Verbos Flashcards
To wreck havoc en sth
Hacer estragos en algo
Causar estragos entre a
To cause havoc/problems en algo
To hasten algo (como una crisis); to precipitate or lead to ( a crisis or sth)
Precipitar algo. ( la dimisión precipitó un crisis.
To pounce or swoop on something
Precipitarse sobre un (animal)
To rush to do sth
Precipitarse a hacer algo
To overflow or inundate sth
Desabordar
La lluvia desabordó el río
To overflow or spill over
Desabordarse
La Guerra se va a desabordar fuera de las fronteras si no hacemos algo para resolver el conflicto.
To go down ( the level of agua; to diminish.
Decrecer
To liven up; or cheer up
Alegrar
El alegró la fiesta con sus risas
To allege
Alegar que
To cling to sth (hopes, jobs)
Aferrarse a (una esperanza, a su cargo)
To grasp or seize sth
Aferrar
To comply with (a law
Acatar la ley
To dismiss (from job
Destituir (de su cargo
To be upset
Estar bravo; enojado por algo
To be annoyed
Estar molesto
To substantiate; to lay the foundation for sth
Fundamentar ( la ley fundamenta los cambios sociales
To burst (bubble; tire)
Reventar (se)
To lead to; to end in (tragedy
Desembocar en algo
To project or cast shade
Proyectar sombra
To join (a party)
Sumarse (a un partido)
To debut; to premier; to wear for the first time; to release (a movie)
Estrenar
To be counted ( the number of deaths totaled 8); to be accounted for
Contabilizarse (hay que contabilizarse los costos económicos antes de tomar la decisión.
To have a hunch; to have a feeling that; t
Presentir que
To drip; to trickle in dribs and drabs; to gush out
Chorrear ( me chorreaba el sangre por me brazo; chorrean las solicitudes; estar chorreando de sudor
To give shelter to algún
Dar posada a algún
To sustain; to hang in there
Sostenerse ( a como pude me sostuve hasta que llegó ayuda
To sweep away; to drag away; to bring with it
Arrastrar (el río arrastró la comunidad. El conflicto arrastra problemas para la comunidad.
To bury; to hide away or conceal
Sepultar a algún
I don’t blame him
No lo culpo
To shift; to move
Desplazarse ( se ha desplazado un 4% de los votos
To be set on doing sth
Empeñarse en hacer algo
To create a favorable atmosphere for (algo)
Propiciar (una resolución política)
To banish
Desterrar (las tensiones de todo camino)
To be within reach
Estar a nuestro alcance.
To harass; to pursue relentlessly; to pester with questions.
Acosar; acosarle a preguntas
To shine or glitter; to shine of (happiness
Resplandecer (de alegría
To encourage to do sth
Alientar a hacer algo
To inspire confidence; to arouse fear
Infundir confianza/miedo
To attribute sth to; to blame on
Achacar a algo( el conflicto se puede achacar a problemas sociales
To be restricted to (only doing or saying algo
Limitarse a hacer/decir algo
To be all show
Tener mucha fachada
To challenge onself
Ponerse retos
To be blind to (what’s happening in the world)
Estar ciegas ante (lo que occure en el mundo)
To be misleading
Inducir a error a algún
To be soaking wet
Estar mojado hasta los huesos
To be a sorry sight
Estar hecho una lastima
To be consumed by envy
Comerse de envidia
To clear (the area); to abandon (a position
Desalojar ( la policia desaloja el colegio; los soldados desalojan el complejo
To leak (information)
Trascender ( ha transcendido la noticia
To transcend sth
Trascender de algo
To stay up late; to have a late night out
Trasnochar
To get together
Quedar de verse
To cheer someone up
Dar ánimo a algún
To be on duty
Estar de turno
To plan to do sth
Proyectar hacer algo
To impart or give (classes)
Impartir
To dare to do sth
Atreverse a hacer algo
To be inclined to do sth
Inclinarse a hacer algo
To echo sth
Hacerse eco de algo
To talk a lot without saying anything
Cantinflear
To smother with kisses
Comerse a alguien a besos
To devour somebody with ones eyes
Comerse a alguien con los ojos
To have the bad habit of doing sth
Tener la manía de (comerse la uñas)
To snoop around
Vibrar
To hoard (food); to monopolize (a market, a conversation; ones time); to hog sth; to tie up (as in to keep one busy or occupied )
Acaparar
To be sad or ashamed
Apenarse por algo
To come from (somewhere)
Provenir de (la mar)
To wander about ( the streets)
Desambular por las calles
To get one hands on something
Echar mano de algo (plata)
To trigger something (a chain of events)
Desencadenar
To result in (benefits to an
Redundar en (beneficios
To be stuck (in a situation); in a rut;
Estar estancado
To eavesdrop
Estar de escucha
To listen in
Estar a la escucha
To bend over backwards to please someone
Volcarse por complacer a algn
To take please en doing sth
Complacerse en hacer algo
To outline (a plan or a drawing
Esbozar (un plan estratégico)
To show of;to brag
Presumir
To boast about sth
Jactarse de algo
To hesitate in doing sth
Vacilar en hacer algo
To be valid for (2 Years
Tener vigencia de (2 años)
To be hungover
Estar con resaca
To feel like doing something
Antojarse a alguien hacer algo
Se me antoja ir al centro comercial…i feel like going to the mall
To be reduced to ashes; to be burned up
Calcinarse
To rub; to rub in
Frotar
To rub off
Quitar frotando
To dry off (with a towel
Secar frotando con un toalla
To scattered
Desparramar
To shrink (oneself); to leasen
Menguar
Spread out; scattered
Desparramar
To try to do something/ to obtain something…to procure sth
Procurar hacer algo/ procurar un puesto
To lie low
Procurar no hacerse tan ostensible
To haggle over sth; to be super tight with sth ( they’re super tight with their wine)
Regatear (no hemos regateado para
To get wrapped up in (work, a problem, etc)
Enfrascarme (en trabajo)
Estar enfrascado en algo (to be wrapped up in work)
To give one space
Dar a uno campo (dame campo)
To impide (progress); hamper
Entorpecer
To end up doing sth
Terminar por hacer algo
To throw out (trash); to scrap or get rid of (sth not useful)
Desechar
To lash out against sth/someone
Arremeter contra alguien
Estar anuente a hacer algo
To be willing to do sth
To freshen up
Ponerse bonito/Bonita
To tax(a product.
Gravar (un producto con impuestos
To streamline
Racionalizar
To waiver; to hold back
Vacilar (en hacer algo)
To push back (a date, an event) to postpone(;
Retrasar (la fecha.
To delay; to slow down
Atrasar
To loosen (a belt, knot
Aflojar (el cinturón; el nudo)
To loosen (a belt, knot
Aflojar (el cinturón; el nudo)
To go hiking
Hacer senderismo
To point out that
Puntualizar que
To milk a cow
Ordeñar la vaca
To be on the way
Ir de camino
To point out that
Puntualizar que
To milk a cow
Ordeñar la vaca
To be on the way
Ir de camino
Recalcar
To emphasize; to point out
Estar en condiciones de hacer algo
To be in a position to do something.
