Spanish

•Airtight = hermética

• •To have afternoon
• snack = merendar

•To wrap (a gift) = envolver


•To give back = devolver


•Beginner = principante/novicio


•Miracle = milagro


•Barrier = barrera


•Toll = el peaje


•To set sail = zarpar


•To dock = atracar

•To raze = arrasar


•Search = búsqueda


•To annihilate = aniquilar


•Quebranto = afflicted

•Subtraction = sustracción


•To contain = abarcar


•Spokesman = portavoz


•Land slides = derrumbe


•To attend to = atender

•Unpleasant = displicente


•Device = el dispositivo


•Lawsuit = el litigio


•Mailbox = el buzón


•Refugee = refugiado


•To burn = Arder = quemar

• •Line = cola/fila (hacer cola = to stand in
• line)

•Cherry = cereza


•To dye = teñir


•To argue = reñir


•To surrender = rendir

•To attribute = achacar


•Rag = el trapo


•To eat too much = hartarse


•To scrutinize = escudriñar


•To leak = gotear


•To hire = emplear


•Sore (muscles) = adolorido


•To attend to = attender


•To dislocate = dislocar


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•To spoil/ruin = echarse a perder


•To wear down = desfallecer


•To shed = derramar


•Tears = lagrimas


•Oaktree = el roble


•Harmony = avenencia


•To get along with = avenirse con alguien


•To smooth = alisar


•To howl = ulular


•Owl = el buho

•To pray = rogar/rezar


•To fail = estrellarse


•Priority = la prioridad


•Budget = presupuesto


•Anyway = de todos modos


•To tighten = estrechar


•Bruise = cardenal


•To pinch = pellizcar


•To beat up = apalear


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• •A union (workers) =
• el gremio

•Tire of rubber = llanta de goma


•To sprinkle = rociar


•Cricket = el grillo


•Flashy = llamativo


•To run over = atropellar


•To bark = ladrar

• •To shave (for women)
• = depilarse

•To seize= apoderarse de

•To verify = comprobar


•Overseas = ultramar de

•To please = agradar


•A lay over = escala


•Life expectancy = expectativa de vida


•Steep = empinado


•To authorize = avalar

•To exhaust = agotar


•To compose = redactar


•Protection = amparo


•Relationship = parentesco


•Husband/wife = cónyuges


•To rob = despojar


•To evict = desalojar

•Fraud = estafas


•Lure/bait = anzuelo


•Hook = gancho


•Profit = rendimiento


•Tempting = tentadora


•Trick = engaño


•To appear = aparecer / aparentar


•Candor = ingenuidad


•Discredit = desprestigio


•Trail/track = pista, rastro

•To raze = arrasar


•Search = búsqueda


•To annihilate = aniquilar


•Quebranto = afflicted

•Subtraction = sustracción


•To contain = abarcar


•Spokesman = portavoz


•Land slides = derrumbe


•To attend to = atender


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•To blindfold = vendar


•To launch = lanzar


•Cheekbone = pómulo


•To narrate = referir


•To gather = recoger


•Stick = palo


•To find out about = enterarse


•Confrontation = enfrentamiento


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•Desatarse = to let loose

•Disparar = to shoot/fire

•Copar = to monopolize

•Public prosecutor = fiscales

• •To fail to recognize
• = desconocer

•Nosocomio = hospital

•Unharmed = ileso


•Barranco = gorge

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•Pista = trail

•Empero = nevertheless

•Sustraer = to subtract

•Customs = aduana


•Jornaleros = day laborers

•Pesquisas = investigation

•Arraigar = to take root

•Recaudación = collection

•Furgones = freight car

•Contubernio = conspiracy

•Vidente = seeing

•Trayectoria = pathway

•Derrochar = to waste

•Fachada = facade

•Trustworthy = fidedigna


•Empinado = steep

•Desembocar = to flow into

•Portentoso = wonderful

•Subsanar = to resolve

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•Pudor = modesty

•Menguar = to diminish

•Stage = la etapa


•To cancel = anular


•To acquire = adquirir


•Mármol = marble

•Hender = to split/crack

• •To come face to face
• = arrostar

•Gloomy = sombrío


•Ramaje = foliage

• •Estrenar = to show for the
• first time

•Film maker = cineasta


•Guión = screenplay

•To get out of debt = desempeñarse


•Movie = cinta


•Reparto = distribution

•Desvelar = to keep awake

•Rodaje = filming

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•Engaños = trick

•Pugnas = struggle

•Torpe = stupid

•Mirror = espejo


•Mañas = skills

•Embustero = deceitful

•Quota = cupo


•Avalar = to endorse

•Arrancar = to start up

•Spine = espinazo

• •To stay up all night
• = trasnochar

•Good judgment = cordura


•Arrastrar = to drag/haul

•Maniobra = maneuver

•Relative = pariente


•To long for = anhelar


•Restar = to subtract

•Estrepitosa = boisterous

•Abonar = to back

•Someter = to subject/submit

•Sopesar = to weight/consider

•Ceñirse = to limit to

•El sendero = pathway

•Pericias = skills

•Cotidiano = daily

•Desmedido = limitless

•Peludo = hairy

•Setback = revés


•Worry = zozobra


•To refine = afinar


•To discredit = desprestigiar


•Entity = el ente


•Furniture = mobiliario


•To receive = percibir


•Report = el informe


•Nalgear = to spank

•Emprender = to undertake

•Advancement = avance


•To overcome = superar


•Pandilla = gang

•Relucir = to glitter

•Corrillo = circle of people

•Víspera = eve

• •To spread out =
• tender

•Embassy = embajada


•To arrive = arribar

•Denuesto = insult

•Derramar = to spill

•Escarnio = scoff

•Mofa = mockery

•Ultraje = insult

•Closing = clausura


•Pantalla = screen

•Devolver = to give back

•Contract = contrajo


•Acontecimiento = happening

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•Llagas = sore/ulcer

•Ampolla = blister on skin

•Scuffle = refriega


•Handkerchief = pañuelo


•Hat = el gorro


•Stick = el palo


•Wage = el sueldo


•Hule = rubber

•To withdraw = retirar


•To ambush = emboscar

•To break into = allanar

• •Socorrer = to provide
• assistance

•Rainbow = arco iris

•Reseñar = to review (repasar)

•Incentive = aliciente


•El hondo = depth

•Atavíos = attire

•Desacato = disrespect

•Semejante = fellow man

•El arranque = the start

•To oppress = agobiar


•Insect = bicho


•La apuesta = wager

•Flaw = tacha


•Atinar = acertar


•To long for = anhelar


•To unload = descargar

•Gloomy = tenebroso


•Carpet = alfombra


•Mullir = to soften

•To blind = cegar


•To stand out = sobresalir


•To label = rotular


•Rival = contrincante


•To afflict = afligir


•Pelotón = crowd

•To credit with = abonar


•Piece = pedazo/pieza


•Challenge = desafio (reto)

•Coat of arms = escudo

•To dazzle = deslumbrar


•To lighten = alumbrar


•Paraje = place

•Morada = residency

•Free will = albedrío


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•Esmero = precision/care

•Speed bump = túmulo


•Stop light = semáforo


•Mishap = contratiempo


•To allege = alegar


•Avería = damage

•Lookout point = atalaya (mirador)

•Blackberry = mora


•Chatter = algarabía


•To carry out = llevar a cabo


•To recite = declamar


•Recorrido = trip

•Estampar = to stamp/print

•Bangs = fleco


•Poster = cartel

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•Turkey = pava


•Tie/draw = embate


•Ally = allegado (allegar, to gather)

• •To set free/unchain =
• desencadenar

•To trample = patear


•To tie = amarrar


•To wriggle/squirm = retorcerse


•Real estate = inmueble


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•To yawn = bostezar


•Abundant = caudaloso

• •Desprenderse = to come unfastened
• (desarticular)

•Mud = lodo


•To Overflow = desbordar


•Prender = to seize

•Emprender = to take on

•Despejar = to clear (skies)

•Concurrido = well attended

•Funcionario = public official

•Amigable = friendly

•Deviation = desviación


•Whole = entero


•Rate = tasa


•Proles = projeny


•Inagotables = inexhaustible

•Semejante = similar

•Alzarse = to rise up

•Ajenos = of others

•Peñasco = large rock

•Brotar = gush forth

•To taste = degustar


•Sobresalir = to excel

•Effort = esfuerzo


•Destacar = to stand out

•Desenvolver = to unfold

•Desapercibidos = unprepared

•Previous day = el dia previo


•Seed = semilla


•Garlic = ajo


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• •Quilate = degree of
• perfection

•Atasco = obstruction

•Entorno = surrounding

•Tapar = to plug

•Topic = asunto


•To frighten = asustar


•Aguantar = to endure

•Lujo = luxury

•Costear = to pay costs

• •Aducir = to allege (synonym
• to alegar)

•Colmo = limit

•To demonstrate = demostrar

•Suminstrar = to supply

•Deuda = debt

•To challenge = desafiar


•Abultado = bulky

• •Subrayar = to emphasize
• (synonym to destacar)

•Ligero = light

• •Nevertheless = no
• obstante

•Gestión = step, intervention

•Férreo = harsh (adj)

•En conjunto = as a whole

•Perjudicar = to harm

•To expound = exponer


•To acquire = adquirir


•Albergar = to house

•To contribute = aportar


•Desprender = to come loose

•Aguantar = to endure

•Rajarse = to split open

•Hacinar = to stack up

•El inmueble = real estate

•El Aula = classroom

•El pupitre = desk

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•Jaula = cage

•Embarrar = to smear

•Agenciarse = to negotiate

•Deshacer = to dissolve, to destroy

•La potestad = authority

•Acudir = to attend

•El pliego = sheet of paper

• •Well-being =
• bienestar

•Ultimar = to put an end to

•Comicios = primaries

•Juramentar = to swear in

•Sello = official stamp

•Apto = competent

•Respaldar = to endorse

•Reñir = to quarrel

•Heated = acalorado


•Pleno = full

•Acoger = to reive


•La fosa = grave

•Ahorcar = to hang

•Valorar = to evaluate

•Danza = dance

• •Eslabonar = to link (similar
• to ligar)

•Restar = to subtract

•Apenas = hardly

•Gabinete = govt cabinet

•Joyas = jewelry

•Prófugo = fugitive

•Ceniza = ash

•Aplastar = to squash

•Huir = to flee

•Derrotar = to defeat

•To warn = advirtir


•To fail = fracasar (estrellarse)

•Atizar = to stir the fire

•Agraviar = to offend

•Desborde = overflow

•Contratar = contract

•La aspereza = roughness

•Empeño = persistence


•Desechar = to discard


•Estornudar = to sneeze


•Pañuelo = handkerchief


•Resaltar = to stand out

•Plagio = kidnapping

• •Tramitar = to take legal
• steps/ to transact

•Trámites = transaction

•Presunto = presumed

•Conyuge = husband/wife

•Socorrer = to assist

•Acribillar = to pierce

•Perecer = to perish

• •Desplazarse = to displace
• (similar to desalojar)

•Casco = helmet

•Patrullaje = patrol

•Selva = forest

•Sumergir = to submerge

•Hundir = to go below

•Rezar = to pray

•Desarticular = to disband (opuesto of ligar – similar to desprenderse)

•Delito = crime

•Provenir = to originate from

• •El plazo = prison
• sentence/term

•El mandatario = magistrate

•El funcionario = public council

•Almacenar = to store

•Velar = to keep vigil

•Atentado = violence

•Algarabía = chatter

•Concejal = councilman

•Brindar = to offer

•Interpelar = to interrogate

•Calificar = to judge

•Presupuestaria = budget

•Aseverar = to assert

•Arrastrar = to drag

• •Desprenderse = to come unfastened
• (similar to desarticular)

•Rescate = ransom/rescue

•Intemperie = open air

•Allanar = to level off

•Ligar = to bind (opuesto of desarticular) – similar to eslabonar


•Talar = to cut down

•Otorgar = to grant

•Prórroga = renewal

•Tener agallas = to have guts

•Patojo = child

•Cabezones = stubborn

•Pillow = almohado


•Blanket = frazada


•Bedpan = pato


•Twilight = crepusculo


•Abandoned = desemparo


•Summitt = cumbre


•To shatter = estrellar


•Rug = tapetes


•To emphasize = destacar


•To grow = fomentar


•To house = albergar


•To lack = carecer


•To complain = quejarse