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La oficina
Work office
El despacho
Private office
La dirección
Administrative office
El bufete
Lawyer’s office
La redacción
Newspaper office
El consultorio
Medical office
El consulta
Doctor’s personal office
La clínica dental
Dental office
Volver a + infinitivo
To do something again
Volver
To return, to go (come) back; Spain
Regresar
To return, to go (come) back; Spanish America
Devolver
To return something, to give back; syn to throw up
Cerrar
To close, to shut, to lock
El cierre
Closing, shutting something (door)
Abrir
To open
La abertura
Opening; physical
Clausurar
To close, to adjourn; ceremony
La clausura
Closing, adjournment; ceremony
La apertura
Opening, musical overture; ceremony
Acabar de + infinitivo
To finish doing something, to have (had) just done something
Terminar de + infinitivo
To finish doing something
La sala
Living room, parlor
El cuarto
Room; in general and personal
El aula
Classroom, lecture room
La habitación
Room; general, hotel esp. w\ room #
El salón
Living room, large room, hall
Angosto
Narrow; Spanish America
Estrecho
Narrow; Spain
El hule
Rubber, oil cloth; rain coat
La goma
Rubber, rubber band; soft rubber
El caucho
Rubber; hard rubber
De palo
Wooden; cylindrical
La madera
Wood; general
El palo
Pole, stick, a blow w\ a stick; cylindrical
La leña
Firewood
Matar
To kill
Asesinar
To murder, assassinate, to kill
Rematar
To finish off
Eliminar
To wipe out, to bump off; criminal
Ejecutar
To execute; capital punishment
El bloque
Block; actual, physical block (block of houses)
El establo
Stable; most animals
La cuadra
City block Spanish America; horse stable Spain
La manzana
City block Spain, apple
El ropero
Cloths closet; Spanish America
La alacena
Cupboard, closet, locker; set in the wall
El armario
Cloths closet; Spain
El guardarropa
Checkroom, cloakroom; public
Coger
To take; Spain, taboo in Spanish America
Tomar
To take; Spain, Spanish America
Agarrar
To take Spanish America, to grasp (with claws) Spain
Amanecer
To dawn; morning
Anochecer
To grow dark; evening, twilight
Atardecer
To draw towards evening, to happen late in the afternoon
Ordinario
Ordinary, common; things and places – vulgar people
Común
Common; things and people
Corriente
Common; things and people
Ahorcar
To hang someone
Pender
To hang something; hanging freely form higher up
Tender
To hang (cloths); to spread or stretch something out
Colgar
To hang, to flunk or fail someone; sometimes used for ahocar
El colegio
School; primary and middle school
La escuela
School; general
El instituto
High school, institute; public high school Spain
El liceo
High school; public high school some of Spanish America
La academia
Academy, school; private school above primary
Caminar
To walk
Andar
To walk
Ir a pie
To walk; implies walking instead of some other form of trans
Pasear
To stroll, to walk; recreational walking
Callejear
To wander (to walk) the streets; aimless walking
Deambular
To wander, to stroll; aimless wandering
La píldora
Pill; medical, small
La pastilla
Tablet, cake of soap; non-medical, larger
La tableta
Tablet, pill; medical, flat
El comprimido
Tablet; round
La gragea
Tablet, small sugar coated pill or candy colored lozenge;
La capsula
Capsule;
Temblar
To shake, to tremble, to quake; applies to all kinds of shaking
Sacudir
To shake; moving back and forth
Estremecer (se)
To shake, to shudder; from a strong emotion
Tiritar
To shiver, to shake; with cold or fever, sickness
Responder
To answer, to respond, to reply;
Contestar
To answer, to respond, to reply; more common than responer
Replicar
To answer (back), to talk back;
Objetar
To object;
Contradecir
To contradict;
Rebatir
To refute;
Amar
To love; object in abstract in nature
Querer
To love, to want; physical and possessive
Enamorarse de
To fall in love with;
Estar enamorado de
To be in love with;
Adorar
To adore, to worship; highest degree of love
La cáscara
Shell, thick skin; shrimp, eggs, nuts, rind of thick skinned fruit
El caparazón
Shell of a crustacean; like crabs and lobsters
La corteza
Bark, rind, crust; thick outer covering, trees, cheese, bread
La piel
Skin; natural skin of a fruit or vegetable
La mondadura
Peel(ing); skin of fruit or veg after it is removed
Peladura
Peel; skin of fruit or veg after it is removed
Descascarillar
To hull; to shell most nuts
Cascar
To crack, to split; breaking egg or nut shells
Pelar
To peel; to peel fruit by hand
Mondar
To peel, to pare; to peel by hand with a sharp instrument, knife
Reptar
To crawl; like a reptile
Arrastrarse
To crawl; to drag oneself
Gatear
To creep, to crawl; on all fours, like small children
Serpentear
To crawl, to meander; meandering nature of the motion, river
Esperar
To wait; to expect, to hope, to wait a long time
Aguardar
To wait; to wait for, not a long wait
Hacer cola
To wait in line;
El cerro
Hill; isolated, rocky or rough surfaced hill
La colina
Hill, knoll; more common
La loma
Hill; low long hill more in Spanish America
La cuesta
Slope, hill; slope or grade of the hill, street, ect.
La ladera
Hillside, slope; side of the hill
El acantilado
Cliff (marine), palisade (river);
Soportar
To endure, to stand; to suffer through something
Mantener
To support, to maintain;
Apoyar
To support; to prop someone or something up
Aguantar
To endure, to stand, to put up with;
Resistir
To stand, to withstand, to bear; energetic opposition is stressed
Sobrellevar
To endure, to bear; patient endurance of something
Viejo
Old; long standing, avoided when referring to people
Anciano
Old, elderly; only used w\ people respect on the part of speaker
Mayor
Old, older, oldest; people
Vetusto
Very old; literary term, decaying or crumbling from age
Rancio
Old, rancid; old in relation to tradition, well aged ham, bacon
Antiguo
Ancient, old, former; things, positive aging, before a noun 3
Armar
To assemble, to put together, to put up;
Montar
To assemble, to put together; generally mechanisms (engines)
Construir
To build, to construct; building anything
Edificar
To build, to erect; masonry
La ira
Ire, wrath, anger; very strong anger + loss of self-control
El enojo
Anger; common
El enfado
Anger, annoyance; common, angrier than enojo
La rabia
Rage, madness;
Enojar (se)
To annoy, to anger, to become annoyed (angry);
Enfadar (se)
To annoy, to anger, to become annoyed (angry);
Rabiar
To rage, to get angry;
Sacar de quicio
Exasperate, to drive crazy, to unhinge;