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, esmallao, afrentao
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
Embobao
Feeling really good
empalagar
to be too sweet (make you sick)
empalagoso
overly sweet
empatico
empathetic
Emplegostao / plegoste
Puddle of goop
en estos momentos
at this moment
En la papas
Doing really well
encaramarse
to climb up, perch
Enchismado
Enojado/molesto pero celoso
enfrentar, confrontar
to face, to confront
enganchar
Hang up the phone
Engañotarse
Bend down
enguajar
to rinse
Esjuanñangao,Enguanñangado, Cansado, Esmolio, eñnemao, Yonquio, descoñetado, esvielao
Refrán: estoy hecho un carcoñeta
Tired
ensueño
to dream
Ensueño vs sueño
Dream vs sleep
erguido, derecho
upright
escampar, despejar
to clear up, stop raining
escrutinio
scrutiny
Esmandado
Going at top speed
Esmorra
Sensación de molestia o irritación en la mañana o al despertar de una siesta
Esmorusado / esgreñado
Messy hair
espatarrarse
(sprawl) mudanza que se ejecutaba abriendo las piernas desmesuradamente y como despatarrándose.
estallar
to burst
Excricatiado
Bent over legs open
Expostura
The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
fajar
To go hard in something or a subject
falacia
fallacy, lie
Feca
Mierda o una mentira/embuste
flojera, pereza
laziness
Forma
Shape
fracatan
A lot of something
fundamento, tener sentido
foundation, basis, grounds, reason
ganga
sale/bargain
guasa
A lie
Guelembo
Tall tale
gustosamente, con mucho gusto
gladly
Hairbrush
Cepillo
hallar
to find
hundir
sink
Infravalorado
underrated; under-valued
inquebrantable
Unwavering, unbreakable
Insuperable
Insurmountable, unbeatable
izada
raised, hoistered
jorobar
to bother someone
lazo
bow tie
lejania
remoteness (distance)
leve
slight, light
linfatico
Calmoso, fematico, apatico
Litera
Bunk, bunk bed
llave allen
Allen wrench
longevo
long-standing, long-lived
luminiscente
luminescent
Mala suerte, nacido de culo, salaera
Bad luck
malla
net
mañoso, listo, traqueteo
sneaky
maquinar
to plot, scheme
medios de comunicación
means of communication
Misplace
No saber donde lo pusiste
Mongo
Soggy
Muñeco de los siete fundillos (siempre cae sentado)
Always have to get their way, can never be wrong
muralla
exterior wall (border)
nacar
mother of pearl
Necesito un despojo para liberarme de esta salaera
I need something uplifting to take me out of this sadspell
No se puede quedar atras
You cant forget about
ominoso
ominous
Palancu
Juey con una pinza grande
patilla
sideburn
pauta
Pout, pride
persiguiendo
following
pesadilla
nightmare
picotear
to peck at something
Pistoco, attachment
Thing
plenamente/completamente
fully, completely
Ponle que
Lets says…
Por ojo y siete llaves (dicho)
A lot of something
pregonar, anunciar
Announce
Prende
Angers
presumido, vanidoso
conceited
presumir
presume, make an assumption without clear evidence
Primor/maravilla
beauty, delicacy, fine thing
primoroso
exquisite
propuesta
proposal, proposition
quietud
undisturbed quiet, stillness
quimera
illusion, pipe dream
radicalmente
radically
rancio
rancid
Recurrentes
recurring
recursos
resources, means
redondel
circle, arena/ring
rejuego
interplay,game “game” that someone plays in any activity
relumbrar
to shine brightly
repetorio
repertoire, catalog/collection of historical events or achievements
Respote
Banged out car
retumbando
rumbling, thundering
Revolquera
Sour stomach
rito
ritual
sarta
String of something
Se aparece
It appears
se nota
you can tell, it shows
semblante
facial expression
sequia
drought, lack of water
sierra
Cutting saw
Sopla
blows or eat food really fast
sumergir
to submerge
Súper exquisito
Super exquisite
superior derecha
top right
tallar
to carve
temerario, imprudente, atrevido
Reckless; rash., daredevil
terca
stubborn
tieso, trinco
stiff
tonalidad
tone, shade of color
tonto, huelestaca, bobo
silly, foolish
Urja
Urgently needed
Vara
Rod
Velaria
Would watch
veloz, rápido
fast, rapid
viborear
Criticar frecuente y malintencionadamente a los demás. Talk behinf someones back. Zig-zag ambivalent opinion.
Yucayeque
Craziness
zigzagueante
zigzagging