Vocabulary Flashcards
Fogoso
Fiery / spirited / high-spirited
Ensalzar
To Praise
Pegar un bote
Jump/jolt/bump
Lodo
Sludge
Arcilla
Clay
Jugos de bayas
Berry juice
Vides
Vines
Alabanzas
Praise
Arrasar
Raze/demolish
Colmena
Hive
Honda
Sling/slingshot
Acribillar con preguntas
To pepper/ pester with questions
Hacer piña
Unite/stand as one
Con pestillo
[locked] with latch or bolt.
Hecho un ovillo
Curled up in a ball
Moteado
Spotted / speckled
Ponchera
Punch bowl
Adrede
Intentionally
Indultar
To pardon
Chapotear
To splash/splash around/ paddle
Bellotas
Acorns
Sacos de arpillera
Burlap bags/ sacks
silvestre
Wild
Punzada
Prick/twinge
Pasar por alto
Overlook/gloss over
Propiciar
Promote, foster / favour
propiciarse - win/earn/gain/attain
Aventajar
Overtake
Dar tumbos
Stumble / lurch / stagger
Agradar
To please / like / attract
Hacer el/la chulito/a
Do yourself up and look pretty (not 100%if this is right)
Manjar
Delicacy / delicious or exquisite / feast or banquet
Rencoroso
Resentful
Una tolva
A hopper
Arroparse
To tuck in / cover up or wrap up
Mechones
Locks of hair
Resplandecer
Shine / gleam / radiate
Aferrarse
Cling to / hang onto/ take refuge in
Celeste
Light/sky blue
Echarse flores
Brag about oneself
Esbelto
Slim/slender
Implacable
Relentless/ ruthless or unsparing
Comadreja
Weasel
Revoltear
Fly around / hover / swarm / flutter / circle
Apretón
Squeeze / crush / hug or handshake
Castañatear
Chatter (teeth)
Torniquete
Tourniquet (Cord or tight bandage to stop blood flow)
Difuminar
Blur (TV picture)
El alba
Dawn / daybreak
Penumbra
Shadows / semi darkness. (N.b. Arropado por…-under cover of darkness.
Desollar
To skin / flay / rip to shreds.
Embrollar
Confuse, tangle or complicate / +se - get entangled in / mixed up in
Travesaño
Rung/step
Atisbo
Shadow or trace (of doubt) or glimmer (of light)
Colcha
Bedspread
Correa
Strap / leash ( also tiene poca correa - to have a short fuse.)
Enfurrañarse
Get angry/ get cross / go into a mood
Zarrapastroso
Scruffy (person) shabby (clothes)
Crude or coarse
Tosco
Versar sobre
To be about / deal with
Regodearse
Take pleasure in or delight in / gloat over. (Negative connotation: in regodeo - perverse pleasure)
Estridente
Strident (grating sounds)
Flash/sparkle or shimmer of light
Destello
Sawdust
Serrín
Rubble, debris, wreckage
Escombros
Sosiego
Calm
Stream or brook
Arroyo
Resound / boom (sound)
Retumbar
To sense / know intuitively
Intuir
Enderezar
To stand upright, straighten (object) raise, erect (building) straighten up, sit up straight (person) also sort out, straighten out (situation)
Overly decorated / overly elaborate / ornate
Recargado
Visitor chair
Confidente
Hazaña
Great feat or deed
Tempano [de hielo]
Ice floe / Iceberg (used as similee to say someone is cold)
Aporrear
Beat / pound (golpear repetidamente)
Gasa
Muslin/ gauze / chiffon
Pulla
Nasty comment / cutting remark
En diferido
Recorded / pre-recorded (television)
To be in the know
Estar en el ajo
Henchir (eg con orgullo)
Hinchar (to swell) (eg with pride)
La fiesta no tiene parangón
The party is like nothing I have ever experienced (literally doesn’t have a comparison).
Empeñarse en
Insist on / endeavour to
Dejar tirado
Leave stranded
Vertiginoso
Que causa vértigo (dizzying)
Veta
Seam or streak / vein or grain (in mineral like gold)
Beaver
Castor
Hornilla
Stove / ring / hob
Prieto
Tight fitting / tight / skinny
Agrietado/a
Cracked
Ointment
Ungüento
Manca
One armed / amputee
Hosco
Surly / sullen, unsociable (person) gloomy, unwelcoming (place)
Rojo chillón
Garish, flashy red (too much)
Hálito
Breath or gentle breeze
Ramillete
Small bunch / bouquet
Cabbage
Col
Bocanada
Gasp, puff or [-de aire]- gust, breath of fresh air.
Hojalata
Tin plate
Brebaje
Concoction or mixture
Barreño
Tub / washbowl
Encaramar
To climb up (e.g. wall)
Sacudirse
Shake off / get rid of (also specifically shake off water / dry oneself)
Doormat
Felpudo
My heart skipped a beat
Me dio un vuelco el corazón (normally dar un vuelco - Turn around, turn over, knock over)
Undermine
Socavar
Asesores
Consultants / advisors
Lapel / flap / book cover
Solapa
Indemne
Unharmed / unhurt
Estar prendado
To be fascinated / captivated / enchanted or won over by
Dar un respingo
To jump (sobresalto) (similar to pegar / dar un bote)
Peleón
Aggressive or colloquial for rough/cheap (eg rough wine)
Cháchara
Chatter / small talk
Racket / uproar
Alboroto
Bocina
Horn / siren
En tromba
Like a whirlwind (eg entro en tromba)
Cernir
To sift (cernirse also to loom over)
Body hair or fuzz
Vello
Tirabuzones
Spirals (of hair)
Cotorras
Parrot (un loro) or a chatterbox
Uñas postizas
Fake nails
Vasallaje
Servitude or homage
Bocetos
Sketch or outline
Ataviar(se)
To wear (but it is used when redwing to very elegant clothes)
Armiño
Stoat
Efluvios
Outpour or outflow (eg of optimism)
Amañar
To fix or rig
Volcarse
Fall over / overturn or capsize or throw oneself into (e.g. a project)
Menjunje
Cosmético o medicamento formado por la mezcla de varios ingredientes
Exabrupto
Harsh remark
Grietas
Crack or crevice
Choza
Hut or shack
Cochambrosa
Filthy
Bufar
Snort
In on go
De un tirón
Pelo encanecido
Grey hair
Banderola
Banner / small flag
Turba
Turf / peat or a mob of people
Dresser / dressing table
Tocador
Sinsonte
Mockingbird
Trecho
(E.g el trecho entre un sitio y otro) Distance / stretch / section
Cañería
Plumbing or pipework.
Chichón
Bump or lump
Verdugón
Welt
Desmenuzar
To shread / crumble or analyse thorougly
Tunda
Shearing / beating or thrashing
Dar arcadas
To heave (vomit)
Jarabe
Syrup (medical)
Resquebrajar
To crack, split or weaken
Llevar a cuestas
Carry the weight of / bear the responsibility of
Encimera
Countertop (kitchen)
A tientas
Blindly, groping (eg andar a tientas)
Ventisca
Blizzard / flurry
Represalia
Reprisal / retaliation
Amainar
To die down / ease of
Montículo
Mound / hump
Adoquines
Cobblestones / paving stones (adoquín also colloquial for blockhead)
Sub machine gun / tommy gun
Metralleta
Contraventanas
Shutters
Sarampión
Measles
Paria
An outcast / social outcast
Jumpsuit, overalls
Un mono
Malla
Mesh, net, netting or tights / leggings.
Achicharrar
Burn or scorch
Tiritar
Shiver or tremble
Brizna
Blade or strand of thread (small quantity)
Ascua
Ember
Armería
Gunsmith or armoury
Baluarte
Bastion
A caress / flattery
Carantoña
Trinar
To sing (birds)
Scrutinise/examine
Escudriñar
Un bucle
A ringlet or curl of hair
Arce
Maple tree
An alibi
Una coartada
Rocking chair
Mecedora
Eneldo
Dill
Plasmar
Embody, capture or express
Con esmero
With care or trouble, painstakingly
Biased
Sesgado
Desquiciar
Drive to despair
Vislumbrar
To make out or discern / glimpse or envisage
Enfundar
To holster / put away
Franja
Stripe, band or border, fringe or strip of land
Marfil
Ivory or enamel
Metraje
Running time / duration
Tapón de rosca
Screw cap
Drain
Sumidero
Alentador
Encouraging / cheering
Bochornoso (calor)
Muggy, close, sticky, stuffy or oppressive, stifling heat
Arañar
Scratch or scrape
Enclenque
Sickly, weak
Roedor
Rodent
Refilón
At a glance / with half an eye
Cerbatana
Blowpipe/peashooter
Rebanar
To slice or to slit, cut
Soplete
Blowtorch
Barranco
Cliff, ravine or canyon or drop,incline
Guijarro
Pebble
Traspié
Stumble / slip also (informal) for a slip-up