Paul’s General Vocab List

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engañar
engañar
to trick
espantoso
espantoso
horrifying
apuñalar
apuñalar
to stab
volcar
volcar
to tip over
el imprevisto
el imprevisto
unexpected event
el semblante
el semblante
look on one's face
la mandanga
la mandanga
rubbish
pretender
pretender
to expect
la fortaleza
la fortaleza
strength
ingresar
ingresar
to join
la performance
la performance
performance
las agujetas
las agujetas
stiffness
al garete
al garete
down the drain
el/la currante
el/la currante
worker
el corto plazo
el corto plazo
short term
rayar
rayar
to drive crazy
hortera
hortera
trashy
apartar
apartar
to move away
desperdiciar
desperdiciar
to waste
el rompecabezas
jigsaw puzzle
tal como
just as
de soslayo
out of the corner of one's eye
el desenlace
ending
tender
to hand
colocar
to hang
te lo juro
I swear
descomunal
huge
atreverse
to dare
a la venta
for sale
colarse
to sneak in
no es para tanto
it's not such a big deal
arrasar
to sweep to victory
engañar
to trick
resultar
to prove
resultar
to turn out
enterarse
to find out
enterar
to notify
alistar
to put on a list
frotar
to rub
lanzar
to launch
desempeñar
to play
la cordillera
mountain range
remontar
to overcome
el despistado
scatterbrain
arrasar
to destroy
reemplazar
to replace
está en venta
it's for sale
para nada
in the least bit
enterarse
to find out
apuntarse
to join
ajetreado
busy
el round
round
pellizcar
to pinch
soltar
to release
el desfile
parade
gafado
jinxed
reñir
to tell off
la maldad
evil
exigente
exacting
elaborar
to produce
lucir
to shine
tender
to hang
de por vida
for life
a no ser que
unless
el cachondeo
laugh
ser propio de
to be typical of
ni hablar
you must be joking
ni hablar
no way
la hoja de papel
sheet of paper
el fracaso
failure
la amenaza
threat
la huelga
strike
la inversión
investment
a qué se debe
what it is due to
para nada
not at all
en absoluto
not at all
estropear
to ruin
el entrevistador
interviewer
asegurarse
to make sure
el/la hincha
fan
cojonudo
great
reposar
to rest
pelín
a bit
pese a todo
despite everything
aún así
still like that
incorporado
built-in
mayor
bigger
el ocio
spare time
apretado
cramped
la creencia
belief
que te diviertas
have fun
duradero
durable
en medio
in the way
cargado
strong
alcanzable
attainable
vencer
to beat
vencer
to defeat
la fuerza de voluntad
willpower
derrotar
to defeat
superar
to overcome
con respecto a
regarding
provenir
to come from
grosso modo
roughly
arroparse
to wrap up
inquietante
worrying
más te vale
you'd better
la bofetada
slap in the face
torpe
clumsy
bochornoso
embarrassing
la fila
queue
la fila
line
sospechoso
suspicious
ansioso
anxious
la ansiedad
anxiety
de improviso
unexpectedly
el vistazo
look
curro
cocky
antipático
unfriendly
polémico
controversial
despistado
miles away
empanado
sluggish
latir
to beat
desembocar
to lead into
espetar
to blurt out
exagerar
to exaggerate
hinchar
to exaggerate
hinchar
to inflate
el azar
chance
el churro
mess
mimar
to pamper
inundar
to flood
permanecer
to remain
incorporarse
to sit up
susurrar
to whisper
el estruendo
crash
el rabillo del ojo
corner of one's eye
semejante
similar
el portón
front door
el aro
hoop
el aro
ring
el candado
padlock
la cadena
chain
adentrarse
to go into
entrever
to make out
despuntar
to break
de sobra
enough
fastidiar
to annoy
la desgana
lack of enthusiasm
descarado
cheeky
atravesar
to go through
la persiana
blind
pasmado
astonished
pasmado
frozen stiff
pasmado
stunned
el escaparate
shop window
ten cuidado
watch out
ten cuidado
be careful
servicial
helpful
amenazar
to threaten
alinear
to align
el planazo
great plan
la cifra
sum
la cifra
number
el soplo
gust
el soplo
blow
la chiripa
fluke
el jaleo
racket
el jaleo
commotion
en lo alto
high up
en lo alto
on top
masticar
to chew
enfilar
to head for
asentir
to agree
tragarse
to swallow
aterrizar
to land
congeniar
to get along
innumerable
countless
el aficionado
fan
el cirujano
surgeon
rodear
to surround
borrar
to delete
acertar
to get right
ensimismado
lost in thought
hechizar
to cast a spell on
pulcramente
neatly
agitar
to shake
la hierba
grass
atajar
to cut short
de par en par
wide open
ausente
daydreaming
ausente
distracted
ausente
absent
acariciar
to stroke
atigrado
striped
risueño
smiling
el andén
platform
el ferrocarril
railway
en pleno
in full
colocar
to put
de un plumazo
in a jiffy
el tebeo
comic
la pandilla
gang
el amanecer
sunrise
la orilla
shore
arrastrar
to drag
aun así
even then
aun así
even so
la pila
battery
cargar
to charge
guarro
dirty
borde
rude
por entonces
back then
el fallo
mistake
fracasar
to fail
ser propio de
to be characteristic of
guardar
to put away
la pereza
laziness
el presupuesto
budget
la andadura
journey
la barrera
barrier
resuelto
determined
por último
finally
el pelín
a bit
exigente
demanding
la metedura de pata
blunder
el hecho de que
the fact that
por doquier
everywhere
cauteloso
cautious
la cautela
caution
asombrado
amazed
repasar
to go through
el compromiso
commitment
el mogollón
loads
vincular
to link
el/la tiquismiquis
fusspot
a partir de ahí
from that point on
a partir de ahí
from there on
la sobra
excess
a lo lejos
in the distance
el gustazo
great pleasure
a tope
seriously
sin parar
nonstop
paso a paso
gradually
paso a paso
step by step
¡Dale!
Go ahead!
el acierto
correct answer
aguantar
to put up with
avecinar
to bring closer together
ni mucho menos
far from it
estropear
to damage
¡Hala!
Come on!
el empeño
effort
la escabechina
massacre
el rencor
resentment
desafiar
to challenge
fiable
reliable
toparse
to run into
el rumbo
course
la red
network
alojarse
to stay
en plan
like
el tejado
roof
rodeado
surrounded
tras
after
no es para tanto
it's not all it's cracked up to be
currar
to work
callar
to keep quiet
portarse
to behave
hay que ver
it's incredible
debilitar
to weaken
repletar
to fill completely
huir
to run away
disimular
to cover up
vigilar
to keep an eye on
atravesar
to go through
a falta de
in the absence of
tacaño
stingy
desmayarse
to faint
no hace falta
there's no need
permitirse
to afford
retener
to keep in one's head
basta
enough
fijarse
to notice
asegurar
to guarantee
sustituir
to replace
imprescindible
essential
desconocido
unknown
tirar
to knock down
dar de comer
to feed
apretado
busy
apretado
tight
el chalado
nutter
puesto que
since
de ahí que
that's why
pijo
posh
otro lado
somewhere else
si yo fuera tú
if I were you
merecer
to deserve
de alguna forma
somehow
lanzar
to throw
perezoso
lazy
saborear
to taste
el pillín
rascal
decidido
determined
regañar
to tell off
acompañar
to go with
cuando quieras
whenever you want to
actual
up-to-date
por los pelos
only just
subir al coche
to get in the car
a partir de
from ... on
los aseos
bathroom
soltar
to let go of
nunca jamás
never again
nunca jamás
never ever
el tesoro
treasure
las buenas notas
good grades
enterarse de
to find out
a partir de
from
apuntarse
to enroll
advertir
to warn
señalar
to point out
la pérdida de tiempo
waste of time
la madrugada
small hours
madrugar
to get up early
empalagar
to be too sweet
empalagoso
sickly sweet
matar dos pájaros de un tiro
to kill two birds with one stone
el comportamiento
behavior
fallar
to let down
hostia
damn it
hostia
Jesus
pillar
to get
por lo que
so
la gota
drop
decepcionar
to disappoint
hundir
to destroy
la pista
track
el sello
stamp
el artilugio
gadget
el abanico
fan
destacar
to emphasize
el atropello
shove
optar
to opt for
déjame
let me
el escaneo
scan
subestimar
to underestimate
si es así
if so
a tope
packed
el tronco
mate
la resaca
hangover
que te mejores
get well soon
la bandeja
tray
la estación
season
por lo tanto
therefore
su propio
its own
estar hecho una sopa
to look like a drowned rat
por desgracia
unfortunately
ya que
given that
a propósito
by the way
hacia
toward
hacia adelante
forward
hacia atrás
backward
a lo largo de
along
dejarse
to let oneself
con lo que
after all
yo no
I'm not
el discurso
speech
hacer trampa
to cheat
el callejón sin salida
dead end
la privacidad
privacy
la desventaja
disadvantage
sugerir
to suggest
la carpeta
folder
la tapa
lid
va de
it's about
la oración
sentence
según
according to
medir
to measure
la medida
measurement
asustar
to frighten
la obra maestra
masterpiece
de paso
while one's at it
enrollar
to wind up
para variar
for a change
la actualización
update
empeorar
to make worse
el recordatorio
reminder
atento
thoughtful
la pega
snag
sobre todo
above all
el altibajo
ups and downs
la ética de trabajo
work ethic
el/la manitas
handyman
la capucha
hood
insoportable
unbearable
al parecer
apparently
darse vuelta
to turn around
¿Qué hay de ti?
What about you?
en plan
like
el apodo
nickname
la mancha
stain
marcar
to score
demás
other
lo demás
the rest
enganchado
hooked on
echar la bronca
to tell off
la charca
pond
el charco
puddle
de quién es el libro
whose is the book
¿Para quién?
For whom?
¿De quién son?
Whose are they?
cuyo
whose
lo de
the business about
arrepentirse
to regret (it)
ocasionar
to cause
exigir
to demand
la novedad
news
enterar
to inform
pertenecer
to belong to
sin embargo
however
quienquiera
whoever
trasladar
to transfer
el paisaje
scenery
el paisaje
landscape
yo que tú
if I were you
aclararse
to get the hang of
aclararse
to get one's head round it
aclarar
to clarify
dispuesto
willing
la jornada
shift
la jornada
working day
¿Cada cuánto?
How often?
ya está
that's it
aburrir
to bore
me da pena
I feel sorry for you
puede ser
maybe
única forma
only way
única manera
only way
la única
the only
tú también
you too
el cartero
postman
tenso
taut
el arcén
hard shoulder
derrumbar
to demolish
deprisa
fast
anteayer
the day before yesterday
decepcionante
disappointing
decepcionado
disappointed
deprimido
depressed
deprimente
depressing
fallar
to fail
falso
false
claramente
clearly
reducir
to reduce
depender
to depend
qué rollo
what a bore
hacerse famoso
to become famous
¿Dónde queda eso?
Whereabouts is that?
huir
to escape
narrar
to narrate
abrumador
overwhelming
la raíz
root
regalar
to give
a través de
through
atrás
behind
el cajón
drawer
el trozo
piece
la chispa
spark
vale la pena
it's worth it
lastimar
to hurt
la acera
pavement
el peatón
pedestrian
por ciento
percent
cuanto menos
the less
cuanto más
the more
¿Cuánto tiempo hace?
How long ago?
suceder
to happen
así
like that
apestoso
stinking
me da pereza
I can't be bothered
en todas partes
everywhere
de todos modos
anyway
tiene buena pinta
it looks good
opuesto
opposite
cuando sea
whenever
buen rollo
good vibe
plano
flat
apenas
hardly
céntrico
central
para entonces
by then
así es como
that's how
mí mismo
myself
ella misma
she herself
él mismo
he...himself
así es
that's right
¡Eso es!
That's it!
el consejo
advice
el guion
script
qué alivio
what a relief
meter
to put
meterse
to get involved
ya que
now that
calar
to soak
destacar
to stand out
el vestuario
changing room
da igual
it doesn't matter
llamar la atención
to call attention to
en marcha
in operation
lo que más
what ... most
las redes sociales
social media
la imprenta
printing house
el daño
damage
el ángulo
angle
chocar
to crash
estirar
to stretch
apuesto a que
I bet that
la ubicación
location
agradecer
to be grateful
a menos que
unless
tan pronto como
as soon as
en caso de que
in case
con tal de que
as long as
frenar
to brake
negar
to deny
ostentar
to show off
promover
to promote
la rama
branch
el mandato
order
la parodia
parody
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