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Office
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la oficina
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a place where business or clerical activities are conducted by one or more persons
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office, study
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el despacho
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a private office of a single person at home or away from home
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office
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la dirección
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the administrative office of an institution or organization with a director
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Law office
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el bufete
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lawyer's office (a law firm may also have an oficina)
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newspaper office
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la redacción
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newspaper office
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Medical office
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el consultorio
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a place where several doctors work
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doctor's office
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la consulta
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a physician's private office
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clinic, hospital
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la clínica
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an independent medical facility, as in English, or part of the hospitaal dedicated to the treatment of a specific disease.
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to do something again
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volver a + infinitivo
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often a better choice than "otra vez" or de nuevo+ infinivive to say that someone did something again
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to return, go (come) back (Sp.)
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volver
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More common in Spain, ro return
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to return, go (come) back (Sp. Am.)
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regresar
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More common in LAtin America, to return
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To return (something), give back; to throw up
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devolver
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on a colloquial level, equivalent to vomitar
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To close, shut; lock
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cerrar
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in addition to close or shut, it means to lock, and con llave may be added in this sense for emphasis
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closing or shutting
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el cierre
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physical closing or shutting of something
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to open
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abrir
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physical act of oppening
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opening, gap; aperture
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la abertura
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a physical gap or opening, a hole
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to close, adjourn
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clausurar
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to close in a figurative or ceremonial sense
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closing, adjournment
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la clausura
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a ceremonial closing or adjournment, has a positive connotation, an event
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opening
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la apertura
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a ceremonial or figurative opening, an event
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to finish doing (something); to have (had) just done something
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acabar de + infinitivo
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acabar means to finish doing something, but is commonly used in the present or perfect indicative with de + infinitive
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to finish doing something
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terminar de + infinitive
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the act of finishing doing something
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living room, parlor
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la sala
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(syn: salón) In a house or apartment: a living room, sitting room or parlor
In other buildings (with a qualifier): a large room where the public gathers i.e. waiting room- sala de espera |
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room
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el cuarto
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a generic term for any room, especially a private or personal context
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classroom
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el aula
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always a classroom or lecture room
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room
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la habitación
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also any room; preferred when speaking of hotel rooms or rooms in a house assigned a more private use (bedroom, study, playroom) as opposed to more general use (dining room, living room, bathroom)
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Living room; large open hall
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el salón
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In a house or apartment: a living room, sitting room or parlor
In other buildings (with a qualifier): a large room where the public gathers i.e. salón de actos (espectáculos) - auditorium |
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narrow
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angosto
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more common in Spanish America
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narrow
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estrecho
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more common in Spain
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rubber; oilcloth
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el hule
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may refer to glossy, rubberized or waterproof fabric
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rubber; rubber band
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la goma
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preferred for rubber in its softer, more flexible forms Like a rubber band (tira elástica)
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rubber
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el caucho
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generic term for rubber
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wooden
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de palo
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wooden when in the shape of something cylindrical like a mast or a pole
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wood
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la madera
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a building material and commodity
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pole, stick; a blow with a stick
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el palo
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not a commodity: a stick or post
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firewood
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la lena (pronounced: lenya)
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any wood that is used for firewood
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to kill
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matar
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generic: to kill
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to murder, assasinate; to kill
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asesinar
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not just assasinate, also the equivalent of the English, to murder
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to finish off
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rematar
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to conclude finishing killing a seriously injured or dying person or animal
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to wipe out, bump off
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eliminar
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more colloquial, implies a criminal rubbing or wiping out of someone
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to execute
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ejecutar
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capital punishment after some king of judgement or trial
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block (Sp. Am); horse stable (spain)
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la cuadra
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indicates the distance of one block, not the block itself as a noun, also used as a stable particularly for horses in spain
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stable
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el establo
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generic term for stable, in spain a stable for livestock other than horses
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block (Sp); apple
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la manzana
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a city block as a noun in spain, not the distance of one side of the block; also an apple
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block
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el bloque
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sometimes for a block of houses, mostly indicates a piece of a hard substance like a block of wood or a slab of marble
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closet
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el ropero
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a clothes closet or small room for storing clothes
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cupboard, closet; locker
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la alacena
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cupboard or closet set in a wall, most often for storing food or cooking utensils
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closet
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el armario
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standard word for closet in any context
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checkroom, coatroom, cloakroom; clothes closet
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el guardarropa
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a public checkroom; less frequently a personal wardrobe
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to take (Sp. Am.); to grasp (Sp.)
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agarrar
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to grasp, as in with claws (garras)
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to take
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tomar
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generic form of to take
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to take; (colloquial in central America: to F@*%)
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coger
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to take in spain, however it should be avoided or used carefully with LAtin American speakers because of its sexual connotations in central america and Argentina
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to dawn
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amanecer
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implies the general idea of arriving or being in a particular place at the same time as the natural phenomenon of dawn or dawning of the morning
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to drow dark
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anochecer
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implies the general idea of arriving or being in a particular place at the same time as the natural phenomenon of dusk, sunset or growing evening
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to grow towards evening; to happen in the afternoon
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atardecer
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implies the general idea of arriving or being in a particular place at the same time as the natural phenomenon of the approach of late afternoon or evening
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ordinary. common; coarse, vulgar
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ordinario
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can mean plain, common or unexceptional, can also mean something coarse or vulgar
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common
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común
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common
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common
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corriente
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like everyone/everything else
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to hang (college: to flunk or fail someone)
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colgar
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most common verb meaning to hang
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to hang (by the neck)
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ahorcar
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to execute someone by hanging them
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to hang (clothes)
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tender
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to spread or stretch something out, like hanging clothes up to dry
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to hang (intransitive)
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pender
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used to describe something freely dangling
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