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77 Cards in this Set
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armar una escena (o un escándalo)
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(v phrase) make a scene (or a scandal)
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el cuarterón
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(n) quadroon
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la cala
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(n) hold (of a ship)
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instalarse en
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(v) to settle ownself in
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halar
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(v) haul, pull (nautical)
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obvio(-a)
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(adj) obvious
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ileso(-a)
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(adj) unhurt
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la choza
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(n) hut
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jactarse de
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(vr phrase) boast about, vaunt
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el arrecife
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(n) reef; road paved with stone
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el lingote
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(n) ingot
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la finta
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(n) feint (fencing)
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desnucarse
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(vr) break one's neck
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la lechuza
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(n) =buho (ugly old hag)
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pernoctar
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(v) = pasar la noche
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el cebo
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(n) fodder; food given to animals; bait
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el fogón
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(n) touch-hole or vent of a gun
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el fogonazo
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(n) flash (from burning gunpowder)
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la patada
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(n) kick
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imposible de + verb. inf.
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(adj phrase) "that can't be...ed"
"una casa______calentar o iluminar" |
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el centenar
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(n) group of 100 people or things
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el portazo
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(n) slamming of a door
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el mástil (3 cosas)
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(n) mast; bedpost; neck of a violin
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ordeñar
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(v) milk (a cow or goat)
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la alheña
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(n) henna
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soso(-a)
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(adj) insipid, tasteless, stupid (said of food or people)
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la maleza
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(n) overgrowth of weeds
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las travesuras
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(n pl) mischief, hijinks
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retozar
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(v) frisk, romp (sexually)
("Diego ____aba con Amalia.")("Ellos ______on sobre las cortinas de terciopelo verde.") |
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el nigromante
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(n) necromancer
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desfallecer
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(vr) desmayarse
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la cobardía
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(n) cowardice
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el padrino
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(n) a second in a duel
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opinar
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(v) opine, judge
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en juego
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(adv phrase) at stake
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entretanto
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(adv) =mientras tanto
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¡Sácate a esa joven de la cabeza, Rafael!
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Get that girl out of your head, Rafael!
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salido(-a)
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(adv) prominent, projecting
"orejas______" |
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el nombre en clave
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(n phrase) code-name
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el panal
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(n) hornet's nest; honeycomb
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el matón
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(n) bully
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templarse
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(vr) moderate or restrain oneself
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codear
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(v) elbow, jostle (s.o)
=bousculer (Fr) |
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el estirón
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(n) growth-spurt
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descoyuntar
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(v) dislocate (eg, a joint)
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la formación
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(n) training or education; formation
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estimar
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(v) respect, honor, esteem
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la hoguera
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(n) bonfire;
also, the stake where heretics get burned |
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destripar
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(v) disembowel, gut
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el mastuerzo
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(n) nasturtium; also a dolt or simpleton
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columpiarse
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(vr) swing
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retornar
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(v) =volver, regresar
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zigzaguear
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(v) move in a zigzag fashion
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la beldad
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(n) beauty; beautiful woman,"belle"
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poseer un tercer ojo en la nuca
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( v phrase) to have an eye in the back of one's head
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¡Cuán!
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How_____!
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el rehén
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(n) hostage
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¿Se pega?
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Is it catching? (Asked about a disease)
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la cola (not "tail"!)
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(n) glue
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el galpón
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(n) a large shed (eg, for sheltering carriages)
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montar a horcajadas
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(v phrase) ride astride the horse
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el florete
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(n) foil used in fencing
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el chupamirto
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(n) = colibrí
(in Aztec lore, a trickster) |
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¡Eso es cosa mía!
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That's my look-out!
(As answer to the question, "How will you do it?") |
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el vozarrón
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(n) loud voice
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el ámbar
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(n) amber
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la veintena
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(n) group of 20
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ensartar
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(v) string beads, thread a needle
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patibulario(-a)
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(adj) harrowing, scary, thuggish
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el hollín
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(n) soot
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la bocamanga
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(n) decorated edge of a sleeve
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el jubón |
(n) = serón, name for a large basket or hamper (Ecuador) |
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culparse de ____________ |
(vr phrase) blame oneself for |
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un prohombre |
(n) Great Man |
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la brea |
(n) pitch, tar |
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la cautela |
(n) caution |
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caerse de bruces |
(v phrase) fall on one's face |
