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cojear
cojear
to limp
atar
atar
to tie
por más que
por más que
no matter how
escarpado
escarpado
steep
con tal de que
con tal de que
provided that
me da miedo
me da miedo
it scares me
espantoso
espantoso
horrifying
qué chistoso
qué chistoso
how funny
qué cosa
qué cosa
what
los difuntos
los difuntos
deceased
juntarse
juntarse
to meet up
por lo visto
por lo visto
apparently
me queda bien
me queda bien
it suits me
interminable
interminable
endless
se me pasa
se me pasa
I get over it
el timador
el timador
swindler
grasiento
grasiento
greasy
la artesanía
la artesanía
crafts
regatear
regatear
to bargain
en serio
seriously
hazlo
do it
¡Qué asco!
Yuk!
no es para tanto
it's not that bad
la estafa
fraud
por cierto
by the way
el soborno
bribe
el rencor
resentment
el/la sabelotodo
know-it-all
llevar puesto
to have on
más te vale
you'd better
no me extraña
no wonder
exagerar
to exaggerate
los dados
dice
el impar
odd number
se nota
it's noticeable
arrepentirse
to regret (it)
estar a cargo de
to be in charge of
hacer caso
to listen to
la sastrería
tailor shop
quise decir
I meant to say
decaído
low
el guiño
wink
uno nunca sabe
you never know
de qué se trata
what is it about
el ocio
spare time
desquitarse
to get even
la apuesta
bet
el esguince
sprain
automedicarse
to self-medicate
el huerto
vegetable garden
mañoso
finicky
atarse
to tie up
¿Y eso qué?
So what?
el/la hincha
fan
la azotea
rooftop
¿Cómo lo ves?
What do you think?
burlarse de
to make fun of
para siempre
forever
el parque de atracciones
amusement park
la ubicación
location
menos mal
thank goodness
y si
what if
vale
okay
que yo sepa
as far as I know
el asiento trasero
back seat
hacer la maleta
to pack one's suitcase
abrocharse
to fasten
por la noche
at night
el tercio
third
la embajada
embassy
agregar
to add
menos de
less than
ya mismo
right now
quedarse con
to keep
trato hecho
it's a deal
así de
this
molestar
to upset
el anfitrión
host
solicitar
to apply for
acogedor
cozy
el rotulador
felt-tip pen
en contra de
in opposition to
me suena bien
sounds good to me
valer la pena
to be worth the effort
valer
to be worth
engañar
to trick
repetir
to have a second helping of
a eso
to that
la meta
finish line
el amigazo
buddy
dejar que
to allow
las sobras
leftovers
anticipado
in advance
demorarse
to take
por la que
why
retroceder
to back up
ya mismo
at once
halagar
to please
hacer cola
to stand in line
la fosa
pit
el destello
sparkle
alejado
distant
va a haber
there is going to be
averiado
broken down
el tebeo
comic for children
más bien
rather
sumamente
extremely
tieso
stiff
entumecerse
to go numb
la parranda
out partying
apestar
to reek
hasta
even
arreglarse
to manage
quise decir
I wanted to say
suele pasar
It's often the case
empapado
soaked
leve
slight
no hay de qué
don't mention it
entretenido
entertaining
aquí tiene
here it is
quebrado
broken
lamer
to lick
por hacer
to do
ya salgo
I'm leaving right away
ya vengo
I'll be right back
ya voy
I'm coming
por mi parte
as for me
como qué
like what
puede ser
it's possible
tengo puesto
I'm wearing
se puede decir
it can be said
gusto en conocerte
pleasure to meet you
ya no puedo más
I'm exhausted
pasarlo bien
to have a good time
halar
to pull
apestar
to stink
qué les pasa
what's the matter with them
despejado
clear
el desfase
gap
el vestidor
dressing room
adolorido
in pain
ordenado
tidy
me cae mal
I don't get along well with him
nomás
just
tal como
such as
vivo
bright
la asignatura
subject
tener puesto
to be wearing
el gozo
joy
presencial
face-to-face
que quiere decir eso
that means what
la resaca
hangover
a lo largo de
along
fue un gusto conocerte
it was nice to meet you
siempre que
so long as
por adelantado
in advance
la sortija
ring
a fondo
thoroughly
alcanzar
to be enough
barrer
to sweep
travieso
mischievous
carecer
to lack
de repuesto
spare
atascado
blocked
el remolque
towing
el acertijo
riddle
el largo plazo
long term
hacer falta que
to need to
ir de compras
to go shopping
el mandado
errand
alardear
to brag
optativo
optional
¿Te viene bien?
Is that all right with you?
es que
it's just that
imprescindible
indispensable
apenado
sorry
si mal no recuerdo
if I remember correctly
debe haber
it must have
por si acaso
just in case
ahogarse
to drown
recién hecho
freshly made
dar cuenta de
to explain about
fijarse
to notice
mellizo
twin
opuesto
opposite
hacer caso
to pay attention to
la prueba
test
importar
to care
vencido
expired
no se ve nada
you can't see anything
enseguida
right away
el desempeño
performance
sigiloso
stealthy
exigente
demanding
a lo mejor
perhaps
para nada
at all
tener que ver con
to have to do with
meter en problemas
to get into trouble
soplar
to blow
sobre todo
above all
sí o sí
no matter what
el rechazo
rejection
cuanto antes
as soon as possible
sin querer
unintentionally
la desdicha
misfortune
amargado
bitter
el capicúa
palindrome
pensar en sí mismo
to think of themselves
dejar de hacer
to stop doing
ayudar a iniciar
to help get started
empezar a hacer
to start doing
terminar de
to be done with
a eso de las siete
around seven
echar la culpa
to place the blame on
echar de menos
to miss
rebajar el precio
to reduced the price
salirse con la suya
to get his own way
suceder
to happen
la alacena
cupboard
llevar un rato
to take a while
el gobierno
government
ligero
lightweight
la indirecta
hint
a menudo
often
la ranura
slot
estreñido
constipated
deletrear
to spell out
el recogedor
dustpan
la regadera
watering can
engreído
spoiled
el cachete
cheek
perseguir
to chase
madrugar
to get up early
el desempeño
performance
la aspiradora
vacuum cleaner
apurarse
to hurry up
el naufragio
shipwreck
regalado
dirt cheap
estropear
to spoil
por si fuera poco
as if it weren't enough
que descanses
sleep well
que buscas
that you're looking for
que viene
coming
entorpecer
to hinder
entablar
to enter into
asegurarse de
to make sure that
siempre y cuando
as long as
realizar
to carry out
cosquillar
to tickle
ni siquiera
not even
lo importante
the important thing
hasta entonces
until then
agobiado
overwhelmed
no hizo
he didn't do
cualquier cosa
the slightest thing
el hecho de que
the fact that
de alguna manera
in some way
injusto
unfair
comportarse bien
to behave oneself
la presión social
peer pressure
haya sido
she's been
haya hecho
he's done
encontrarse con
to meet with
por si no lo sabías
in case you didn't know
te toca
it's your turn
incluso si
even if
aunque sea
even though it's
aunque
even though
la etapa de vida
stage in life
aguantar
to put up with
de todos modos
anyway
después de que
after
para que lo sepas
just so you know
antes de que me vaya
before I go
al menos que
at least
en caso de que
in case
para que
so that
es cierto que
it's true that
la ampolla
blister
echar
to expel
descompuesto
broken down
el fajo
wad
la estafa
rip-off
frotar
to rub
el parche
patch
la mariquita
ladybug
tener ganas de
to feel like
debería ser
it should be
deberías ir
you should go
habría que
one ought to
podría ver
he could see
habría hecho
he would have done
acabo de terminar
I just finished
acabo de ver
I just saw
un gusto de verte
nice to see you
avergonzado
ashamed
la hierba gatera
catnip
apapachar
to cuddle
despierto
awake
la mancha
stain
cometer un error
to make a mistake
la reunión
meeting
me da pena
it makes me sad
la historia
history
le cuenta
she tells him
varado
stranded
pintoresco
picturesque
quedar en
to arrange
el truco
trick
rebelde
rebellious
me lo pasé bien
I had a good time
saber qué pasó
to find out what happened
confiar en
to trust in
nosotros dos
both of us
discutir
to argue
dejar atrás
to leave behind
negarse
to refuse
ellas mismas
themselves
desesperarse
to despair
despedirse
to say goodbye
hacía mal tiempo
the weather was bad
hacer daño
to hurt
por mí misma
by myself
habría ido
I would have gone
habría que
one should
habría sido
it would have been
podrido
rotten
debería ir
he should go
podría ser
it could be
debería haber
I should have
untar
to bribe
la caricia
caress
acariciar
to pet
regar las flores
to water the flowers
el hipo
hiccups
el popote
straw
la báscula
scales
sería bueno
it'd be good
estaría bien
it would be fine
yo que tú
if I were you
irse de
to leave
la venta
sale
cometer errores
to make mistakes
el/la principiante
beginner
el retrete
toilet
el rastreador
tracker
el bostezo
yawn
el peluche
stuffed toy
el desprendimiento
detachment
brincar
to jump up and down
la grieta
crack
apilado
piled up
el desagüe
drain
el rastrillo
rake
obstar
to preclude
perder
to lose
desafiar
to challenge
rogar
to beg
orar
to pray
el/la atacante
attacker
diferir
to differ
reiniciar
to restart
aproximar
to bring closer
la remoción
removal
el hemisferio
hemisphere
descontento
unhappy
la traducción
translation
la mayoría
majority
inhabilitar
to disable
el derrumbe
collapse
la oreja
ear
la barriga
stomach
la natación
swimming
acarrear
to carry
el zurdo
left-handed person
la brecha
breach
contagiar
to infect
el receso
recess
patrocinar
to sponsor
la maravilla
wonder
encarar
to confront
abastecer
to supply
la detección
detection
la desventaja
disadvantage
desechar
to throw away
la sospecha
suspicion
la pesadilla
nightmare
encerrar
to lock up
la tentación
temptation
retrasar
to postpone
hundir
to sink
esforzarse
to make an effort
aliviar
to relieve
brillar
to shine
el contenedor
container
aconsejar
to advise
pronosticar
to predict
al azar
at random
asustar
to frighten
sacudir
to dust
la avellana
hazelnut
regañar
to scold
la casualidad
chance
abordar
to tackle
susurrar
to whisper
enderezar
to straighten
empaparse
to get soaked
tapar
to cover
prevenir
to warn
arrojar
to throw
la escoba
broom
el despacho
office
el vientre
belly
comprometer
to compromise
empeñarse
to insist on
colocar
to place
reemplazar
to replace
soler
to use to
retraído
withdrawn
proponerse
to put one's mind to
apostar
to bet
el atuendo
attire
rendirse
to quit
el mitin
political meeting
descartar
to dismiss
incesante
incessant
el sabotaje
sabotage
añorar
to long for
fomentar
to encourage
percatarse
to realize
enfrascarse
to immerse oneself in
acudir
to turn to
despejar
to clear up
rentable
profitable
deparar
to bring
atesorar
to amass
el puñado
handful
avaro
miserly
ajetreado
busy
rodear
to surround
reprobar
to fail
rodar
to roll
monitorizar
to monitor
enraizar
to take root
estándar
standard
deslindar
to demarcate
ingenioso
ingenious
la pujanza
strength
quebradizo
fragile
la asunción
acceptance
corromper
to corrupt
atentar
to make an attempt
aflojarse
to loosen
impedir
to prevent
facturar
to invoice
crujiente
crunchy
tozudo
stubborn
la varicela
chicken pox
atender
to look after
averiguar
to find out
asistir a
to attend
la mayúscula
capital letter
el propósito
intention
arrinconar
to discard
pretender
to expect
encantador
charming
la suposición
assumption
adivinar
to guess
acosar
to harass
restregar
to scrub
apenar
to sadden
atenuar
to alleviate
torcer
to twist
espinar
to prick
convenir
to be advisable
el descaro
impertinence
enterarse
to find out
colapsar
to collapse
devengar
to yield
encomendar
to entrust
la exención
exemption
eximir
to exempt
la presa
prey
botar
to throw away
apretar
to press
sembrar
to sow
sensato
sensible
sensible
sensitive
consensuar
to agree on
el alejamiento
distancing
el juramento
oath
el desconocimiento
ignorance
sobresalir
to stand out
el timbre
bell
estrecho
narrow
el aliento
breath
morar
to dwell
deshacer
to undo
el empeño
determination
el porvenir
future
pulsar
to press
la reglamentación
regulations
pudrir
to rot
privar
to deprive of
agudizar
to sharpen
la legua
league
el prometido
fiancé
la vivencia
experience
el desfile
parade
agradar
to please
heredar
to inherit
auspiciar
to sponsor
burlarse
to mock
la quincena
two weeks
decomisar
to confiscate
empeorarse
to worsen
el cansancio
tiredness
la osamenta
skeleton
la estupidez
stupidity
barajar
to shuffle
el despegue
takeoff
desenvolver
to unwrap
aplastar
to crush
discrepar de
to be different from
desvirtuar
to distort
toparse con
to bump into
el aluminio
aluminum
el nerviosismo
nervousness
el cirujano
surgeon
descuidar
to neglect
el puño
fist
acaparar
to monopolize
sumir
to plunge
repuesto
recovered
traicionar
to betray
el maquillaje
makeup
costear
to finance
denegar
to turn down
arder
to burn
la caridad
charity
la travesía
crossing
incendiar
to set fire to
tragar
to swallow
refugiar
to shelter
la chispa
spark
el coraje
courage
cachar
to catch
reventar
to burst
embargar
to seize
el lodo
mud
el recambio
spare
graficar
to graph
aprestar
to prepare
rondar
to patrol
endurecer
to harden
edificar
to build
la rendición
surrender
arremeter
to charge at
cobijar
to give shelter to
el apartado
paragraph
alabar
to praise
posar
to set down
cautivar
to captivate
enredar
to tangle up
adjuntar
to enclose
meditar
to ponder
el perito
specialist
aunar
to unite
matricular
to register
distraer
to take one's mind off
desperdiciar
to waste
enajenar
to alienate
obstaculizar
to hinder
el pulgar
thumb
ahogar
to drown
inquietar
to worry
demoler
to demolish
efectuar
to carry out
recobrar
to recover
encarecer
to raise the price of
reinar
to reign
desprestigiar
to discredit
entrever
to see signs of
develar
to reveal
el amanecer
dawn
deleitar
to delight
despojar
to divest
aventurar
to risk
apresurar
to hurry
asemejarse
to look alike
denotar
to indicate
ahondar
to deepen
derrocar
to topple
consumar
to complete
apropiar
to adapt
intercalar
to insert
esbozar
to sketch
promediar
to average
regar
to water
deambular
to wander about
deslizar
to slide
aflorar
to rise to the surface
allanar
to level out
el menester
duty
conmover
to touch
mojar
to get wet
remecer
to shake
desgastarse
to wear out
retar
to challenge
desembolsar
to pay out
dictaminar
to pass judgment
el presupuesto
budget
anteceder
to come before
reintegrar
to reimburse
mermar
to diminish
atropellar
to run over
apegarse
to become attached to
escalar
to climb
valorizar
to increase the value of
desproteger
to abandon
el susto
fright
facultar
to authorize
la lentitud
slowness
lesionar
to injure
concitar
to stir up
el derrame
spillage
tornar
to give back
anhelar
to yearn
cautelar
preventive
el ascensor
elevator
acortar
to shorten
agarrar
to take hold of
el reconocimiento
recognition
predecir
to predict
el desafío
challenge
torpe
awkward
plantear
to suggest
rematar
to finish off
la cuadrilla
gang
factible
feasible
avalar
to guarantee
atragantarse
to choke
abarcar
to extend over
esparcir
to scatter
el resarcimiento
compensation
el reestreno
revival
asequible
affordable
el entorno
environment
apoderarse de
to seize
aquejar
to afflict
constatar
to verify
destacar
to stand out
inagotable
inexhaustible
inacabable
endless
el magisterio
teacher training
las enseñanzas
teachings
reducido
reduced
encarnarse
to take the form of
enarbolar
to hoist
vitalicio
for life
perecer
to perish
concertarse
to agree
fíjate en mí
pay attention to me
avasallador
overwhelming
el aliado
ally
rastrear
to track
el acoso
harassment
cobrar un cheque
to cash a check
llenar un formulario
to fill out a form
pagar a plazos
to pay in installments
al contado
in cash
enfrente de
across from
hacer diligencias
to run errands
caudaloso
fast-flowing
la nevasca
blizzard
polémico
controversial
la presa
dam
la sigla
abbreviation
el callejón
alley
suscitar
to provoke
actualizado
updated
imprevisible
unforeseeable
el trazo
stroke
el grosor
thickness
la hebilla
buckle
el importe
amount
padecer de
to suffer from
adelgazar
to lose weight
apurarse
to hurry
darse prisa
to hurry up
estar a dieta
to be on a diet
llevar una vida sana
to lead a healthy life
calentarse
to warm up
entrenarse
to train
el estiramiento
stretching
tanto
so much
tomar decisiones
to make decisions
al fondo
in the background
prender
to turn on
atrasado
late
por mi cuenta
by myself
ya que
since
ya no
not anymore
en cuanto a
with regard to
estar pedo
to be drunk
afilado
sharp
tozudo
obstinate
la bisagra
hinge
desesperado
desperate
apurado
embarrased
entrar en pánico
to go into a panic
encima
on top
el reto
challenge
más que nada
more than anything
en alguna parte
someplace
el modismo
idiom
la etapa
stage
embarazoso
embarrassing
penoso
pitiful
acostado
lying down
fastidiar
to annoy
estropear
to ruin
haya hecho
has done
la tontería
nonsense
superar
to overcome
de alguna forma
in some way
incluso
even
justo
exact
soltar
to let go of
poner atención
to pay attention
lograrse
to be achieved
sorprendido
surprised
descomponerse
to stop working
grosero
rude
de verdad
really
resulta que
it turns out that
a menos que
unless
tan pronto como
as soon as
arrastrar
to drag
no obstante
however
enterarse de
to find out
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