Unidad 6 Flashcards
A la larga, a lo largo, en el largo plazo
in the long run
a mansalva, en abundancia
In abundance (liberally, generously)
a punto de
Just about to, on the verge of
a son de que?
Why on earth?
a viva voz
out loud
abarcar (repasar en un tiempo fijo)
covers/goes over some information in a certain timeframe
acompasar, seguir el paso
to keep up pace
actualidad, actualmente
Current Events, Present Time
acuartelarse, prepararse
organize oneself, prepare oneself
Aguajero
a person that fakes or doesn’t follow up with what he promises
airoso
graceful, successful, with flying colors
ajetreado
busy, hectic
ajetreo
hustle and bustle
aleatorio
random
amanerado
effeminate
ambivalente,vaga, vacia
Ambivalent (neither for nor against, vague)
agradable, amena
pleasant, enjoyable
ancestros/antepasados
ancestors
andariego
fond of walking, wandering around
anidar
To nest
anidado
nested
anunciar
announce
aparencia, aparición
appearance
apodo
nickname, alias
aromar
Give scent to
asequible
affordable
atascar, estancar, trabar, estorbar, bloquear
to get stuck or block
atravesar, cruzar
to go through, to cross
aupar, levantar
to lift, hoist
autoctono, oriundo, indígena
native, indigenous
avaro, tacaño
greedy/cheap
avería
breakdown (stopped working)
barba
beard
barbilla
chin
bienhechor
benefactor
bigote
mustache
Bioco / Patatu
Ataque Cardiaco
Biznoque, pistoque, pistoco, vaina
Instrumento u objeto de tamaño pequeño de alguna utilidad.
bordeado
bordered by
bordeado
bordered by
cabecera
headboard
Cachivachera y cachendosa
Ghetto and High Class
cachivachero
Hoarder
Cal
Lime (type of sediment)
calor corporal
body heat
candungo
Container, batch
caseta
Market booth, market stall, market canopy
caseta
shed
chango
monkey
cinta
ribbon
Cogin, almohada
Pillow
condecorar
to bestow honor (decorate)
contundente
Blunt, convincing, conclusive, overwhelming
coquetear, sateria, piropo
flirting
correteaba
ran, run around
Cosa/Vaina/Bisnoque/Pistoco/Cacucha
Thing
crema de afeitar
shaving cream
criterio
criterion/standards; sinonimo de la pauta, norma o principio, opinion/view
Culeca o Culeco
excited, overly anxious, or female crab that is pregnant with eggs
culeco, súper feliz, turuleco
Really happy
Cultio
Looking a mess
curarse en salud
to be on the safe side, prevent something from happening, mejor evitsr wue ocurra algo q solucionarlo
De un cantazo
In one hit
demora
to delay, hold up
desahucio
eviction
desaprovechar
to waste an opportunity
descartado
ruled out, discard, reject, to dismiss
descender
to descend, go down
descomunal
colossal, enormous
desenvuelve
to unwrap
desgarrar
to tear, rip
deslumbrar
to dazzle
despeñar
to throw over a cliff
desplazamiento
displacement
despota
tyrannical, tyrant
devastado
devastated
doblemente
doubly
Dominio escénico
Stage dominance
dormitar
to doze, snooze off
El placer es mío
The pleasure’s all mine, my pleasure