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la adolescencia |
adolescence |
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de niño/a |
as a child
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ir creciendo |
to grow up |
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el comportamiento |
the behaviour |
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comportarse |
to behave |
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el estado de animo |
the state of mind |
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estar en la edad del pavo |
to be at the awkward age |
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querer independizarse |
to want one's independance |
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estar hecho/a un lío |
to be all mixed up
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deprimirse |
to get depressed |
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sentirse deprimido/a |
to feel depressed |
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el estado de depresion |
state of depression |
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amargar |
to make bitter |
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sentir amargura |
to feel bitterness |
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sentirse amargo/a |
to feel bitter |
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estar harto/a |
to be fed up |
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hartarse de |
to get fed up with |
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el desarollo de la personalidad |
the development of personality |
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relacionarse con la gente |
to relate with people |
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contar mentirijillas |
to tell lies |
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encontrarse inseguro/a |
to feel insecure |
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usar el argot callejero |
to use street slang |
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hacerse el chulo |
to act smart |
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superarse a sí mismo |
to take control of oneself |
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el servicio voluntario |
voluntary service |
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la autoridad |
authority |
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las actitudes |
attitudes |
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cuestionar la autoridad |
to challenge authority |
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paterna |
parental |
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la permisividad paterna |
parental permissiveness |
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padres indulgentes |
lenient parents |
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castigar |
to punish |
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las reglillas |
petty rules |
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un comportamiento antisocial |
antisocial behaviour |
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soltar palabrotas |
to swear |
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mostrarse mal educado/a |
to make a show of bad manners |
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montar/armar un follón |
to kick up a fuss |
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reñir |
to quarrel |
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ponerlo todo en tela de juicio |
to question everything |
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llegar de madrugada |
to come home in the early hours |
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querer salirse con la suya |
to want to get one's way |
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su madre es una antigualla |
his mother is old-fashioned |
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estrecho/a de miras |
narrow-mided |
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sus padres insisten en que (+subj) |
his parents insist that |
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fastidiar a alguien |
to get on someone's nerves |
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buscar cinco pies al gato |
to exaggerate |
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escuchar todos los dias el mismo rollo |
to hear the same thing every day |
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como si fuese lo unico que importara |
as if it were the only thing that mattered |
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no tener prejuicios |
to not be prejudiced |
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compartir |
to share |
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no importa quien tiene razon |
it doesn't matter who is right |
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no es porque no lo intente |
it isn't for want of trying |
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hacer las paces |
to make it up |
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cada cual ofrece su opinion |
each one offers his/her opinion |
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ponerse de acuerdo |
to reach an agreement |
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estar de acuerdo |
to agree |
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el desafecto juveníl |
disaffection of young people |
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un fenomeno creciente |
a growing phenomenon
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el desencanto |
disenchantment |
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la falta de oportunidades |
lack of opportunities |
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las frustraciones |
frustrations |
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sentirse perseguido/a |
to feel persecuted |
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sentirse acosado/a |
to feel harassed |
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sentirse marginado/a |
to feel marginalised |
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la presion del grupo paritario |
peer group pressure |
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no integrarse en el tejido social |
to not integrate oneself into the social fabric |
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apurar en instante |
to live for the moment |
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vivir el presente |
to live for the present |
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deperdiciar la juventud |
to squander one's youth |
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romper la rutina social |
to break the daily routine |
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une aprenda de vestir |
a garment |
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estrenar |
to break in |
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dar una buena imagen |
to give a good image |
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tener un buen aspecto |
to look good |
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expresar su personalidad |
to express one's personality |
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el diseñador |
the designer |
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el modisto |
the fashion designer |
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pasar de moda |
to go out of fashion |
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lucir un nuevo vestido |
to show off a new dress |
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de manera estrafalaria |
outlandishly |
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al estilo punk |
in punk style |
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una cazadora de cuero negro |
a black leather jacket |
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los vaqueros rotos |
ripped jeans |
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la caída de la chaqueta |
the hang of a jacket |