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a flor de piel
a flor de piel
on edge
el bache
el bache
pothole
parco
parco
frugal
eclosionar
eclosionar
to hatch
la banalidad
la banalidad
banality
homologar
homologar
to bring into line
la impavidez
la impavidez
composure
el cascabeleo
el cascabeleo
jingle
resignarse
resignarse
to resign oneself
la conmiseración
la conmiseración
sympathy
la ofuscación
la ofuscación
confusion
atolondrado
atolondrado
scatterbrained
el desaliento
el desaliento
discouragement
la estera
la estera
mat
la alcancía
la alcancía
piggy bank
el salitre
el salitre
salt residue
agrietado
agrietado
chapped
agrietado
agrietado
cracked
el recado
el recado
message
divulgar
to publicize
disparatado
absurd
la penumbra
semi-darkness
consternado
distraught
la piltrafa
scrap
el ademán
gesture
comprimido
compressed
la tortícolis
crick in the neck
anonadado
stunned
afónico
voiceless
el desglose
itemization
entrañar
to entail
coyuntural
current
la malversación
embezzlement
insustituible
irreplaceable
entrecortado
intermittent
el costado
side
escueto
concise
apocar
to reduce
la avaricia
greed
nefasto
disastrous
la veracidad
truthfulness
la tutela
guardianship
refinar
to refine
acrisolar
to refine
resguardar
to protect
el ansia
longing
el amoníaco
ammonia
tirado
lying
cuesta arriba
uphill
la hoja de ruta
road map
tripulado
manned
eximir
to exempt
infundir
to fill with
el expediente
record
detenidamente
carefully
propasarse
to go too far
comparecer
to appear in court
intimar
to become close
ávido
avid
la avidez
eagerness
el desenfreno
debauchery
habituarse
to get accustomed
habituar
to accustom
la frialdad
coldness
la avería
breakdown
agredir
to insult
agredir
to attack
zarpar
to set sail
aguardar
to await
el mármol
marble
la difusión
spreading
agilizar
to make livelier
agilizar
to speed up
la suplantación
impersonation
un tanto
somewhat
la despensa
pantry
la avispa
wasp
el avispero
wasps' nest
pisotear
to stomp on
dócil
docile
de reojo
out of the corner of one's eye
la cuna
crib
degollar
to slit the throat of
rasgarse
to rip
la codicia
greed
talar
to cut down
desgarrador
heartbreaking
la pasarela
catwalk
diametralmente
diametrically
masificar
to give universal access to
hacerse cargo de
to take charge of
el aperitivo
appetizer
la somnolencia
drowsiness
difunto
deceased
citar
to summon
citar
to quote
detallar
to tell in detail
vital
life
el abordaje
approach
anímico
mental
la franqueza
frankness
erosionarse
to erode
replantear
to bring up again
replantearse
to reconsider
el ámbito
field
la adjudicación
awarding
adjudicar
to allocate
moderadamente
moderately
agrícola
agricultural
la implantación
establishment
implantar
to establish
los residuos
waste
el convenio
agreement
acoger
to receive
adscribir
to assign
paliativo
palliative
la subasta
auction
la red eléctrica
electric power grid
la subvención
grant
habilitar
to allow
habilitar
to authorize
la aglomeración
buildup
incumplir
to breach
incumplir
to fail to fulfill
raptar
to kidnap
la compenetración
mutual understanding
imperar
to prevail
concertar
to arrange
concertado
arranged
la evocación
evocation
diluir
to dilute
tipificar
to epitomize
tipificar
to categorize
derrochar
to throw away money
exencionar
to exempt
la depreciación
depreciation
inducir a error
to mislead
pormenorizar
to describe in detail
viabilizar
to make viable
indemnizar
to compensate
la efusión
warmth
facultativo
optional
extrapolar
to extrapolate
la celeridad
speed
el inversor
investor
la carrocería
bodywork
de ahí que
that's why
la variación
variation
la variante
variation
expeler
to expel
regurgitar
to regurgitate
la coartada
alibi
expropiar
to expropriate
maquetar
to do the layout of
el habitáculo
living space
la suela
sole
el puñado
handful
la costura
sewing
la indumentaria
attire
la cinta
ribbon
la cinta
tape
el prepucio
foreskin
el intermediario
middleman
indigente
poor
el hospicio
poorhouse
el orfanato
orphanage
la mirilla
peephole
reluciente
shining
destartalado
run-down
el arrendador
landlord
el trastero
storage room
el desahucio
eviction
los cimientos
foundations
la viga
beam
veraz
truthful
el/la cronista
reporter
la cabecera
headboard
vitalicio
for life
la sucesión
succession
la redacción
wording
el fármaco
medicine
la medición
measurement
conciliar
to find a balance
discernir
to discern
pasar de largo
to go straight past
la vacante
vacancy
la rejilla de ventilación
vent
pasar por alto
to overlook
inhabilitar
to disqualify
descalificar
to disqualify
convenir
to agree
el atentado
attack
el bombardeo
bombing
volar
to blow up
revolcar
to knock down
inconforme
nonconformist
cifrado
coded
el urinario
urinal
el perico
urinal
la inflexión
inflection
correrse
to move over
óseo
bone
los restos
remains
apostar por
to opt for
la clientela
clientele
en promedio
on average
el tribunal
court
conforme
consistent with
facilitar
to supply
facilitar
to facilitate
el seguro médico
health insurance
la atención médica
health care
la fuente de energía
source of energy
la secuela
consequence
semejante a
similar to
el partidario
supporter
cauteloso
cautious
cronometrar
to time
la ejecución
carrying out
referente
regarding
estipular
to stipulate
referido
aforementioned
la temeridad
recklessness
como corresponde
accordingly
ventajoso
advantageous
acreditar
to confirm
el perjuicio
harm
enrevesado
complex
retorcido
convoluted
cercenar
to sever
remitir
to subside
aislarse
to isolate oneself
denominado
named
resentirse
to be affected
diurno
daytime
originar
to give rise to
ocasionar
to cause
desestabilizar
to destabilize
el sector demográfico
demographic
culto
cultured
indefinidamente
indefinitely
desentrañar
to get to the bottom of
impositivo
tax
estratégico
strategic
esquemático
diagrammatic
el diagrama
diagram
el esquema
diagram
recopilar
to compile
recalcar
to emphasize
recalcar
to stress
el embalaje
packaging
lúgubre
dismal
guiarse
to be guided by
irremediable
irremediable
raspar
to scrape
impedir
to prevent
revolverse
to toss and turn
el gozne
hinge
la bisagra
hinge
reposado
rested
a tientas
blindly
la desilusión
disappointment
el estremecimiento
shudder
la vigilia
wakefulness
encinta
pregnant
emergente
emerging
incipiente
incipient
poblarse
to fill
desempolvar
to dust
la tentativa
attempt
perseverar
to persevere
la escapatoria
way out
la cuesta
slope
la variz
varicose vein
hondo
deep
la desolación
grief
el tapón
stopper
cegar
to block
certero
well-aimed
concentrarse
to gather together
voluntarioso
willful
el espantapájaros
scarecrow
risible
laughable
la fiscalía
district attorney
conjeturar
to speculate
inmune
immune
el organismo
body
más bien
rather
el atisbo
glimmer
conceder
to admit
la facultad
faculty
la facultad
department
el aprovechamiento
exploitation
el aprovechamiento
use
la idoneidad
suitability
adjudicar
to award
el caballerosidad
chivalry
el suministro
supply
precisar
to need
aseverar
to assert
el litigio
lawsuit
cimentar
to lay the foundations of
las trabas
shackles
salvaguardar
to safeguard
debido
proper
la bancarrota
bankruptcy
el bien
belonging
tasar
to fix at
la laguna
loophole
el arancel
tariff
abarcar
to contain
abarcar
to cover
el paro
unemployment
indagar
to investigate
reclamar
to demand
reclamar
to claim
la penuria
shortage
desligado
separate
atribuirse
to assume
atribuirse
to claim
del todo
completely
manifestarse
to demonstrate
manifestarse
to become apparent
propiamente dicho
actual
datar de
to date back to
tal cual
as is
el amparo
protection
repercutir
to have repercussions on
recurrir
to resort to
engatusar
to sweet-talk
indoloro
painless
sobrevolar
to fly over
desnutrido
malnourished
el despecho
spite
oprimido
oppressed
sin igual
unrivaled
el parentesco
relationship
el parentesco
kinship
el seno
sinus
la siniestralidad
accident rate
consumar
to complete
consumar
to carry out
siniestro
sinister
el cohete
rocket
la ligereza
lightness
el carnicero
butcher
el tirabuzón
corkscrew
el cartílago
cartilage
secular
age-old
el antepasado
ancestor
salirse por la tangente
to go off on a tangent
las estribaciones
foothills
conmocionar
to affect deeply
hilar
to string together
el léxico
vocabulary
el júbilo
joy
el témpano
ice floe
obstinarse
to persist in
presenciar
to witness
taciturno
taciturn
amaestrado
trained
la insuficiencia
insufficiency
despedazarse
to break to pieces
el dinamismo
energy
irrevocable
irrevocable
perplejo
perplexed
retraído
withdrawn
la voluntad
will
secundar
to second
la evasiva
excuse
el contratiempo
setback
implacable
relentless
propicio
favorable
prevalecer
to prevail
el feto
fetus
sigiloso
stealthy
vedar
to ban
el vedado
reserve
el olvido
oblivion
célebre
famous
a fondo
in depth
a fondo
thoroughly
tenue
faint
el almizcle
musk
silvestre
wild
dotar
to equip with
confundirse
to blend
el escuadrón
squad
la redención
redemption
partidario
in favor of
surtido
assorted
la retroalimentación
feedback
el feedback
feedback
el auxilio
assistance
lánguido
languid
implorar
to implore
inminente
impending
inaplazable
urgent
desistir
to give up
darse
to take to
entramar
to entwine
flácido
flaccid
predisponer
to prejudice
remontar
to overcome
desmesurado
excessive
deteriorarse
to deteriorate
el cromosoma
chromosome
agravar
to aggravate
la lujuria
lust
pertinente
relevant
airado
irate
de paso
while one's at it
trazar
to draw
hacerse notar
to draw attention to oneself
interesarse
to ask about
interesarse
to take interest in
solemne
solemn
el afán
eagerness
adinerado
wealthy
la vicisitud
difficulty
el cianuro
cyanide
embellecer
to embellish
el/la reformista
reformist
tornarse
to turn
aturdir
to deafen
desmandarse
to get out of hand
la Vía Láctea
Milky Way
revelador
revealing
comprometedor
compromising
el acrónimo
acronym
con tal de
as long as
con tal de
to
esmerarse
to go to a lot of trouble
la tertulia
gathering
ferroviario
rail
audaz
audacious
la ascendencia
ancestry
etéreo
ethereal
la infracción
infraction
el ingenio
ingenuity
precario
precarious
explícito
explicit
implícito
implicit
impertinente
rude
la simbología
system of symbols
acallar
to silence
operar
to bring about
prorrogar
to extend
provisto
provided
comprometerse a
to commit oneself to
la obtención
obtaining
deshilachado
frayed
la junta
meeting
difícilmente
with difficulty
la reivindicación
recognition
la reivindicación
demand
vigente
valid
despectivo
pejorative
el melocotón
peach
el/la mártir
martyr
el prócer
important person
independentista
pro-independence
lagrimear
to tear up
la finalidad
purpose
el gene
gene
periférico
peripheral
la periferia
periphery
esporádico
sporadic
pese a que
even though
anudar
to tie
la yema del dedo
fingertip
escarmentar
to learn one's lesson
asimilable
easy to understand
ameritar
to deserve
asomarse
to lean out
la plétora
plethora
intercalar
to insert
desarraigar
to uproot
concebir
to conceive
proceder
to come from
delimitar
to define
deshumanizar
to dehumanize
intrínsecamente
inherently
cosificar
to objectify
desechar
to get rid of
los medios de comunicación
media
diezmar
to decimate
beneficiarse de
to benefit from
el patriarcado
patriarchy
destituir
to dismiss
el criado
servant
percatarse
to notice
el alza
rise
la antología
anthology
sacudirse
to shake off
el predominio
predominance
la trascendencia
importance
el local
premises
la amortización
repayment
la tramitación
processing
el consentimiento
consent
el preámbulo
preface
la fachada
facade
sagrado
sacred
milenario
thousand-year-old
austero
austere
apoteósico
tremendous
comprendido
comprised
a duras penas
hardly
la balsa
raft
el incógnito
incognito
incógnito
unknown
el foro
forum
aguas residuales
sewage
la insignia
badge
denominarse
to be called
la mano
coat
la encarnación
embodiment
propugnar
to support
moribundo
dying
abolir
to abolish
sujetarse
to abide by
el/la militante
activist
copar
to make a clean sweep
recluir
to shut away
abordar
to tackle
el indicio
indication
el operativo
operation
el avistamiento
sighting
el magistrado
judge
nombrar
to appoint
la judicatura
judgeship
el allanamiento
raid
el reflejo
reflection
rentar
to yield
escindirse
to split
escindir
to split
la polaridad
polarity
polarizar
to polarize
la ciudadanía
citizenship
recrudecer
to get worse
el noción
notion
escudriñar
to scrutinize
aproximarse
to approach
psíquico
psychological
si bien
although
periodístico
journalistic
paliar
to ease
destinar
to allocate
ilusorio
illusory
el protocolo
protocol
presto
ready
en gran medida
to a great extent
sustancial
substantial
suponer
to mean
el rotativo
newspaper
el desamparo
abandonment
antaño
in the past
la ramificación
ramification
la ramificación
branch
convalecer
to recover
convaleciente
convalescent
bélico
war
la contienda
conflict
inaugurar
to formally open
la implicación
involvement
el cauce
means
remunerado
paid
procurarse
to obtain
la querencia
fondness
adherirse
to adhere
el reglamento
rules
figurar
to appear
ejemplificar
to exemplify
avalar
to guarantee
la profecía
prediction
la reliquia
relic
conllevar
to entail
apaciguar
to appease
aplacar
to appease
a su vez
in turn
la soberanía
sovereignty
procurar
to try
retratar
to portray
emanciparse
to become emancipated
la disconformidad
disagreement
disconforme
dissatisfied
dispar
dissimilar
homogéneo
homogeneous
los ingresos
income
el solomillo
sirloin
el antebrazo
forearm
chamuscarse
to get singed
yacer
to lie
atiborrarse
to stuff oneself
velar
to keep vigil over
inculcar
to instill
pellizcar
to pinch
serenarse
to settle down
el liderazgo
leadership
vulnerar
to violate
el alumnado
students
la migaja
crumb
frugal
frugal
relacionar
to connect
la saturación
saturation
la misiva
missive
el bulo
hoax
el/la contrincante
opponent
el poste
post
el látigo
whip
el cachondeo
joke
tedioso
tedious
el tedio
boredom
la juerga
partying
el recreo
recess
el gandul
slacker
diligente
diligent
el aguinaldo
Christmas bonus
cesar
to cease
la faena
task
la peón
laborer
el/la currante
worker
impugnar
to challenge
consolidar
to consolidate
la ponencia
presentation
el piscolabis
snack
el tonel
barrel
el potingue
cream
el asedio
siege
la torpeza
clumsiness
el talante
mood
el/la compinche
buddy
el allegado
relative
el primogénito
firstborn
el linaje
lineage
la lápida
tombstone
el ataúd
coffin
la defunción
death
enjuto
lean
el cutis
skin
la tez
complexion
bizco
flabbergasted
sortear
to handle skillfully
la adecuación
adaptation
plantear
to suggest
expedir
to draw up
redactar
to write
constatar
to confirm
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