J-OB's El Pais

279 words by J-OB
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espabilarse
espabilarse
to get one's act together
la envergadura
la envergadura
importance
zozobrar
zozobrar
to fail
modoso
modoso
well-mannered
barrer
barrer
to sweep
la incógnita
la incógnita
mystery
amañado
amañado
rigged
alentar
alentar
to encourage
aledaño
aledaño
adjacent
sembrar
sembrar
to sow
tozudo
tozudo
stubborn
desapacible
desapacible
unpleasant
el deje
el deje
accent
el telón
el telón
curtain
avispado
avispado
bright
el hastío
el hastío
disgust
agredir
agredir
to attack
el hallazgo
el hallazgo
discovery
el tesón
el tesón
tenacity
hormiguear
to tingle
escurrir
to drain
el aval
support
la turba
mob
desinteresado
selfless
ajado
worn
el edredón
duvet
arrebatar
to snatch
el recato
modesty
zarpar
to set sail
lijar
to sand down
varado
stranded
el sigilo
secrecy
el pecado
sin
adrede
on purpose
el enjambre
swarm
la ráfaga
gust
de antemano
beforehand
la marea
tide
la pleamar
high tide
caducifolio
deciduous
a quemarropa
at point-blank
el pecio
shipwreck
la avería
breakdown
topar
to run into
rendido
exhausted
prolijo
meticulous
la tregua
respite
escabroso
rough
titilar
to twinkle
el aturdimiento
bewilderment
famélico
famished
menudo
insignificant
el ademán
gesture
zafarse de
to get away from
quebradizo
crumbly
la soltura
ease
ingenuo
naive
la sensatez
common sense
el taco
swear word
sibilino
enigmatic
la guasa
sense of humour
el soponcio
fright
el crujido
creak
el chasquido
crack
el albornoz
bathrobe
el anhelo
longing
irrisorio
ridiculous
carraspear
to clear one's throat
la saña
rage
el frenazo
sudden stop
esparcir
to scatter
el morro
snout
friolero
sensitive to the cold
el cobijo
shelter
el terraplén
embankment
resbaladizo
slippery
la lejía
bleach
ahíto
fed up
el presupuesto
budget
templado
temperate
estrellarse
to crash
el órdago
all-or-nothing bet
la encrucijada
crossroads
la languidez
listlessness
pícaro
cunning
desvaído
faded
el repelús
the creeps
la trama
conspiracy
atónito
astonished
pisar
to step on
escudriñar
to scrutinize
codicioso
greedy
desquiciado
unhinged
rebotar
to bounce
el desagüe
drain
atorar
to obstruct
serenarse
to calm down
incumbir
to be one's business
desgastar
to wear out
avispado
quick-witted
la bandeja
tray
apuñalar
to stab
huraño
unsociable
el pudor
shame
el meollo
core
pillar
to get
zanjar
to resolve
derramar
to spill
chascar
to click
la malla
mesh
acodarse
to lean on
el alféizar
windowsill
acaso
perhaps
el recoveco
hidden corner
el recoveco
turn
sembrar
to plant
envarado
stiffly
reparar
to notice
inmutar
to upset
hidalgo
generous
ilustrado
erudite
demudar
to alter
aguantar
to bear
el ápice
iota
ahorcarse
to hang oneself
rencoroso
resentful
acertar
to get right
abroncar
to tell off
el cuero cabelludo
scalp
el hormigueo
tingling
mandón
bossy
cuanto antes
as soon as possible
sobrar
to be left over
estorbar
to get in the way of
alterarse
to get agitated
el acontecimiento
event
desencajado
contorted
tajante
unequivocal
las agallas
guts
canoso
gray-haired
rechoncho
chubby
averiguar
to find out
de mala gana
reluctantly
escueto
concise
enternecer
to move
incorporarse
to sit up
sin más
just like that
los sesos
brains
devanarse
to rack one's brains
alisarse
to smooth out
el remordimiento
remorse
el listón
level
desparramar
to spill
apañar
to rig
la meta
goal
agachar
to lower
la faena
task
el escudo
shield
rajar
to rip
el desagrado
displeasure
la mueca
grimace
la barandilla
handrail
pudrirse
to decay
desperdiciar
to waste
de par en par
wide open
conque
so then
tal y como
just as
rendirse
to give up
el atajo
shortcut
la herramienta
tool
fomentar
to promote
devolver
to give back
rebasar
to exceed
colarse
to sneak in
la garra
claw
insólito
unusual
machacar
to crush
el trastorno
disorder
arrastrar
to drag
el cariño
affection
el afecto
affection
rozar
to brush against
idóneo
suitable
estallar
to explode
receloso
suspicious
el escombro
rubble
el cimiento
foundation
estrambótico
outlandish
la desavenencia
disagreement
la ristra
string
aparatoso
flamboyant
aparatoso
spectacular
contundente
forceful
matizar
to qualify
desplegar
to unfold
el grueso
main body
el alza
rise
la vejiga
bladder
sabio
wise
el acicate
incentive
a medida que
as
el viraje
swerve
arrancar
to start
de tanto
from so much
inverosímil
improbable
amañar
to tamper with
el desenfado
ease
exigente
demanding
ceñir
to cling to
la vertiente
slope
ingeniar
to invent
desempeñar
to carry out
el dictamen
ruling
sentar
to sit
el aforado
person with parliamentary immunity
aforado
privileged
la trama
plot
el rasgo
feature
intuir
to sense
el estrellato
stardom
indagar
to investigate
la envergadura
magnitude
el marrón
mess
rezagado
backward
por lo visto
apparently
pillar
to catch
el parón
sudden stop
el auge
boom
el azar
chance
azaroso
risky
antojarse
to feel like
estafar
to rip off
estafar
to defraud
desgraciado
unfortunate
medir
to measure
fastidiar
to annoy
estropear
to damage
estropear
to ruin
fastidiar
to ruin
desbaratar
to ruin
desbaratar
to disrupt
leve
slight
el abandono
withdrawal
el abandono
abandonment
interactuar
to interact
repartir
to distribute
por fin
finally
la estafa
rip-off
el reto
challenge
el desafío
challenge
tal como
such as
la rodaja
slice
el trozo
piece
la loncha
slice
la rebanada
slice
apurarse
to hurry
tal y como
just like
debidamente
properly
ocioso
idle
impedir
to prevent
el carburante
fuel
escoltar
to escort
el almacenamiento
storage
los suministros
supplies
el heredero
heir
el brote
outbreak
derrocar
to overthrow
el cohete
rocket
el paraje
place
asomarse
to come out
asomarse
to look
sepultar
to bury
padecer
to endure
padecer
to suffer from
barajar
to quarrel
barajar
to consider
acudir
to turn to
acudir
to come
la víspera
eve
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