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así como
así como
as well as
la cosificación
la cosificación
treating as an object
tildar
tildar
to brand
la inercia
la inercia
force of habit
convincente
convincente
convincing
sostener
sostener
to support
pese a
pese a
despite
el bombón
el bombón
chocolate
atrasar
atrasar
to postpone
el renacimiento
el renacimiento
renaissance
debutar
debutar
to debut
dejarse engañar
dejarse engañar
to be fooled
el clavo
el clavo
nail
la navaja
la navaja
razor
cagarse
cagarse
to shit oneself
salvo que
salvo que
unless
vanidoso
vanidoso
vain
la patrulla
la patrulla
patrol
la patrulla
la patrulla
patrol car
el capítulo
episode
el acosador
bully
promocionarse
to be promoted
el técnico
manager
la barriga
tummy
las pinzas
tweezers
tender
to hang
el mechero
lighter
recoger
to gather
retorcer
to wring out
retorcer
to twist
fregar
to wash
el navegador
browser
pulsar
to press
el corcho
cork
triturar
to crush
pelar
to peel
la cuajada
curd
maño
Aragonese
el aturdimiento
bewilderment
el cierzo
north wind
si bien
while
pese a que
even though
serio
serious
disfrutón
fun-loving
el enamoradizo
person who falls in love easily
soso
dull
el dicharachero
chatterbox
el parlanchín
chatterbox
sieso
unfriendly
flojo
lazy
comilón
greedy
el celador
attendant
mentar
to mention
el atasco
traffic jam
el anonimato
anonymity
tener sentido
to make sense
desplazar
to move
repartir
to divide
ingresar
to earn
el impuesto
tax
el/la cabezota
stubborn person
vago
lazy
castizo
pure
tópico
clichéd
la precariedad
precariousness
gestionar
to manage
la patera
dinghy
el guion
script
el recinto
grounds
la depresión
depression
carecer de
to lack
carecer
to not have
la impotencia
helplessness
la paleta
spatula
sustituir
to replace
la inseguridad
uncertainty
conllevar
to bring
el robot
robot
alcanzar
to achieve
alcanzar
to be enough
caber
to fit
cabe destacar que
it's important to point out that
la creatividad
creativity
la prenda
garment
el albergue
shelter
la cabaña
cabin
el viajero
traveler
el mirador
viewpoint
oscilar
to swing
abrumado
overwhelmed
resaltar
to highlight
la secundaria
high school
la primaria
elementary school
la escuela
school
acaparar
to hog
el tranvía
tram
hallar
to find
empinado
steep
propiciar
to create a favorable atmosphere for
el declive
slope
arrancar
to start
el entorno
environment
la capa
layer
subirse
to go to somebody's head
pecoso
freckly
la peca
freckle
el lunar
mole
la cicatriz
scar
sonrojar
to make blush
sonrojarse
to blush
tacaño
stingy
manco
one-armed
cojo
lame
confiado
confident
presumido
vain
maleducado
bad-mannered
deprimido
depressed
acostado
lying down
estropeado
broken
la característica
characteristic
tenaz
stubborn
imprescindible
essential
zumbado
nuts
malhumorado
grumpy
tener ganas de
to want to
valorar
to value
media naranja
soulmate
ni tampoco
nor
pensativo
thoughtful
el/la bromista
jokester
extrovertido
outgoing
la mar de
really
enconar
to anger
el sectarismo
sectarianism
cabrear
to piss off
espeluznante
terrifying
la estrechez
narrowness
la apariencia
appearance
tiquismiquis
petty details
tenaz
persistent
maleducado
rude
austero
austere
honrado
honest
tómate tu tiempo
take your time
tierno
loving
tomarse el pelo
to pull each other's leg
atrasado
behind
el bulo
hoax
colar
to strain
el pedo
hassle
ayunar
to fast
ahogarse en un vaso de agua
to make a mountain out of a molehill
ahogarse
to drown
la barra
bar
el mostrador
counter
el relajo
mess
armar
to put together
empacharse
to stuff oneself with
escondido
hidden
el loro
parrot
deslizarse
to slide
sollozar
to sob
echarse
to throw oneself
el malvado
villain
gemir
to moan
repartir
to distribute
acostar
to put to bed
secarse
to dry
suspirar
to sigh
asentir
to agree
detener
to stop
asistir
to witness
canturrear
to sing to oneself
apañar
to fix
impresionar
to impress
el tramposo
cheat
hacer trampa
to cheat
liarse
to get mixed up
rezar
to pray
perderse
to miss
la mariposa
butterfly
echar
to throw out
sujetar
to hold down
apartarse
to get away
ampollar
to blister
rugir
to roar
amainar
to ease off
soltarse
to break free
en llamas
in flames
burlarse
to mock
tambalearse
to stagger
la quimera
illusion
la sombra
shade
retroceder
to reverse
clavar
to drive
lo bastante
enough
guiñar
to wink
palmear
to slap
tropezar
to trip
torcerse
to twist
maldecir
to curse
estremecer
to shake
equivocado
mistaken
la soga
rope
atar
to tie
averiguar
to discover
vigilar
to guard
atropellar
to knock down
delirar
to talk nonsense
apetecer
to fancy
la picada
bite
picar
to bite
morder
to bite
flipar
to be shocked
flipar
to be crazy about
fastidioso
annoying
fastidiar
to annoy
agobiar
to overwhelm
la hemeroteca
newspaper library
derrochador
wasteful
la verdura
vegetable
la legumbre
pulse
el sacacorchos
corkscrew
la añoranza
nostalgia
melifluo
sickly-sweet
el resplandor
brightness
el murmullo
murmur
el murciélago
bat
la alborada
dawn
por casualidad
by chance
mojar
to get wet
ni nada
nor anything
el tambor
drummer
el portero
manager
la nodriza
wet nurse
restañar
to stop the flow of
latir
to beat
parapetar
to shelter
el peldaño
step
entibiar
to cool down
la rama
branch
el arroyo
stream
desgajar
to tear out
el chicotazo
lash
el terciopelo
velvet
la mejilla
cheek
enredar
to tangle up
perpetrar
to perpetrate
la bofetada
slap in the face
octavo
eighth
ocultarse
to hide
incomodar
to make uncomfortable
enseguida
immediately
autoritario
authoritarian
incómodo
uncomfortable
el colapso
collapse
el guerrillero
guerrilla
minero
mining
el resurgimiento
resurgence
la pérdida
loss
conducir a
to lead to
el patrón
pattern
plurinacional
plurinational
estrecho
narrow
opositor
opposition
la represión
repression
la sublevación
uprising
agrario
agricultural
atreverse
to dare
entregar
to turn in
la resignación
resignation
el secretario
secretary
la aparición
appearance
anunciar
to announce
advertir
to warn
lamentar
to regret
negarse
to refuse
atribuir
to attribute
culpar
to blame
el estallido
crash
sanar
to cure
dificultar
to make difficult
afrodescendiente
of African descent
reprimir
to repress
el vicepresidente
vice president
desafiar
to challenge
la ruptura
break
el/la disidente
dissident
ocultar
to hide
criollo
Creole
esclavizar
to enslave
despojar
to strip
ya mismo
right now
acabar con
to put an end to
el tesón
determination
el derrumbe
collapse
forzar
to force
el rumbo
direction
el rumbo
course
torcer
to turn
a corto plazo
in the short term
desincentivar
to discourage
la escasez
shortage
ajustado
narrow
la brecha
breach
recurrente
recurring
derramar
to spill
encabezar
to head
imprimir
to leave
aludir a
to allude to
someter
to subjugate
minusvalorar
to undervalue
vergonzoso
shameful
despedir
to fire
desembocar en
to result in
desembocar
to result in
el acontecimiento
event
la penalidad
punishment
la esclavitud
slavery
la matanza
slaughter
el aislamiento
isolation
blanquear
to whitewash
aclarar
to clarify
la retirada
withdrawal
el retiro
withdrawal
la tarifa
tariff
la exportación
export
quitar
to take away
eliminar
to remove
al final de
at the end of
la perspectiva
prospect
tardar
to take
el tribunal
court
hacer hincapié en
to emphasize
el esclavo
slave
el compromiso
commitment
reinstalar
to reinstall
renovar
to renew
aclarar
to make clear
el paro
stoppage
la oración
sentence
interactuar
to interact
partir
to leave
geográfico
geographical
terrestre
land
de antaño
of yesteryear
la comparación
comparison
tecnológico
technological
científico
scientific
físico
physical
el planeta
planet
ibérico
Iberian
el cuarto
quarter
al final
at the end
sobrar
to be left over
el estallido
explosion
arrebatar
to snatch
el propietario
owner
el dueño
owner
el/la bebé
baby
las pruebas
evidence
sospechar
to suspect
poner fin a
put an end to
poner fin
to put an end
el hostigamiento
harassment
ADN
DNA
militar
military
ella misma
she herself
sí misma
herself
a sí mismo
to himself
él mismo
he himself
el refugio
shelter
alzar la voz
to speak up
alzar la voz
to raise one's voice
el modismo
idiom
enfocarse en
focus on
centrarse
to focus
abogar por
to advocate
cotejar
to compare with
mediático
media
el oro
gold
la plata
silver
la rúcula
arugula
el pepinillo
gherkin
el huevo frito
fried egg
fingir
to pretend
con suerte
with luck
la capacitación
training
enterarse
to find out
adivinar
to guess
bastar
to be enough
la sábana
sheet
la pareja
partner
de media
on average
erradicar
to eradicate
la pierna
leg
entrenar
to train
la raqueta
racket
hacer caso
to pay attention to
herido
hurt
el pastel
cake
apetecer
to feel like
al fin y al cabo
after all
meter
to get
el despelote
mess
la impunidad
impunity
reprimir
to suppress
el recorrido
trip
acaparar
to corner
copar
to take
azotar
to devastate
remontar
to mend
someter
to dominate
someter
to put down
paliar
to alleviate
juzgar
to try
pegar un tiro
to shoot
la mara
group
secuestrar
to kidnap
la Tierra
earth
la masa
mass
los datos
data
el horizonte
horizon
la frontera
border
el medio
middle
fijarse
to pay attention
quedarse con
to keep
insistir en
to insist on
a mano
by hand
revelar
to show
señalar
to show
el/la afrodescendiente
person of African descent
brindar
to offer
subrayar
to emphasize
el desprecio
disregard
experimentar
to experience
sagrado
sacred
el juicio
good sense
faltar
to be missing
tener ganas de
to feel like
desde siempre
always
de espaldas
with one's back turned
los negocios
business
el ejemplar
copy
el thriller
thriller
aún
still
aun
even
la formación
party
la vocación
calling
el escaño
seat
progresista
progressive
conservador
conservative
el/la descendiente
descendant
en cambio
instead
librarse
to escape
resarcir
to reimburse
combatir
to fight
abordar
to tackle
reabrir
to reopen
el boicot
boycott
la pandemia
pandemic
expropiar
to expropriate
el/la latifundista
owner of a large estate
atrás
behind
correctamente
correctly
el antepasado
ancestor
elogiar
to praise
la jerarquía
hierarchy
resarcir
to compensate
el almirante
admiral
el pedestal
pedestal
el feriado
holiday
retirar
to remove
pasear al perro
to walk the dog
equivocarse
to make a mistake
aportar
to provide
homenajear
to pay tribute to
remover
to stir
invertir
to invest
a largo plazo
in the long term
solicitar
to seek
dejar de
to stop
la exhumación
exhumation
derogar
to abolish
exiliar
to exile
el funcionario
member of staff
eximir
to exempt
vigente
in force
llevar a
to lead to
dio lugar a
it led to
el olvido
oblivion
sumiso
submissive
el reinado
reign
realizar
to carry out
la ideología
ideology
la ausencia
lack
random
random
el levantamiento
uprising
ceder
to give in
el monárquico
monarchist
el campesino
peasant
rendir
to produce
difundir
to spread
impulsar
to propel
frenar
to hold back
frenar
to brake
atrasado
late
el/la terrateniente
landowner
felicitar
to congratulate
acordar
to agree
puede que
maybe
fonético
phonetic
el préstamo
loan
aguantar
to endure
léxico
lexical
los términos
terms
percibir
to perceive
la comodidad
comfort
influyente
influential
el malentendido
misunderstanding
el/la hispanohablante
Spanish speaker
el traductor
translator
el género
gender
imponer
to impose
dinámico
dynamic
el extranjerismo
foreign word
reemplazar
to replace
la marginalización
marginalization
perpetuar
to perpetuate
minoritario
minority
la estigmatización
stigmatization
surgir
to arise
multilingüe
multilingual
enriquecer
to enrich
el entendimiento
understanding
ahorrar dinero
to save money
el colonizador
colonizer
originario
original
el colonialismo
colonialism
renunciar a
to quit
la hipoteca
mortgage
el lamento
wail
al cabo de un rato
after a while
comprobar
to prove
el/la aguafiestas
party pooper
costar
to be hard
imaginar
to suppose
extrañarse
to be surprised
verse
to see oneself
mientras que
while
ponerse de acuerdo
to agree
soso
bland
débil
weak
encontrarse bien
to be fine
estar agobiado
to be overwhelmed
sinvergüenza
shameless
la cortina
curtain
desprendido
generous
aseado
clean
inmaduro
unripe
incómodo
awkward
bondadoso
kind
cortés
courteous
estar hecho
to be made
estar atento a
to pay attention to
ser atento
to be thoughtful
estamos a
it's
el desconocido
stranger
estar hecho a mano
to be handmade
el abrigo
coat
descambiar
to change back
estar aburrido
to be bored
atropellar
to run over
estar dispuesto
to be willing
el choque
crash
hacia el final
by the end
agradable
nice
entretenido
enjoyable
ir a caminar
to go walking
la caminata
long walk
bajo de forma
out of shape
el frijol
bean
las chapas
game with bottle tops
chantajear
to blackmail
sumarse
to join
frenar
to slow down
derrotar
to defeat
al igual que
just like
por mucho que
no matter how much
así que
so
se trata de
it's about
mientras que
whereas
a pesar de que
despite the fact that
la secuela
consequence
la apertura
opening
plantearse
to consider
foráneo
foreign
la democracia
democracy
derecho a votar
right to vote
comprobar
to check
el despegue
takeoff
avergonzado
embarrassed
el esplendor
brilliance
el cura
priest
a la venta
for sale
el techo
roof
resultar
to turn out
el amago
sign
sacar de quicio
to drive crazy
hacer gracia
to be funny
tragar
to swallow
caer en la cuenta
to realize
en vista de
considering
chasquear
to click
los cascos
headphones
rasta
Rasta
menear
to shake
dirigir
to manage
vislumbrar
to glimpse
divagar
to digress
desahogarse
to pour one's heart out
el trabalenguas
tongue twister
la tomadura de pelo
joke
asustado
scared
atrás
ago
la furgoneta
van
al cabo de
after
frotar
to rub
por lo visto
apparently
recoger
to pick up
chirriar
to screech
helarse
to freeze
aterrizar
to land
el agobio
stress
rumiar
to ruminate
el amanecer
dawn
el parloteo
chatter
tirar
to throw away
fiel
faithful
pincharse
to prick oneself
tembloroso
trembling
brindar por
to toast to
brindar
to toast
acudir
to go to
convenido
agreed
la mueca
face
la cintura
waist
bufar
to snort
meterse en
to go into
meterse
to go in
clavarse
to get
es más
futhermore
averiguar
to find out
retozar
to make out
encajar
to fit
deshacer
to undo
la pinta
spot
puñetero
damn
avergonzar
to embarrass
al parecer
apparently
humeante
smoking
repacer
to consume all the
alocar
to drive crazy
el peinado
hairstyle
de tal
of such
entretener
to entertain
la ausencia
absence
de vuelta
back
la emisora
station
hacer caso
to take notice of
de reojo
sideways
la mirada
look
ceder
to hand over
el trozo
piece
pinchar
to puncture
sujetar
to hold
funesto
fatal
lejano
distant
parlotear
to chatter
el corillo
group of friends
el espanto
fright
la escopeta
shotgun
tachar
to cross out
las habladurías
talk
el cotilleo
gossip
trasero
rear
el alboroto
racket
el hueso
bone
estremecedor
terrifying
el crujido
creak
arrollar
to run over
el amasijo
jumble
de pronto
suddenly
acorralar
to corner
maldito
damn
asaltar
to rob
la sombra
shadow
cobrar
to get paid
aguantar
to put up with
dar paso
to give way
el alma
heart
despedir
to say goodbye to
ya que
as
extrañar
to miss
marcharse
to go
encender
to turn on
repentino
sudden
sacudir
to shake
la aguja
needle
el conejo
rabbit
colgar
to hang
posarse
to settle
condenar
to sentence
parpadear
to blink
más allá
beyond
a medida que
as
el fregadero
sink
pender
to hang over
el visillo
lace curtain
ocultar
to conceal
mugriento
filthy
la maqueta
model
la pieza
piece
alrededor
around
manar
to flow
el cuello
neck
pálido
pale
palidecer
to turn pale
acariciar
to pet
el locutor
announcer
agitarse
to flap
clavar
to hammer
fino
fine
de repente
suddenly
el hacha
axe
caer
to fall
el trapo
cloth
lanzarse
to jump into
la pared
wall
redondo
round
el latido
heartbeat
vacío
empty
oprimir
to oppress
apoderarse
to seize
agotarse
to sell out
la indumentaria
clothing
rendir
to serve
aportar
to contribute
arraigar
to take root
la antesala
prelude
sublevar
to stir up to rebellion
laico
secular
la patria
homeland
el bando
side
la división
division
el revisor
ticket collector
pertenecer
to belong to
destacar
to highlight
el periódico
newspaper
el paño
cloth
dirigirse
to walk
resultar
to turn out to be
el reclutamiento
recruitment
la maleta
suitcase
reclutar
to conscript
el alistamiento
enrollment
la trinchera
trench
decepcionado
disappointed
la labor
task
desempeñar
to carry out
rendirse
to quit
conmover
to touch
propugnar
to advocate
conservador
conservative
desenvolver
to unwrap
amontonar
to pile up
meterse
to get involved
el trigo
wheat
el taller
workshop
rehuir
to avoid
el bloqueo
freezing
el cabreo
rage
perjudicar
to be detrimental to
desprestigiar
to discredit
enfriar
to cool
sugerir
to suggest
autóctono
indigenous
el/la comerciante
merchant
el/la soldado
soldier
el/la periodista
journalist
ser despedido
to be fired
enterarse
to find out
recaudar
to collect
alcanzar
to reach
pesado
annoying
equivocado
wrong
bajar
to get off
romper
to break up
cuando hace sol
when it's sunny
el auricular
handset
el jumper
jumper
el desalojo
evacuation
liarse
to get confused
meter
to put
dar pena
to be sad
la canela
cinnamon
el cenicero
ashtray
prestar
to lend
la uva
grape
estar de mal humor
to be in a bad mood
notar
to notice
la cerradura
lock
romper
to break
ardiente
burning
mear
to piss
el ingreso
income
la clandestinidad
secrecy
el peregrino
pilgrim
la apetencia
desire
arrepentirse
to regret (it)
agradecer
to thank
la gallina
chicken
la zanahoria
carrot
la calabaza
pumpkin
remojar
to soak
aprovechar
to make the most of
fijar
to fix
la finca
property
la quijada
jaw
el cuñado
brother-in-law
la multitud
crowd
el perejil
parsley
la pelota
ball
el muchacho
youngster
aburrido
bored
el calcetín
sock
el arándano
blueberry
la cereza
cherry
la carretera
road
la toalla
towel
de pie
stand
el código postal
postcode
la receta
prescription
el signo de más
plus sign
el enfermero
nurse
el grillo
cricket
el picor
itching
afeitarse
to shave
el personal
staff
la pesadilla
nightmare
tiene sentido
it makes sense
estar a punto
to be ready
que disfrutes
enjoy
el letrero
sign
entusiasmado
enthusiastic
afortunado
lucky
entusiasta
enthusiastic
charlar
to chat
pillar
to catch
la cuchara
spoon
el tenedor
fork
el cuchillo
knife
despertar
to wake up
para serte sincero
to be honest with you
el equipaje
luggage
pasar por seguridad
to go through security
el aire acondicionado
air conditioning
la propina
tip
la enfermedad
illness
la secadora
dryer
el comienzo
start
el lápiz
pencil
alguno
any
el jugo
juice
pedir comida
to order food
a medianoche
at midnight
me duermo
I go to sleep
hace viento
it's windy
ventoso
windy
el otoño
autumn
tampoco
neither
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