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hiporcorístico
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variante familiar del nombre
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el apodo/el mote
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nickname
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perezoso
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lazy
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la pulgada
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inch
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cursar
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to study, to send, to process
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arrancar
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to uproot/pull out
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impartir
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to give
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el apagón
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blackout
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sustraerse
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to steal, to remove, to subtract
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salvo algo
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except something
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a demanda de
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según the need for
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una cuesta
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slope
cuesta abajo cuesta arriba |
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animar a alguien a hacer algo
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encourage someone to do something
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las pasas
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raisins
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una bata
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robe - de médico; de casa
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control de la natalidad
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birth control
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quedarse embarazada
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be pregnant
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una guardería
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day care
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echar en falta
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lack something, as in need it but don't have it
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aparentar
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to show off
to feign |
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vacilar
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to hesitate
to doubt |
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tomar partido
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to take sides (i.e. have a bias)
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enroller
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to roll up
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el telón
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curtain (theaters)
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las cortinas
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curtains (inside)
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chungo, -a
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lame, mal
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cortejar
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to court someone romantically
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pelar la pava
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(colq) tener conversaciones amorosas
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hacer de carabina
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be a chaperone
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ser un/a aguantavelas
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be a chaperone (colq)
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morro
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animal's mouth
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pata
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animal's leg
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escoger
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to choose
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aprobar una ley
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create/apply/promulgate a law
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atropellar a alguien
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run over someon (with a car)
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epedermido/a
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addicted
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instar a alguien
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to urge
to demand |
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encuestas
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results
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alucinar
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hallucinate
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encajar
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to fit (in something)
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caber
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tamaño fits
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ser torpe
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be clumsy
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la cumbre
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mountain summit
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palmear
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to clap
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parpadear
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to blink
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Írsele la cabaza de alguien
Se me va la cabeza! |
I'm going crazy
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florecer
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to flower
to bloom to flourish to thrive |
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escaquearse
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to procrastinate
or, in a group project, to slack and do nothing |
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arrimar el hombro
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cuando los estudiantes coloberar en un proyecto
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tener mala leche
tener mala uva |
tiene malas intenciones (una persona)
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tener malafollá
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una falta de tacto
brusco |
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partirse de risa
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crack up
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reirse a carcajadas
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laughing a lot
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tomar el pelo a alguien
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engañar a alguien
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coaccionar
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forzar a alguien a hacer algo
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prestar
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to lend
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tramitar
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to deal with
to arrange |
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posturas
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opinions
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enmiendas
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ammendments
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mojarse
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(colq). implicarse
mostrar abiertamente tu postura |
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recauder dinero
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collect money (i.e. for a non-profit)
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decidido/a
estar decidido/a a hacer algo |
determined
to be determined to do something |
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decidir hacer algo
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decide to do something
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un muermo
ser muermo |
ser muy aburrido
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un ladrillo
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something that's really hard to read or study
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estar frío como un témpano de hielo
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to be cold
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estar fresco como una lechuga
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to be fresh, awake, have energy
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oscuro: la boca de un lobo
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to be very dark
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estar más contento que unas castañuelas
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to be content
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rojo: tomate
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to be red
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estar blanco como la nieve
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to be white
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piar
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tweet (birds)
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había cuatro gatos
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(colq) there were very few people
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un sobón,a
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a person who is very touchy
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sobar
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to handle/grope/feel up
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tocón/a
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touchy-feely person
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un/a lloron/a
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someone who cries a lot
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un/a comilón/a
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someone who eats a lot
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dormilón/a
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someone who sleeps a lot
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ser un melón
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be an idiot/tonto
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molar
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to be great
to like gustar |
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un plasta
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someone who is really annoying
alguien que es muy pesada |
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descarada
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sin cara
sin vergüenza |
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qué chasco
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qué lástima
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chascear los dedos
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snap your fingers
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occurírsele algo a alguien
se me ha ocurrido una idea |
have an idea, occur to someone
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la barriga
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gut
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chachi
chachipe |
guay
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tajante
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estricto, dogmatic, close-minded
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ser una bocazas
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have a big mouth
say things you shouldn't |
