Week 4 Flashcards
Sorber
To sip
Cosechar
To pick/ harvest
Procurar
To make sure/ to try
Descartar
To rule out / dismiss
Transporte colectivo o público
Public transport
Dentro de todo
Within everything / considering everything
Medianoche
Midnight or bread roll
Francamente
Frankly
Una prenda
A garment
Prender
To light / to turn on
Intervenir
To intervene or get involved
Endeudarse
To get into debt
Innegable
Undeniable
Discurso
Speech
El surtidor
Pump / spout / fountain / petrol pump
Tejido
Fabric / tissue
Aportar
To contribute
Trancar
To lock / bar / barricade
De todas formas
Anyway/ still / in any case
Mi nuevo sencillo
My new single
La Unión Soviética
The soviet union
Difundir
To spread an somthing abstract - an idea
Esparcir
To spread somthing tangible - food on the floor
La Edad Media
Middle Ages
Hechizar
To cast a spell on
Las patrañas
Lies / hoaxes / bullshit
Tatarabuelos
Great great grandparents
Recientemente
Recently
Catedrático
Professor (uni) / department head
Pecar
To sin
Pecado
A sin
Respecto y respecta
Respecta is respect and respecto is in regards to somthing
Inocuo/a
Safe / harmless
Un congreso
A conference
Encargarse
To handle
El mundo angloparlante
English speaking world
Entregar
To deliver / hand in
Aspirar
To aspire / inhale / vacuum
Saciar
To quench / satisfy
Descolgar
To take down something
or to pick up the phone
Descolgarse (por algo)
To let oneself down / slide down something
Descolgarse de (algo)
To fall behind / or break away from
Majadería
Nonsense
Remilgo
Fussiness / affectation
Sin remilgo
Without qualms
Patrañas
tall tale / absurd story
Tatarabuelos
Great great grandparents
Goloso
Sweet / sweet toothed / appealing
La cantinela
Same old story / all that stuff (toda esa cantinela)
Dar por sentado
To take for granted / to assume
Regirse por
To be guided / governed by
Regir
To govern/ rule / run
Despistar
To mislead
De golpe
Suddenly / at once
Corbata
Tie
Tener por costumbre
To have a habit
Criado/a
Servant