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berrinchudo
berrinchudo
bratty
engatusar
engatusar
to sweet-talk
el relajo
el relajo
mess
el desarreglo
el desarreglo
mess
el naipe
el naipe
playing card
el nido
el nido
nest
el avispero
el avispero
wasps' nest
la madriguera
la madriguera
den
la guarida
la guarida
den
tener en cuenta
tener en cuenta
to keep in mind
reconfortar
reconfortar
to cheer up
rechiflar
rechiflar
to boo
hacer valer
hacer valer
to enforce
hacer cumplir
hacer cumplir
to enforce
el/la aguafiestas
el/la aguafiestas
party pooper
el racimo
el racimo
bunch
el revoltijo
el revoltijo
jumble
el descampado
el descampado
empty ground
rabiar
rabiar
to be rabid
rabiar
to have rabies
apañarse
to manage
apañarse
to get by
desacabalar
to leave incomplete
la baratija
knickknack
difundido
widespread
la juerga
revelry
la jugarreta
dirty trick
la alcachofa
artichoke
la revancha
revenge
a propósito
by the way
encomendar
to entrust
someramente
superficially
somero
superficial
somero
shallow
el tlacuache
opossum
el espantapájaros
scarecrow
casualmente
coincidentally
triturar
to grind
alocar
to drive crazy
fidedigno
trustworthy
acomedido
obliging
servicial
helpful
prestarse
to offer to
prestar
to lend
contestar con evasivas
not to give a straight answer
nocivo
harmful
incierto
uncertain
dubitativo
hesitant
indeciso
indecisive
compadecer
to feel sorry for
cerciorarse
to make sure
la almohadilla
pad
el catedrático
department head
el catedrático
professor
rechoncho
chubby
olfatear
to sniff
la connotación
connotation
ensimismado
absorbed
implicar
to mean
escabroso
rough
accidentado
rough
desganado
lethargic
sibilino
sibylline
intransigente
intransigent
el preestreno
preview
despectivo
pejorative
perturbar
to disturb
inquietante
disturbing
perturbador
unsettling
desconcertante
disconcerting
la melena
long hair
melenudo
long-haired
piropear
to catcall
susodicho
aforementioned
por si acaso
just in case
el sobreesfuerzo
superhuman effort
la corazonada
hunch
el fármaco
drug
el retrovisor
rear-view mirror
desabrido
tasteless
desabrido
harsh
avecinarse
to draw near
andariego
restless
andariego
fond of walking
extraviarse
to lose one's way
piso de arriba
upstairs
malcriar
to spoil
el alejamiento
estrangement
descalzo
barefoot
trepar
to climb
encuadrar
to frame
la pijamada
slumber party
untar
to spread
el sonámbulo
sleepwalker
bisbisear
to mutter
trabajado
overworked
agobiado
overwhelmed
aclimatarse
to acclimate
el globo terráqueo
globe
por ende
consequently
dañino
harmful
el/la terrateniente
landowner
erudito
erudite
el arroyo
stream
el andén
platform
noctámbulo
night owl
el trasnochador
night owl
el gentío
crowd
laborioso
laborious
el madrugador
early bird
el azulejo
glazed tile
el bordillo de la acera
curb
endulzar
to sweeten
el peaje
toll
la fonda
cheap restaurant
brumoso
misty
el juego de mesa
board game
la alambrada
barbed-wire fence
titubear
to hesitate
el musgo
moss
reinante
ruling
falsificar
to forge
la profundidad
depth
la pesadilla
nightmare
extraterrestre
extraterrestrial
el/la alienígena
alien
aterrorizar
to terrorize
aterrorizado
terrified
la sirena
siren
el duende
elf
el duende
magic
el duendecillo
pixie
escalofriante
chilling
el pantano
swamp
la cicatriz
scar
el adivino
fortune-teller
el calabozo
dungeon
el hechizo
spell
el conjuro
spell
la neblina
mist
el brebaje
potion
caducifolio
deciduous
el ganso
goose
chasquear
to snap
el chasquido
snap
el ñame
yam
la jornada electoral
election day
dulce o truco
trick or treat
el nubarrón
storm cloud
hospitalario
hospitable
boscoso
wooded
roncar
to snore
fregar los platos
to wash the dishes
la castaña
chestnut
terroso
earthy
la sobremesa
after-dinner conversation
sigilosamente
stealthily
el peluche
stuffed toy
la intemperie
the elements
estar resfriado
to have a cold
la ventisca
blizzard
el concurso
contest
el concurso
game show
calentito
nice and warm
el/la concursante
contestant
el propósito
resolution
el brindis
toast
el brindis
toast
el anochecer
dusk
la escarcha
frost
deleitar
to delight
resbalar
to slip
resbaladizo
slippery
los añicos
pieces
entumecerse
to go numb
la farola
streetlight
la maña
knack
grisáceo
grayish
la ráfaga
gust
la coima
bribe
sobornar
to bribe
el soborno
bribe
adormecer
to make sleepy
el escalofrío
shiver
la rodaja
slice
mortecino
faint
leve
slight
la calidez
warmth
marchitar
to wither
la pizca
pinch
el rumbo
direction
el fresno
ash tree
dimitir
to resign
la cordillera
mountain range
osado
daring
el rodaje
shooting
el rodaje
filming
amortiguar
to muffle
amortiguar
to cushion
la jalea
jelly
el/la cavernícola
caveman
el deshielo
thaw
revolotear
to flutter
la botana
snack
la merienda
snack
los antojitos
snacks
el entremés
appetizer
el aperitivo
appetizer
la balacera
shootout
el tiroteo
shootout
incomodar
to make uncomfortable
la cerradura
lock
cerrar con llave
to lock
relatar
to tell about
envilecer
to debase
roer
to eat away at
el espectro
spectrum
la gama
range
mañanero
morning
el presentimiento
feeling
presentir
to have a feeling
desamar
to cease to love
dejarse llevar
to let oneself go
fiar
to sell on credit
bellaco
horny
tierno
tender
encadenar
to chain
reventar
to shatter
el aprieto
awkward situation
la tiniebla
darkness
tenebroso
sinister
imprevisto
unexpected
el desencuentro
failure to meet up
el/la psicópata
psychopath
cortejar
to court
titilar
to twinkle
el año bisiesto
leap year
el escarabajo
beetle
presagiar
to foretell
añorar
to long for
acaso
perhaps
la madrugada
small hours
ridiculoso
ridiculous
la alameda
tree-lined avenue
apañar
to fix
tremendo
tremendous
el cacerolazo
banging on pots and pans
sobrar
to be left over
el remedio
remedy
la rebeldía
rebelliousness
desvestirse
to get undressed
tranzar
to trick
el malvavisco
marshmallow
cursi
sappy
fijarse
to pay attention
ahorcar
to hang
desvanecer
to fade
el encargo
assignment
el aliento
courage
enamorar
to make ... fall in love
la plaga
plague
la cualidad
quality
dictar
to teach
dictar
to dictate
por medio de
by using
por medio de
by means of
los informes
information
puesto que
given that
achucharse
to cuddle
acurrucarse
to snuggle
chambear
to work
el tocayo
name twin
fantasmal
ghostly
tallar
to carve
el caldero
cauldron
la medianoche
midnight
el hada
fairy
la Noche de Brujas
Halloween
empollar
to incubate
acaparar
to monopolize
externo
external
el entorno
setting
ni que
anyone would think
ni que
as if
el enganche
connection
enredar
to tangle up
rizar
to curl
el guajiro
peasant
soltar
to loosen
soltar
to let go of
el patiperro
globetrotter
la eficacia
efficiency
la rumba
party
celar
to watch over
una y otra vez
time and time again
precisar
to need
precisar
to specify
la mijita
a bit
pisotear
to stomp on
despedazar
to tear to shreds
reventar
to burst
sigue así
keep it up
el meneo
shimmy
el meneo
jolt
el meneo
jerk
los ademanes
manners
ligar
to tie up
tachar
to cross out
tachar
to label
arrasar
to triumph
arrasar
to raze to the ground
conseguir
to manage
a mi juicio
in my opinion
es menester
it is necessary
el menester
activity
el arce
maple
el rencor
resentment
estremecer
to shake
el cerco
halo
el halo
halo
englobar
to comprise
Plutón
Pluto
el colibrí
hummingbird
emparedado
imprisoned
por escrito
in writing
atender
to look after
permanecer
to remain
atrapar
to catch
balbucear
to stammer
tenebroso
gloomy
sombrío
gloomy
murmurar
to whisper
susurrar
to whisper
borroso
indistinct
centelleante
twinkling
el centelleo
twinkling
incoloro
colorless
desdoblar
to unfold
el escarmiento
lesson
embrujar
to put a spell on
pomposo
pompous
retoñar
to reappear
amarillento
yellowish
el amarillismo
sensationalism
el deslinde
demarcation
la encrucijada
crossroads
inefable
ineffable
atroz
atrocious
tiznar
to blacken
tiznar
to smudge
fugaz
fleeting
naufragar
to be shipwrecked
ondear
to flutter
descontar
to take off
descontar
to deduct
la esgrima
fencing
el abanderado
standard-bearer
el canotaje
canoeing
ameno
pleasant
estupefacto
speechless
abanicar
to fan
vacilar
to hesitate
el capricho
impulse
la toronja
grapefruit
acérrimo
staunch
frenético
furious
matutino
morning
vespertino
evening
desaparecer
to disappear
encogerse
to shrink
agitar
to shake
timbrar
to ring
sonar
to ring
encontrarse
to meet
conocer
to meet
demostrar
to prove
devenir
to become
desangrar
to bleed dry
jovial
cheerful
alegre
cheerful
el césped
grass
el zacate
grass
veraniego
summer
destapar
to take the lid off
desalojar
to evacuate
espantar
to frighten away
el sentido
consciousness
acérrimo
bitter
empalagar
to be too sweet
la escaramuza
skirmish
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