Vocabulary 8 ES-EN Flashcards
el parecer
opinion
parlanchín/ina
indiscreet, chatterbox
parlotear
to chatter
el paro
unemployment
parpadear
to blink (eyes), flicker (light)
la parrilla
grill (bbq), grille (auto)
parsimonia
calm, parsimony
el pasaje
passage, ticket
las pasamontañas
balaclava, ski mask
pasar
to spend time
Pasar bien
It was a good time
pasar factura
to demand that someone pays up
pasear
to walk around
el pasillo
hallway
el paso de cebra
zebra crossing
la pasta de papel
pulp
el pat
put
patibulario/a
frightening, shocking
el patinazo
blunder, error
el pato
duck
paulatinamente
slowly, step by step, bit by bit
la pauta
guideline
el pavo
turkey
el peaje
road-toll
el pedazo
piece (playing)
el pedido de fábrica
factory order
pedir
to ask for
pedregoso/a
rocky, stony
pegajoso/a
sticky, clingy
peinarse
to comb one’s hair
pelar
to peel
pelarse
to have one’s hair cut
la pelea
fight
pelearse
to fight
el pelotón
crowd, pack
penar
to punish
la pendiente
slope, incline
penoso
terrible, arduous, sad, gruelling
pensar
to think
penúltimo/a
penultimate, second to last
la peor racha
spell of bad luck
el peral
pear tree
percatarse
to realize, notice
el percebe
barnacle (zool.), idiot (colloq.)
percibir
to perceive, see
perder
to lose
la perdida
loss
perdido
lost
el perdigón
pellet, partridge, looser
la perdiz
partridge bird
perdurar
to last, endure
perecedero
perishable
peregrinar
to pilgrim, go
pérfido
wily, insidious
la pericia
skill, expertise
el periódico
newspaper
el periodista
journalist
la permuta
change
pernicioso/a
pernicious
el perno
bolt
el perro
dog
perseguir
to chase, prosecute
pertinaz
stubborn
pertinente
appropriate, relevant
perturbar
to disrupt, disturb, perturb
la pesadilla
nightmare
el pesario
diaphragm, pessary
pestañear
to blink
pestilente
foul
el pétalo
petal
el petardo
fire cracker
el pez
fish
piadoso
kind hearted
el PIB (Producto Interior Bruto)
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
el picaporte
door handle
pícaro
villainous, mischievous
la piedra angular
corner stone
la piel, el cuero
skin, leather
la pierna de sudadera
sweatpants
piernilargo
long legged
los pies cúbicos
cubic feet
la pila
faucet (Bol., Cuba)
pilotar
to fly a plane
el piloto
rear light
el pinchazo
flat tyre, puncture
el pino
pine tree
la pinta calva
bold spot
pisar
to walk, thread on
la pituitaria
pituitary (gland)
el placer
pleasure
plagar
to plague, swamp, infest
la plancha
iron
planchar
to iron clothes
el planeta
planet
el planteamiento
approach
plantear
to pose a question, state
la plantilla
office staff
el plato
plate
plegarse
to yield, submit
plomiza
grey
