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nocivo
nocivo
harmful
desquiciado
desquiciado
deranged
sitiar
sitiar
to besiege
encarnar
encarnar
to embody
azaroso
azaroso
hazardous
miope
miope
nearsighted
la hecatombe
la hecatombe
catastrophe
la muleta
la muleta
crutch
echar mano
echar mano
to fall back on
amortiguar
amortiguar
to cushion
la sangría
la sangría
bleeding
reinante
reinante
reigning
el/la lente
el/la lente
lens
obnubilar
obnubilar
to cloud
el superávit
el superávit
surplus
entrampar
entrampar
to trick
corroer
corroer
to corrode
colocar
colocar
to place
colgar
colgar
to hang
la desazón
unease
la cortapisa
restriction
el chusco
brute
menospreciar
to underestimate
el/la adalid
champion
el cerco
siege
el costado
side
tétrico
dismal
el suceso
event
legar
to bequeath
el escudo
shield
denostar
to revile
asolar
to devastate
el aliciente
incentive
atesorar
to accumulate
la bondad
goodness
la maldad
evil
consciente
conscious
inculcar
to instill
delictivo
criminal
el parteaguas
watershed
el desparpajo
self-confidence
azotar
to whip
la savia
sap
consabido
well-known
el hincapié
emphasis
el luto
mourning
evitable
avoidable
prepotente
arrogant
decepcionante
disappointing
la sensibilidad
sensitivity
el avenimiento
agreement
el paraguas
umbrella
lego
ignorant
legítimo
legitimate
floreciente
flourishing
florecer
to flower
la pirámide
pyramid
el mito
myth
arrojar
to throw
el documento de exención
waiver
achacar
to blame
alentar
to encourage
el apalancamiento
leverage
concretar
to set
el rencor
resentment
el ensanchamiento
widening
funesto
disastrous
actuar
to act
el garante
guarantor
enloquecer
to drive crazy
la pelusa
fluff
la decadencia
decline
minar
to undermine
la incógnita
unknown quantity
cuajar
to coagulate
escaso
scarce
la dádiva
gift
la incumbencia
responsibility
incipiente
fledgling
en ciernes
budding
prescindir de
to do without
a manos de
at the hands of
la oscilación
fluctuation
el tejemaneje
wheeling and dealing
asediar
to besiege
padecer
to suffer from
el asomo
trace
el entramado
network
pertrechar
to equip
inexpugnable
impregnable
temible
fearsome
la merma
decrease
regirse
to be governed by
regir
to govern
el vástago
offspring
la raigambre
roots
primordial
essential
enlazar
to link
abrumador
overwhelming
la sutileza
subtlety
el vestigio
vestige
diestro
right-handed
incurrir
to incur
anglohablante
English-speaking
el sincretismo
syncretism
tratarse de
to be about
desvirtuar
to distort
enterarse
to find out
el estancamiento
stalemate
la propensión
propensity
refugiado
refugee
matizar
to explain
tropezar
to trip
el muro
wall
el loro
parrot
el pensamiento crítico
critical thinking
inabarcable
vast
abrumadoramente
overwhelmingly
la crianza
upbringing
la restricción
restriction
la gotera
leak
el temario
agenda
entumirse
to go numb
el entumecimiento
numbness
el sentido
sense
el sentimiento
feeling
el amago
hint
la hoja de ruta
road map
recaudar
to collect
el catalizador
catalyst
torcido
twisted
el ápice
iota
la burocracia
bureaucracy
el trámite
procedure
el ladrillo
brick
paso a paso
step by step
confrontar
to confront
el respaldo
support
el porvenir
future
nítido
clear
vivaracho
lively
el microcosmos
microcosm
ganarse la vida
to earn a living
la lágrima
tear
el mordisco
bite
la inundación
flood
la sequía
drought
empoderar
to empower
la pericia
expertise
desmitificar
to demythologize
destrozar
to destroy
el vigor
vigor
desconectarse
to lose touch
engañoso
deceitful
el enfoque
focus
la visión general
overview
partidista
partisan
purgar
to purge
la huelga
strike
la plaga
plague
el soborno
bribe
la pesquisa
investigation
destapar
to uncover
el derrumbe
cliff
el parásito
parasite
fecha de caducidad
expiration date
compasivo
compassionate
bondadoso
kind
despiadado
ruthless
equiparable
comparable
la oleada
surge
desconfiar
to mistrust
arrancar
to start
informático
computer
el asalto
assault
enigmático
enigmatic
tenebroso
gloomy
aleatoriamente
randomly
vigilar
to watch
desfavorecido
disadvantaged
vertiginosamente
dizzily
sobredimensionado
overstated
sobreestimar
to overestimate
arrasar
to raze to the ground
la tangente
tangent
cambiante
changeable
la entidad
entity
proceder de
to come from
el flagelo
calamity
la zozobra
anxiety
rampante
rampant
serpentear
to wind
modernizar
to modernize
ocultar
to hide
castigar
to punish
baladí
trivial
la paridad
parity
meramente
merely
ensombrecer
to cast a shadow over
discrepar
to disagree
velar por
to look after
estrepitoso
deafening
apresurarse
to hurry up
desencadenar
to unchain
levantar la voz
to raise one's voice
la catástrofe
catastrophe
dorar
to gild
el zafiro
sapphire
borroso
blurred
la compuerta
floodgate
datar de
to date back to
pegar
to paste
pegar
to hit
el puñado
handful
aferrarse
to cling to
delirante
delirious
filtrar
to leak
el puño
fist
desperdiciar
to squander
conmover
to move
grato
pleasant
boquiabierto
dumbstruck
sobrecogedor
imposing
debidamente
properly
la armonía
harmony
embelesado
spellbound
afanosamente
diligently
entrecruzar
to interweave
la codicia
greed
amontonar
to accumulate
rehusarse a
to refuse to
discernir
to discern
exponerse
to expose oneself
la falacia
fallacy
derrochar
to waste
derrocar
to overthrow
derrotar
to defeat
enjaular
to cage
el tejido
fabric
el escarnio
ridicule
desangrarse
to bleed out
la remontada
comeback
inusitado
unusual
la carga
cargo
deslegitimar
to discredit
desprovisto de
devoid of
la reivindicación
demand
reivindicar
to claim
la censura
censorship
la ceniza
ash
la cicatriz
scar
el fallo
mistake
desplegarse
to spread out
privar
to deprive of
desamparado
helpless
el amparo
protection
la sintonía
harmony
trasladarse
to move
el goce
pleasure
el sufrimiento
suffering
el goce
enjoyment
la sombra
shade
el velo
veil
la embriaguez
intoxication
la fachada
facade
el peaje
toll
la aglomeración
buildup
brincar
to jump
percibir
to perceive
el aprendizaje
apprenticeship
el emprendimiento
undertaking
arraigar
to take root
el rincón
corner
la herencia
heritage
el esqueleto
skeleton
abstenerse de
to refrain from
recopilar
to collect
el empeño
effort
chispear
to spark
pantanoso
swampy
las cenizas
ashes
dispararse
to shoot up
averiguar
to find out
incrementar
to increase
soltar
to let go of
toral
main
anular
to cancel
el cese
cessation
desesperarse
to lose hope
provocar
to provoke
el promedio
average
el delito
crime
inenarrable
indescribable
trillado
well-worn
la sagacidad
shrewdness
sigilosamente
stealthily
la perspicacia
insight
conllevar
to lead to
demoledor
devastating
la astucia
astuteness
la frialdad
coldness
destacar
to emphasize
acorralar
to corner
agotar
to exhaust
en aras de
in the interest of
la supervivencia
survival
vencer
to overcome
el quiebre
breakdown
la filial
subsidiary
ensombrecerse
to darken
eficaz
effective
la eficacia
efficiency
sobradamente
amply
la falencia
lack
confluir
to converge
nutrir
to nourish
el desenlace
outcome
la cobertura
coverage
el sondeo
poll
el ensayo
rehearsal
ya no
no longer
en el seno de
at the heart of
el claroscuro
chiaroscuro
la apuesta
bet
tacaño
stingy
destacar
to stand out
destacado
noted
acerar
to pave
el gremio
union
variopinto
diverse
agudizar
to aggravate
la vigencia
validity
forzar
to force
la franja
border
el crisol
melting pot
duradero
durable
el incumplimiento
breach
dimitir
to resign
la decencia
decency
aupar
to praise
alegar
to claim
reanudar
to renew
la cubierta
cover
la gestión
management
la previsión
precaution
el agotamiento
exhaustion
potenciar
to promote
pisar
to step on
el escaparate
showcase
semejante
similar
la similitud
similarity
insensato
senseless
la meta
goal
agradecido
thankful
la lupa
magnifying glass
fijo
fixed
acatar
to comply with
el hacinamiento
overcrowding
el acatamiento
compliance
esgrimir
to brandish
propiciar
to favor
el desempeño
performance
el desalojo
eviction
el marco
framework
el alza
rise
el umbral
threshold
magro
lean
salvaguardar
to safeguard
acechar
to stalk
repleto
full
el rasgo
feature
escueto
concise
furtivo
furtive
el percance
mishap
yacer
to lie
echar
to throw
a mí mismo
myself
el desasosiego
unease
el apogeo
peak
peyorativo
pejorative
la sobra
surplus
sobrar
to be left over
el/la altruista
altruist
osar
to dare
el razonamiento
reasoning
inimaginable
unimaginable
aleatorio
random
contraproducente
counterproductive
esquivo
evasive
la potestad
authority
el celador
security guard
debido a
because of
el mosaico
mosaic
restringir
to restrict
la reja
bars
fallar
to fail
la impunidad
impunity
llevar a cabo
to carry out
la sabiduría
wisdom
recaer
to relapse
atrasado
behind schedule
la trama
plot
férreo
steely
involucrar
to involve
el pepinillo
gherkin
la burla
taunt
burlar
to cheat
la rueda
wheel
el arreglo
agreement
el icono
icon
los antecedentes
background
ingenuamente
naively
la matanza
slaughter
el águila
eagle
ajustar
to adjust
con respecto a
regarding
ensamblar
to assemble
la búsqueda
search
el papel
paper
el olfato
smell
el tacto
touch
el esfuerzo
effort
superar
to overcome
celoso
jealous
la excepción
exception
fronterizo
bordering
pesado
heavy
liviano
light
el estante
shelf
la cronología
chronology
descargar
to unload
el acontecimiento
event
escabullirse
to sneak away
el susto
scare
temer
to fear
asustar
to scare
el ladrón
thief
desviarse de rumbo
to change course
rendirse
to quit
perjudicar
to be detrimental to
restaurar
to restore
análogo
analogous
el propósito
purpose
el blanco
target
arrastrar
to drag
ileso
unharmed
el tiro
shot
el tiroteo
shooting
recabar
to gather
herir
to wound
incontable
countless
picar
to sting
apagar
to turn off
rechazar
to reject
parecido
similar
meter la pata
to put one's foot in it
tener que ver con
to have to do with
desbloquear
to unblock
arreglar
to fix
meter
to put
tapar
to cover
sacar
to take out
aclarar
to clarify
negarse
to refuse
negar
to deny
amenazar
to threaten
abogar
to advocate
a pie
on foot
parado
standing
sentado
seated
la estafa
fraud
fundamental
fundamental
comprobar
to prove
componer
to make up
aportar
to contribute
la señal
sign
la base
basis
exigir
to require
demandar
to sue
dirigir
to manage
polarizar
to polarize
polemizar
to argue
la polémica
polemic
la victoria
victory
diseccionar
to dissect
desempeñar
to carry out
lidiar
to deal with
dejarse llevar
to get carried away
el repudio
condemnation
el atolladero
predicament
la subasta
auction
errar
to choose the wrong
la certeza
certainty
salvo
except for
la alocución
speech
desmenuzar
to scrutinize
la demora
delay
el trueque
barter
terco
stubborn
infringir
to infringe
impensable
unthinkable
impulsar
to propel
necio
foolish
álgido
critical
la derrota
defeat
echar leña al fuego
to add fuel to the fire
la chispa
spark
indescifrable
indecipherable
acotar
to annotate
almacenar
to store
la mole
mass
el desembolso
expenditure
clamar
to cry out for
vislumbrar
to make out
la vertiente
aspect
el trasfondo
background
remediar
to remedy
sombrío
somber
soslayar
to avoid
retractarse
to retract
la represalia
retaliation
el occiso
victim
pulular
to swarm
perenne
perennial
moldear
to mold
paliar
to ease
propenso
prone
invertebrado
spineless
idílico
idyllic
inconmensurable
immeasurable
inefable
indescribable
incautar
to seize
los fundamentos
fundamentals
el favoritismo
favoritism
fallido
failed
enfrascarse
to immerse oneself in
el epítome
epitome
etéreo
ethereal
disipar
to dispel
el detractor
detractor
la desdicha
misfortune
la contienda
conflict
cavilar
to ponder
el coloso
colossus
la brújula
compass
apuntalar
to underpin
la arista
aspect
el ascenso
ascent
el antecedente
precedent
la antesala
prelude
adoctrinar
to indoctrinate
el ademán
gesture
acérrimo
staunch
acuñar
to coin
vertiginoso
dizzy
vaticinar
to predict
sustentar
to support
socavar
to undermine
el sesgo
bias
la secuela
consequence
rotundo
resounding
el rendimiento
performance
promulgar
to promulgate
paliativo
palliative
la nimiedad
trifle
mermar
to diminish
menguar
to diminish
el matiz
tinge
mancillar
to tarnish
la levedad
lightness
la lacra
blight
jactarse
to boast
instituir
to institute
instar
to urge
insoslayable
unavoidable
gestionar
to manage
exhortar
to exhort
la equidad
equity
el entretejido
interweaving
entretejer
to interweave
entablar
to start
enquistado
deeply entrenched
la encrucijada
crossroads
la disyuntiva
dilemma
desplomarse
to collapse
desenmarañar
to disentangle
delinear
to draw up
la coyuntura
situation
asentar
to secure
asentarse
to settle
augurar
to predict
el auge
boom
amedrentar
to scare
profundizar
to deepen
ahondar
to deepen
cortejar
to woo
tachar
to label
obedecer
to obey
acometer
to attack
descartar
to rule out
la muchedumbre
crowd
rodear
to surround
el zafarrancho
havoc
apoderarse
to seize
sopesar
to weigh
la competencia
competition
instaurar
to establish
pudrir
to rot
la claraboya
skylight
el apaciguamiento
appeasement
la postura
posture
oponerse
to oppose
la polaridad
polarity
el borde
edge
a lo largo de
throughout
alejarse
to withdraw from
agudo
acute
vacilante
hesitant
el relámpago
bolt of lightning
apropiarse
to appropriate
la lealtad
loyalty
la maniobra
maneuver
ni siquiera
not even
aludir
to allude to
el chantaje
blackmail
el súbdito
subject
hallarse
to be
disperso
scattered
la índole
nature
la vejación
humiliation
anhelar
to yearn
gozar
to enjoy oneself
la bisagra
hinge
la fosa
pit
la faz
face
reprimir
to suppress
pulir
to polish
agredir
to assault
la cumbre
summit
desenchufar
to disconnect
el protegido
protégé
enriquecer
to enrich
la injerencia
interference
espontáneo
spontaneous
la premura
haste
el esbozo
outline
el/la simpatizante
supporter
subestimar
to underestimate
infundado
unfounded
la cuota
fee
rociar
to spray
regar
to water
hundir
to sink
las pertenencias
belongings
el chivo expiatorio
scapegoat
la víspera
eve
apresar
to seize
prender
to capture
renunciar
to resign
inmiscuirse
to meddle
la fogata
fire
nefasto
disastrous
subir
to go up
el espectro
spectrum
avalar
to endorse
el contrapeso
counterweight
el comportamiento
behavior
el traicionero
traitor
volátil
volatile
la inquietud
anxiety
aplacar
to placate
pavonearse
to strut around
el esbirro
henchman
la templanza
temperance
hueco
hollow
desembocar
to flow into
la mella
notch
enmarcar
to frame
desdibujar
to blur
teñir
to colour
el desplome
collapse
relacionar
to connect
la encuesta
survey
provenir
to come from
abastecer
to supply
me hubiera gustado
I would have liked
pasar por alto
to overlook
reverdecer
to revive
enumerar
to enumerate
encargar
to put in charge of
plantear
to suggest
descabellado
ridiculous
la propiedad
propriety
el salvador
savior
la amenaza
threat
abordar
to deal with
conjurar
to conspire
desembolsar
to pay out
el cronograma
schedule
la divisa
foreign currency
la rueda de prensa
press conference
el pensamiento
thought
forjarse
to be forged
a regañadientes
reluctantly
el capricho
whim
mortífero
lethal
extraer
to extract
a propósito
on purpose
el desecho
waste
batir
to beat
travieso
mischievous
asir
to grab
apegarse a
to become attached to
sostener
to hold
aclimatarse
to acclimate
cuando menos lo esperas
when you least expect it
rastrear
to track
emprender
to undertake
la molestia
bother
inundar
to flood
desbaratarse
to lose it
desbaratar
to ruin
desertar
to desert
aguantarse
to withstand
aguantar
to endure
la presa
prey
entregar
to deliver
la polémica
controversy
en balde
in vain
la hazaña
feat
cuestionar
to question
diluir
to dilute
el canje
exchange
rebotar
to rebound
el retroceso
setback
puntual
one-off
convenir
to be in the interest of
fidedigno
reliable
la desescalada
de-escalation
sosegar
to calm
subrayar
to underline
el aprieto
predicament
el estallido
explosion
a fondo
in depth
súbito
sudden
puntual
punctual
la soberanía
sovereignty
agrietarse
to crack
el contubernio
conspiracy
bastar
to be enough
adquirir
to acquire
aliarse
to form an alliance
oscilar
to oscillate
contrarrestar
to counteract
el timo
con
la retórica
rhetoric
el hito
milestone
el deshielo
thaw
el legado
legacy
el repliegue
withdrawal
el enjuague
scheme
el sustrato
substratum
marcha atrás
reverse
aparejar
to prepare
el provecho
benefit
recoger
to pick up
escoger
to choose
remitir
to refer
la rendición
surrender
la costura
seam
el eje
axis
someter
to subdue
someter
to submit
inmutable
immutable
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