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la intemperie
la intemperie
the elements
el intríngulis
el intríngulis
snag
acotar
acotar
to delimit
loar
loar
to laud
la debacle
la debacle
debacle
cementar
cementar
to cement
aunar
aunar
to combine
mercantilizar
mercantilizar
to commercialize
el ultraje
el ultraje
outrage
apelar
apelar
to appeal to
término medio
término medio
middle ground
la piedra angular
la piedra angular
cornerstone
de corrido
de corrido
nonstop
tender
tender
to lay out
amigable
amigable
amicable
afín
afín
related
agenciar
agenciar
to obtain
retomar
retomar
to take up again
estribar
estribar
to be based on
decantarse
to opt for
de manera que
so
plantearse
to consider
plantearse
to arise
a duras penas
with great difficulty
fructífero
fruitful
la alcurnia
lineage
acuñar
to coin
el corcel
steed
la presteza
promptness
transigir
to compromise
comprender
to include
rendir cuentas
to account for
acéfalo
leaderless
la casa matriz
head office
traslapar
to overlap
el rezago
backwardness
protagónico
leading
vigente
valid
el/la cazatalentos
headhunter
recapacitar
to reflect on
rutilante
shining
propicio
favorable
propicio
propitious
estorbar
to hinder
limítrofe
bordering
abstraerse
to detach oneself
el relieve
prominence
a raíz de
as a result of
la mojigatería
sanctimoniousness
excedente
surplus
rimbombante
ostentatious
el mayorazgo
primogeniture
aplastante
crushing
tardíamente
belatedly
arrollador
overwhelming
arrollador
irresistible
sino más bien
but more like
de igual forma
in the same way
suntuario
sumptuary
descomunal
colossal
a base de
consisting of mainly
incipiente
fledgling
inmiscuirse
to meddle
impertérrito
unmoved
adicionar
to add
las creces
increase
la procuraduría
lawyer's office
la fiscalía
public prosecutor
la fiscalía
district attorney's office
el lineamiento
guideline
el objeto
purpose
muñir
to summon
enrevesado
complicated
el desplante
affront
el abolengo
ancestry
primoroso
exquisite
la dejadez
neglect
cundir
to go a long way
pródigo
wasteful
derrochador
wasteful
desperdiciar
to squander
sobrentender
to infer
aunque
although
aunque
even if
buena marcha
smooth running
fehaciente
irrefutable
dar cuenta de
to give an account of
la maquinaria
machine
por consiguiente
consequently
con todo
with everything
con todo
despite everything
ahora bien
however
empero
nevertheless
empero
nonetheless
cavilar
to ponder
veloz
expeditious
acaecer
to occur
acaecer
to befall
el arrojo
fearlessness
acérrimo
staunch
primar
to take precedence over
defalcar
to embezzle
equitativo
equitable
digno
dignified
bochornoso
shameful
verbigracia
for example
por ende
consequently
por ende
therefore
increpar
to reprimand
aproximarse
to approximate
aproximarse
to draw near
aproximar
to bring closer together
empaparse
to get steeped in
empapar
to soak up
el meollo
heart
el meollo
crux
acabar por
to end up
ha de ser
must be
ha de ser
must be
ha de ser
it has to be
aquejar
to trouble
aquejar
to afflict
el derrotero
direction
dirimir
to annul
dirimir
to dissolve
morar
to dwell
por entonces
back then
por entonces
at the time
dar rienda suelta a
to give free rein to
esmerarse
to take great pains
esmerarse
to go to a lot of trouble
perentorio
peremptory
al respecto
in this respect
al respecto
in this regard
el recoveco
nook
restar
to deduct
restar
to minimize
dar pie
to give grounds to
el amontonamiento
accumulation
el resquicio
chink
el resquicio
opportunity
el tanteo
rough estimate
propiciar
to foster
propiciar
to create a favorable atmosphere for
a caballo
halfway between
a caballo
on the borderline between
el sinnúmero
no end of
en la medida en que
to the extent that
en la medida en que
insofar as
el escarmiento
punishment
la veeduría
inspectorate
arreciar
to intensify
escueto
concise
escueto
succinct
pregonar
to proclaim
reacio
reluctant
reacio
opposed
apabullante
crushing
apabullante
overwhelming
ahora bien
now then
ahora bien
having said that
el acervo
heritage
urdir
to plot
elucubrar
to speculate
elucubrar
to deliberate
elucubrar
to devise
somero
superficial
somero
summary
en cambio
conversely
acertado
accurate
librarse de
to get away with
salir impune de
to get away with
adueñarse
to take possession of
sin más preámbulos
without further ado
dar seguimiento
to follow up
el forcejeo
struggle
el derramamiento
shedding
el hacinamiento
overcrowding
la articulación
coordination
el asomo
hint
venidero
coming
comulgar
to agree with
la veleidad
capriciousness
en su mayor parte
mostly
remachar
to hammer home
el/la doblez
duplicity
el atavismo
atavism
redituable
profitable
el polo
centre
basta con que
it's enough for
el ahínco
determination
zambullirse
to immerse oneself
socavar
to undermine
pasar por alto
to overlook
rebosante
overflowing
sedimentar
to deposit
surgir
to arise
acusar
to acknowledge
la limosna
charity
desmesurado
excessive
el gravamen
burden
generalizarse
to spread
generalizarse
to become widespread
a medio camino
midway
emanar
to emanate
trillado
well-worn
trillado
hackneyed
si bien es cierto
while it's true
subyacente
underlying
con respecto a
with regard to
allanar
to overcome
predominantemente
predominantly
circundante
surrounding
desalentar
to discourage
la aportación
contribution
el boceto
outline
el saqueo
pillaging
quedo atento
I look forward
servicial
obliging
la coyuntura
situation
la coyuntura
situation
la coyuntura
joint
a raya
in check
a fin de que
in order to
la destreza
dexterity
en resumidas cuentas
in a nutshell
resueltamente
resolutely
topar
to lie
por si fuera poco
on top of that
la pujanza
vigour
pujante
vigorous
cursar
to issue
el recaudo
precaution
el recaudo
collection
ileso
unharmed
costearse
to finance
ostentar
to occupy
ostentar
to flaunt
el viraje
change
recrudecer
to worsen
el/la terrateniente
landowner
el amago
sign
la cúpula
leadership
a punto de
on the brink of
vaticinar
to predict
señorear
to dominate
acogerse
to have recourse to
la inquietud
affinity
cancelar
to pay off
sufragar
to vote
hacer trizas
to rip to shreds
a regañadientes
reluctantly
el donaire
witticism
la envergadura
breadth
carecer de
to not have
carecer de
to lack
asemejar
to compare
asemejar
to make look like
desprovisto de
lacking in
desprovisto de
devoid of
la dicha
happiness
encomendar
to commend
encomendar
to entrust
el quinquenio
five-year period
deleznable
atrocious
atropellar
to violate
mentado
well-known
asearse
to get washed and dressed
la osadía
audacity
el eslabón
link
tamizar
to screen
pretextar
to use as a pretext
pretextar
to claim
jaquear
to check
la enjundia
substance
inclusive
including
ardiente
fervent
erigirse
to set oneself up as
erigir
to declare
la calumnia
libel
el manantial
source
la medianía
middle ground
auscultar
to sound out
bregar
to work on
acarrear
to result in
acarrear
to give rise to
neurálgico
crucial
neurálgico
key
escorar
to lean toward
acechar
to lie in wait for
el miramiento
consideration
tajante
emphatic
tajante
unequivocal
extremar
to maximize
la lupa
fine-tooth comb
el derroche
profusion
el derroche
fine display
envolver
to imply
despachar
to take care of
despachar
to deal with
el pleito
lawsuit
titubeante
halting
titubeante
hesitant
titubeante
hesitant
fugaz
brief
fugaz
fleeting
rever
to review
rever
to review
quitar importancia
to downplay
indagar
to investigate
indagar
to enquire into
la advertencia
advice
la advertencia
warning
la salvedad
proviso
la salvedad
qualification
la demanda de notificación previa
caveat
apadrinar
to sponsor
malherido
badly injured
rezumar
to exude
rezumar
to ooze
compadecer
to feel sorry for
compadecer
to sympathise with
compadecer
to sympathize with
plasmar
to capture
plasmar
to give expression to
eximir
to exempt
excusado
exempt
exento
exempt
achacar
to attribute
achacar
to blame
tocante
with regard to
el lastre
burden
ultrajar
to offend
la mengua
decrease
atajar
to stem
atajar
to check the spread of
la secuela
consequence
inusitado
uncommon
ataviado
attired in
el destajo
piecework
el consejo
board
concertado
arranged
concertado
state assisted
ralentizar
to slow down
cebarse
to strike
dicho esto
this being said
el estrago
damage
por como
considering the way
por como
judging by the way
ensalzar
to extol
ensalzar
to sing the praises of
retraer
to dissuade
retraer
to retract
circunscribir
to circumscribe
sobreseer
to acquit
sobreseer
to dismiss
avenir
to bring together
avenir
to reconcile
reevaluar
to reassess
reevaluar
to reevaluate
aborrecer
to abandon
aborrecer
to abhor
colegir
to infer
colegir
to gather
traslucir
to betray
traslucir
to show
traslucir
to reveal
reconvertir
to rationalize
reconvertir
to reorganize
reconvertir
to restructure
trastocar
to disrupt
trastocar
to upset
dictar
to enact
promulgar
to enact
militar
to be an active member
militar
to be active
el concordato
concordat
previsiblemente
predictably
acaso
perhaps
incidir
to fall
incidir
to stress
incidir
to have a bearing
el estipendio
fee
hoy por hoy
at the present time
el fideicomiso
trust
avecinar
to bring closer together
avecinar
to herald
tibio
lukewarm
el/la portavoz
spokesperson
resonante
resounding
estrepitoso
resounding
las riendas
control
aflorar
to surface
constar
to consist of
constar
to be noted in
constar
to know for a fact
la enmienda
amendment
la ponencia
paper
la ponencia
presentation
la ponencia
committee
suavizar
to make milder
suavizar
to temper
la senda
path
la envergadura
scope
la envergadura
magnitude
desoír
to disregard
el referente
reference
referente
regarding
empeñarse en
to insist on
empeñarse en
to endeavor to
caudaloso
prolific
caudaloso
wealthy
citado
aforementioned
nombrado
aforementioned
antedicho
aforementioned
arriba mencionado
aforementioned
referido
aforementioned
ya mencionado
aforementioned
anteriormente mencionado
aforementioned
mentado
aforementioned
sobredicho
aforementioned
susodicho
aforementioned
descosido
disjointed
descosido
disconnected
pender
to depend on
pender
to hang over
vinculante
binding
la carestía
scarcity
la carestía
high cost
los comicios
elections
acuciante
urgent
aludido
aforesaid
reñido
hard-fought
recta final
homestretch
la pincelada
touch
la vertiente
side
la vertiente
aspect
así como
in the same way that
así como
as well as
la cantera
source
el suministro
provision
el contratiempo
accident
el contratiempo
setback
de tal modo que
to such an extent
de manera que
so that
el porte
demeanor
decaer
to wane
desmadejar
to weaken
muy seguido
so close together
muy seguido
almost-consecutive
muy seguido
pretty steadily
sino más bien
but rather
la entraña
core
a que si
that if
abonar
to lend credence to
coyuntural
interim
coyuntural
current
vaticinar
to forecast
ya sea
either
platicar
to talk
vislumbrar
to discern
avalar
to endorse
el socio
member
agasajar
to honor
agasajar
to lavish attention on
surcar
to score
desmenuzar
to flake
desmenuzar
to scrutinize
sobrecogedor
shocking
la maniobra
maneuver
el arrebato
outburst
suponer
to mean
la patera
dinghy
forjarse
to shape for oneself
labrarse
to bring about
el seno
heart
el pudor
modesty
escudarse
to hide behind
secundar
to support
secundar
to second
tal como
such as
tal como
just as
el escollo
hurdle
demorarse
to be delayed
abastecer
to supply
más bien
rather
paradójicamente
paradoxically
ni de lejos
not nearly
cadena de suministro
supply chain
afanarse
to make an effort
el desabastecimiento
scarcity
arremeter contra
to tear into
cargar contra
to attack
librar
to fight
a medida que
as
yuxtaponer
to juxtapose
paulatinamente
gradually
la pauta
guideline
pautar
to provide guidelines
sumamente
extremely
sumamente
exceedingly
depurado
refined
entre si
whether
apoderarse
to seize
apoderarse
to take possession of
el presagio
premonition
desprender
to give off
apuntar
to indicate
el trasfondo
undertone
atisbar
to discern
insólito
extremely unusual
la cortapisa
restriction
en vilo
in suspense
a no ser que
unless
a cambio
in return
envalentonar
to embolden
alentar
to encourage
animar
to encourage
tributar
to pay
tributar
to pay taxes
deberse
to be due to
asolar
to devastate
inaplazable
pressing
apremiar
to be pressing
encallarse
to become stalled
conllevar
to entail
perdurar
to persist
perdurar
to live on
aplazar
to defer
entrañar
to entail
por si
in case
remitirse
to comply with
remitir
to remit
remitir
to refer
la grieta
fissure
de forma que
in such a way that
la compraventa
buying and selling
la desdicha
misfortune
espeluznante
hair-raising
acuciante
pressing
lindar
to adjoin
antaño
in the past
abocado
destined
hinchar
to exaggerate
el cansancio
boredom
falto
lacking in
el ápice
apex
el ápice
inch
el ápice
iota
segar
to cut short
recíproco
reciprocal
la salvedad
exception
el hincapié
emphasis
encajar
to fit together
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