vocab Flashcards
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afán
A
eagerness
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justamente
A
fairly
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por lo tanto
A
therefore
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había sido
A
had been
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por miedo
A
out of fear
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haga esto
A
do this
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presupuesto
A
budget
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gasto
A
spending
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gemelos
A
twins
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derrota
A
defeat
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los demás
A
the others
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medidas
A
measures
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lo que no se
A
what you don’t know
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la presion
A
the pressure
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al poner
A
when setting/putting
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Recaudar
A
collect
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hasta que punto?
A
how far/up to what point
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al final
A
in the end
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por lo menos
A
at least
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desencadenarse
A
to break out
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por todas partes
A
all over the place
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decadencia
A
decay
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se trata
A
it’s about…
can be used to describe movies, books or when describing a location, more probably.
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Aunado
A
coupled with/joined
sounds like augmented
25
marrano
slang for pig (estoy sudando como marrano)
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arrimarse + a
to get closer
| a is often used with it
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Paula se arrimó a la fogata para calentarse.
Paula moved closer to the bonfire to get warm.
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Nicolás se arrimó a mí y me dio un beso en la frente.
Nicolas came up to me and gave me a kiss on the forehead.
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Arrímate más, que no te oigo.
Come closer; I can't hear you.
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desmayarse
to pass out
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Me desmayé y caí al suelo.
I passed out and hit the floor.
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I hurt my hand and chin.
Me lastimé la mano y la barbilla.
33
lastimar
to hurt
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aledañas
surrounding (comes from al lado, next to, beside) also aledaño - as is the feminie plural version.
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ni siquiera
not even
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ligera
light (not weight), rapid, agile
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agobiada
burdened
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me dan fatal
(they) give me a hard time
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enrollo
roll up
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rechasarlo
reject it
41
celoso
jealous
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cuanto más la miro
the more i look at it
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puesto
Market stall, market stand. Professional position, employment, job Because, as, since. Put on (cloth). Standing.
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hasta
until
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apenas
just (not justice), barely, only
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Ligar, amarrar
to bind or to tie (like ligature)
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cuero
leather
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adobado
marinated
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descarada
shameless
50
madera
wood
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aumentando
increasing
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los aranceles
the tariffs
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respuesta
response
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va a ir por su cuenta
going to go it alone
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anclaba
anchored
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amenazar
to threaten (like to menace)
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ingresos
income
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atraer la inversión
to attract investment
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un enfrentamiento de esa naturaleza
a confrontation of this nature
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anaquel
shelf
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en cambio
instead
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agárralo!
grab it!
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Sin pensar(lo)
Without thinking (lo = about it) (prepositions like Sin trigger the infinitive. It seems like a gerund but in Spanish it's a preposition then infinitive pattern)
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por suerte
luckily
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suele
usually
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suele ser
it tends to be
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majo
nice (nice guy, Spain)
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agujeros
holes
69
chispear
sparkling, brilliant, shining
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garra
claw
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seguir adelante
keep moving forward
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el borrado
the erasure
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muñecas
wrists
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caderas
hips
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tobillos
ankles
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Because you just told me (that) it tastes like fish.
Porque acabas de decirme que sabe a pescado.
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You just did that
Acabas de hacerlo
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they just gave it to me
Me lo acaban de dar
79
Don't eat that
No comas eso. (negative imperatives are in the subjunctive!)
80
Don't do that.
no hagas eso
81
Acabo de terminarlo
I just finished it. (Acabar de + infinitive = to just have to done something)
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We just opened it.
acabamos de abrirlo.
83
They just called her
Acaban de llamarla
84
oler + a
to smell like
85
su camisa huele a humo.
his shirt smells like smoke.
86
These shoes smell like feet.
Estos zapatos huelen a pies.
87
Sonar a
To sound like but not literal sound. more like Parecer. Can be interchangeable with Parecer.
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It sounds like a lie. It sounds like a lie to me.
Suena a (una) mentira. Me suena a (una) mentira.
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Sonar como
to sound like (literal sound)
90
These fireworks sound like gunshots.
Estos fuegos artificiales suenan como disparos.
91
It sounds as if... (Construction?)
Suena como si + imperfect subjunctive (Not literal sound)
92
It sounds as if you already knew the truth when you made the decision.
Suena como si ya supieras la verdad cuando tomaste la decisión.
93
To make a decision. To decide.
Tomar una decisión. Decidir.
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Cómo me veo?
How do I look?
95
cuando recién habia llegado
when I had just arrived
