Week of 3/18/2025

Question 1

to communicate, convey, transmit, impart (to relay)
to tell, inform (to notify)
to put through, get through to (telecommunications)
to connect, link (to join)
to be connected to (to lead to; used with “con”)
to be busy, be engaged (telecommunications)
to get through to (to talk on the phone; used with “con”)

to communicate (to exchange information)
to communicate, get along (to understand)
to get touch with (to reach; used with “con”)
to be connected (to be linked)
to spread (to disseminate)

Answer 1

comunicar

comunicarse

Question 2

to choose, select, pick out (to make a choice between)
to elect (to vote for)

Answer 2

elegir

Question 3

to recover, get back, regain (to reclaim)
to recoup an investment or loss (finance)
to retrieve, recover (computing)
to make up for, make up (to compensate for)
to retake (to take again)

to recover, get over, recuperate (to get well)
to recover, come to, come to one’s senses (to come to one’s senses)
to recover (to return to a previous state)

Answer 3

recuperar

recuperarse

Question 4

to coincide, match, match up (to correspond)
to coincide (to happen simultaneously)
to coincide, happen to meet, run into, meet (to come together)
to agree, be in agreement (to concur)

Answer 4

conincidir

Question 5

after all

what’s more

with the excuse

Answer 5

A fin de cuentas

Es más

bajo la premisa

Question 6

the interference, meddling injerencia

Answer 6

la injerencia

Question 7

to negotiate a deal, arrange, process (to organize)
to manage, handle (to run)

Answer 7

gestionar

Question 8

the call, notification, notice (request or invitation)
the round, application period (education)
the meeting, event (gathering)

Answer 8

la convocatoria

Question 9

the complaint (protest) (Latin America)
the bird decoy, bird call (hunting)
the attraction, lure (enticement)

Answer 9

el reclamo

Question 10

the oscillation (physics)
the swinging, swaying (movement)
the fluctuation (variation)

Answer 10

la oscilación

Question 11

the entity, being (philosophy)
the body, organization (association)

Answer 11

el ente

Question 12

to count on, rely on (to depend on)
to anticipate, expect (to foresee)
to have (to possess)

Answer 12

contar con(

Question 13

the host, hostess (person who receives guests)

Answer 13

el anfitrión
la anfitriona

Question 14

to clear (to empty a place)
to clear up doubts or confusion (to clarify)
to unblock, clear (medicine)
to wake up (to awaken)
to clear one’s head (to clarify one’s ideas)
to clear up (weather)

to clear one’s head (to clarify one’s ideas)
to wake one’s self up (to awaken)
to clear up (weather)

Answer 14

despejar

despejarse

Question 15

to unfold, spread out, spread, open, open out, unfurl (to extend)
to deploy (military)
to display (to show)
to use (to employ)

to spread out (to extend)
to deploy (military)

Answer 15

displegar

displegarse