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Verbs II Flashcards

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To be dressed in plain clothes (in vez de uniforme)

Go undercover (policía)

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Ir (vestido) de paisano

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To be excited/ to look forward to something

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Hacerle ilusión a alguien

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To speak emphatically

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Hablar con énfasis

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To emphasize something ; to stress

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Poner énfasis en algo

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To be transmitted, to be passed on (contagiarse) (enfermedad);

To be catchy (canción)

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Pegarse

“Se me pegó su acento”
I picked up his accent
“Me has pegado la gripe”

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To say something sarcastically (tono sarcástico)

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Decir algo con retintín

“Siempre me decía con retintín…”

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Significa tener buena/ mala relación con las personas que conoces bien

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Llevarse bien/ mal con alguien

“Pedro se lleva bien con su jefa.”

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Significa tener buena/mala opinión sobre las personas que conocemos, conocemos pocos o no conocemos personalmente

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Caerse bien/ mal alguien

“A Antonia le cae bien la secretaria de su oficina.”

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To attribute sth to s.o.

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Achacar (a) (to)

Achacar algo a

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To carry out

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Llevar a cabo

“Mario nunca llevó a cabo su promesa, pero no dimitió.”

Dimitir- to resign

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To get by (with/without)

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Defenderse, apañarse, salir de paso

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  1. To face, to cope
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Hacer frente

“Seis libros para hacer frente el invierno.”

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To be homesick

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Tener morriña

Morriña- homesickness (por el país), nostalgia

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  1. Apoderar

2. Apoderarse de

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  1. To authorize; to empower

2. To seize; to take posession of

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To make a stopover (at AirPort, etc)

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Hacer escalara

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To go after her/him

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Ir tras ella/él

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To find (encontrar)

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Dar con

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To get hurt/ to hurt itself

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Hacerse daño

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To say yes

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Decir que sí

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To log on

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Iniciar la sesión

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Give background info

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Dar información de fondo

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The curtain goes up

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Subir el telón

Sube el telón

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To play the role of

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Hacer el papel de

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To follow the trail

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Seguir la pista

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24
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To roar with laughter

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Reírse a carcajadas

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To scream bloody murder

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Poner el grito en el cielo

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Extremely

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Sumamente

“Mañana será un día sumamente atrejeado (hectic), con muchas ocupaciones (activities) para usted”

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Hectic, busy

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Ajetreado

“He tenido un día muy ajetreado”

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To walk the dog

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Pasear al perro

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To understand the issue

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Entender el asunto

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30
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To cash the check

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Cobrar el cheque

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To be alive

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Estar vivo

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To make as snow man

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Hacer un muñeco de nieve

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33
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To throw snow balls

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Lanzar bolas de nieve

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To insist on doing something

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Empeñarse en (hacer algo)

“Patricio se empeñó en ir al pueblecito de sus papás”

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  1. To bounce; to rebound ( en - off)
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Rebotarse

  • to get pissed off (peninsular español)
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  1. To limp
  2. To wobble (mueble)
  3. Be faulty (argumento)
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Cojear

*pie cojear- weak point

“Ya sé de qué pie cojea Maria”
(I already know Maria’s weakpoints)

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To cap it off/ to crown it all (para colmo)

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Para rematar

-Rematar: to end; to conclude; finished off

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38
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To lie down

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Recostare (o-ue)

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To stand up

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Ponerse de pie

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  1. To skirt around; to pull over
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Orillar

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  1. To trace, sketch, outline
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Trazar

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42
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To have an allergy to something

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Tener alergia a algo

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43
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To take a shortcut

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Coger un atajo

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44
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To fast

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Estar en ayunas

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45
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To be a crook

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Ser un chorizo

“Qué chorizo!!” - what a crook!

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  1. To cheat (estafar)

2. To swindle

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Timar

!ha intentado a timarme otra vez!
He has tried to rip me off again!

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To hit the nail on the head

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Dar en el clavo

“Has dado en el clavo!”

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To be a real jerk/ dickhead

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Ser muy capullo (informal, peninsular español)

Capullo- bud, o cocoon

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To become (for physical or emotional changes, implies no effort)

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Ponerse + adjetivo

“Esteban se pone rojo porque es tímido”

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To become (implies effort, often with profession or social status)

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Hacerse + adjetivo/sustantivo

Llegar a ser + adjetivo /sustantivo

“Sarita se hizo abogada”
“Lola llegó a ser abogada también”

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To become (used to express sudden , involuntary change , changes more profound than those used with ponerse”

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Volverse + adjetivo

“Ese niño se ha vuelto imposible”
Has become imposible
“El psicológico se volvió loco”

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52
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To become sad

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Entristecerse

Yo me entristezco

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53
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To become rich

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Hacerse rico

Enriquecerse

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54
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To become furious

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Ponerse furioso

Enfurecerse

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55
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To become haughty

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Volverse orgulloso

Enorgullecerse

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To be wrong / mistaken (person)

To be wrong/ mistaken (both ppl and things)

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Equivocarse
“Te equivocas”

Estar equivocado
“La respuesta está equivocada”

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  1. To remain, to stay
  2. To become (emotional o physical)
  3. Note: Non reflexive it can mean various things
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Quedarse
“Quédate en casa si no te sientes bien”
“Todos se quedaron atónitos”
“Everyone was astonished”

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Quedar bien/mal

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1.Looks good/bad / goes well
“Tu corbata roja queda bien con tu camisa azul”
2. Make a good/bad impression
“Paco quedó bien regalándole flores a su suegra”

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To remember (2)

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  1. Acordarse de
  2. Recordar

“Si no me acuerdo mal”
“Si no recuerdo mal”
(I remember correctly)

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Echarse a + infinitive

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To begin to

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61
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To boast about, to brag

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Jactarse (de)

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  1. To tear, to rip (vestido, papel)

2. To break (corazón)

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Desgarrar

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63
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To stand up

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Ponerse de pie

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  1. To rinse (enjuagar)

2. To clarify, explain

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Aclarar

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  1. To elucidate, to explain, to figure out
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Dilucidar

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  1. To undertake
  2. To start (trabajo)
  3. To set off on (viaje)
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Emprender

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67
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To distrust

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Desconfiar de

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To frighten off; to keep away; to banish

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Ahuyentar

69
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To be awesome/ unbelievable

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Ser la hostia

70
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To mock

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Hacer mofa de

Mofa- mockery

71
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Abarrotar

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  1. To pack (teatro, autobús)

2. To cram full (desván, baúl)

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Enfrentar

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  1. To confront, to face (to deal with)

2. To face (be positioned towards)

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Desbancar

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  1. To oust, to replace
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  1. To grab (hold of)

- también figurative (to cling to something)

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Aferrarse

Aferrarse a algo

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Sacudir

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  1. To Shake, to Shake off (to move)
    “Sacude la botella para mezclar los ingredientes”
    “El terremoto sacudió Nepal el sábado pasado”
76
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Derrumbarse

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  1. To demolish (puente, edificio)

2. To destroy, devestate (moralmente)

77
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Increpar

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  1. To reprimand (reprender)

2. To abuse, to insult; reproach (express disapproval)

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Toparse

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1. To run into, bump into each other (chocar) 
Toparse con (cosa, persona)
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Agredir

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  1. To attack
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Acudir

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  1. To come (to occur to)
  2. To turn to (consult)
  3. To go to (to attend)
81
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Encarar

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  1. To confront, to face up to (hacer frente a)

2. To bring face to face (poner frente a frente)

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Dar al traste (con algo)

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To ruin something; mess something up

Irse al traste- to fall through

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  1. To fit, to build in
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Empotrar

“La habitación tiene un armario empotrado”

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  1. To whiten (ropa); to bleach (con lejía)

2. To launder (dinero)

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Blanquear

85
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Abogar

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  1. To plead, to defend
  2. To represent (ley) “abogar por alguien”
  3. To advocate something (abogar por algo)
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  1. To recognize

2. To admit an error

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Reconocer

“Me reconoces en esta foto?”

“Mi papa reconoció que se había equivocado”

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  1. To spread, to scatter
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Esparcir

Irreg presente: yo esparzo

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Acarrear

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  1. To carry
  2. To transport, haul (carbón)
  3. Give rise to; cause (“acarreó la caída del gobierno”)
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  1. To skip

2. To leap, to jump

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Brincar

90
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Add up to

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Sumar

91
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Build up

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Aumentar

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Duck out of

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Zafarse, escaquearse (de)

93
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Get across

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Comunicar

94
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Give up

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Abandonar, renunciar

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Go up to (sb)

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Acercarse a alguien

96
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Head off

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Irse , marcharse

97
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Look back to

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Mirar atrás

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Look forward to

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Desear/ esperar con ansia

99
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Meet up

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Quedar, Reunirse

100
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Make up

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Inventarse; reconciliarse

101
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Point out

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Advertir, señalar

102
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Put (sb) off

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Desanimar

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Refer to

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Referirse a

?a qué te refieres? - what do you mean?

104
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Run out

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Acabarse, agotarse

105
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Set up

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Fundar, montar

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Turn (sb) off

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Disgustarle a uno (algo)

107
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Turn over

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Dar vueltas (a una idea)

108
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Turn up

Turn down

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Subir (el volumen)

Bajar

109
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Warm down

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Enfriar

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Warm up

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Calentar

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Work at

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Practicar, intentar mejor

112
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Work on

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Ocuparse de

113
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Work out

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Resolver; hacer ejercicio

114
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Write down

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Apuntar, anotar

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Rondar

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  1. To patrol, to prowl
  2. To be around (edad, cifra)
    “La inversión rondaría los 10 millones de euros”
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Abonar

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  1. To pay
  2. To fertilize (tierra)
  3. To subscribe (al fútbol, teatro)

Abono- travel pass, season ticket

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Secundar

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  1. To support , to back (up)

2. To second

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Desmentir

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  1. To deny, refute

“Save the children dismintió ayer que el futbolista Ronaldo haya donado 7 millones de euros a los damnificados (injured) de Nepal.”

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Anhelar

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  1. To long, to crave

Anhelar hacer algo- to long to do something
“El secreto es no anhelar lo que no tienes”

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Minar

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  1. To undermine

2. To mine (military)

121
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Underline

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Subrayar

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Balbucear

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  1. To stammer, stutter
123
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Jorobar

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  1. To importune, to bug, annoy (fastidiar)
    “No me jorobes”- get off my back
    “Lo que más me joroba es que no reconozcan mi trabajo”
124
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Ahogar

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  1. To suffocate, to drown
125
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Ensalzar

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To praise

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Paladear

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  1. To savor
127
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Aparentar

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  1. To pretend to, to feign
128
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Mullir

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  1. To soften (ablandar)

2. To fluff up (almohada)

129
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Darse mal/bien

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  1. Tener aptitud

“Se me da mal el latín”

130
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Chapurrear

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  1. To speak gibberish
131
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Rehogar

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  1. To sauté
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Sofreír

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  1. To stir fry; to fry lightly
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Exprimir

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  1. To squeeze (zuma)

2. Exploit (personas)

134
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Espumar

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  1. To skim off
135
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  1. To disappear

2. To go missing

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Desaparecer

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Retirar

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  1. To take back
  2. To remove
  3. To retract
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Disponer

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  1. To arrange (arreglar)
  2. To decide (decidir, sujeto: persona)
  3. Disponer de: to have (Poseer)
138
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To keep in mind

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Tener en cuenta

139
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Prender

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1. To catch, aprehend, arrest 
"La policía prendió al sospechoso"
2. To light (ignite) 
3. To attach, pin, fasten 
"Anita prendió una flor a su vestido y se fue a la fiesta"
140
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Pretender

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  1. To intend (to want), to expect
    “Qué resultados pretendes encontrar con esta investigación?”

Pretender hacer algo- to try/aspire/want to do something

141
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Atender

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  1. To pay Attention (estar atento a..)
  2. To look after
    “Le atienden?”- are you being served?
142
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  1. To do without; go without

2. To disregard

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Prescindir

“No puede prescindir de su secretaria”- she can’t do without her secretary

143
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To be in touch

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Estar en contacto

144
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Be up to something

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Estar haciendo (en int.)

145
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Check out

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Mirar, echar un vistazo

146
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Feel good

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Sentirse bien

147
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To Hang out

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Salir por ahí, pasar el rato

148
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Keep sb up to date with

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Poner a alguien al corriente de

149
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Put a smile on sb’s face

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Hacer sonreír (a alguien)

150
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Set up

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Fundar (ONG), montar (un negocio)

151
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Spend a morning

Waste a morning

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Pasar una mañana

Perder una mañana

152
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Waste your energy

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Malgastar tu energía

153
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Take a break

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Tomarse el descanso

154
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  1. To hide (emoción)

2. To conceal, to cover up (defecto, roto, sabor, olor)

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Disimular

“Lo disimulas muy mal”- you’re not very good at hiding it
“Disimuló la mancha con un poco de pintura”

155
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To give sb the shivers

To be shivering

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Dar escalofríos a alguien

Tener escalofríos

156
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To behead, to slaughter animals

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Degollar
* degollado- slain

Pres. Irreg:
Yo degüello
Tú degüellas…

157
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Cebar

Cebarse

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  1. To fatten up
  2. To stoke, to fuel (fuego)

Cebarse en- to be merciless with

158
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Estorbar

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  1. To bother
  2. To hinder (obstaculizar)
  3. To be in the way (estar en medio)
    “No hace más que estorbar”- all he does is get in the way
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Sembrar

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  1. To plant, to sow
160
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Potenciar

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  1. To boost (reforzar), to strengthen, to empower

“Emociona poder una lengua común llena de diferencias que no solo no desunen, sino que potencian”

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Q

Recubrir

A
  1. To cover; to coat (pintar)
162
Q

Tambalearse

A
  1. To stagger, wobble

“Mientras Europa se tambalea y España apura su crisis …”

163
Q

Alardear

A
  1. To boast, to brag

“A veces alardeamos demasiado triunfalmente de estas cifras…”

164
Q

Contrarrestar

A
  1. To counter act, to resist
165
Q
  1. To soak , to wet (2)
A
  1. Empapar (material o persona)

2. Mojar (material)

166
Q
  1. To tie (en partido o elecciones)

2. To tie (zapAtos)

A

Empatar

Atar

167
Q

Perdurar

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  1. To endure, to last
  2. To persist

“Es alucinante ver cómo perduran las construcciones medievales”

168
Q

Concordar

A
  1. To agree

2. To reconcile

169
Q
  1. To do without , to disregard
A

Prescindir

170
Q

Hacer estragos

A
  1. To wreak havoc
171
Q
  1. To squeeze
  2. To wring out (ropa)
  3. Crush (caja)
A

Estrujarse

!no me estrujes!- don’t squash/crush me!

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