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despechado
despechado
spiteful
zumbado
zumbado
crazy
desmoronarse
desmoronarse
to go to pieces
la sobrecarga
la sobrecarga
excess load
el vuelco
el vuelco
complete change
vigésimo
vigésimo
twentieth
blindar
blindar
to armor-plate
coartar
coartar
to limit
despechar
despechar
to wean
el sector demográfico
el sector demográfico
demographic
el acertijo
el acertijo
riddle
la cachetada
la cachetada
slap
someter
someter
to dominate
peleón
peleón
aggressive
gruñón
gruñón
grumpy
estridente
estridente
shrill
empalagar
empalagar
to be too sweet
la riada
la riada
flood
echar en falta
echar en falta
to miss
recelar
to be suspicious of
el allanamiento
breaking and entering
el allanamiento
leveling
olvidarse de
to forget to
tarado
idiot
cotejar
to compare with
la covacha
hovel
resquebrajarse
to fall apart
la llaga
ulcer
asestar
to deliver
hábil
working
el toque de queda
curfew
encaramarse
to climb up onto
concertar
to set up
la póliza
insurance policy
petar
to fancy
el cilicio
hair shirt
encomendarse
to entrust oneself to
la ñapa
freebie
la saña
malice
percatarse de
to notice
escindirse
to break away
la ponencia
report
la ponencia
paper
el recurso
appeal
volcarse
to bend over backwards
embaucar a
to con
la artimaña
ruse
candente
hot
analfabeto
illiterate
la delantera
lead
sucumbir
to succumb
abastecer
to supply
inculto
uneducated
encarnar
to embody
el concheto
snob
el paradero
whereabouts
apuntalar
to shore up
inigualable
unrivalled
así como
in the same way that
tan como
as well as
tal como
the way
tal cual
just as
matizar
to explain
el quilombo
brawl
el postigo
shutter
la inanición
starvation
el canje
exchange
homologar
to bring into line
el homólogo
counterpart
término medio
middle ground
regodearse
to gloat over
la ampolla
blister
el orzuelo
stye
el fular
scarf
rasgarse
to tear
rematar
to finish off
el cuartucho
dump
empecer
to hinder
agrario
agricultural
el renacuajo
tadpole
el matón
bully
la estrofa
verse
habilitar
to authorize
mezquino
petty
el alféizar
windowsill
apuñalar
to stab
el pergamino
parchment
la arcilla
clay
erigirse
to set oneself up as
álgido
critical
la baza
chance
el esparcimiento
recreation
las filas
ranks
zanjar
to settle
el esparcimiento
relaxation
la excedencia
leave of absence
la constatación
verification
la urbe
major city
la vorágine
maelstrom
el embate
onslaught
el mazazo
heavy blow
gira en torno
revolves around
repercutir
to affect
el bramido
roar
avivar
to stoke
lastrar
to weigh down
regir
to govern
en vilo
on tenterhooks
la andanada
reprimand
agazapado
crouching
la porfía
dispute
mirar a hurtadillas
to sneak a peek at
desapercibido
unnoticed
el castor
beaver
la ganadería
livestock farming
el ganado
livestock
ahondar
to deepen
el alud
avalanche
la algarada
racket
el alboroto
commotion
pecuario
livestock
el estiércol
manure
el siniestro
accident
propagarse
to spread
el páramo
moor
la dotación
crew
desgarrar
to tear
el viraje
swerve
el papeleo
paperwork
los escarbadientes
toothpick
el/la albacea
executor
la tajada
share
remover
to rake up
baldío
useless
la varilla
rod
beato
devout
ajeno
unaware
ajeno
someone else's
chapado a la antigua
square
el rechino
screech
el energúmeno
lunatic
el arroyo
gutter
inestimable
invaluable
cebarse
to take one's anger out on
colmar
to fulfill
el resuello
heavy breathing
la redacción
editorial office
el indicio
evidence
remitirse
to abide by
la maqueta
scale model
reponerse
to recover
el aleteo
flapping of wings
timar
to swindle
el timo
scam
la redada
raid
saltarse
to skip
el caño de escape
exhaust pipe
postergar
to defer
el manubrio
handlebars
el oleaje
waves
eólico
wind
la concienciación
raising awareness
el/la guardacostas
coast guard
el declive
decline
el escollo
obstacle
suponer un reto
to present a challenge
fondo del mar
seabed
el desasosiego
sense of unease
impulsar
to drive
poner de manifiesto
to reveal
el lecho
floor
a la deriva
adrift
precaver
to guard against
remolcar
to tow
la adecuación
adaptation
goloso
sweet-toothed
vespertino
evening
la farándula
show business
engorroso
tedious
la Borgoña
Burgundy
reprobar
to fail
la podredumbre
putrefaction
loable
laudable
someterse
to be subjected to
ciscar
to distract
ameritar
to deserve
ocurrente
witty
huraño
unsociable
querer es poder
where there's a will there's a way
la veracidad
truthfulness
el/la demandante
plaintiff
la verosimilitud
credibility
la pericia
expertise
el perito
expert
provenir
to stem from
el derrame cerebral
brain hemorrhage
dar por
to regard...as
colocar
to position
el libre albedrío
free will
el aguinaldo
Christmas bonus
arremangarse
to roll up one's sleeves
el ombligo
belly button
procurarse
to obtain
procurar
to make sure
asimismo
likewise
ocasionar
to cause
el junco
reed
discrepar
to disagree
tergiversar
to distort
el velorio
wake
en un santiamén
in no time at all
desperezarse
to stretch
ponerse en cuclillas
to squat
la pezuña
hoof
erguido
upright
aspirante
suction
escatimar
to skimp on
la altivez
arrogance
apiadarse
to take pity on
el arañazo
scratch
inducir a error
to mislead
pardo
brownish-gray
la desinencia
ending
obsequiar
to present
impensable
inconceivable
ni chicha ni limonada
neither fish nor fowl
embalsamar
to embalm
la porra
club
el piojo
louse
prever
to foresee
prevenir
to prevent
resarcir
to compensate
el varapalo
blow
ufanarse
to boast
constatar
to establish
gestionar
to manage
el trámite
procedure
la alharaca
fuss
acreditar
to prove
el moho
mold
encomiable
praiseworthy
el brebaje
potion
la hazaña
feat
vituperar
to censure
denostar
to insult
la veleidad
fickleness
el dicharachero
chatterbox
el guasón
tease
la presunción
presumption
el atuendo
outfit
el abasto
supply
la alabanza
praise
desgrabar
to transcribe
repercutir
to have repercussions on
la índole
nature
la injerencia
interference
la corriente
current
el resquicio
opportunity
insólito
unusual
la lupa
magnifying glass
hechizante
bewitching
hechizar
to cast a spell on
abundar
to elaborate on
el atajo
shortcut
la calavera
skull
de modo que
in such a way that
el lienzo
linen
yo en tu lugar
if I were you
a que si
that if
con el fin de que
with the purpose that
a fin de que
so that
abuchear
to boo
en carne viva
first-hand
acatar
to comply with
el enunciado
statement
el aluvión
torrent
eludir
to avoid
granate
maroon
corinto
maroon
fulminar
to strike
sacón
nosey
evolucionar
to evolve
cómplice
complicit
el graznido
squawk
arropar
to tuck in
el arraigo
court order
la piedad
mercy
secundar
to second
la cizalla
shears
la verja
iron gate
paulatino
gradual
doblegarse
to yield
en consecuencia
consequently
por consiguiente
consequently
el ganglio
lymph node
decaer
to deteriorate
a quemarropa
at point-blank range
el escopetazo
shotgun wound
el flash
flash
recobrar
to recover
la escopeta
shotgun
criarse
to grow up
la disputa
dispute
remontarse a
to go back to
el antojo
whim
el somnífero
sleeping pill
resbaladizo
slippery
extirpar
to remove surgically
el repuesto
spare
el mitin
speech
rastrero
despicable
derivar de
to come from
derivarse
to derive from
la coraza
front
desterrar
to banish
directo
straightforward
la conmoción
upheaval
dar abasto
to cope
rebasar
to exceed
arremeter contra
to tear into
arremeter
to lay into
revolverse
to writhe
en ese entonces
back then
la carcajada
guffaw
la realeza
royalty
aparatoso
spectacular
aturdir
to daze
retraído
withdrawn
el desconcierto
confusion
la acción
share
ingenuo
naive
el sarpullido
rash
el cachalote
sperm whale
el acta de la reunión
minutes of the meeting
el desenlace
outcome
el lastre
burden
asear
to clean
esfumarse
to vanish
la hipótesis
theory
el contratiempo
setback
grosero
rude
el/la mecenas
patron
la legañas
sleepy dust
el/la subrogante
surrogate
el/la oponente
opponent
sensato
sensible
ajeno
other people's
dar rienda suelta a
to give free rein to
el manjar
delicacy
la inhabilitación
disqualification
el espejismo
mirage
el hado
fate
el desguace
junkyard
atenuarse
to die down
balizar
to mark with buoys
con tal de que
as long as
a no ser que
unless
esgrimir
to brandish
confabular
to conspire
siempre que
as long as
la asamblea legislativa
legislative assembly
municipal
local
el sufragio universal
universal suffrage
encabezar el reparto
to headline
la guinda
icing on the cake
el sambenito
stigma
el mango
handle
la panda
gang
el vividor
scrounger
engatusar
to sweet-talk
la férula
splint
la cuantía
amount
subrogar
to substitute
escueto
concise
el tanatorio
funeral parlor
ceñir
to cling to
encinta
pregnant
el chasco
disappointment
inédito
unprecedented
incidir
to affect
solaparse
to overlap
el derivado
by-product
resolutivo
decisive
la coartada
alibi
el reparo
qualm
escampar
to stop raining
la losa
tombstone
incautar
to seize
el cuajo
laid-back attitude
el furtivo
poacher
el cepo
trap
mojigato
sanctimonious
la oruga
caterpillar
el sesgo
bias
desencadenar
to trigger
agudizar
to exacerbate
aleatorio
random
aleatoriamente
randomly
deambular
to wander around
por añadidura
in addition
el desahucio
eviction
reacia
reluctant
recabar
to gather
los retallones
leftovers
el retal
remnant
el alquitrán
tar
el surtidor
pump
empacharse
to stuff oneself with
el arrebato
outburst
apuntar
to point out
el suplicio
ordeal
aportar
to provide
en curso
in progress
el hada
fairy
enderezarse
to straighten up
sin lugar a dudas
without doubt
tropecientos
umpteen
el hito
milestone
pasar por alto
to overlook
la bondad
goodness
el sarampión
measles
el fallo
ruling
instar
to urge
el piropo
catcall
rasurar
to shave
la grima
disgust
el/la insomne
insomniac
la ganzúa
lockpick
aturdir
to bewilder
desperdigar
to scatter
el eslabón
link
el/la querellante
plaintiff
la anotación
entry
el revestimiento
coating
el bulo
hoax
el gravamen
levy
transcurrir
to go by
estremecer
to shake
recurrir
to resort to
el atenuante
mitigating circumstance
el gatillo
trigger
centrarse en
to focus on
predicar
to preach
insinuar
to imply
el acantilado
cliff
intercalar
to intersperse
atenuar
to alleviate
derivar en
to lead to
sobrellevar
to bear
desbocarse
to bolt
el tramo
section
hacer frente a
to deal with
endurecer
to toughen
en base a
based on
lidiar con ello
to deal with it
la judicatura
judiciary
perdurar
to last
el banquillo de los acusados
dock
el ornitorrinco
platypus
salvo
except
el umbral
threshold
irrumpir
to burst into
el chivo expiatorio
scapegoat
dispar
disparate
el altibajo
ups and downs
la sorna
sarcasm
alzarse
to rise up
alzar
to raise
arrasar
to raze to the ground
la animadversión
animosity
el listillo
smart-ass
el galardón
award
calarse
to get soaked
la alondra
lark
la comparencia
appearance
el atril
lectern
enzarzar
to embroil
No hay mal que por bien no venga.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
la garrapata
tick
el/la chinche
bedbug
suscitar
to give rise to
experimentado
experienced
dar abasto
to keep up
subsanar
to rectify
el/la testaferro
front man
la crispación
tension
la formación
training
la varita
wand
el/la cónyuge
spouse
rastrear
to track
el dispositivo
device
reseñar
to review
elogiar
to praise
quincenal
fortnightly
la veta
streak
la oquedad
cavity
ileso
unharmed
desarraigar
to uproot
baladí
trivial
el aval
backing
avalar
to endorse
la contundencia
forcefulness
inculcar
to instill
aterrar
to terrify
aterrarse
to become terrified
acometer
to undertake
la encerrona
trap
desdeñable
insignificant
la secuela
consequence
la colleja
smack on the back of the neck
la lacra
blight
cuesta arriba
uphill
arrasador
devastating
rebatir
to refute
indultar
to pardon
desmentir
to refute
idóneo
ideal
el beneplácito
approval
el tentempié
snack
claudicar
to give in
la amortización
repayment
conllevar
to entail
despojarse de
to relinquish
despojar
to strip
el lustro
five-year period
la fecha tope
deadline
desdecirse
to go back on one's word
mañoso
cunning
los escombros
debris
el escombro
rubble
la maraña
tangle
el brete
predicament
degollar
to slit the throat of
el cumplido
compliment
afanarse
to do everything one can
mangar
to pinch
la estera
matting
la atemporalidad
timelessness
las agallas
guts
entrever
to see signs of
constar
to know for a fact
el desafío
challenge
reventar
to burst
desquiciarse
to go crazy
virar
to veer
la víspera
day before
vaticinar
to forecast
la urna
ballot box
las urnas
polls
el galardón
prize
desmenuzarse
to crumble
desmenuzar
to shred
socavar
to dig under
minar
to undermine
vislumbrar
to glimpse
vislumbrarse
to come into view
acechar
to lie in wait for
acogerse
to have recourse to
la normativa
regulations
abarcar
to extend over
el aserradero
sawmill
el pasto
pasture
el paraje natural
natural landscape
el paraje
place
lindar
to border on
desbancar
to oust
escasear
to be in short supply
encallarse
to become stalled
encallar
to run aground
sacar de quicio
to drive up the wall
el grosor
thickness
atrincherar
to entrench
subyacente
underlying
halagüeño
encouraging
entarimar
to lay floorboards on
la cala
cove
el litoral
coast
sancionar
to penalise
estival
summery
desbrozar
to clear
los enseres
belongings
sepultar
to bury
la falencia
failing
el escollo
stumbling block
derretir
to thaw
derretir
to melt
la grieta
crevasse
el coletazo
swipe of its tail
el rango
rank
por si fuera poco
as if it weren't enough
inaudito
unheard-of
agredir sexualmente
to sexually assault
recinto ferial
fairground
el concejal
city councilor
concebir
to conceive
inédito
unpublished
la veintena
score
la voladura
blowing up
el gajo
segment
la comarca
county
añorar
to yearn for
gafar
to jinx
retirarse
to pull out
sosegarse
to calm down
sosegar
to soothe
silvestre
wild
alardear de
to boast about
alardear
to boast
la pataleta
tantrum
la aflicción
grief
fruncir el ceño
to frown
el rabo del ojo
corner of one's eye
amansarse
to calm down
menearse
to sway
moquear
to sniffle
refunfuñar
to grumble
la envergadura
magnitude
inmutarse
to bat an eyelid
la parrafada
spiel
el acopio
stockpile
mangonear
to boss around
el/la ocupa
squatter
la lona
canvas
amparar
to protect
retribuir
to repay
la palanca
leverage
gatear
to crawl
la divulgación
disclosure
la salpicadura
spatter
la salpicadura
splash
en contraste
in contrast
desentrañar
to unravel
venidero
to come
tajante
unequivocal
la alegación
allegation
contundente
convincing
escalofriante
chilling
complaciente
indulgent
complacido
satisfied
dar por hecho
to take for granted
la demanda
claim
el reclamo
complaint
quejarse de
to complain about
alentar
to encourage
acribillar
to pepper
el estancamiento
stagnation
acunar
to rock
acuñar
to coin
el patrocinio
sponsorship
asequible
affordable
propiciar
to be conducive to
ingresar
to pay in
fraguar
to hatch
prescindir
to do without
el pantano
reservoir
desdoblarse
to split in two
desdoblar
to unfold
el pantano
swamp
el embalse
reservoir
adrede
on purpose
el ácaro
mite
la balsa
pond
la presa
dam
el tertuliano
talk-show guest
arrimar
to move closer
tributar
to pay taxes
perenne
perennial
caduco
deciduous
el cebo
bait
averiado
out of order
descartar
to rule out
la cuadra
stable
imputar
to accuse
chévere
awesome
la rendija
crack
la sigla
acronym
el rollo
story
despedazar
to tear to shreds
desgastarse
to wear out
desfasado
old-fashioned
la subrogación
surrogacy
el fanfarrón
show-off
en resumidas cuentas
in a nutshell
en todo caso
in any case
por siguiente
therefore
de igual manera
anyway
debido a
owing to
dicho de otro modo
in other words
el vendaval
gale
cabecear
to nod off
ocioso
idle
empeñarse
to insist on
el empeño
determination
presumir
to boast
el madrugador
early bird
enajenar
to transfer
el auge
boom
la cortapisa
restriction
abrumador
overwhelming
jadear
to gasp
abrumadoramente
overwhelmingly
desgarrador
heartrending
encomiable
commendable
el auditorio
auditorium
el atracón
eating binge
el asedio
siege
presidir
to preside over
el/la macarra
lout
el motín
mutiny
el forcejeo
struggle
reanudar
to resume
el don
gift
el anzuelo
fish hook
involucrado
involved
el anhelo
longing
la pauta
guideline
la gacha
porridge
achacar
to blame
hacer hincapié en
to emphasize
la alambrada
wire fence
la tapia
wall
bruto
gross
el hincapié
emphasis
la traba
obstacle
ensimismado
absorbed
la hambruna
famine
de trato fácil
easygoing
derrumbar
to demolish
derrumbarse
to collapse
asombrado
astonished
la corporación municipal
municipal authorities
la subvención
subsidy
desconectar
to disconnect
el recorte
cutback
el ansia
yearning
polémico
controversial
según se dice
allegedly
el biombo
folding screen
fisgonear
to nose around
trastorno alimentario
eating disorder
desprender
to detach
despiadado
ruthless
apurar
to finish off
aleccionar
to lecture
al fin y al cabo
in the end
denunciar
to denounce
a fin de cuentas
after all
recaudar dinero
to raise money
aborrecer
to detest
en función de
according to
la ladilla
crab louse
la luciérnaga
firefly
el luto
mourning
sobornar
to bribe
el desfile
parade
el lastre
ballast
el moribundo
dying man
el oficio
trade
la tara
defect
la tregua
truce
tender una trampa
to set a trap
el tipo
rate
tocar fondo
to hit rock bottom
el trabalenguas
tongue twister
el trueno
thunder
ultrajar
to offend
ser testigo de
to witness
siempre y cuando
provided that
solidario
supportive
sollozar
to sob
subarrendar
to sublet
el redactor
writer
repentino
sudden
resbalarse
to slip
el respaldo
support
ronco
hoarse
semejante
similar
quebrar
to go bankrupt
quisquilloso
fussy
el quiste
cyst
realizar
to carry out
realzar
to highlight
la recaída
relapse
presagiar
to foretell
presumido
conceited
pretender
to intend
procesar
to prosecute
proclive
inclined
propiciar
to create a favourable atmosphere for
palear
to shovel
el párpado
eyelid
pícaro
naughty
pletórico
exultant
poner de los nervios
to grate on
el/la carterista
pickpocket
llevar a cabo
to carry out
la malversación
embezzlement
la ortografía
spelling
otorgar
to grant
la vejación
humiliation
la escasez
shortage
la frazada
blanket
la inscripción
registration
la investigación
research
la lencería
lingerie
la banda sonora
soundtrack
la barrida
sweeping
la escarcha
frost
indagar
to investigate
el interlocutor
spokesperson
halagar
to flatter
la hoja de ruta
road map
hortera
tacky
hurgar
to poke around
imprudente
careless
impulsar
to propel
escaquearse
to slope off
espabilar
to wake up
excarcelar
to release
hacer aparecer como culpable
to frame
hacer escala
to stop over
en cuanto a
with regard to
en retrospectiva
in hindsight
encandilar
to dazzle
encausar
to prosecute
el encubridor
accessory
endeble
weak
empollón
nerdy
en cuanto
as soon as
el patrimonio
heritage
el reto
challenge
el rompecabezas
puzzle
el rumbo
course
el entorno
environment
el guiño
wink
el hijastro
stepson
el invernadero
greenhouse
el mapache
raccoon
el mercadeo
marketing
el alma gemela
soulmate
el apaño
repair
el corredor de bolsa
stockbroker
disponible
available
dispuesto
willing
el desprecio
contempt
desprenderse
to become detached
desvanecer
to fade
difundir
to disseminate
digno
worthy
dimitir
to resign
derrochar
to squander money
derrotar
to defeat
desbordarse
to overflow
desconcertar
to disconcert
desempeñar un papel
to play a role
despechar
to spite
despreciar
to despise
demandar
to sue
denunciar
to condemn
derogar
to abolish
derramar
to spill
derribar
to overthrow
derrocar
to overthrow
la cotización
contribution
cursi
tacky
cutre
shabby
de
from
delatar
to betray
delinquir
to commit a crime
la cancha
court
catar
to taste
la chapuza
botch
comprensivo
understanding
comprobar
to check
convocar
to convene
cotillear
to gossip
atascado
stuck
atascarse
to get bogged down
la autoestima
self-esteem
la borrasca
area of low pressure
bostezar
to yawn
la brecha
breach
el bufete
law firm
ahorcar
to hang
aleccionar
to instruct
la antelación
notice
aplazar
to postpone
apresar
to apprehend
apurar
to be urgent
el asalto
attack
achacar
to attribute
el acoso
harassment
agachado
submissive
agachar
to lower
aglutinar
to bring together
agregar
to add
la ahijada
goddaughter
a fin de cuentas
at the end of the day
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