palabra del día
(so I might actually study them)
taken from Fernando and the folks at
http://www.spanishlanguage.co.uk/palabradia.htm
| created: | 6 months ago by lilycat51 | tags: | spanish vocab |
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consolation, comfort |
el consuelo |
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upright, worthy |
cabal |
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to not be in one's right mind |
no estar alguien en sus cabales |
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a mob, the lower class |
la chusma |
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corruption, breach of legal duty |
la prevaricación |
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to conceal, to cover up for |
encubrir |
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low, in decline |
decaído/a |
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loan, credit, reputation |
el crédito |
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to believe |
dar crédito |
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to be necessary |
hacer falta |
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to disappear, vanish |
esfumarse |
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the varnish |
el barniz |
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to strike up, to begin |
entablar |
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the handle or knob |
el tirador |
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to climb |
escalar |
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irritation, itch |
el picor |
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annoying |
la rabia |
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the anger |
la rabia |
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rabies |
la rabia |
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how annoying! |
¡Qué rabia! |
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spiteful, ill-intentioned |
malintencionado |
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muddy |
embarrado |
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self-confidence |
el desparpajo |
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light bulb |
la bombilla |
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selection |
la selección |
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firefly |
la luciérnaga |
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to fine |
sancionar |
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point-blank |
a bocajarro |
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to fasten up |
abrochar |
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the research |
la investigación |
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How funny! |
¡Qué gracia! |
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a pain, difficulty |
una gracia |
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grace |
la gracia |
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confused |
descentrado |
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not concentrating |
descentrada |
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walnut |
la nuez |
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nutmeg |
la nuez moscada |
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all talk |
mucho ruido y pocas nueces |
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to celebrate |
celebrar |
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to hold an event |
celebrar |
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to shake or tremble |
temblar |
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farmer |
el labrador |
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the tamer |
el domador |
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to be crazy, nuts |
estar chelado |
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deer, stag |
el ciervo |
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deer, doe |
la cierva |
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jaw |
la mandíbula |
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reliable |
fiable |
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disappointed |
decepcionado |
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to allocate |
consignar |
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the side |
el lateral |
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to escape |
fugarse |
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to run off with |
fugarse con |
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tulip |
el tulipán |
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to have high standards |
poner el listón muy alto |
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to have high standards |
poner el listón muy alto |
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intimate |
intimo |
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terrible, regrettable |
lamentable |
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knock on the head |
el coscorrón |
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to face |
encarar |
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crooked, bent |
torcido |
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to make crooked |
hacer torcido |
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to appear |
aperentar |
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to show off |
aperentar |
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a dot or spot |
la pinta |
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tantrum |
la pataleta |
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gentleness |
la dulzura |
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fringe, bangs |
el flequillo |
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to know something very well |
saber algo al dedillo |
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effect |
la incidencia |
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essential |
imprescindible |
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fit of anger or passion |
el arrebato |
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the patrol |
la patrulla |
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to repent |
arrepentirse |
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to regret something |
arrepentirse de algo |
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blackberry bush |
la zarza |
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the rattle |
el cascabel |
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jingle bells |
el cascabel |
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to dare someone to do something |
ponerle el cascabel al gato |
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(to stick one's neck out) |
ponerle el cascabel al gato |
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crybaby, whiner |
llorón |
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suffocating |
asfixiante |
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oppressive |
asfixiante |
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dandruff |
la caspa |
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return |
la vuelta |
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to turn around |
dar media vuelta |
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around the corner |
a la vuelta de la esquina |
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to think about something |
darle vueltas a algo |
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to be behind bars |
estar entre rejas |
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to frame |
encuadrar |
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to classify |
encuadrar |
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the net |
la malla |
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voucher |
el vale |
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eyelash |
la pestaña |
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push-ups |
las flexiones |
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to go deep into |
adentarse |
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to loaf around |
gandulear |
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lazybones |
gandul |
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to know everything |
saber la Biblia en verso |
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bone |
el hueso |
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to be all skin and bones |
estar en los huesos |
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avocado |
el aguacate |
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the outfield |
los jardines |
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the spell |
el conjuro |
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misfortune |
la desdicha |
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to suit |
sentar bien |
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to not suit |
sentar mal |
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indifferent |
campante |
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pleased |
campante |