Un Día en Barcelona Flashcards
1
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gallows, gibbet
support
A
una horca
2
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corset, stays
gossip, busybody
A
una cotilla
2
Q
to go cold turkey
A
estar con el mono
4
Q
to strike, strike down
to look daggers at
A
fulminar
4
Q
a dressing down, telling off, reprimand
(adj : rough, crude etc)
A
una bronca
5
Q
crude, rough (things)
crude, coarse, uncouth
A
tosco
5
Q
to slurp
to brainwash
to sniffle, snuffle
A
sorber
5
Q
plain, simple
skimpy, brief
succinct, concise
frank, curt
A
escueto
5
Q
to snog, smooch, cover with kisses
A
besuquear
6
Q
stage fright
A
el pánico escénico
7
Q
thickness, bulk (noun)
the majority (of a group)
big, well-built, thick-set (adjective)
A
grueso
8
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to grumble, gripe, mutter under one’s breath
A
refunfuñar
8
Q
of the evening
A
vespertino
8
Q
the cabin boy
A
el grumete
8
Q
disagreement
A
la desavenencia
9
Q
to catch, grap, nab
A
pillar
11
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reserve, modesty
A
el recato
11
Q
daring, bold
audacious, cheeky
A
osado
11
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thick, congealed, voluptuous
A
pastoso
12
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to fancy, feel like, have a craving for
A
antojarse
12
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jack-of-all-trades, all rounder, odd-job man
joker (in a pack of cards)
A
el comodín
12
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tuxedo, dinner jacket
A
el esmoquin
13
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to stun, bewilder, bother, shock
A
aturdir
14
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infant school, kindergarten etc
A
el parvulario
14
astounded, taken aback
patidifuso
14
miserable, depressed, contrite
compungido
14
a family lineage
una cepa
15
bigshot, bigwig, boss
el mandamás
16
uneven, rough, bumpy
treacherous, turbulent
accidentado
17
velvety, silky
aterciopelado
18
horn, antler
el cuerno
19
to get tied up
atarse
20
full speed ahead
a todo trapo
21
to simulate, to make something look like
asemejar
22
a picture window
un ventanal
22
sullen (ie face, mien)
arid, dry, lifeless
adusto
24
wrinkle, crease
la arruga
25
terrifying, horrifying, horrific
blood-curdling, hair-raising, spine-chilling
espeluznante
27
thumb
el pulgar
28
to gorge, stuff oneself, gobble
zamparse
29
to pinch (person etc)
reflex : to pinch oneself
to nibble, pick at (food)
pellizcar
31
to lop, prune, trim off
podar
31
to prowl
merodear
31
busy, snowed under, bustling
ajetreado
32
to stretch, stretch out
iron, iron out
estirar
33
to swat at flies (and to get annoyed)
mosquear
34
event, occurrence, happening
un suceso
36
the cheek (part of face)
la mejilla
37
prickly, spiny
with bones (ie fish)
espinoso
38
shady, in the shade
sombreado
38
smooth out, make even, polish
alisar
40
stir up
poke/stoke a fire
atizar
41
come to one's senses, liven up
wise up, get one's act together
get a move on, chivvy along
espabilar
42
to deign to, to lower oneself to
dignarse
43
hoarse
ronco
44
iron (metal)
hierro
44
to hammer, drive in
clavar
45
skinny, scrawny, emaciated
escuálido
46
to drag, pull, tow
to win over
arrastrar
47
palatial
palaciego
48
to seize control, take charge of, take over
apoderarse
49
to appear (at a place)
to stick out (ie head out of the window)
asomar
49
grave, pit, trench, ditch
| (also septic tank, nostril, cavity)
una fosa
50
lap
regazo
51
a scrawl, scribble, doodle
un garabato
52
to take a run up
tomar carrerilla
53
to go full-pelt
ir a toda pastilla
55
to plough through
surcar
56
to shoot up like a beanpole
grow up tall and thin
estirarse
58
tacky, cheesy, corny
cursi
58
marbles (children's game)
la canica
58
to shake, to rattle, bang about, make a lot of noise with, muck about with
traquetear
59
challenging, rebellious, defiant
desafiante
61
an incentive
un acicate
62
claw (ie of a cat)
paws, mitts (of a person)
la zarpa
64
(adj) surly, bad-tempered, unsociable
hosco
65
eyebrow
la ceja
65
stutter, stammer
tartarmudear
67
brow, forehead, space between eyebrows
el ceño
69
bundle, roll
el fajo
70
great, dog's bollocks, awesome
cojonudo
72
to alight, get off, get out of car
apearse
73
a trap, snare
una trampa
74
to suffer, endure
padecer
76
curve, bend, change of direction
el recodo
78
to frown, knit one's brow
to purse/pucker one's lips
fruncir
79
to tear, to rip
to break (a heart)
desgarrar
80
hedge, hedgrow, bushes
el seto
81
a backdrop (literally and figuratively)
el telón de fondo
82
unnoticed, unseen, unperceived
desapercibido
84
scorching, burning
abrasador
85
key-ring
el llavero
87
sullenness, grimness (person), gloominess (weather, place)
la hosquedad
88
bright, clever-clogs
espabilado
89
hidden, unexplored, out-of-the-way
recóndito
91
to whistle, cat-call
blow the whistle, signal
pitar
92
nape, back of the neck
la nuca
93
to settle, resolve
to dig up
zanjar
94
wealthy, rich
adinerado
95
parrot-fashion
de carrerilla
97
to untangle
desenredar
98
drowsy, sleepy
somnoliento
100
to sharpen, prick up your ears
aguzar
101
(adj) fucking
bust, buggered
jodido
102
supply, stockpile, store
mustering, gathering
el acopio
103
scintillating, sparkling
chispeante
104
to confim, affirm, validate
constatar
105
to emerge from, sprout (literally & figuratively)
brotar
106
toilet
el retrete
107
slenderness, slimness
la esbeltez
108
opponent, rival
el contrincante
109
in spite of everything
a pesar de todo
111
set out, set forth
launch
undertake, start
emprender
111
to pack out, fill up (a space)
abarrotar
112
railings, fence, bars on a window, grille
la verja
113
purebred, through & through
de pura cepa
115
a beam, rafter, girder
una viga
116
entranced, captivated
spellbound, enraptured
embelesado
117
a flirtacious remark, amorous comment
un piropo
118
now
let's see
well, . . .
a ver
120
staunch, steadfast, bitter (ie rivals)
acérrimo
122
calm, placid (person)
gentle, tame (animal)
calm, tranquil (condition)
apacible
123
steep, sheer, precipitous
escarpado
124
put away/polish off (food)
knock back (a drink)
get stoned/wasted (drugs)
atizarse
125
to get drunk, to make drunk
to intoxicate
embriagarse
126
a tough guy, beefcake
un machote
127
to put down roots
to take root
echar raíces
128
shameless, cheeky, bare-faced, blatant
descarado
129
to lie, to be lying (particularly human remains)
yacer
130
to disgust
asquear
131
to cause stress to
to stress out
estresarse
132
the depths, bowels (of a dark situation, or biologically of a person)
las entrañas
133
swarm, hive
| (or crowd, mob)
el enjambre
134
lie, tall-tale, fib
un embuste
