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brotar
brotar
to sprout
el reto
el reto
challenge
retar
retar
to challenge
el rubro
el rubro
area
el rubor
el rubor
blush
retroceder
retroceder
to pull back
el/la jinete
el/la jinete
rider
áspero
áspero
rough
la rudeza
la rudeza
roughness
la matriz
la matriz
womb
el escudo
el escudo
shield
la hazaña
la hazaña
feat
el dador
el dador
giver
carcajear
carcajear
to roar with laughter
la bancarrota
la bancarrota
bankruptcy
la decadencia
la decadencia
decadence
el buchón
el buchón
snitch
la polémica
la polémica
controversy
halagar
halagar
to flatter
el halago
praise
la picada
nosedive
trascender
to transcend
el tropiezo
setback
vigente
current
vigente
in force
desubicado
out of position
el retroceso
backward step
rescatar
to rescue
la greña
tangle
bondadoso
kind
enchinar
to curl
lidiar
to deal with
el respaldo
support
el rendimiento
return
el fracaso
failure
las comillas
quotation marks
opacar
to make opaque
el aterrizaje
landing
retraído
withdrawn
empapado
soaked
la camilla
stretcher
el rebaño
flock
la añoranza
nostalgia
los alrededores
outskirts
la frambuesa
raspberry
adrede
on purpose
la savia
vitality
la savia
sap
encariñarse
to grow fond of
pedregoso
rocky
atravesarse
to cross in front of
la cruzada
crusade
cuidarse de
to watch out for
la crianza
nursing
criarse en
to be brought up in
criarse
to be brought up
criar
to bring up
la incredulidad
scepticism
pensar en
to think about
dudar
to doubt
considerarse
to consider oneself
considerar
to consider
crédulo
credulous
incrédulo
incredulous
descreer
to disbelieve
increíble
incredible
creíble
believable
dar crédito
to credit
dar crédito
to believe
creer
to believe
creerse mucho
to think you're all that
el credo
creed
crédulo
gullible
abundante
abundant
copioso
copious
el crescendo
crescendo
disminuir
to diminish
aumentar
to increase
la crecida
rise in level
creciente
growing
el creciente
crescent
crecerse
to thrive
crecer
to grow
producirse
to occur
deshacerse de
to dispose of
deshacerse
to come undone
la facultad
faculty
la recreación
reenactment
la recreación
recreation
fabricar
to fabricate
recrearse
to take pleasure in
recrear
to recreate
la creatividad
creativity
el creador
creator
la creación
creation
crear
to create
recortarse
to be outlined
recortar
to trim
unirse a nosotros
to join us
juntarse
to join
juntar
to put together
el corte de carne
cut of meat
corte de pelo
haircut
el recorte
clipping
corto
short
cortejar
to court
cortar
to cut
galopar
to gallop
recorrer
to cover
descorrer
to draw back
el correo
mail
equivocarse
to make a mistake
mejorar
to improve
enmendarse
to mend one's ways
enmendar
to amend
ajustarse
to adapt to
corregir
to correct
el invitado
guest
la convocatoria
call
desconvocar
to call off
reunirse
to meet
el vocablo
word
la vocación
vocation
transformarse en
to become
quedarse
to keep
quedar
to remain
quedarse
to stay
convertirse en
to turn into
mudar
to change
mudarse
to move
la conversión
conversion
convertido
converted
recordar
to remind
conveniente
advisable
el convenio
agreement
convenido
agreed
convincente
convincing
el convencimiento
conviction
disuadir
to dissuade
persuadir
to persuade
convencerse
to convince oneself
convencer
to convince
colaborar
to collaborate
la contribución
tax
el/la contribuyente
taxpayer
la contribución
contribution
contribuir
to contribute
el signo
sign
siguiente
next
la continuidad
continuity
continuar
to continue
descontinuar
to discontinue
a continuación
next
continuo
continuous
la réplica
replica
el contestador automático
answering machine
protestar
to protest
la contestación
answer
contestar
to answer
excluir
to exclude
el contenido
content
la cuenta bancaria
bank account
¿Qué cuentas?
What's up?
el contador
accountant
recontar
to recount
descontar
to deduct
darse cuenta
to realize
tomar en cuenta
to take into account
la cuenta
bill
el/la cuentista
storyteller
el cuento
story
contar
to tell
contar
to count
vencer
to defeat
vencido
defeated
demoler
to demolish
derribar
to knock down
deshacer
to undo
destruir
to destroy
edificar
to build
erigir
to erect
construir
to construct
constitutivo
constituent
constituyente
constituent
restituir
to restore
instituir
to institute
formar
to form
constituir
to constitute
conseguir
to get
desconocer
to not know
rendirse
to surrender
la rendición
surrender
la derrota
defeat
derrotar
to defeat
admitir
to admit
confesar
to confess
traducir
to translate
producir
to produce
introducir
to introduce
desviar
to divert
desorientar
to disorient
dirigir
to direct
pilotar
to pilot
manejar
to drive
guiar
to guide
inducir
to induce
abducir
to abduct
incluir
to include
conducir
to lead
conducir
to drive
comprenderse
to understand each other
comprensivo
comprehensive
ignorar
to be ignorant of
aprehender
to apprehend
comprender
to understand
la compra
purchase
ocurrir
to happen
descomponer
to decompose
descompuesto
broken
indisponer
to turn against
la disponibilidad
availability
disponible
available
indisponible
unavailable
el compositor
composer
imponerse
to assert oneself
imponer
to impose
compuesto
composed
exponer
to expose
deponer
to testify
deponer
to depose
el compuesto
compound
componer
to compose
abstenerse
to abstain
al final
at the end
al principio
at the beginning
al comienzo
at the beginning
el comienzo
beginning
empezar
to start
terminar
to end
concluir
to conclude
completar
to complete
iniciar
to begin
recomenzar
to begin again
comenzar
to start
la colocación
job
proseguir
to proceed
proseguir
to pursue
alojar
to accommodate
descolocar
to put out of place
colocar
to place
pender
to hang
descolgar
to take down
colgar
to hang
colgar
to hang up
separar
to separate
el cogedor
dustpan
la cogida
harvest
escoger
to choose
encoger
to shrink
acoger
to receive
recoger
to gather
recoger
to pick up
inferir
to infer
colegir
to gather
asar
to grill
freír
to fry
guisar
to cook
cocer
to cook
mencionar
to mention
convocar
to convene
convenir
to agree
citar
to cite
citar
to make an appointment
anhelar
to long
succionar
to suck
chupar
to suck
aspirar
to inhale
chistar
to make a sound
conversar
to talk
platicar
to talk
charlar
to chat
garantizar
to guarantee
atestiguar
to testify
certificar
to register
la cerradura
lock
encerrarse
to shut oneself up
encerrar
to lock up
clausurar
to close
festejarse
to be celebrated
festejar
to celebrate
conmemorar
to commemorate
casarse
to get married
divorciarse
to get divorced
descargar
to unload
la carga
load
cargar
to load
describir
to describe
representar
to represent
distinguir
to distinguish
caracterizar
to characterize
chantajear
to blackmail
el chantaje
blackmail
relajarse
to relax
acostarse
to go to bed
descansar
to rest
fatigarse
to get fatigued
pararse
to stop
pararse
to stand up
pasearse
to go for a walk
transformar
to transform
convertirse
to become
convertir
to convert
descalzar
to take off somebody's shoes
herrar
to shoe
calzarse
to put on
calzar
to put shoes on
silenciar
to silence
callarse
to be quiet
enfriar
to cool
congelar
to freeze
caldear
to heat
calentar
to heat
recaer
to relapse
decaer
to decline
caerse
to fall
sobrepasar
to exceed
contenerse
to restrain oneself
contener
to contain
caber
to fit
el buscador
search engine
rebuscar
to search carefully
la búsqueda
search
sonreírse
to smile
reírse
to laugh
escarnecer
to ridicule
hervir
to boil
burbujear
to bubble
la burla
taunt
tostarse al sol
to get a suntan
broncearse
to get a tan
el rebote
bounce
la bulla
uproar
burlarse
to make fun of
bullir
to boil
broncear
to bronze
botar
to throw away
borrar
to erase
aludir
to allude to
hallar
to find
acontecer
to occur
disponer
to arrange
mascar
to chew
el trono
throne
hallarse
to be
esfumarse
to vanish
la bata
robe
rezar
to pray
seres vivos
living beings
influir
to influence
el prejuicio
prejudice
difundir
to spread
la vara
rod
la tendencia
trend
el discurso
discourse
el auge
boom
el/la gerente
manager
el/la líder
leader
liderar
to lead
superarse
to better oneself
fomentar
to promote
aportar
to contribute
la presencia
presence
afinar
to perfect
refinar
to refine
llamativo
showy
el valle
valley
la orilla
shore
la cera
wax
el acero
steel
la tela
canvas
el esmalte
enamel
maduro
mature
la madera
wood
la cerámica
pottery
la arcilla
clay
el mármol
marble
la pincelada
brushstroke
el pincel
paintbrush
el encargo
order
el aspecto
appearance
la tapa
lid
el daltonismo
color blindness
estancado
stagnant
mientras que
whereas
a partir de
since
hasta que
until
por lo tanto
so
así que
so
aun
even
aunque
even though
sin embargo
however
no obstante
nevertheless
además
besides
desgranar
to shell
ocupar
to occupy
tardar
to take
el verdor
greenness
la maroma
flip
el rocío
dew
el crujido
creak
leve
slight
el cáñamo
twine
el hilo
thread
el rumor
murmur
la culebra
snake
el papalote
kite
en tanto
meanwhile
el excusado
bathroom
recorrerse
to cover
de pronto
suddenly
estampar
to stamp
espeso
thick
chorrear
to gush
el granado
pomegranate tree
el ladrillo
brick
la hendidura
fissure
cualquier
any
el bocado
bite
amarrar
to tie
doblar
to double
aflojarse
to loosen
arrastrar
to drag
mediante
by means of
la vereda
path
acortar
to shorten
la ventaja
advantage
tierno
tender
apenas
barely
ajuarar
to furnish
el colchón
mattress
precisamente
precisely
al fondo
in the background
de modo que
so that
descombrar
to clear
los tiliches
junk
el bulto
bundle
angosto
narrow
la serie
series
el alojamiento
accommodations
la ojeada
quick glance
orientar
to position
trabar
to hinder
escaso
scarce
destrabar
to overcome
destrabar
to detach
trabarse
to get tangled up
oscurecer
to darken
la hebra
thread
el paso
step
asomar de
to stick out of
el rebozo
shawl
la bocacalle
side street
empedrado
paved
hueco
hollow
desprender
to detach
la terraza
terrace
el escritorio
desk
la despensa
pantry
la maceta
flowerpot
el cenicero
ashtray
la mecedora
rocking chair
el jarrón
vase
la sábana
sheet
la cobija
blanket
el colgador
hanger
el joyero
jewelry box
el joyero
jeweler
el vestidor
dressing room
la cómoda
chest of drawers
el estante
shelf
la repisa
shelf
la llave
faucet
el cajón
drawer
la cajonera
chest of drawers
el inodoro
toilet
la ingle
groin
el riñón
kidney
la muela
molar
cojear
to limp
el vello
hair
el moretón
bruise
el orzuelo
stye
el hoyuelo
dimple
la verruga
wart
la quemadura
burn
la cicatriz
scar
la ojera
bag under one's eyes
el pómulo
cheekbone
el lunar
mole
la arruga
wrinkle
el esqueleto
skeleton
el arco
arch
el tímpano
eardrum
el tobillo
ankle
la espinilla
shin
el hígado
liver
la costilla
rib
el nudillo
knuckle
el cuello
neck
el sobaco
armpit
la barba
beard
la patilla
sideburn
la garganta
throat
el rostro
countenance
la pestaña
eyelash
la mandíbula
jaw
la ceja
eyebrow
el párpado
eyelid
la pupila
pupil
el cráneo
skull
la sien
temple
el cachete
cheek
la mejilla
cheek
el bigote
mustache
el mentón
chin
la barbilla
chin
el bostezo
yawn
bostezar
to yawn
suprimir
to suppress
obliterar
to obliterate
eliminar
to eliminate
el borrador
eraser
la tecla
key
el teclado
keyboard
el borrado
erasure
la goma de borrar
eraser
el pecado
sin
la maldición
curse
la bendición
blessing
consagrar
to consecrate
maldecir
to curse
bendecir
to bless
absorber
to absorb
embeberse
to become absorbed in
embeber
to soak up
el bautismo
baptism
bautizar
to baptize
cepillarse
to brush
el barrendero
street sweeper
barrer
to sweep
la bañera
bathtub
tartamudear
to stutter
balbucir
to stammer
el balbuceo
babbling
balbucear
to stammer
descender
to descend
debajo de
under
la rebaja
discount
rebajar
to reduce
descargar
to download
la baja
fall
la bajada
descent
el/la ayudante
assistant
impedir
to hinder
la averiguación
investigation
el ingeniero
engineer
el investigador
investigator
investigar
to investigate
inquirir
to inquire into
averiguar
to find out
avergonzar
to embarrass
humillar
to humiliate
avergonzado
ashamed
desvergonzado
shameless
progresar
to progress
retrasar
to delay
el avanzo
balance sheet
el avance
advance
el atrevimiento
audacity
atrevido
bold
acobardarse
to chicken out
osar
to dare
atravesado
mean
la travesía
crossing
atreverse
to dare
atravesar
to cross
atraer
to attract
seducir
to seduce
la atracción
attraction
atrayente
attractive
obedecer
to obey
amoldarse
to adapt
mantener
to maintain
atenerse
to abide by
el ataque al corazón
heart attack
atacado
nervous
proteger
to protect
asaltar
to attack
el ataque
attack
el/la atacante
attacker
atacar
to attack
asustado
scared
asustarse
to get frightened
espantarse
to get frightened
el susto
scare
acudir
to come
la asistencia
attendance
desasir
to release
afirmar
to assert
el seguro
insurance
asegurado
insured
certificar
to certify
asegurar
to assure
pronunciar
to pronounce
el/la articulista
columnist
articular
to articulate
desarticular
to take apart
atrapar
to catch
tirar
to throw
lanzar
to throw
arrojado
brave
el lanzador
thrower
el lanzallamas
flamethrower
el arrojo
fearlessness
arrojar
to hurl
reparar
to repair
el reglamento
regulations
el arreglo
agreement
ajustar
to adjust
arreglar
to fix
desarraigar
to uproot
extraer
to extract
arrancar
to start
arrancar
to pull out
el apuro
predicament
apurarse
to hurry
utilizar
to use
aproximarse
to approach
aprovechar
to take advantage of
la aprobación
approval
el aprobado
passing grade
detenerse
to stop
precipitar
to hasten
tener prisa
to be in a hurry
apresurar
to quicken
apresurarse
to hurry up
instruirse
to improve oneself
instruir
to instruct
desaprender
to unlearn
el/la aprendiz
apprentice
el aprendizaje
apprenticeship
el precio
price
estimar
to value
el aprecio
esteem
apreciar
to appreciate
preciar
to appreciate
apropiarse
to appropriate
apoderar
to empower
apoderarse
to take control of
aplaudir
to applaud
palmear
to pat
la aparición
apparition
surgir
to arise
desaparecer
to disappear
parecer
to seem
aparecer
to appear
el aparecido
ghost
encender
to turn on
el apagón
blackout
el incendio
fire
el extinguidor de fuego
fire extinguisher
desandar
to retrace
proclamar
to proclaim
predecir
to forecast
la andanza
luck
las andanzas
adventures
andarse
to be
sumar
to add
añadir
to add
adicionar
to add
detestar
to detest
el enemigo
enemy
la amistad
friendship
la amabilidad
kindness
el/la amante
lover
amable
kind
bajar
to go down
levantar
to lift
elevar
to raise
subir
to go up
el alzo
theft
alzar
to lift
el alumbrado
lighting
la lumbre
glow
alumbrar
to illuminate
arrendar
to rent
alquilar
to rent
alegrarse
to be happy
entristecerse
to grow sad
saltar
to jump
alcanzable
attainable
gozar
to enjoy oneself
lograr
to achieve
al alcance de
within reach of
alcanzar
to reach
economizar
to economize
guardar
to keep
aguardar
to wait for
unirse
to join together
unir
to join
agruparse
to form a group
agrupar
to group
segregar
to segregate
colegir
to deduce
colegir
to infer
agregar
to add
el agravamiento
worsening
agravante
aggravating
agravar
to aggravate
incrementar
to increase
agrandar
to make bigger
desagradecer
to be ungrateful for
agradecer
to be grateful
desagradar
to displease
agradar
to be pleasing
satisfacer
to satisfy
gastar
to spend
el agotamiento
exhaustion
agotado
sold out
agotador
exhausting
agotar
to exhaust
agitar
to stir up
soltar
to let go of
la agarrada
fight
el asimiento
grasp
desgarrar
to tear apart
asir
to grab
agarrar
to grab
rasurarse
to shave
la advertencia
warning
avisar
to warn
advertir
to advise
adquirir
to acquire
venerar
to venerate
rechazar
to reject
rehusar
to refuse
despreciar
to despise
predecir
to predict
la adivinanza
riddle
el acertijo
riddle
pronosticar
to forecast
adivinar
to guess
delante
in front
adelante
forward
avanzar
to advance
adelantar
to advance
denunciar
to denounce
socorrer
to help
auxiliar
auxiliary
asistir
to attend
acudir
to go to
acuchillar
to knife
de costumbre
usual
acostumbrar
to be accustomed to
rememorar
to remember
acordarse
to remember
desacordar
to put out of tune
acordar
to agree
desaconsejar
to advise against
sugerir
to suggest
acompañar
to accompany
aconsejar
to advise
esclarecer
to clarify
aclarar
to clarify
aclamar
to acclaim
reclamar
to claim
abuchear
to boo
acertado
appropriate
ciertamente
certainly
el acertijo
riddle
acertar
to hit the target
cercar
to enclose
alejar
to move away from
cercado
fenced in
acercar
to move closer
aprobar
to approve
acelerar
to accelerate
el aburrimiento
boredom
la abstinencia
abstinence
disculpar
to excuse
dispensar
to excuse
absolver
to acquit
la abrazadera
clamp
abrasar
to burn
batir
to beat
abatido
dejected
abatir
to knock down
desportillar
to chip
la pisada
footstep
revolotear
to flit about
el rumbo
course
el petate
palm leaf mat
terrenal
earthly
la vejiga
bladder
detrás
behind
el toronjil
lemon balm
la toronja
grapefruit
el agujero
hole
la aguja
needle
abarcar
to extend over
la cazuela
casserole dish
la lombriz
worm
la gota
drop
la brasa
ember
el cerro
hill
el cuervo
crow
rebotar
to bounce
emparejarse
to go with
traslucir
to reveal
el sopor
drowsiness
reventar
to be bursting to
armar
to assemble
la lejanía
distance
la cuesta
slope
a través de
through
suspirar
to sigh
envenenar
to poison
la canícula
dog days of summer
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