Transferred - Vocabulary Mental Processes (3) Flashcards
permission
With your permission
el permiso
Con su permiso
to leave, to let
Leave me in peace
dejar
¡Déjame en paz!
to need, require
I need your help
necesitar
Necesito tu ayuda
to ask for, request, beg
He requested that I come back early
pedir
Me has pedido que vuelva pronto
to have to, must, ought, should
deber
must not, ought not, should not
Manuel shouldn’t eat sweets
no deber
Manuel no debe tomar dulces
out!
¡Fuera!
Look out!
¡Cuidado!
to want, to wish, to desire
querer
to wish
I wish him lots of luck
desear
Le deseo much suerte
congratulations
felicidades
to congratulate
Clara has not congratulated me yet
felicitar
Clara no me ha felicitado todavía
to confirm
I’d like to confirm my return flight
confirmar
Quiero confirmar mi vuelo de regreso
exact, right, correct
exacto, exacta
true, certain, sure
I assure you that everything I’ve told you is true
cierto, cierta
Te aseguro que todo lo que te he dicho es cierto
to assure
The mechanic assured you that he would repair the truck by Monday
asegurar
El mecánico les aseguró que arreglaría el camión para el lunes
That’s true
¡Eso es!
¡Así es!
of course, naturally
desde luego
Isn’t it? Isn’t that so?
?Verdad?
perhaps, maybe
quizá(s)
I wish, I hope
ojalá
by the way
By the way, how did things go for you in Venezuela?
por cierto
Por cierto, ?qué tal te ha ido por Venezuela?
by the way, incidentally
By the way, when will we see each other again?
a propósito
A propósito, ?cuándo nos vemos?
Let’s see
a ver
equal, unvarying
Do you want coffee or tea? It’s all the same to me
igual
?Quieres cafe ó té? Me es igual
you know, for, you see
es que
finally, in short, well
en fin
what a mess
¡Que lío!
so to speak, as it were
Asturias is the Spanish Switzerland as it were. Well, I don’t think so
por decirlo así
Asturias es, por decirlo así, la Suiza española. Pues a mí no me lo parece
that is to say, in other words, then
o sea
well
pues
then
entonces
intelligence
la inteligencia
intellectual
intelectual
reasonable, sensible
He seems to be a reasonable boy
razonable
Parece ser un chico razonable
genius
el genio
wise, learned
sabio, sabia
cultivated, cultured
culto, culta
ability, skill
Pedro has great artistic skills
la habilidad
Pedro tiene much habilidad para el arte
capacity, ability
Jesús has great talent for languages
la capacidad
Jesús tiene gran capacidad para las lenguas
competent, able, qualified
competente
faculty, power, gift
la facultad
decision
la decision
to endeavour, to try, to procur
procurar
to dare
I don’t dare tell you what I heard
atreverse
No me atrevo a decirte lo que he oído
patience
paciencia
impatience
Your impatience isn’t helping us solve this problem
la impaciencia
Tu impaciencia no nos aguda a resolver este problema
organizer
el organizador, la organizadora
to plan, to design
The development is fairly well planned
planificar
La urbanización está bastante bien planificada
to resist, bear, endure
resistir
combative
luchador, luchadora
astute, sly, sneaky, crafty
astuto, astuta
distracted, absent minded
distraído, distraída
generous, splendid
Teresa has always been very generous with me
espléndido, espléndida
Teresa siempre ha sido muy espléndida conmigo
stingy
tacaño, tacaña
ignorance
la ignorancia
ignorant, dumb
ignorante
to converse, to talk, to chat
conversar
chat
la charla
to pronounce, to deliver a speech
pronunciar
speech
el discurso
discussion, argument
I do not permit any further discussion
la discusión
No permito más discusiones
to discuss, to argue
discutir
accent
el acento
language, way of speaking
el lenguaje
expression
la expresión
term, expression
el término
to refer to
The students don’t know what you’re referring to
referirse a
Los alumnos no saben a qué se está refiriendo usted
be quiete
callarse
to cream, to shout
chillar
to curse, to damn
damn it
maldecir
maldita sea
to justify
justificar
to declare, to state
declarar
declaration, statement
la declaración
to explain, to make clear
aclarar
datum, piece of information
el dato
etcetera
etcétera
report
el informe
news
la novedad
to inform
I’ve been informed that the taxi drivers are on strike
comunicar
Me han comunicado que hay huelga de taxistas
message, news
el mensaje
notification, notice
el aviso
to learn, to find out about
enterarse
detail
detalle
question, problem
The problem is that there’s no money
cuestión
La cuestión es que no hay dinero
to advise, counsel
aconsejar
advice, counsel
el consejo
recommendation
la recomendació˜
to consult
consultar
to answer
contestar
pardon, forgiveness
(el) perdón
apology
la disculpa
excuse
la excusa
consolation
el consuelo
to be in agreement with, resigned, acceptable
Are you in agreement with my plans?
conforme
?Estás conforme con mis planes?
approval
la aprobación
to approve
aprobar
to tolerate
tolerar
to recognise, to admit, to acknowledge
reconocer
to consist
What does the problem consist of?
consistir
?En que consiste el problem?
evident, obvious
evidente
to legalise
legalizar
to deny
negar
to refuse
Irefuse to believe that story
negarse
Me niego a creer esa historia
to reproach criticise
hacer reproches
prohibition
la prohibición
to contradict
contradecir
