Vargas L-5 Esquinas pp 63-97 Flashcards
1
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cohibido
A
inhibited
2
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cebada
A
barley
3
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comisaría
A
police station
4
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copetudo/a
A
haughty, stuck up; tufted, crested
5
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reñido/a
A
at odds, on bad terms, hard-fought
6
Q
penalista
A
criminal lawyer
7
Q
dilecto/a
A
beloved
8
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terno
A
3-piece suit
9
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atajar
A
to put a stop to; to take a shortcut
10
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aposentado
A
lodged
11
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fraguar
A
to forge, conceive, think up
12
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honda
A
sling; catapault
13
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mazamorra
A
milky maize pudding
14
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careta
A
mask
15
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cola de caballo
A
horsetail
16
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atusarse
A
to preen oneself
17
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bicoca
A
bargain
18
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gacetillero
A
hack, gossip columnist
19
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prender
A
to attach, pin, fasten
20
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graznar
A
to caw, to squawk
21
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el rondín
A
mouth organ (harmonica); guard or watchman
22
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estrafalario/a
A
eccentric, bizarre, outlandish
23
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a rajatabla
A
strictly, to the letter
24
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esbirro
A
henchman, killer, minion
25
sepelio
burial
26
bragueta
zipper
27
forajido
outlaw, fugitive
28
pichula
prick, cock
29
trasero
rear, backside, buttocks
30
progenitor
father or mother
31
apartar
to avert (one's eyes); to move out of the way
32
tirria
dislike
33
arrimarse
to move up against; move closer to
34
achaques
ailments
35
disco rayado
broken record
36
de baja monta
third-rate, low-rate, of little importance
37
tablilla
splint
38
turbio/a
cloudy, murky, turbid
39
atracador
mugger
40
tramar
to plot, to weave
41
el bache
pothole
42
bardo; barda
bard; cover
43
el boite
nightclub
44
conchabado/a
hired-out, employed
45
resentido/a
sore
46
saltar la liebre
cat come out of the bag
47
angurriento
greediness
48
codicia
greed
49
jaranista
party animal
50
linaza
linseed
