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el atropello
el atropello
shove
el atropello
el atropello
accident
la atadura
la atadura
tether
la acechadora
la acechadora
stalker
el acosador
el acosador
stalker
alborotar
alborotar
to unsettle
alborotar
alborotar
to disturb
atrevido
atrevido
daring
el anzuelo
el anzuelo
fish hook
el anzuelo
el anzuelo
bait
a la deriva
a la deriva
adrift
alabar
alabar
to praise
el foso
el foso
pit
gemir
gemir
to moan
gemir
gemir
to groan
cursi
cursi
corny
vislumbrar
vislumbrar
to glimpse
la navaja
la navaja
razor clam
el chipirón
el chipirón
baby squid
espabilar
to open someone's eyes
espabilar
to get one's act together
taladrar
to pierce
taladrar
to drill into
zanjar
to resolve
pisar
to step on
las fauces
jaws
trazar
to draw
el polilla
bookworm
la polilla
moth
cálido
warm
cálido
warm
desgastar
to erode
desgastar
to wear down
caluroso
enthusiastic
caluroso
warm
reivindicar
to vindicate
reivindicar
to defend
rehuir
to avoid
inalámbrico
cordless
desvariar
to talk nonsense
hacer las paces
to make up with
hacer las paces
to make up
portarse
to behave
el peluche
stuffed toy
conmovedor
moving
conmovedor
touching
la palmadita
little pat
el sorbito
little sip
embotado
muddled
embotado
dull
atracar
to rob
el abanico
variety
el abanico
range
colar
to strain
el hoyo
hole
el hoyo
hole
estropear
to damage
inquieto
restless
hastiarse
to tire of
hastiarse
to get fed up with
hastiar
to disgust
¡Ajá!
Aha!
¡Ajá!
Splendid!
¡Ajá!
Uh-huh!
quitarse de encima de
to get off
recomponer
to reset
sin ton ni son
for no reason at all
alentador
encouraging
a escondidas
behind one's back
a escondidas
secretly
disimuladamente
surreptitiously
tiritar
to shiver
la rayuela
hopscotch
sacar de quicio
to get on someone's nerves
alterar
to agitate
la disnea
dyspnea
la cefalea
migraine
el desvanecimiento
fainting fit
el/la tripulante
crew member
estrecho de miras
narrow-minded
atajar
to put a stop to
atajar
to take a shortcut
la subvención
grant
la subvención
subsidy
el rasgo
characteristic
la prestación
provision
lastrar
to burden
el cimiento
foundation
la franquicia
exemption
la franquicia
franchise
el desembolso
payment
la disyuntiva
dilemma
averiado
broken down
el tramposo
cheat
tejer
to knit
embalar
to accelerate
cacarear
to cluck
cacarear
to boast about
enjugar
to wipe away
refunfuñar
to grumble
el remojo
soak
descongelar
to defrost
la alubia
bean
teñirse
to dye one's hair
adelgazar
to lose weight
llover a cántaros
to pour
echar
to pour
llover chuzos de punta
to pour
verter
to pour
reavivar
to revive
el trineo
sled
asqueroso
disgusting
arropar
to protect
desgranar
to spell out
flipar
to be crazy about
deshecho
exhausted
deshecho
devastated
el esmalte
nail polish
cortarse
to lose one's nerve
la escorrentía
run-off
la argamasa
mortar
colmar
to fill to the brim
el surtidor
pump
chillar
to scream
atrasado
late
atrasado
behind schedule
el nerviosismo
nervousness
tosco
rough
el arado
plow
la mamada
breastfeeding
la mamada
blow job
comprobar
to prove
atinar
to manage to
atinar
to guess
atinar
to hit the target
tentado
tempted
despachar
to deal with
la perspicacia
insight
espabilado
bright
la quiebra
bankruptcy
tal cual
just as
el sapo
toad
el menosprecio
contempt
el cacharro
dish
ahondar
to delve into
ahondar
to examine in detail
la prórroga
overtime
apostar
to bet
parir
to have a baby
aportar
to contribute
la paliza
beating
remojar
to steep
dar una vuelta
to go for a walk
dar la gana
to feel like it
la bofetada
slap in the face
encogerse de hombros
to shrug
la alabanza
praise
el despecho
spite
el apoderado
attorney
el impreso
form
barruntar
to suspect
gimotear
to whine
el tortolito
young lovebird
el monedero
change purse
atar cabos
to put two and two together
el garabato
scribble
el despiste
absent-mindedness
despistar
to mislead
insólito
unusual
apaciguar
to calm down
mordisquear
to nibble
las sandeces
nonsense
la parsimonia
calmness
la intromisión
interference
la verja
iron gate
deseoso
eager
impacientarse
to get impatient
la pesquisa
inquiry
peliagudo
tricky
la indagación
inquiry
la indagación
investigation
disgustar
to upset
desechar
to throw out
desapercibido
unnoticed
el tumulto
commotion
el ovillo
ball
encogido
shrunken
destapado
with the covers off
destapado
uncovered
interesarse por
to be interested in
el follón
mess
el lío
affair
el lío
mess
esclarecer
to shed light on
esclarecer
to clear up
recobrar
to recover
al fin y al cabo
after all
el chaval
kid
omiso
negligent
inverosímil
implausible
raptar
to kidnap
la pesquisa
investigation
al cabo
in the end
prescindir
to do without
de una vez por todas
once and for all
divisar
to make out
desde luego
of course
abordar
to deal with
la constancia
proof
la tentación
temptation
el trapo
rag
el delantal
apron
insensibilizar
to desensitize
espeluznante
terrifying
la glorieta
traffic circle
el desánimo
despondency
apresuradamente
hurriedly
la pista
clue
meter la pata
to mess up
al tanto de
informed about
al tanto de
up to date with
dame cinco
give me five
divagar
to digress
inamovible
immovable
rendido
worn-out
el repunte
rise
sobreponerse
to pull oneself together
sobreponerse
to recover from
velar
to keep vigil over
el soplón
informer
incauto
unsuspecting
el retraso
delay
jadear
to pant
desvanecer
to fade
registrar
to search
la demora
delay
apuntado
pointy
áspero
rough
la brecha
gap
derribar
to demolish
el sindicato
labor union
la convivencia
coexistence
la convivencia
cohabitation
inabarcable
vast
retirar
to take away
el abasto
supply
subsanar
to rectify
el desfalco
embezzlement
incumbir
to concern
incumbir
to be one's business
vulnerable
vulnerable
sensible
sensitive
armar
to put together
recompensar
to reward
el paradero
whereabouts
el malentendido
misunderstanding
desprevenido
by surprise
el recibimiento
reception
la posta
stage
hacer caso
to pay attention to
hacer caso
to take notice of
echar un vistazo
to have a look
recaer
to suffer a relapse
la coartada
alibi
estropear
to ruin
pujar
to bid
la pizca
pinch
ascender
to promote
el fajo
wad
resoplar
to pant
el jaleo
commotion
jalear
to cheer on
la chapuza
shoddy work
despreciable
despicable
la subasta
auction
ultimar
to put the final touches to
el antojo
craving
la zorra
slut
degenerado
degenerate
la arcada
retching
el fulana
whore
el recado
errand
la faena
task
el disgusto
dissatisfaction
carraspear
to clear one's throat
inalámbrico
wireless
el buñuelo
fritter
replantear
to bring up again
precipitar
to hasten
fiar
to give credit
la aspereza
abruptness
el escarnio
ridicule
erizarse
to bristle
terco
stubborn
el timón
rudder
deshacer
to destroy
golear
to score a lot of goals against
cabezota
stubborn
cabezota
pigheaded
jorobar
to mess up
jorobar
to get on one's nerves
el/la contrincante
rival
el/la contrincante
opponent
enderezar
to straighten
el/la aguafiestas
party pooper
huidizo
elusive
álgido
decisive
alardear
to boast
embobar
to fascinate
embobar
to be crazy about
la zozobra
anxiety
aminorar
to slow down
aminorar
to reduce
engorroso
tricky
hasta las narices
fed up
adular
to flatter
empanar
to coat in breadcrumbs
escurrir
to drain
regar
to water
encomendado
entrusted
caducar
to expire
la cremallera
zipper
me muero de hambre
I'm starving
no veo la hora
I can't wait
comprometer
to jeopardize
comprometer
to involve
cundir
to go well
endeudar
to put into debt
hasta cuando
even when
el laico
layperson
por más ... que
no matter how much
la emboscada
ambush
ileso
unharmed
salpicar
to splash
guiñar
to wink
por doquier
all over the place
rebuscado
obscure
anonadado
stunned
abarcar
to take in
entorpecer
to slow down
el disgusto
annoyance
infravalorar
to underestimate
desenvolverse
to manage
la caducidad
expiration date
atrayente
attractive
azorado
alarmed
acudir
to come
descorrer
to draw back
tibio
lukewarm
la ceniza
ash
atrapar
to catch
volar
to blow up
plantearse
to consider
el energúmeno
lunatic
pasmoso
astonishing
arropar
to tuck in
acaparar
to capture
encomendar
to entrust
corriente
common
la cota
height
la alacena
pantry
el almacén
storeroom
sostener
to back up
perdurar
to endure
jovial
jovial
apropiarse
to appropriate
la brújula
compass
socavar
to dig under
dar un paso
to take a step
dar un paseo
to go for a walk
sincerarse
to open up
perjudicial
damaging
tender
to hang
tender
to set
el buitre
vulture
desgarrar
to rip
desgarrar
to tear
la barrida
sweep
acaparar
to monopolize
la celeridad
speed
el rasgo
feature
abarcar
to contain
aletargado
lethargic
caber
to be room for
pronosticar
to predict
enroscarse
to coil up
prevalecer
to prevail
sensato
sensible
desvanecer
to dispel
disolver
to dissolve
no hace falta que
there's no need for
hace falta
it's necessary
promover
to promote
enmarañado
tangled
desmentir
to refute
el montaje
assembly
la hondonada
dip
la lona
canvas
las canicas
marbles
desprender
to give off
desprender
to detach
aleatorio
random
el escombro
rubble
la hilera
line
recomponer
to mend
sacar de quicio
to drive up the wall
sacar de quicio
to drive crazy
cremoso
creamy
renquear
to limp
el pico
something
contactarse
to get in touch with
encaminarse
to be aimed at
encaminarse
to head toward
encaminar
to direct
relanzar
to relaunch
desmigar
to crumble
resquebrajarse
to crumble
desmenuzarse
to crumble
desmoronarse
to crumble
malgastar
to waste
el despilfarro
waste
el desperdicio
waste
el derroche
waste
botar
to waste
botar
to throw away
remontar
to mend
remontar
to go up
remontar
to overcome
remontarse
to date back
el trazado
design
desvaído
faded
la penumbra
half-light
surcar
to sail through
surcar
to cut through
surcar
to plow
asediar
to besiege
de soslayo
out of the corner of one's eye
anhelar
to yearn
desvanecer
to dissipate
el retazo
bit
fundir
to merge
fundir
to melt
el cúmulo
heap
el/la agonizante
dying person
agonizante
dying
acatar
to comply with
franquear
to go through
el impío
heathen
espantar
to appall
recortarse
to stand out
reanudar
to resume
sopesar
to weigh
socavar
to undermine
expuesto
risky
mascullar
to mumble
abrochar
to fasten
esbelto
slender
sobrevolar
to fly over
aglomerar
to bind together
arrancar
to start
el acoso
harassment
acosar
to harass
entregar
to give
atemorizar
to intimidate
perplejo
perplexed
replegar
to retract
desplomarse
to plummet
el desenlace
end
retroceder
to reverse
el tramo
section
el tramo
flight
apagar
to switch off
soltar
to drop
contrarrestar
to counteract
acurrucarse
to curl up
disponer
to set out
funesto
disastrous
la rabia
rage
aborrecer
to abhor
rayar
to verge on
el chantaje
blackmail
rayar
to scratch
abarcar
to cover
acertar
to hit the target
pese a que
despite the fact that
pese a que
even though
la torpeza
clumsiness
desafiante
defiant
abalanzarse
to rush
bombear
to pump
rebotar
to bounce
estrellar
to smash
esbozar
to sketch
el acontecimiento
event
la picada
appetizers
la picada
nosedive
el haz
beam
angostar
to narrow
la ráfaga
gust
agarrotar
to stiffen
el tragaluz
skylight
agazaparse
to crouch
aferrar
to grab
fulminar
to strike down
acallar
to silence
disponer
to arrange
escudriñar
to scrutinize
repentino
sudden
encorvado
hunched
presagiar
to foretell
reprender
to reprimand
trastocar
to disrupt
rebosante
brimming
prever
to foresee
ansiar
to long for
la senda
path
defraudar
to disappoint
defraudar
to cheat
el entretenimiento
entertainment
ostentar
to hold
ostentar
to show off
agachar
to bend
apilar
to pile up
sucumbir
to succumb
reprimir
to suppress
erigir
to erect
abrasador
burning
aferrar
to seize
las tinieblas
darkness
surgir
to arise
gestionar
to handle
asomar
to stick out
desviar
to divert
retorcer
to twist
desandar
to retrace
la dosificación
dosage
el desahucio
eviction
agilizar
to make livelier
agilizar
to speed up
derrotar
to defeat
asolar
to devastate
desmentir
to deny
revolver
to upset
albergar
to house
graznar
to squawk
el umbral
threshold
demorar
to delay
el encargo
assignment
el encargo
order
el lagarto
lizard
el cangrejo
crab
contradecir
to contradict
la reja
bars
cascar
to crack
el chasquido
crack
la grieta
crack
la rendija
crack
la caja
box
el cajón
drawer
echar a correr
to start running
a medida que
as
agitar
to shake
posarse
to settle
barrer
to sweep
ensordecedor
deafening
engullir
to wolf down
sobrecoger
to startle
abatir
to shoot down
a lo largo de
throughout
no es de extrañar
it's no wonder
pese a todo
in spite of everything
suscitar
to arouse
sustentar
to support
tenaz
tenacious
tenazmente
tenaciously
encarnizar
to make cruel
encarnizar
to enrage
aguardar
to wait for
el moho
mold
brotar
to sprout
caprichoso
whimsical
conferir
to bestow
revuelto
scrambled
engendrar
to give rise to
la encuesta
survey
la intriga
intrigue
el entrecejo
space between one's eyebrows
la inquietud
anxiety
acalorar
to make hot
almacenar
to store
el ahínco
effort
el estruendo
din
jocoso
humorous
emprender
to undertake
el estuche
case
ponerse en marcha
to set off
ponerse de acuerdo
to reach an agreement
someter
to subject
impotente
helpless
a menudo
often
otorgar
to grant
salir a la luz
to come out
la aduana
customs
encabezar
to head
pasar por alto
to overlook
el hito
milestone
resbalar
to slip
fallar
to rule
estrecho
narrow
discrepar
to be at odds
discrepar
to disagree
suponer
to mean
rendir
to pay
estancar
to block up
estancarse
to stagnate
compadecer
to pity
atenazar
to torment
rozar
to brush against
cojear
to limp
acérrimo
staunch
divisar
to spot
arrebatar
to snatch
el atentado
attack
desgreñar
to dishevel
el aullido
howl
el descaro
nerve
el desgarro
brazenness
sea como sea
in any case
el plato fuerte
main course
el ensayo
rehearsal
padecer
to endure
la amargura
bitterness
el ayuno
fast
ahorcar
to hang
perecer
to perish
arrollar
to run over
denigrante
degrading
agotar
to wear out
agotar
to exhaust
escabullar
to shuck
el desprecio
contempt
de reojo
out of the corner of one's eye
acudir
to turn to
las entrañas
guts
asimilar
to absorb
atender
to look after
toparse
to run into
desplazar
to displace
acercar
to move closer
convenir
to agree
el desconcierto
confusion
aferrarse
to cling to
el elogio
praise
acto seguido
immediately afterwards
apretujar
to squeeze
el asiento trasero
back seat
acudir
to go to
afligir
to upset
sonado
famous
la carrera
race
la soltura
fluency
ceñir
to cling to
ceñirse
to limit oneself
herir
to wound
estorbar
to get in the way of
procurar
to make sure
desplegar
to spread
descorrer
to slide back
el regazo
lap
merece la pena
it's worth it
la carcajada
loud laugh
tergiversar
to distort
retener
to retain
acaso
perhaps
albergar
to harbor
de veras
truly
verosímil
plausible
atascar
to clog up
rematar
to finish off
aguzar
to sharpen
impredecible
unpredictable
el salpicadero
dashboard
despejar
to clear up
despejar
to wake up
despejarse
to clear one's head
rendir
to produce
descarado
shameless
desafiar
to challenge
recoger
to pick
recoger
to clean up
el altavoz
loudspeaker
el/la portavoz
spokesperson
apresurarse
to hurry up
el/la rehén
hostage
diría
I'd say
el torbellino
whirlwind
la espina
thorn
el costado
side
alzar
to raise
heder
to reek
heder
to stink
viciar
to get somebody into a bad habit
viciado
stuffy
arremolinar
to swirl
hinchar
to inflate
hincarse
to kneel
estallar
to burst
halagar
to flatter
despreocupadamente
casually
ahuyentar
to frighten off
contener
to hold back
el pariente
relative
tumbarse
to lie down
la tenaza
tongs
dirigirse
to walk
resollar
to breathe heavily
el puñado
handful
la presa
prey
sorber
to sip
hartar
to get tired of
harto
fed up
respaldar
to endorse
el hueco
hole
difunto
deceased
el punto de partida
starting point
agachar
to lower
fugar
to chase away
desperdiciar
to waste
extrañar
to miss
arrojar
to throw
atenazar
to grip
desbaratar
to ruin
al pie de la letra
to the letter
asombrar
to amaze
el desafío
challenge
desesperado
desperate
decantarse
to opt for
apurar
to finish
apurado
in a hurry
atraer
to attract
el desasosiego
unease
el recelo
suspicion
soltar
to let go of
soler
to use to
asustar
to frighten
apuntar
to aim
agarrar
to grab
despejado
clear
broncearse
to get a tan
ampliar
to expand
atravesar
to cross
la pegatina
sticker
cotillear
to gossip
cotilla
gossipy
acogedor
cozy
enseguida
immediately
torpe
clumsy
arraigado
deeply rooted
desprevenido
unprepared
pillar
to catch
estafar
to rip off
desaliñado
scruffy
despeinado
disheveled
prestarse
to borrow
el espectáculo
show
la función
performance
retroceder
to back up
el abanico
fan
amarrar
to tie
atar
to tie
el nudo
knot
padecer
to suffer from
retener
to detain
el ensueño
daydream
zaherir
to mock
convidar
to buy
carecer
to lack
encoger
to shrink
desbordar
to burst
desbordar
to overflow
despegar
to take off
regañar
to scold
a no ser que
unless
proceder
to come from
apuesto
handsome
audaz
audacious
no obstante
nevertheless
acaecer
to happen
aturdido
dazed
siempre y cuando
provided that
con tal de que
as long as
además de
as well as
además
besides
cuanto antes
as soon as possible
vislumbrar
to make out
dar por sentado
to take for granted
empapar
to soak
estremecer
to make shudder
prender
to turn on
retrasar
to postpone
llevar a cabo
to carry out
deslizar
to slide
comprobar
to check
escoger
to choose
acceder
to access
acceder
to agree
acoger
to receive
el pavoneo
swagger
escarpado
steep
empinado
steep
atreverse
to dare
el/la amarrete
scrooge
colocar
to place
aprobar
to pass
aprobar
to approve
equivocar
to get wrong
conseguir
to get
fijar
to fix
derivar
to arise from
desaparecer
to disappear
aguantar
to put up with
apoyar
to support
agradecer
to appreciate
disfrazarse
to dress up
acabar
to finish
costar
to be hard
compás débil
weak beat
frutar
to bear fruit
bajar
to go down
tropezar
to stumble
tropezarse
to run into
chocar
to crash
alojarse
to be housed
alojarse
to stay
alojar
to accommodate
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