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estrafalario

A

extravagant, lavish; eccentric, quirky, outlandish; sloppy, shabby, slovenly

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mamada

A

blow job

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socavar

A

undermine, erode

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tostón

A

a drag or pain (in the neck)

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gruñón

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grumpy, cranky, pissy

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ahondar

A

deepen, make/go deeper

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hurgar (en)

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rummage; rummage through/into; delve into

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gastar dinero a manos llenas

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spend money hand over fist

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tener un agujero en el bolsillo

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spend money like water

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enajenar

A

drive crazy/mad; alienate; captivate

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enajenarse

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

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empañarse

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fog/mist up; tarnish or lose luster/shine

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estar sudado/tener rocio

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sweat (on a glass)

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paño

A

cloth, material, rag

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conocer el paño

A

be up on a subject

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deslomar

A

burn/wear out; exhaust

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17
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deslomarse

A

break one’s back

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18
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en negro

A

under the table, off the books

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19
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acertar

A

to get/be right

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acertar con algo

A

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

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acertar a inf.

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manage to do/succeed in doing s.t.

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galimatías

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gobbledygook, gibberish

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maremágnum

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chaos, havoc; throng, crowd

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farrago

A

jumble, hodgepodge, mishmash

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con despectivo/desdeñoso

A

with contempt/disdain

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burlón

A

snarky; mocking, teasing; sarcastic, sardonic

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mordaz

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caustic, scathing; sarcastic

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ácido

A

biting, sharp

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escarbar

A

dig up soil; unearth; dig/pry into

30
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manirroto

A

spendthrift

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estar agotado/quemado

A

be burned out

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a troche y moche/trochemoche

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left and right; willy-nilly; helter-skelter

33
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ahondar en

A

delve/dig into

34
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mordaza

A

gag, (ley mordaza) gag order; clamp

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hecho una sopa

A

drenched/soaked to the bone

36
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colada

A

laundry

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colar

A

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

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colarse

A

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

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colado

A

gatecrasher, line/queue jumper

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colado por algn

A

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

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coladicto

A

glue sniffer

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colador

A

tea strainer

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colador/coladero

A

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

44
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tener la cabeza como un colador

A

have a memory like a sieve

45
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escuálido

A

scrawny, skinny; squalid

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canijo

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wimp; weakling, runt; weak, frail, sickly; puny, feeble

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esquelético

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skeleton, skin and bones, scrawny

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despejado

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

49
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víspera

A

day before; (en vísperas) just before

50
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antojarse

A

feel like (having)

51
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pegar

A

go together (armonizar)

52
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no pegar con cola

A

don’t go together at all; look really out of place

53
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no pegar ni juntar

A

stick out like a sore thumb

54
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colarse algo a/en

A

sneak s.t. in/into