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alocado
alocado
crazy
pecaminoso
pecaminoso
sinful
lúdico
lúdico
playful
el libre albedrío
el libre albedrío
free will
la puja
la puja
struggle
pujar
pujar
to struggle
enaltecer
enaltecer
to praise
el capote
el capote
cloak
el atraco
el atraco
robbery
el cacerolazo
el cacerolazo
banging on pots and pans
esquivo
esquivo
evasive
desacertado
desacertado
unfortunate
acertado
acertado
correct
idóneo
idóneo
ideal
una cucharada de su propia medicina
una cucharada de su propia medicina
a taste of his own medicine
la cucharada
la cucharada
spoonful
la acechanza
la acechanza
stalking
la austeridad
la austeridad
austerity
austero
austero
austere
sumamente
extremely
la lagartija
wall lizard
la rendición
profit
aprovisionar
to supply
la aseveración
assertion
aseverar
to assert
el aljibe
cistern
la tregua
truce
plasmarse
to be embodied
plasmar
to give expression to
discurrir
to pass
concebir
to conceive
rapado
shaven
el rubro
heading
escasear
to be in short supply
la pesquisa
inquiry
traslucir
to show
vaivenear
to move backwards and forwards
el vaivén
ups and downs
el certamen
competition
la enajenación
alienation
el jolgorio
revelry
engorroso
tedious
el erudito
scholar
docto
erudite
prodigioso
prodigious
deletrear
to spell
incidir
to influence
a duras penas
hardly
tarde pero seguro
better safe than sorry
seguir la trayectoria de
to track
la trayectoria
trajectory
el flagelo
calamity
encaminar
to direct
hacer ostentación de
to flaunt
hacer alarde de
to show off
alardear de
to boast about
ostentar
to show off
poseer
to have
el/la integrante
member
el punto de partida
starting point
subordinar
to subordinate
relegar
to relegate
en primer plano
in the foreground
entre bastidores
backstage
por mucho que
no matter how much
de cabo a rabo
from beginning to end
a lo largo de la historia
throughout history
No es oro todo lo que reluce.
All that glitters is not gold.
a ciegas
blindly
sin lugar a dudas
without doubt
de súbito
all of a sudden
querer es poder
where there's a will there's a way
poner un tope a
to limit
salir a cuenta
to be worth
hacer su agosto
to make a fortune
empezar la casa por el tejado
to put the cart before the horse
estar entre la espada y la pared
to be in a no-win situation
pasarse de la raya
to go way too far
árido
dry
el daltonismo
color blindness
discernir
to discern
al respecto
on the matter
de ahora en adelante
from now on
por si fuera poco
as if it weren't enough
hoy por hoy
at the present time
ha de ser
it has to be
si bien es cierto
although it's true
dar de alta
to pass as fit
pasar por alto
to overlook
a sabiendas
knowing full well
para cuando
by the time
el canje
exchange
zafarse
to get away from
dar el visto bueno a
to give one's approval to
acceder
to agree
cojear
to limp
el/la guiri
foreigner
el forastero
stranger
el césped
lawn
la adhesión
support
desacatar
to disobey
infringir
to infringe
subestimar
to underestimate
infravalorar
to undervalue
infrahumano
subhuman
presidir
to preside over
la aguja
needle
preponderante
predominant
desatinar
to act foolishly
el hurto
theft
el desglose
itemization
desglosar
to make a breakdown
la liquidez
liquidity
el aguinaldo
extra month's pay at Christmas
sacudir
to shake
la conmoción
shock
precedente
previous
extenso
vast
la taladradora
drill
el botellón
mass outdoor drinking session
aglutinar
to bring together
bochornoso
embarrassing
el feligrés
members of a congregation
prolífico
prolific
amplia gama
wide range
desencadenar
to unleash
desencadenar
to unleash
encadenar
to link
agudo
acute
el buzón
mailbox
la bandeja de entrada
inbox
el almacenamiento
storage
el/la corresponsal
correspondent
diligente
hardworking
la plantilla
staff
la gestión
management
gestionar
to negotiate
el paro
unemployment
estival
summery
puntilloso
particular
la baja
sick note
el/la mileurista
mileurista
indoloro
painless
saldar
to settle
abrocharse el cinturón
to fasten your seat belt
el inmunidad del rebaño
herd immunity
el rebaño
flock
divulgativo
informative
innato
inborn
congénito
innate
recurrir
to turn to
incoar
to initiate
el expediente
record
incongruente
incongruous
la liebre
hare
la coyuntura
joint
la coyuntura
situation
reclutar
to recruit
contar con
to count on
se hace camino al andar
you make your path as you walk
condescender
to consent
inminente
imminent
canjear
to exchange
el incentivo
incentive
el estímulo
encouragement
emergente
emerging
viable
viable
la viabilidad
viability
transigir
to compromise
la solución intermedia
compromise
término medio
middle ground
rudimentario
rudimentary
ilícito
unlawful
pernicioso
harmful
exacerbar
to aggravate
empinarse
to stand on tiptoe
la informalidad
unreliability
tajantemente
categorically
la discrepancia
disagreement
el catastro
land registry
cauteloso
cautious
cautelar
precautionary
desvanecerse
to faint
indebidamente
illegally
arremeter contra
to charge at
arremeter
to attack
el/la timonel
helmsman
el avestruz
ostrich
sanguinario
bloodthirsty
la represa
dam
a raíz de
as a result of
la foca
seal
el gorrión
sparrow
el búho
owl
la garra
claw
el saltamontes
grasshopper
el erizo
hedgehog
el mapache
raccoon
la oruga
caterpillar
el venado
deer
el caimán
alligator
la ardilla
squirrel
roedor
gnawing
embrujar
to bewitch
el embrujo
curse
el sarpullido
rash
pillar
to catch
la almorrana
hemorrhoids
la ceja
eyebrow
la costilla
rib
la encía
gum
la pantorrilla
calf
el muslo
thigh
el esguince
sprain
enyesar
to put in a cast
el delantero
forward
el botiquín
first aid kit
el hematoma
bruise
los primeros auxilios
first aid
vendar
to bandage
la acera
sidewalk
el parto
birth
la insolación
sunstroke
la varicela
chicken pox
la hipertensión
high blood pressure
hinchado
conceited
hinchado
swollen
el atasco
blockage
atascado
blocked
el yeso
plaster cast
el ungüento
ointment
la muleta
crutch
de curandero
quack
el curandero
healer
tener mal aspecto
not to look good
la ampolla
blister
la apoplejía
apoplexy
la mandíbula
jaw
la matriz
womb
la pestaña
tab
la pestaña
eyelash
la hiel
bile
el hígado
liver
la dolencia
ailment
el aporte
contribution
la viruela
smallpox
el sarampión
measles
la rubeola
rubella
los tétanos
tetanus
sonarse la nariz
to blow one's nose
el brote
outbreak
el paludismo
malaria
el progenitor
father
inconcluso
unfinished
anclar
to anchor
tildar
to brand
el catedrático
professor
el despacho
office
el musgo
moss
acribillar
to riddle
desmesuradamente
disproportionately
desmedidamente
excessively
el tejido
tissue
divisorio
dividing
replegar
to draw up
replegar
to retract
atañer
to have to do with
ausentarse
to be absent
insólito
extremely unusual
alegar
to claim
aducir
to put forward
apresar
to apprehend
aledaño
neighboring
el vocablo
word
envuelto
involved
el homólogo
counterpart
denominado
named
frustrado
failed
afín
similar
homologar
to recognize
la yegua
mare
eficazmente
efficiently
el apareamiento
mating
el corral
farmyard
llover a cántaros
to rain cats and dogs
diluviar
to pour
podar
to trim
chispear
to drizzle
frondoso
lush
fumigar
to fumigate
la manada
herd
adentrarse
to go into
gravar
to levy a tax on
amainar
to die down
el barro
mud
la ráfaga
gust
el bochorno
sultry weather
óptimo
ideal
relegar
to banish
reinsertar
to reintegrate
la repercusión
repercussion
el encarecimiento
increase
prorrogar
to extend
el inquilino
tenant
la morosidad
slowness in paying
tanto como
as much as
el desahucio
eviction
propugnar
to advocate
el lustro
five-year period
el ostracismo
ostracism
pugnar
to strive
el insumo
supply
hipotecar
to jeopardize
hipotecar
to mortgage
la hipoteca
mortgage
enrevesado
complex
paupérrimo
very poor
suntuoso
sumptuous
escasear
to be scarce
atesorar
to amass
indigente
indigent
menesteroso
needy
depauperar
to impoverish
depauperado
impoverished
acaudalado
wealthy
acaudalar
to accumulate
el asesor
advisor
hacer malabarismos
to juggle
el derivado
derivative
adjuntar
to attach
documento adjunto
attached document
la remuneración
remuneration
la retribución
payment
incrementarse
to increase
ascender
to rise
la afición
fondness
el/la auxiliar de vuelo
flight attendant
repercutir
to have repercussions on
impulsar
to drive
la profusión
abundance
llevar la contabilidad
to do the accounts
capricho pasajero
infatuation
el capricho
impulse
la opulencia
affluence
de sobra
spare
el caudal
wealth
la afluencia
influx
la aflicción
sorrow
la privación
deprivation
la merma
decrease
la mengua
decrease
segar
to reap
cosechar
to harvest
la cosecha
harvest
abatido
dejected
esparcir
to scatter
con el ánimo por los suelos
miserable
afligido
heartbroken
exaltado
impassioned
vindicar
to avenge
atorar
to block
englobar
to include
rebuscado
recherché
convalecer
to recover
a medida que
as
de un lado para otro
on the go
de un lado para otro
from one place to another
decantarse
to opt for
infundir
to fill with
inculcar
to instill
divulgar
to publicize
fomentar
to promote
aportar
to contribute
destajar
to agree conditions for
deshecho
exhausted
el abastecedor
supplier
abastecer
to supply
desentenderse
to pretend not to know
rastrillar
to rake
hacer ilusión
to excite
aplazar
to postpone
virar
to turn
auspiciar
to sponsor
subalterno
subordinate
desamparado
defenseless
despavorido
terrified
el tálamo
bed
el acantilado
cliff
no caber duda
to have no doubt
el peritaje
expert's report
coartar
to restrict
contrapesar
to offset
el contrapeso
counterweight
regirse
to be guided by
el precepto
precept
escrutar
to count
designar
to appoint
inmerso
immersed
el galardón
award
la intromisión
interference
concurrir
to agree
mezquinar
to be stingy with
tajante
categorical
sesgar
to cut on the bias
el sesgo
bias
la probidad
integrity
el cohecho
bribery
el soborno
bribery
el lavado de dinero
money laundering
escueto
concise
el parvulario
kindergarten
derogar
to abolish
desechar
to get rid of
transitorio
temporary
enmendar
to correct
subsanar
to excuse
explicitar
to specify
despachar
to deal with
la concurrencia
turnout
el umbral
threshold
infructuoso
fruitless
la malla
mesh
lustrar
to polish
limar
to file down
el adversario
opponent
perfilar
to outline
hastiar
to weary
el hastío
boredom
entroncar
to be related to
el empate
tie
el empate
tie
arrojar
to produce
arrojar
to throw
vigente
in force
burdo
crude
pinche
lousy
amurallar
to build a wall around
asediar
to lay siege to
sintetizar
to summarize
optar por
to choose
el descenso
drop
detenidamente
carefully
agrandar
to exaggerate
el allanamiento
raid
por casualidad
by chance
la muchedumbre
crowd
encasillar
to classify
desentrañar
to figure out
el esbozo
sketch
esbozar
to sketch
el eje
main idea
tropezar
to stumble
tropezar
to trip
ilustre
illustrious
mecer
to rock
verter
to pour
la vertiente
aspect
la vertiente
slope
el despojo
plunder
pulcro
neat
caoba
mahogany
el vaho
steam
azotar
to whip
insinuar
to imply
resarcirse
to make up for
resarcir
to compensate
rudimentario
basic
la confección
dressmaking
la manutención
support
la afinidad
in common
la exaltación
elation
la batidora
mixer
batir
to whip
acechar
to stalk
el sacacorchos
corkscrew
el último orejón del tarro
nobody
el tarro
jar
el rallador
grater
la olla
pot
el delantal
apron
la equitación
horseback riding
el gentilicio
demonym
la cubertería
set of cutlery
el error de imprenta
misprint
la imprenta
printing house
la hípica
equestrian sports
soslayar
to dodge
dar por hecho
to take for granted
dar por sentado
to take for granted
lijar
to sand
dar lugar a
to give rise to
asequible
affordable
estar en lo cierto
to be right
llevar razón
to be right
desacreditar
to discredit
presagiar
to foretell
el presagio
premonition
el augurio
omen
desmentir
to deny
cotillear
to gossip
la consecución
achievement
nimio
trivial
las facciones
features
mitigar
to alleviate
distender
to slacken
escabroso
rough
cruento
bloody
la infracción
offence
la infracción
violation
el adelantamiento
passing maneuver
rebuscado
obscure
conferir
to confer
subrogar
to substitute
reiterar
to reiterate
la crispación
tension
la misiva
missive
el acreedor
creditor
recopilar
to compile
bucear
to scuba dive
el buzo
diver
incipiente
fledgling
incipiente
incipient
aturdido
dazed
a gusto
comfortable
jerárquico
hierarchical
la jerarquía
hierarchy
en gran medida
to a great extent
la lidia
struggle
fluctuar
to waver
la fluctuación
hesitation
disponerse
to get ready
arrimar
to move closer
aferrar
to grasp
aferrar
to anchor
aferrarse
to cling to
dimitir
to resign
blindar
to armor-plate
el armario empotrado
built-in closet
empotrado
built-in
la mampara
screen
el bullicio
hustle and bustle
la envergadura
magnitude
desmesurado
excessive
ser sapo de otro pozo
to be the odd one out
encoger
to shrink
instantáneo
momentary
la lumbalgia
lumbago
la alopecia
alopecia
eficazmente
effectively
la eficacia
efficiency
convalecer
to convalesce
la remisión
remission
remitir
to send
amortizar
to get one's money's worth out of
embargar
to distrain
desembolsar
to pay out
malversar
to embezzle
avalar
to guarantee
prodigar
to lavish
despilfarrar
to waste
el activo
asset
el haber
asset
los haberes
earnings
el caudal
flow
el dolo
fraud
decretar
to order
consignar
to remand
consignar
to consign
la vejación
humiliation
el vejamen
humiliation
la calumnia
slander
la imputación
accusation
la quiniela
pool
el acierto
good move
el acierto
correct answer
la destreza
skill
dar fruto
to bear fruit
con respecto a
regarding
prevalecer
to prevail
imperar
to prevail
en plan
just as
el declive
decline
la templanza
self-control
los comicios
elections
el ayuntamiento
city council
pyme
SME
variopinto
diverse
el escaparate
shop window
el coto de caza
preserve
suplicar
to beg
mendigar
to beg for
el mendigo
beggar
suplantar
to take the place of
el sobreseimiento
dismissal
aterido
freezing
espabilado
bright
indispuesto
unwell
acalorado
hot
saciar
to satisfy
saciado
quenched
embustero
lying
crédulo
gullible
vehemente
forceful
sigiloso
discreet
fructífero
fruitful
fútil
trivial
soso
bland
abochornado
embarrassed
avaro
miserly
iracundo
irate
codicioso
greedy
el jorobado
hunchback
regordete
chubby
rechoncho
chubby
enjuto
lean
espigado
tall and slim
el cutis
skin
afligir
to upset
inmiscuirse
to interfere
indagar
to investigate
embestir
to charge
apartarse
to move out of the way
erguirse
to stand up
arrimarse
to come closer
asir
to grab
manosear
to handle
mezquino
stingy
cotilla
gossipy
sensato
sensible
quisquilloso
fussy
la trastada
prank
el agüero
omen
escarpado
steep
comparecer
to appear in court
el desprendimiento
release
diluviar
to pour down
caduco
outmoded
el abanico
fan
el hormigón
concrete
el cese
suspension
la alfarería
pottery
la penuria
poverty
indómito
untamed
dócil
obedient
enfangado
muddy
endeble
weak
pujante
booming
vitalicio
for life
consentido
spoiled
intachable
irreproachable
despiadado
ruthless
enclenque
sickly
de ser
of being
dar por
to take to
dar por
to consider
el atasco
traffic jam
disparatar
to mouth off
disparatado
crazy
irrisorio
laughable
tedioso
boring
desmesurado
disproportionate
farragoso
cumbersome
la jauría
pack of hounds
de soslayo
out of the corner of one's eye
la carcajada
loud laugh
atañer
to concern
basto
coarse
aprensivo
worrier
la indolencia
indifference
la desidia
carelessness
con avidez
avidly
la avidez
eagerness
adjudicar
to award
conceder
to give
sosegar
to calm
sosegado
calm
rabiar
to be dying for
sulfurar
to enrage
el pícaro
rascal
el granuja
rogue
el cisma
schism
susurrar
to whisper
berrear
to bellow
bramar
to roar
el gremio
profession
veraz
truthful
ameno
enjoyable
hacer de las suyas
to be up to his old tricks
tambalearse
to stagger
ceñir
to cling to
vaticinar
to predict
cotejar
to compare with
sopesar
to consider
esclarecer
to clarify
dilucidar
to elucidate
pésimo
terrible
deplorable
deplorable
abyecto
abject
de antaño
of yesteryear
echar en falta
to miss
ser suyo
to be his
dar en el blanco
to hit the nail on the head
ojo avizor
vigilant
el/la tiquismiquis
fussbudget
sentar la cabeza
to settle down
el/la bocazas
bigmouth
hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
to let bygones be bygones
tomar el pelo
to pull someone's leg
hablar por los codos
to be a chatterbox
hablar por los codos
to talk up a storm
dilapidar
to squander
rajatabla
strictly
al dedillo
inside out
a trancas y barrancas
only with great difficulty
en vilo
on tenterhooks
a regañadientes
reluctantly
de buenas a primeras
out of the blue
viento en popa
on a roll
hacer de tripas corazón
to bite the bullet
de perlas
just the ticket
por lo pronto
for a start
de momento
for the moment
desentonar
to be out of place
mi más sentido pésame
my deepest sympathies
el pésame
condolences
no tener pelos en la lengua
to not mince words
meter la pata
to put one's foot in it
dar gato por liebre
to take for a ride
dar en el clavo
to hit the nail on the head
a duras penas
with great difficulty
la contrarreloj
time trial
recluso
imprisoned
acotado
fenced-in
ponerse las pilas
to get one's act together
a menos que
unless
el desempeño
performance
por lo cual
therefore
de ahí que
that's why
constar
to know for a fact
hechizar
to cast a spell on
cautivar
to captivate
estancar
to hold back
a modo de
as
repleto de
full of
repleto
full
poner freno a
to curb
obstaculizar
to hinder
dar lugar a
to cause
conducir a
to lead to
propiciar
to create a favorable atmosphere for
propulsar
to promote
tal cual
just as
hacer la pelota
to suck up to
el ahínco
effort
dar la cara
to face the music
ser pan comido
to be a piece of cake
irse por las ramas
to beat around the bush
por si las moscas
just in case
crispar
to get on one's nerves
reprender
to reprimand
reconvenir
to reprimand
reñir
to tell off
incordiar
to be a nuisance
hostigar
to be sickly sweet
fastidiar
to annoy
hacer la vista gorda
to turn a blind eye
dejar plantado a alguien
to stand up somebody
dar a conocer
to announce
la paridad
equality
el emprendimiento
undertaking
emprender
to undertake
cohesionar
to unite
cohesionado
united
cohibir
to embarrass
cohibir
to inhibit
el tronco
trunk
el desatino
blunder
empollón
nerdy
la vejiga
bladder
la ganga
bargain
el vestigio
trace
inclinar
to tilt
agachar
to lower
alzar
to lift
el alza
rise
corroborar
to corroborate
decimotercero
thirteenth
erradicar
to eradicate
el presidio
imprisonment
promulgar
to pass
prevalecer
to prevail
el sedentarismo
sedentary lifestyle
la visión de conjunto
overview
en cuanto
as soon as
la cosilla
little thing
el regazo
lap
la ciénaga
swamp
el desalojo
evacuation
asear
to clean
desplegar
to unfold
con soltura
fluently
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