vocab 050122 Flashcards
insistently / persistently
machaconamente
x-rays
rayos-x
poke your nose in
meter la nariz
Hump on the back
la joroba
not convenient
No venirse mal aprender
horrofic
dantesco
a lynx or an astute person
un lince
pliers
un alicate
a “wow!!” / something fantastic (colloq)
una pasada
stem cells
las células madre
to tangle - complicate - confuse
enmarañar
nonsense - bullshit
chorrada
Flies (of trousers)
las braguetas
Deranged
enajenado
commissioner
el comisario
to be liked by a person
Ser del agrado de una persona
to hold up / hinder
trabar
human trafficking
la trata
To give a hint of a smile (NB - espozar = to sketch)
esbozar una sonrisa
shipyard
el astillero
a model (in photography etc.)
un figurante
derisory
irrisorio
to bend or flex
flexionar
very intense (person)
un cargante
jab /injection
un pinchazo
at last
por /al fin
at the end /in the end
al final
to spoil (overindulge)
mimar
spoiled brat
un mimado / un malcriado / mocoso
snot
el moco
to tell a lie
echarse un farol
moral (of a story)
la moraleja
he pulled an ace from his sleeve
se sacó un as de la manga
a folk tale
un cuento folclórico
lovers
los enamorados
shortage / scarcity
el desabastecimiento
jingle bells / sleigh bells
los cascabeles
to pocket / collect (money)
embolsarse
Christmas bonus (LA)
un aguinaldo
thong
un tanga
eventually
a la postre
crack, fissure
la grieta
bagpipe
La gaita
to really miss somewhere (la Morriña ¡ homesickness)
tener morriña de
to crumble
migar
baseball cap
la gorra
beany (wooly hat=
el gorro
pidgeon-hole
un casillero
handsome man, hero, heart-throb
el galán
to appear in a film
salir en una peli
