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89 Cards in this Set
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la herramienta
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tool, implement, instrument;
(coll.) teeth, "grinders" |
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el oficio
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a trade, job
("Debe aprender un _____ para ganarse la vida.") |
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mujeriego(a) (2 sentidos)
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womanish;
fond of women, womanizing |
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¡No te hagas ilusiones!
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Don't take on airs!
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el velero (hombre)
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sail-maker
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por (adj) que (v sub)
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as (adj) that it might (v)
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la ventana del nariz
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nostril, nasal opening
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delator(a)
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(adj) incriminating
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la turquesa
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(n) turcuoise
(NB: "Turk" is "turca") |
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primoroso(a)
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(adj) =exquisito(a)
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la pepa
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large nugget of raw metal, esp. gold
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descartar
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(v) discard
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la hojaldre
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puff-pastry
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embrollar
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(v) twist (words, situations), embroil
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la pericia
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(n) skill
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pasmoso(a)
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marvelous
("En pocos días, adquirió una ______ pericia para embrollar la realidad.") |
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la comadrona
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midwife
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la letrina
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outhouse, latrine
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el polizón
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stowaway
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escaldar
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to scald
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retirarse
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to "pull out" (sex)
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de pacotilla
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shoddy, of poor quality
("Antes, sólo se ofrecían artículos __ _______ en las tiendas.") |
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el mequetrefe
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insignificant fellow, "loser"
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susurrar
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(v) whisper
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el garito
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a "house of ill repute," generally small;
a gambling den |
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nítido
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shiny, lustrous (poetic)
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el secuaz
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(n) henchman, follower, sidekick
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autóctono(a)
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(adj) =criollo(a); aboriginal, native
("Cultivaba las yerbas ______as en su huerto.") ("la cocina _______") |
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encarnarse
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(vr) become flesh; assume a tangible form
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la alcantarilla
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=cloaca; underground sewer or drain opening to same
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los ojos rasgados
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almond eyes
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las enaguas
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petticoats
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el membrillo
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quince; used to prepare a jam often eaten with cheese
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la trenza
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a braid of hair
("A la espalda le colgaba una larga ______.") |
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desteñido(a)
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faded, washed-out
(Muchos de los fan guëy tienen los ojos ______.") |
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el saltimbanqui
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montebank
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el velamen
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set of sails
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añejo(a)
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aged (said of wines or cheese)
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la alhaja
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(n) gem
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el chantaje
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(n) blackmail
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la acuarela
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water-color painting
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el huerto
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small vegetable garden
(the feminine form indicates a larger area) |
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la pócima
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(n) potion or disagreeable drink
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el manicomio
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crazy-house
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el acreedor
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creditor
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de antemano
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(adv phrase) beforehand
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anonadado(a)
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(adj) taken aback, crushed by a highly disagreeable revelation
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percatarse de
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(vr phrase) take heed of, be careful about
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el afeite
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(n) greasepaint, make-up (for the stage)
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el rinoceronte
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(n) rhinoceros
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vivir a su antojo
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(v phrase) to live as one pleases
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echar suertes para
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(v phrase) to draw lots for
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la saeta
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arrow;
hand of a clock |
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el ajuar (de novia)
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bridal trousseau
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el ajuar (de bébé)
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baby's layette
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el ajuar (funerario)
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funeral clothing (and periphenalia)
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el arca de ajuar
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hope chest
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la reverencia
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a bow of politeness or reverence
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la francachela
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a plentiful and splendid repast
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el moho
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moss or green mould
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el candado
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padlock
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el buhonero
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peddler
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superar
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to defeat, overcome
("Este descalabro la ______, era asunto del Diablo, y sólo su maestra, la MACHI, podría vencerlo.") |
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el descalabro
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=desgracia
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citar a uno (2 sentidos)
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to make a date or appointment with someone;
to cite or quote someone |
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escabullirse
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(vr) slip away, wiggle out of (responsibilities)
("Sería fácil _______ con diversos pretextos.") |
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mancillado(a)
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(adj) sullied
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volcarse
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to be upset or knocked over
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lucir (luzgo)
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(v) shine; show off, sport
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inusitado(a)
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(adj) unusual, not now in use
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la marimacho
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(n) tomboy; masculine-looking woman
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la corteza
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(n) othermost layer of a round or spherical object
1) tree bark 2) rind of a fruit 3) cerebral cortex 4) terrestrial crust |
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botar
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(v) throw away (a bit of trash)
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cuchichear
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=susurrar, murmurar
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exangüe
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bloodless; (fig) exhausted
("una economía _______") |
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la línea de flotación
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water-line (of a ship or boat)
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coleta
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pigtail (also =trenza)
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escasamente
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hardly, lightly
("Lin _______ lamentó la muerte de la niña." |
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el huacho
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(Chile) street kid, orphan
("¡Pobrecitos _______ durmiendo en la calle!") |
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la tela basta
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sackcloth; rough homespun cloth
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la montura (2 significados) |
mount: either a saddle horse or a setting for jewelry |
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esfumarse |
(vr) go up in smoke
("Joaquín empezaba a _________, la buena memoria de Eliza no alcanzaba a precisar los rasgos del amante.") |
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la canela |
(n) cinnamon |
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el visón |
(n) mink |
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a la rastra |
(adv phrase) by force, by dragging off ("La cogió de un brazo y la llevó __ ____ _______ doce cuadros.") |
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la aya |
(n) governess |
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en boga |
(adj phrase) = a la moda |
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el adefesio |
something butt-ugly, outlandish, extravagant |
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la barriga de botella |
(n phrase) belly of a bottle |
