Vocab 01 - 50-Table

Question 1

estrafalario

Answer 1

extravagant & lavish & eccentric & quirky & outlandish & sloppy & shabby & slovenly

Question 2

mamada

Answer 2

blow job

Question 3

socavar

Answer 3

undermine & erode

Question 4

tostón

Answer 4

a drag or pain (in the neck)

Question 5

gruñón

Answer 5

grumpy & cranky & pissy

Question 6

ahondar

Answer 6

deepen & make/go deeper

Question 7

hurgar (en)

Answer 7

rummage & rummage through/into & delve into

Question 8

gastar dinero a manos llenas

Answer 8

spend money hand over fist

Question 9

tener un agujero en el bolsillo

Answer 9

spend money like water

Question 10

enajenar

Answer 10

drive crazy/mad & alienate & captivate

Question 11

enajenarse

Answer 11

be out of one’s mind/deranged/very disturbed & become unhinged & get carried away

Question 12

empañarse

Answer 12

fog/mist up & tarnish or lose luster/shine

Question 13

estar sudado/tener rocio

Answer 13

sweat (on a glass)

Question 14

paño

Answer 14

cloth & material & rag

Question 15

conocer el paño

Answer 15

be up on a subject

Question 16

deslomar

Answer 16

burn/wear out & exhaust

Question 17

deslomarse

Answer 17

break one’s back

Question 18

en negro

Answer 18

under the table & off the books

Question 19

acertar

Answer 19

to get/be right

Question 20

acertar con algo

Answer 20

get s.t. right & find s.t. looked for

Question 21

acertar a inf.

Answer 21

manage to do/succeed in doing s.t.

Question 22

galimatías

Answer 22

gobbledygook & gibberish

Question 23

maremágnum

Answer 23

chaos & havoc & throng & crowd

Question 24

farrago

Answer 24

jumble & hodgepodge & mishmash

Question 25

con despectivo/desdeñoso

Answer 25

with contempt/disdain

Question 26

burlón

Answer 26

snarky & mocking & teasing & sarcastic & sardonic

Question 27

mordaz

Answer 27

caustic & scathing & sarcastic

Question 28

ácido

Answer 28

biting & sharp

Question 29

escarbar

Answer 29

dig up soil & unearth & dig/pry into

Question 30

manirroto

Answer 30

spendthrift

Question 31

estar agotado/quemado

Answer 31

be burned out

Question 32

a troche & moche/trochemoche

Answer 32

left and right & willy-nilly & helter-skelter

Question 33

ahondar en

Answer 33

delve/dig into

Question 34

mordaza

Answer 34

gag & (ley mordaza) gag order & clamp

Question 35

hecho una sopa

Answer 35

drenched/soaked to the bone

Question 36

colada

Answer 36

laundry

Question 37

colar

Answer 37

strain/drain s.t. & pass (billete falso)

Question 38

colarse

Answer 38

seep in & leak & pass through & gatecrash & sneak in & cut in & push in front of & jump the line/queue

Question 39

colado

Answer 39

gatecrasher & line/queue jumper

Question 40

colado por algn

Answer 40

be crazy/nuts/head over heels for s.b.

Question 41

coladicto

Answer 41

glue sniffer

Question 42

colador

Answer 42

tea strainer

Question 43

colador/coladero

Answer 43

sieve/colander/strainer & be a cinch & easy to do & loophole

Question 44

tener la cabeza como un colador

Answer 44

have a memory like a sieve

Question 45

escuálido

Answer 45

scrawny & skinny & squalid

Question 46

canijo

Answer 46

wimp & weakling & runt & weak & frail & sickly & puny & feeble

Question 47

esquelético

Answer 47

skeleton & skin and bones & scrawny

Question 48

despejado

Answer 48

clear (skies & road) & (con la mente) clearheaded & sobered up & properly awake & uncluttered & spacious & roomier

Question 49

víspera

Answer 49

day before & (en vísperas) just before

Question 50

antojarse

Answer 50

feel like (having)