
nursing, enfirmary
un pantano
a swamp
un remanso
a backwater
una andadura
gait, walking
dos pases
to passes
el sanatorio
the sanatorium
adormecedora
numbing
pudor
modesty
los tedios
the boredoms, tediums
una sabiduría
a wisdom
la recompensa
the reward
rango
rank, range
inscrita
registered
el asilo
the asylum
número de serie
serial number
el enigma
the enigma
procedencia
provenance, origin
al margen
on the sidelines
devastar, asolar
to devastate
canguro
kangaroo
prescindir
to dispense
truco
trick
el pece
the fish
silla de ruedas
wheelchair
preciar
to cherish, prize
un mago
magician, wizard
contrariado
antagonised, disgruntled
aciago
ill fated, ominous
desvanecer
to dispell, disappear
irredimible
irredeemable
el tacto
the touch
sobrar
to be left over
conformar
to shape
cenagoso
boggy
salpicar
to splatter
pavorosa
dreadful
desatinado
foolish
huérfano
orphan
trago
drink, gulp
remordimientos tardíos
late regrets
la maceta
the pot
madurar
to mature
un atajo
a shortcut
robo
robbery, theft
fugar
to escape
el recelo
the suspicion
asaltar
to assault
navegar
to sail, browse, surf, cruise
cajetilla
packet
vello
hair
bronce
bronze
óseo
bony
lampiño
hairy, barefaced
algodón
cotton
zaraza
chintz
trenza
braid
el prontuario
the record
decorador
decorator
la vitrina
the showcase, shopfront/windows
fama
fame
martirio
martyrdom
encabritar
to rile, make cross
la desdicha
the wretchedness
delirios
delusions
celos
jealousy
tranochador
striker
impenitente
unrepentant
encadenados
chained
la pitanza
the pittance
mesón
porterhouse
bobalicona
goofy
maitines
morning prayers
laudes
lauds
fabricar
to manufacture
las colillas recogidas
the collected butts
pobre, escaso, exiguo/a
meager
la pesadumbre
the grief
argolla
shackle
galeón
galleon
propuesto
proposed
truequear
to barter
el rechazo
the rebuff, rejection
un apremio
an urgency
desgarrador
heart rending
promover
to promote
yerto
stiff
el revés
the reverse
furibundo/a, furioso/a
furious
chiquero
pigsty
la misa
the mass
balandrán
sloop
estameña
serge
repicar
to peel
entretener
to entertain
irrepetible
unrepeatable
cifra
digit
desbocar
to run amok
ávido
avid
enardecer
to inflame
el refectorio
the refectory
litografía
lithography
la litografía
the lithograph
generalismo
generalism
una manguerna
a hose
trementina
turpentine
apuntar
to point
inexorable
relentless
ingreso
entry
asintir
to nod
la gravedad
the severity
ceñir
to gird, belt
recayer
to relapse
ademán
gesture
latente
latent
el claustro
the cloister
la cicatriz
scar
dulcificada
sweetened
reaccionar
to react
merced
mercy
aplicar
to apply
repuesto
replaced, replacement
la malla
the mesh
feria
fair, carnival
discordar
to disagree
discordante
discordant
inoportuno/a
inopportune
una noviecita
a little girlfriend
afeitar, rapar
to shave
la naranja
the orange
escombros
debris, rubble
escombro
rubbish
ingrato/a
ungrateful
recodo
bend
campiña
countryside
bullicioso
bustling
tentativas
attempts
viales
vials
gansos
geese
aparecido
ghost
credulidad
credulity
un anfitrión
a host
encaramada
perched
caber
to fit
insigne
distinguished
apuñalar
to stab
