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23 Cards in this Set
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Agradar(le) (a uno)
No me agrada que los desconocidos me traten de "tú". |
to like
I don't like it when strangers use the "tú" form with me. |
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Alcanzar(le) (a uno)
A mi prima no le alcanzó la soga para amarrar la caja. |
to have enough
My cousin didn't have enough rope to tie the box. |
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Caer(le) bien/mal/etc (a uno)
La Sra. Jiménez me cae muy bien, pero su esposo me cae pesado. |
to create a good/bad impression on one, to like.
I like Mrs. Jiménez very much but I don't like her husband. |
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Convenir(le) (a uno)
A ud. no le conviene cambiar de empleo ahora. |
to suit (one's) interests, to be good for.
It is not good for you to change jobs now. |
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Costar(le) trabajo (a uno)
A Mauricio le cuesta mucho trabajo madrugar. |
to be hard (for one); to have a hard time + ing form
It's very hard for Mauricio to get up early. (Mauricio has a hard time getting up early.) |
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dar(le) lástima (a uno)
Al chico le daban lástima las dos viejitas pordioseras. |
to feel sorry for
The boy felt sorry for the two old beggar women. |
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Disgustar(le) (a uno)
Me disgustan las personas que no son sinceras. |
to dislike
I dislike people who are not sincere. |
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Encantar(le) (a uno)
Puerto Rico me encanta. |
To delight, to charm. To be delighted with.
I am delighted with PR. (PR is (to me) delightful/charming.) |
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Extrañar(le) (a uno)
¿No le extraña a usted que hoy haga tanto calor? |
To be surprised
Aren't you surprised that it is so hot today? |
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Fascinar(le) (a uno)
A ella le fascinan esas pulseras. |
To delight, charm, fascinate; to be fascinated by
Those bracelets delight her. (She is fascinated by those bracelets.) |
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Hacer(le) falta (a uno)
¿Cree ud. que a uno le hace falta dinero para ser feliz? |
To need
Do you think that one needs money to be happy? |
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Importar(le) (a uno)
A nosotros no nos importa esperar, ¿le importa a usted? |
to matter, to mind
We don't mind waiting, do you? |
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Interesar(le) (a uno)
Al profesor Quevedo le interesan mucho las ruinas egipcias. |
To interest (one); to be interested in.
Egyptian ruins interest professor Q. (Prof Q is very interested in Egyptian ruins.) |
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Molestar(le) (a uno)
¿Les molesta a ustedes que fume? |
To bother, to be bothered by.
Does my smoking bother you? (Are you bothered by my smoking?) |
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Parecer(le) (a uno)
A Raúl no le pareció bien que no lo llamaras. |
To seem (to one)
Your not calling him didn't seem right to Raúl. |
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Preocupar(le) (a uno)
A los padres de Julián les preocupaba su conducta. |
To worry; to be be worried by.
Julian's behavior worried his parents. (Julian's parents were worried by his behavior.) |
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Quedar(le) (a uno)
¿Cuánto dinero les queda a ustedes? |
To have left.
How much money do you have left? |
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Quedar(le) bien/mal/grande/pequeño
A la clienta no le quedaba bien la falda. |
To fit right/badly; to be (un)becoming; to be too large/small (for one)
The skirt didn't fit the customer right. |
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Resultar(le) agradable, desagradable, dificil, doloroso, fácil, penoso, triste.
A Pablo le resulta difícil castigar a su hijo. |
To be (turn out to be) pleasant, unpleasant, difficult, painful, easy, distressing, sad (for one).
It is difficult for Pablo to punish his son. |
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Sobrar(le) (a uno)
Hicimos tan rápido el trabajo, que nos sobró el tiempo. |
To have in excess, to have have more than enough, to have left over.
We did the work so fast that we had time left over. (had more than enought time. |
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Sorprender(le) (a uno)
Al chico, le sorprendió que el gato estuviera vivo. |
To be surprised.
The boy was surprised that the cat was alive. |
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tocar(le) el turno (una rifa, la loteria) (a uno)
A la familia Solís le tocó el premio gordo. |
To be one's turn; to win (a raffle, lottery prize)
The Solís family won the grand prize in the lottery. |
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Poner(lo) (a uno) (+ adjectivo)
Esa canción siempre la pone triste. A ese hombre lo pone nervioso el montar en avión. |
To make one (+ adjective)
That song always makes her sad. Flying makes that man nervous. |
