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85 Cards in this Set
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conque
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(conj) so then; well then
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¡Mejor precaver que tener que lamentar!
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"Better safe than sorry."
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acomodarse a
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(v phrase) adapt onself (to s.t.);
make oneself comfortable (with s.t.) |
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sobar
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(v) paw or fondle; handle roughly
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balancear
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(v) balance (s.t.)
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la cazuela (de barro)
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(n) earthenware stewing pan without a handle, used in poor folk's cookery, similar in use to a casserole
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la cazuela (comida)
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(n) thick soup made from cooking several meats and vegetables together in the pan of the same name; the liquid part is taken first, then the big bits of meat, potato, and vegetable.
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repetidas veces
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(phrase) repeatedly
=repetidamente |
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¡Qué chulo(-a)!
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"How nice (or pretty)!"
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comprobar
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(v) verify or prove (something already proposed)
("probar" applies to something not known before; ="to try") |
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endulzar
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(v) sweeten or soften
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endulcé
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I sweetened
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cerciorarse que + subj.
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(v phrase) make sure that
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¡No chabe!
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=¡No moleste!
"Don't bug me!" |
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Para el gusto se hicieron los colores.
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"To each his own."
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el regatón
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=buhonero
huckster, peddler, haggler |
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¡Qué mucho jode!
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"What a pain in the butt!"
"Knock it off!" (Not as strong as ¡Qué chavón!) |
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abordar (2 sentidos)
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to board a ship;
to approach (a person), to undertake or deal with a matter |
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"El niño chiquito y bonito,
El señor de los anillos, El tonto y loco, El lamecazuelas, El matepiojos." |
the Mexican equivalent to the "little pigs" verses
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saber a
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(v phrase) taste like
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el elevador
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=ascensor
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no obstante
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= sin embargo; (nevertheless, notwithstanding)
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picotear
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(v) peck (also said of people),
strike with the beak |
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la morada
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(n) abode, habitation
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el aparecido
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(n) apparition, the spectre of a dead person that appears before the living
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Cuando me voy En casa Tío Peña Con la patita Le hago la seña. |
Mexican counting rhyme (like "Ikka bikka...") |
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la cuenca |
(n) river basin |
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prevalecer (prevalezco) |
(v) prevail, predominate |
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la indumentaria |
(n) = ropa; clothing, dress |
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un chilango |
(n, Mex.) person from Mexico City |
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netamente |
(adv) clearly (rhet.) |
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neto(a) |
(adj) neat, pure, unadulterated |
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el porcentaje |
(n) percentage |
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paulatino(a) |
(adj) = gradual; slow |
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sin trabas |
(adj phrase) unhindered, unimpeded |
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el preguntón |
(n) inquisitive person, someone who asks a lot of questions |
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tajante |
(adj) cutting, sharp |
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la barrera |
(n) barrier, fence |
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la jerarquía |
(n) hierarchy |
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a secas |
(adv phrase) simply (Se considera a sí mismo como "american" __ ______.) |
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de poca monta |
(adj phrase) of little importance |
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la monta (equitación) |
(n) act of riding |
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la monta (ganado) |
(n) breeding, mounting |
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el rocío |
(n) dew |
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la ristra |
(n) string of onions, garlic, or dried peppers tied together |
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el pequeño comercio |
(n phrase) small business |
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furibundo(a) |
= furioso |
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el ahinco |
(n) zeal, determination |
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periférico(a) |
(adj) peripheral |
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la urna (política) |
(n) ballot box |
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la urna (cenizas) |
(n) urn |
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la traba |
= obstáculo |
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depojar |
(v) strip, despoil of property |
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la colaboración |
(n) collaboration |
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tachar (de) |
(v phrase) censure, blame as |
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arraigado(a) |
(adj) rooted, having roots (in a community), grounded |
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el jerife |
(n) descendant of Fatimah, daughter of Prophet Muhammad (SAAW) |
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¡Hace tanto calor que seca mojones de perro! |
It's so hot that... |
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la vinculación |
(n) linkage |
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el debate |
(n) debate |
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En el fondo... |
At the bottom of it all... |
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el esquenazi |
(n) askenazi Jew of eastern Europe |
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el sefardita; sefardí |
(2 x n) Sephardic, Spanish-speaking Jews |
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atestiguar (a) |
(v) bear witness (to) |
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un blanco de la propaganda |
(n phrase) dupe of propaganda |
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valiosísimo(a) |
(adj) valuable |
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el revés de esta medalla |
(n phrase) other side of the matter |
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¡Me deja dinero! |
It pays! |
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desgajar |
(v) break off, split off (e.g., a state) |
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intregarse a |
(vr) integrate oneself into |
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resquebrarse |
(vr) begin to crack or split |
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fehaciente (leg) |
(adj) genuine, bonafide |
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hacer hincapié en |
(v phrase) stress, insist on |
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la deriva |
(v) drift, drifting |
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ahondar la división |
(v phrase) deepen the division |
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Lo hago porque paga. |
I do it because it pays. |
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el guacho |
(n) |
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pelirrojo(a) |
(adj) red-haired |
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be de burro ve de vaca |
how to distinguish similar letters over the phone |
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la misma noña |
(n phrase) same old crap |
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¡créamelo usted! |
Believe me |
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pardo(a) |
(adj) = marrón; brown |
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la alondra |
(n) lark |
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Me lo suponía. |
I supposed it. |
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el vestíbulo |
(n) lobby |
