Modismos del Dia

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el tartamudeo
el tartamudeo
stutter
el sudor
el sudor
sweat
laguna mental
laguna mental
memory lapse
la palpitación
la palpitación
palpitation
angustiante
angustiante
distressing
ambos
ambos
both
transpirar
transpirar
to sweat
el cuatrimestre
el cuatrimestre
four-month period
aprobar
aprobar
to pass
el taller
el taller
workshop
armar
armar
to put together
afligirse
afligirse
to get upset
el compañero
el compañero
companion
el intercambio
el intercambio
exchange
convenir
convenir
to be convenient
dispersarse
dispersarse
to break up
la inquietud
la inquietud
worry
los conocimientos básicos
los conocimientos básicos
basic knowledge
olvidar
olvidar
to forget
soportar
to stand
acabar
to finish
de golpe
all at once
entender
to understand
la asignatura
course
agrupar
to group
la belleza
beauty
el cielo
sky
la vajilla
dinner set
el revés
back
quedar
to stay
la cubierta
cover
yacer
to lie
el/la acompañante
companion
la disminución
decrease
alcanzar
to reach
la época
period
extraño
strange
la ubicación
location
la aventura
adventure
el otoño
autumn
el entrenamiento
training
lanzar
to throw
desordenar
to mess up
plantear
to suggest
alentar
to encourage
el naufragio
shipwreck
el faro
lighthouse
vale la pena
it's worth it
la chimenea
chimney
apto
suitable
el riesgo
risk
bucear
to scuba dive
la soledad
loneliness
la casilla
square
el impuesto
tax
buen provecho
bon appétit
el trabajador
worker
comprometer
to compromise
mostrar
to show
el cine
movie theater
hacer trampa
to cheat
exhibir
to exhibit
apostar
to bet
aficionarse
to become interested
la veintiuna
blackjack
la tapa
lid
el recreo
recess
entretenido
entertaining
el azar
chance
apegarse
to become attached to
jubilarse
to retire
el Día de los Enamorados
Valentine's Day
acordar
to agree
destacarse
to stand out
mantener
to support
apoyar
to support
soportar
to put up with
elegir
to choose
honrado
honorable
gracioso
funny
aportar
to contribute
caerse bien
to like each other
la finca
country house
parir
to give birth
el cachorro
puppy
el fantasma
ghost
enterarse
to find out
el alboroto
disturbance
el anochecer
dusk
la guagua
bus
estar hecho una sopa
to be drenched
el buceador
diver
florecer
to bloom
el flujo
flow
la moneda
currency
la deuda
debt
fortalecer
to strengthen
el rumbo
course
regar
to water
el recado
message
tener entendido
it's someone's understanding
tengo ganas de
I want
previsto
predicted
la bandeja
tray
el/la auxiliar de vuelo
flight attendant
aterrizar
to land
el cinturón
belt
despegar
to take off
chocar
to crash
vencerse
to expire
vencer
to defeat
el obrero
worker
la huelga
strike
el/la quechua
Quechuan
el ciclón
cyclone
tener vergüenza
to have shame
el hormiguero
anthill
el patrimonio
heritage
el casco
helmet
el ganso
goose
colocarse
to sit
ahogado
suffocated
el inodoro
toilet
el sueldo
salary
con prisa
in a hurry
charlar
to chat
hacer muecas
to make faces
el náufrago
shipwrecked person
el bombón
chocolate
dar a luz
to give birth
las gafas
glasses
la bolsa de valores
stock exchange
la inversión
investment
apagar la luz
to turn the light off
hacer la maleta
to pack
vestirse de luto
to put on mourning clothes
enfriarse
to get cold
reprobar
to fail
aprobar
to pass
el turno
turn
el turno
shift
el aguacate
avocado
valer
to be worth
el parador
roadside inn
el taíno
Taino
el ejército
army
el silbato
whistle
el presupuesto
budget
la piragua
canoe
la hamaca
hammock
la guayabera
guayabera
el maíz
corn
caribe
Caribbean
el/la boricua
Puerto Rican
el huracán
hurricane
el comején
termite
la barbacoa
barbecued meat
la iguana
iguana
la canoa
canoe
la arepa
corn cake
las termas
hot springs
la energía solar
solar energy
la energía renovable
renewable energy
la energía eólica
wind power
la hojalata
tin
el aluminio
aluminum
el cartón
cardboard
rebuznar
to bray
el rebuzno
bray
llevar a cabo
to carry out
de cabo a rabo
from beginning to end
la cosecha
crop
el granizo
hail
apenas
hardly
el mostrador
desk
atar cabos
to put two and two together
la gripe
flu
el payaso
clown
el desahuciado
evicted person
el entremés
appetizer
engañar
to trick
desmayarse
to faint
la fogata
bonfire
atar
to tie
el nudo
knot
el peregrino
pilgrim
atravesar
to cross
dar cuerda
to wind up
la planta baja
ground floor
la aduana
customs
empeñarse
to insist on
el ciervo
deer
truenos y relámpagos
thunder and lightning
el alfiler
pin
el derrame cerebral
stroke
rechazar
to reject
tras
after
a fin de
in order to
fallecer
to die
atropellar
to run over
el tranvía
streetcar
el hierro
iron
superar
to overcome
trasladarse
to move
enfermo
sick
el alcalde
mayor
el ascensor
elevator
anteayer
the day before yesterday
el ensayo
essay
redactar
to write
huir
to escape
enseguida
immediately
el caimán
caiman
pálido
pale
el tesoro
treasure
bondadoso
kind
el alambrado
barbed-wire fence
el inventor
inventor
la minivan
minivan
la camioneta
van
la furgoneta
van
el/la fabricante
manufacturer
la fábrica
factory
el adivino
fortune-teller
el/la cantante
singer
estar en onda
to be hip
darse cuenta
to realize
durar
to last
difundirse
to spread
dormir a pierna suelta
to sleep like a log
textear
to text
tuitear
to tweet
tener ganas
to feel like it
estar al día
to be up to date
entrar en vigor
to go into effect
cuanto antes
as soon as possible
el mostrador
counter
atreverse
to dare
hacer frente a
to face up to
enojarse
to get angry
ingenuo
naive
la plata
silver
la habichuela
bean
el trigo
wheat
pisar
to step on
acudir
to go to
ni siquiera
not even
marchar
to leave
temer
to fear
la pandilla
gang
la tempestad
tempest
la tempestad
storm
la cosecha
harvest
asado
roasted
el refrán
saying
el sabio
wise man
marchitar
to dry up
descalzo
barefoot
la política
policy
poner una multa
to give a fine
la contaminación ambiental
environmental pollution
la asignatura
subject
tomar el pelo
to pull someone's leg
la tuna
student music group
zambullirse
to immerse oneself
zambullirse
to dive
teñir
to dye
elogiar
to praise
el pillo
scumbag
despegar
to unstick
diseñar
to design
el viudo
widower
estar en la luna
to have one's head in the clouds
estar de acuerdo
to agree with
estar de moda
to be in fashion
la seda
silk
la sede
headquarters
hacer
it has been
soler
usually
quejarse
to complain
acordarse
to remember
burlarse
to make fun of
haber que
to have to
haber
should
haber de
to have to
la pereza
laziness
la virtud
virtue
llover a cántaros
to rain cats and dogs
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