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el canuto
el canuto
joint
estrepitoso
estrepitoso
spectacular
estrepitoso
estrepitoso
noisy
infundado
infundado
unfounded
desencadenar
desencadenar
to unchain
recrudecer
recrudecer
to worsen
el quebradero de cabeza
el quebradero de cabeza
worry
decir pendejadas
decir pendejadas
to bullshit
la velada
la velada
evening
la ralentización
la ralentización
deceleration
desempeñar
desempeñar
to carry out
la coyuntura
la coyuntura
situation
abocar
abocar
to end in
la encrucijada
la encrucijada
crossroads
el chillido
el chillido
shriek
la ráfaga
la ráfaga
gust
el silbido
el silbido
whistle
el coletazo
el coletazo
flick of the tail
el coletazo
el coletazo
swipe of its tail
repercutir
to affect
el puñado
handful
disconforme
disagree
salvo
except
recaer
to have a relapse
recaer
to suffer a relapse
irremediablemente
inevitably
quebrar
to break
quebrar
to go bankrupt
arder
to be boiling hot
arder
to burn
desparramar
to scatter
desparramar
to spill
la casta
lineage
carecer
to lack
carecer
to not have
el regocijo
delight
el regocijo
joy
paulatinamente
gradually
la pinza
clothes peg
la pinza
clothespin
la monserga
drivel
la monserga
lecture
la monserga
nonsense
la repunta
rise in level
empeñado
pawned
empeñado
determined
congeniar
to get along
congeniar
to get on
reñido
fallen out
reñido
at odds
reñido
on bad terms
disimuladamente
surreptitiously
mediante
by means of
mediante
with
el paripé
show
mangonear
to boss around
mangonear
to meddle
majo
nice
maniqueo
black and white
el conocedor
expert
acoplar
to couple
embobar
to fascinate
acariciar
to caress
estrafalario
eccentric
no me hace caso
he ignores me
el puchero
cooking pot
otorgar
to grant
descarado
shameless
casero
homemade
a estas alturas
by now
sea como sea
in any case
agredido
assaulted
el agredido
victim
el colmo
height
marear
to make ill
marear
to make sick
sacudir
to shake
contundente
blunt
contundente
forceful
insólito
extremely unusual
insólito
unusual
recalcar
to stress
recalcar
to emphasize
la compraventa
buying and selling
desencadenar
to unleash
apabullante
overwhelming
aplastante
oppressive
capear
to weather
la jugarreta
dirty trick
el callejón sin salida
dead end
pasar un rato
to spend some time
la jerga
jargon
despistado
absent-minded
despistado
forgetful
el despistado
scatterbrain
del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho
easier said than done
justo después
just past
justo después
right after
en plena
in the middle of
en plena
right in
ensalzar
to extol
el rédito
yield
aplastante
overwhelming
el farol
bluff
desvanecer
to fade
desvanecer
to dispel
de golpe
suddenly
a priori
in advance
las inmediaciones
vicinity
palidecer
to go pale
palidecer
to turn pale
acobardarse
to lose one's nerve
no es para tanto
it's not all it's cracked up to be
hacer la vista gorda
to look the other way
hacer la vista gorda
to turn a blind eye
escueto
concise
escueto
succinct
recrudecer
to get worse
hábil
working
hábil
skillful
infravalorado
undervalued
infravalorado
underrated
alargar
to extend
alargar
to lengthen
estar empatado
to be tied
perjudicar
to be detrimental to
perjudicar
to damage
acojonar
to amaze
acojonar
to scare the crap out of
regar
to irrigate
regar
to water
prescindir
to go without
a la vuelta
on the back
a la vuelta
around the corner
la tasa
rate
debido
due
ya sea que
whether
ahora bien
now then
a medida que
as
la hazaña
feat
así como
as well as
sin más preámbulos
without further ado
sumamente
exceedingly
sumamente
extremely
el/la mequetrefe
putz
el/la mequetrefe
good-for-nothing
desglosar
to break down
desglosar
to make a breakdown
la gilipollez
bullshit
jubilar
to retire
el cabreo
rage
el despilfarro
waste
el/la menda
yours truly
la vaina
thing
referido
above-mentioned
puesto que
since
sobrar
to be left over
prescindir
to do without
acertar
to get right
apetecer
to feel like
el/la otorrino
ENT
el peliculón
great movie
el desmadre
disaster
el desmadre
chaos
paisano
from the same country
espantar
to frighten
la desidia
carelessness
abrochar
to fasten
furtivamente
furtively
vago
lazy
desembocar
to end in
desembocar
to flow into
hipotecar
to jeopardize
mangar
to pinch
enseguida
immediately
pasar de
to move from
prepotente
very powerful
el coñazo
pain in the ass
petarlo
to hit it out of the park
tomar el pelo
to tease
tomar el pelo
to pull someone's leg
a largo plazo
in the long term
la sapiencia
wisdom
encargar
to order
salvo
except for
el sesgo
bias
cojonudo
great
rebobinar
to rewind
mear
to piss
el órdago
all-or-nothing bet
caprichoso
capricious
petar
to feel like
ligón
flirtatious
a lo largo de
throughout
el hito
milestone
resarcir
to compensate
oxidar
to rust
imprescindible
essential
el altibajo
ups and downs
el tope
limit
¡Ni de coña!
No way!
lo de menos
the least of it
a la vista
in sight
por si acaso
just in case
acostar
to lay down
el desengaño
disappointment
el sopapo
slap
petardear
to backfire
esgrimir
to brandish
acariciar
to pet
indagar
to investigate
el dominio
control
tosco
crude
bostezar
to yawn
la cordura
sanity
licitar
to call for bids on
plagado
infested
anhelar
to long
la demora
delay
atascar
to block
el menosprecio
contempt
temerario
rash
quebrantar
to break
acostar
to put to bed
vacilar
to hesitate
repasar
to go over
encapuchado
hooded
harto
fed up
con lo cual
with the result that
ahondar
to deepen
estallar
to explode
la polémica
controversy
el paradero
whereabouts
estorbar
to get in the way of
aunar
to unite
ameno
enjoyable
estancado
stagnant
derribar
to demolish
estrenar
to wear for the first time
adecuar
to adapt
yugar
to slave away
arisco
unfriendly
repatear
to turn off
ofuscar
to dazzle
la borrasca
area of low pressure
anteponer
to put before
pillar
to catch
empeñar
to pawn
los recovecos
ins and outs
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