Week of 3/4/2025 Flashcards
Adverb
soon, shortly (in the near future)
próximamente
to cure, treat, heal (medicine)
curar
the blindness (medicine)
the figurative blindness (lack of perception)
la ceguera
the footware (shoes)
Adjective
shod (wearing shoes)
el calzado
calzado/a
without identity papers, not carrying identity papers (without documentation)
undocumented, unauthorized (legal)
uneducated (pejorative)
the illegal alien, the undocumented alien (legal)
indocumentado/a
el indocumentado
a indocumentada
Adjective
previous, preceding (prior)
the precedent, history (previous case)
Plural noun
the record, background (background information)
antecedente
el antecedente
los antecedentes
the demand, request (order)
the lawsuit, claim (legal)
the demand (commerce)
the attempt (endeavor)
la demanda
the tariff, duty (tax)
the fee (charge for service or privilege)
el arancel
the violator (legal)
the rapist (sexual)
el violador
la violadora
to eliminate (to eliminate)
to tale away, take (to grab)
to relieve, take away (to ease)
to take up (to consume)
except for (to exclude)
to tale off (to remove clothing)
to get out (to move away)
quitar
quitarse
the hunting, shooting (act of hunting)
the hunt (pursuit)
the game (hunted animal)
the fighter plane (airplane)
la caza
el caza
the cape (geography)
the NCO (rank)
the end, stub (end piece)
the line (nautical)
the strand, thread (string)
the handle (handgrip)
el cabo
Adjective
similar (alike) (mathematics)
such (of such a degree)
the fellow being (fellow human)
semejante
el semejante
the assumption (act of taking over)
the act of accepting (act of accepting)
la asunción
Adejective
close (intimate)
allegado
to poison (to administer poison) (to corrupt)
to sour (to embitter)
to poison oneself, to be poisoned (to ingest poison)
envenenar
envenenars
to fail (to not succeed)
to stop working (to break down)
to fail, let down (to disappoint)
to give way (to break)
to rule (to sentence)
to miss (to not hit)
to get wrong (to mistake)
fallar
to close, shut (to pull shut)
to close (to cover)
to conclude (to finalize)
to turn off (to disconnect)
to turn off (light) (to switch off)
(Latin America)
to close, shut down (to end the activity of)
to close, shut (to finish serving)
to heal, close up (to get better)
to close, shut down (to cease trading)
to be closed (to refuse to change; used with “a”)
to become overcast (weather)
to fall (to get dark)
to zip up, button up (clothing)
to heal, close up (to get better)
to shut down
cerrar
cerrarse
to suppress, hold in, control (to contain)
to suppress (to quell)
to repress (to oppress)
to stop oneself (to contain oneself)
to repress one’s feelings (psychology)
reprimir
reprimirse
the muddle, confusion, tangle (jumble)
the mess, fix, jam (troublesome situation)
the lie (untruth)
Phrase
what a mess
el embrollo
vaya embrollo
to exempt, free, excuse (to relieve from)
to obtain an exemption (to obtain a relief from)
eximir
eximirse
to impute, attribute, accuse, charge (to indict)
to allocate, assign (to dedicate)
imputar
to suffer (to experience pain)
to stand, bear (to endure)
to suffer, have an accident, undergo surgery (to experience)
sufrir
to suffer from (general)
to endure, put up with (to suffer through)
to suffer (to worry about)
padecer
Adjective
innocuous, harmless
inocuo
the measurement, dimension (size)
the measurement (act of measuring)
the measure (unit of measurement)
the measure, step (act)
the moderation (restraint)
the extent (limit)
la medida
Phrase
to require just
requerer de apenas
the appeal (legal) (act of appealing)
la apelación
to enjoy oneself (to take pleasure)
to enjoy (to take pleasure in)
gozar
to imitate, to copy (to emulate)
to imitate, do an impression of, mimic, impersonate (to parody)
to simulate (to look like)
imitar
Adverb
with impunity
impunemente
the sole (of a shoe)
the leather (material)
the sandals
la suela
las suelas
the feature (anatomy)
the characteristic, quality (peculiarity)
the gesture (act)
the stroke, flourish, brushstroke (writing)
el rasgo
the attire, outfit (clothing)
el atuendo
to boast, brag, show off (to flaunt; often used with “de”)
alardear
to challenge, dare (to invite to participate)
to defy (to confront)
desafiar
to dare (to have the courage) (to be insolent)
atreverse
the escamole (edible ant larvae)
el escamol
the grasshopper, locust (animal)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
el chapulín
the guts, pluck (courage)
a. guts
las agallas
to hold (to grasp)
to support, hold, back up (to defend)
to bear, support, hold up (to sustain)
to support, maintain (to pay expenses)
to keep up, sustain (to maintain)
to stand up, stand (to stay up)
to remain (to continue)
to support oneself (to sustain onseself)
sostener
sostenerse
the discomfort (physical state)
the uneasiness, unease, malaise (worry)
el malestar
the scorpin
el alacrán
the leg (animal anatomy) (furniture part)
the paw of a cat or dog, foot of a bird (extremity of an animal limb)
la pata
Phrase
no matter how, however (idiom) (regardless of)
much as, as much as (idiom) (used to introduce a fact that contrasts with another)
por más que
the courage, guts (bravery)
the anger, mad (ire)
el coraje
Adjective
retouched, touched up (having been retouched)
Noun
the act of retouching (act of retouching)
retocado/a
Conjunction
so that
para que
Phrase
while one’s at it (making use of the occasion)
de paso
to make go viral, to turn viral (computing)
viralizar
