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81 Cards in this Set
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comerse un mojón
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(v phrase) to sit around wasting time in a state of extreme boredom (PR)
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comerse un cable
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(v phrase) = comerse un mojón
Not to be said before aged relatives! |
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estar pavo(-a)
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(v phrase) to be giggly (PR)
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estar en la brega
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(v phrase) to be still in the fight, "doing OK"
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llevarse bien
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(phrase) to go together well
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Usted se recortó.
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"You got a haircut," said Edna
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¡Pues qué!
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Well!; What is this!
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mocos abajos
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(n phrase) a long face
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el pozo mudo
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(n phrase) = letrina
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ahito(-a)
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(adj) "full," satiated, gorged; bored
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aplastar
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(v) crush
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ahilado(-a)
(dialect: ajilado) |
(adj) faint, weak, withered
("Pareces _____.") |
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(ser) del campo
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(v phrase) inexperienced, "just fell off the truck"
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anunciar a bombo y platillo
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(v phrase) announce (st) flamboyantly
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el bacalao
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(n) codfish; also, a skinny person
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el recordatorio
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(n) = aviso; small card that announces an important life event (eg, the arrival of a baby, a wedding, or a death)
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el imperdible
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(n) safety-pin
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imperdible
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(adj) indestructible
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el colgador
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(n) coathanger
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conformarse con
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(vr phrase) just follow, conform with
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pollo(-a)
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(adj) =guapo
cute, attractive (PR) |
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las nalgadas
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(n) spanking
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malvado(-a)
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(adj) malicious, wicked, vicious; = méchant (Fr)
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el fiambre
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(n) a cold cut, cold meat eaten as such;
old joke or piece of news (an "old chestnut") |
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tal como
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(conj) such as
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incómodo(-a)
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(adj) inconvenient, uncomfortable, unhandy
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el sainete
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(n) skit
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preconizar
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(v) = recomendar
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¡Hay que sudarse la gota gorda!
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You have got to sweat it!
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el cenicero
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(n) ashtray, ash-bin
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la brega
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(n) strife, fight, scrap
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dar brega
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(v phrase) play a trick
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el escabeche
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(n) pickle
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escabechar
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(v) pickle s.t., steep, souse;
(fig) dye the hair |
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tallar
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(v) carve, cut
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¡Dale bola!
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An expression indicating rejection of what the other person says or does.
"There you go again!" "Come off it!" "Throw it away!" |
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abarcador(-a)
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(adj) clasping, monopolistic
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la comedia bufonesca
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(n phrase) slapstick comedy
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el salmón
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(n) salmon; dummy (PR)
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pelú
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(adj) = peludo(-a)
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el chulo
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(n) pimp, kept man
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la fase
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(n) phase, aspect
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chinito(-a)
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(adj) orange or brown (PR)
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el lagarto
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(n) lizard
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el capón
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(n) emasculated rooster; eunuch; gelding
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contraproducente
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(adj) counter-productive, self-defeating
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terco(-a)
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(adj) obstinate, stubborn
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la pendenga
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(n) = pendejo
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marrón
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(adj) pardo(a); brown
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el comemierda
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(n, PR) a prissy, pretentious person
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la carcajada
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(n) guffaw
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la mancha de plátano
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(n phrase) physical sign that marks s.o. as Latino(-a), esp. Puerto Rican
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¡Qué chavón!
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"What a pain in the butt!"
"Knock it off!" (Stronger than "¡Qué mucho jodé!") |
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¡Vaya gallo!
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How cool! (PR)
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zurdo(-a)
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(adj) left-handed (the opposite of "derecho:" right-handed)
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el charco
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(n) puddle
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el piojo
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(n) louse
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la charca
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(n) pond or natural pool
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¿Cuándo piensas salir?
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When do you intend to leave?
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Sólo llevará un minuto.
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It will only take a minute.
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¡Te conozco (bacalao, aunque vengas disfrazao)!
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You can't take me in!
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pasar el charco
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(v phrase, coll) to cross the ocean
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el empate
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(n) tie (in sports scores or votes)
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ponerle esposas
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(v phrase) put handcuffs on him
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la lejía
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(n) lye
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el vaivén
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(n) swaying, wavering, coming and going
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¡No me diga ni bacalao!
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"Don't tell me anything."
"I do not wish to hear it." "Talk to the hand..." |
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¡No me gustan ni sus bromas ni sus veras!
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"I don't like anything about him!"
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¡Está hasta en la sopa!
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"I can't get away from him!"
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tapar
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(v) place a cover over; stop up, obstruct
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ganarse los chavos
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(v phrase) = ganarse la plata
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el jarabe de maíz
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corn syrup
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pegajoso(-a)
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(adj) sticky
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¡Chévere!
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(Caribe, Central Am) Great! Awesome!
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¿Me extraño?
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Did you miss me? |
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el fufo |
(n) hissing of a cat |
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la ruana |
(n) = roano; horse of mixed colors including white. gray, and bayo (lt yellow) |
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la zarandela |
(n) beating of the heart |
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los bloques |
(npl) toy blocks |
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un guagua |
(n) bus or SUV |
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estar más jalao que un timbre de guagua |
(v phrase, PR) to be harried, frazzed |
