Vocabulario: Avanzado 5 Flashcards
to fight
The journalists are fighting for the award
disputarse
Los periodistas se disputan el premio
to hold/hang onto
to cling to
The old woman held tight onto the handrail
aferrarse
La anciana se aferró con fuerza a la barandilla
to make an effort
to try hard
You’ll have to try harder
esforzarse
Tendrás que esforzarte más
to appoint
to designate
English was designated to be the official language
designarse
Ingles fue designado como lengua oficial
to disagree
I disagree with my husband
discrepar
Discrepo de mi marido
to turn out
To my sisters and me, it turned out relatively easy to assimilate it
resultar
A mis hermanas y a mí nos resultó relativamente fácil asimilarlo
to tackle
to deal with
The book tackles the main problems
abordar
El libro aborda los principales problemas
so
therefore
así pues
the efficiency
la eficacia
to strengthen
esforzar
the command
the mastery
Armando has a good command/mastery of Italian.
el dominio
Armando tiene un buen dominio del italiano
to cut back
to reduce
to cut back immigration
recortar
recortar la immigración
the poison
el veneno
the bloodstream
el torrente sanguíneo
to boast
alardear
heat stroke
el golpe de calor
the nuance
el matiz
to distort
to detract from
desvirtuar
bijbaan
trabajillo
to get involved
I want to get involved in the education of my children
implicarse
quiero implicarme en la educación de mis hijos
the apron
el delantal
as well as
just as
así como
the draft
the sketch
el borrador
to stress
to emphasize
recalcar
