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el hondo
el hondo
the depths
hondo
hondo
deeply
hondo
hondo
profound
hondo
hondo
deep
asistir
asistir
to witness
derramar
derramar
to spread
derramar
derramar
to shed
derramar
derramar
to spill
conmover
conmover
to touch
conmover
conmover
to move
acechar
acechar
to spy on
acechar
acechar
to watch
acechar
acechar
to stalk
enrevesado
enrevesado
difficult
enrevesado
enrevesado
complicated
enrevesado
enrevesado
complex
insólito
insólito
extraordinary
insólito
insólito
unusual
imprescindible
imprescindible
indispensable
imprescindible
essential
la matanza
massacre
la matanza
slaughter
irreconocible
unrecognizable
el azar
fate
el azar
chance
liminar
introductory
liminar
preliminary
el/la contrincante
rival
el/la contrincante
opponent
derrotar
to beat
derrotar
to defeat
estornudar
to sneeze
bostezar
to yawn
trasnochar
to stay up late
el malparido
motherfucker
prendido
dressed up
prendido
horny
prendido
excited
prendido
switched on
prendido
turned on
sesgado
biased
sesgado
slanted
en vez de
instead of
el atajo
shortcut
percibir
to sense
percibir
to notice
percibir
to perceive
el empresariado
business community
el empresariado
managers
el empresariado
employers
mortífero
lethal
el indulto
pardon
inigualable
unrivaled
inigualable
unbeatable
inigualable
incomparable
leve
light
leve
mild
leve
minor
leve
slight
el antepasado
forefather
el antepasado
forebear
el antepasado
ancestor
el ingrato
ungrateful person
ingrato
disagreeable
ingrato
unpleasant
ingrato
hard
ingrato
unrewarding
ingrato
thankless
ingrato
ungrateful
sabiamente
wisely
zaherir
to mock
la bellaquería
wickedness
la pradera
prairie
depredar
to pillage
depredar
to prey on
el depredador
predator
quejarse
to whine
quejarse
to complain
nada mal
not at all bad
nada mal
not bad at all
el llanto
weeping
el llanto
crying
desalentarse
to lose heart
desalentarse
to get discouraged
desalentar
to dishearten
desalentar
to discourage
acostado
in bed
acostado
lying down
la sudoración
perspiration
la sudoración
sweating
el reo
accused
el reo
inmate
el reo
prisoner
el reo
offender
el reo
culprit
el reo
criminal
netamente
purely
netamente
clearly
el beneplácito
approval
el beneplácito
consent
la malversación
misappropriation
la malversación
embezzlement
el soborno
bribe
el soborno
bribery
enaltecer
to extoll
enaltecer
to praise
sorpresivo
sudden
sorpresivo
unexpected
otorgar
to give
otorgar
to confer
otorgar
to award
otorgar
to grant
reiniciar
to reboot
reiniciar
to restart
he ido
I've been
he ido
I've gone
el desespero
despair
el desespero
desperation
el mandatario
head of state
el mandatario
leader
la fiscalía
public prosecutor
la fiscalía
district attorney
la cicatriz
scar
negarse
to refuse
negar
to disown
negar
to refuse
negar
to deny
el chantaje
blackmail
la indagación
inquiry
la indagación
investigation
mudo
silent
mudo
mute
estupefacto
speechless
estupefacto
amazed
estupefacto
astonished
tropezar
to stumble
tropezar
to trip
súbito
hasty
súbito
unexpected
súbito
sudden
inocuo
harmless
el enfrentamiento
confrontation
desprevenido
unawares
desprevenido
off guard
desprevenido
unready
desprevenido
by surprise
desprevenido
unprepared
la contundencia
severity
la contundencia
forcefulness
la contundencia
force
el aliento
courage
el aliento
strength
el aliento
encouragement
el aliento
breath
el puñetazo
punch
disparado
off like a shot
disparado
in a hurry
disparado
quickly
acordar
to award
acordar
to remind
acordar
to agree on
acordar
to agree
jurar
to curse
jurar
to promise
jurar
to swear
ni siquiera
not even
remanente
surplus
el remanente
remainder
el retraso
learning disabilities
el retraso
lag
el retraso
backwardness
el retraso
delay
el abucheo
jeering
el abucheo
booing
la angustia
anguish
la angustia
distress
la angustia
anxiety
desmayar
to falter
desmayar
to become demoralized
desmayar
to lose heart
desmayarse
to faint
hambriento
starving
hambriento
hungry
el pormenor
detail
agobiado
weighed down
agobiado
overwhelmed
ilusionado
thrilled
ilusionado
excited
ilusionado
hopeful
el sicario
hit man
retroceder
to move backwards
retroceder
to reverse
retroceder
to back up
descuidado
slovenly
descuidado
sloppy
descuidado
untidy
descuidado
messy
descuidado
sloppy
descuidado
off guard
descuidado
careless
consentido
spoiled
la parca
death
la parca
Grim Reaper
desmentir
to squelch
desmentir
to contradict
desmentir
to refute
desmentir
to deny
subyacente
underlying
el brebaje
potion
escueto
plain
escueto
simple
el amorío
fling
el amorío
love affair
desmentirse
to backtrack
el adivino
fortune-teller
el/la cabecilla
ringleader
el/la cabecilla
leader
el noviazgo
engagement
escueto
succinct
escueto
concise
el condado
county
caoba
mahogany
la caoba
mahogany tree
la maldad
wickedness
la maldad
evil
el plagio
kidnapping
el plagio
plagiarism
raptar
to kidnap
empapar
to soak
la tremolina
commotion
la nevasca
snowfall
la nevasca
blizzard
la nevasca
snowstorm
la tremolina
fuss
la riada
flood
regañar
to fall out
regañar
to quarrel
regañar
to tell off
regañar
to scold
la rabieta
tantrum
azorado
amazed
azorado
alarmed
azorado
embarrassed
azorado
flustered
el espejismo
illusion
el espejismo
mirage
la letra
lyrics
la letra
writing
la letra
handwriting
el sacacorchos
corkscrew
el gancho
accomplice
el gancho
attraction
el gancho
safety pin
el gancho
clothespin
el gancho
peg
el gancho
appeal
el gancho
hanger
los apuntes
notes
despedir
to fire
despedir
to say goodbye to
el apego
fondness
burdo
rough
los modales
manners
burdo
coarse
burdo
crude
la vacilación
hesitation
el apego
attachment
mudo
speech-impaired
el tablero
board
camellar
to trek
camellar
to work hard
el escote
cleavage
la esperanza de vida
life expectancy
la codicia
thirst
la codicia
covetousness
la codicia
avarice
la codicia
greed
difunto
deceased
la trama
conspiracy
regentar
to govern
regentar
to preside over
regentar
to run
regentar
to manage
la trama
plot
la redada
raid
la captación
acquisition
la captación
capture
la captación
recruitment
la despensa
pantry
puchar
to push
el/la proxeneta
pimp
la jaula
cage
descartar
to discount
descartar
to reject
descartar
to dismiss
descartar
to rule out
el embrujo
magic
el embrujo
spell
el embrujo
charm
el embrujo
curse
hacer caso
to pay attention to
hacer caso
to listen to
hacer caso
to take notice of
la mejilla
cheek
travieso
clever
travieso
mischievous
travieso
naughty
letrado
learned
enfurruñarse
to sulk
intuir
to have a feeling
intuir
to intuit
intuir
to sense
entornar
to half-close
la voluntad
wish
la voluntad
will
los demás
the rest
los demás
the others
los demás
the other
incumbir
to be one's business
incumbir
to concern
rebosante
brimming
la limosna
charity
acontecer
to occur
acontecer
to happen
acontecer
to take place
vaticinar
to prophesy
vaticinar
to predict
la penumbra
half-light
vislumbrar
to glimpse
vislumbrar
to discern
vislumbrar
to make out
pretender
to claim
pretender
to expect
pretender
to intend
simular
to fake
simular
to simulate
fingir
to fake
fingir
to pretend
pavoroso
terrifying
la escogencia
choice
esperanzador
hopeful
esperanzador
encouraging
esperanzado
hopeful
envidioso
envious
acérrimo
staunch
acérrimo
bitter
huérfano
orphaned
el huérfano
orphan
el infundio
malicious story
el infundio
false rumor
el infundio
lie
el/la dirigente
leader
pellizcar
to nibble at
pellizcarse
to pinch oneself
pellizcar
to pinch
estremecer
to make shudder
estremecer
to shudder
estremecer
to shake
desprestigiar
to discredit
espeluznante
terrifying
la fiereza
cruelty
el camposanto
cemetery
la fiereza
ferocity
ramplón
vulgar
el matón
thug
chabacano
vulgar
el estallido
explosion
extralimitarse
to cross the line
extralimitarse
to overstep
indebidamente
illegally
indebidamente
improperly
el entendimiento
understanding
el requerimiento
request
la desavenencia
disagreement
ligado
bound
quieto
still
leonino
unfair
la quiebra
failure
regar
to water
la quiebra
bankruptcy
asistir
to attend
la calle de sentido único
one-way street
gozar
to enjoy
gozar
to enjoy oneself
gozar
to take
tras
behind
tras
after
de hecho
in fact
la nitidez
sharpness
la nitidez
clarity
avalar
to back
avalar
to endorse
avalar
to guarantee
conllevar
to bear
conllevar
to carry
conllevar
to bring
conllevar
to imply
conllevar
to entail
conllevar
to involve
conllevar
to lead to
dado que
given that
apegarse
to become attached to
apegarse
to grow fond of
había sido
he had been
había sido
I had been
había sido
she had been
para entonces
by then
la apariencia
appearance
el/la artífice
architect
el/la artífice
maker
integrante
integral
el/la integrante
member
a lo mejor
perhaps
a lo mejor
maybe
pedir prestado
to ask to borrow
pedir prestado
to borrow
prestarse
to borrow
prestarse
to offer to
prestar
to provide
prestar
to lend
derrocar
to demolish
derrocar
to oust
derrocar
to overthrow
derrocar
to topple
desterrado
exiled
la chatarrería
junkyard
la escolta
bodyguard
la escolta
escort
el hurto
stolen property
el hurto
theft
reprobar
to disapprove of
reprobar
to condemn
reprobar
to fail
el incumplimiento
breach
el rábano picante
horseradish
ayuno
devoid of
el ayuno
fast
el ayuno
fasting
encasillar
to categorize
encasillar
to classify
cortésmente
courteously
cortésmente
politely
la balacera
shooting
la balacera
shootout
entorpecer
to hinder
entorpecer
to obstruct
entorpecer
to slow down
vale la pena
it's worth it
la urbe
metropolis
la urbe
major city
zurdo
left-handed
delatar
to betray
delatar
to give away
delatar
to denounce
delatar
to inform on
el bache
rough patch
el bache
pothole
la vereda
lane
la vereda
path
hoy en día
nowadays
el arribismo
careerism
el arribismo
social climbing
el estafador
con artist
el estafador
fraudster
el estafador
swindler
el pretexto
excuse
el pretexto
pretext
el rechazado
reject
rechazado
rejected
engañoso
deceptive
engañoso
dishonest
engañoso
deceitful
todavía en la cama
still in bed
el hundimiento
collapse
el hundimiento
sinking
desafiar
to dare
desafiar
to challenge
harto
fed up
involucrado
implicated
involucrado
involved
involucrar
to involve
involucrarse
to get involved
la derrota
defeat
el manantial
spring
el zapallo
pumpkin
la creencia
belief
tachar
to cross out
el padrastro
stepfather
apuesto
good-looking
apuesto
handsome
sano y salvo
safe and sound
el gemido
groan
el gemido
moan
desubicar
to disorient
desubicar
to confuse
el alivio
relief
el/la latifundista
owner of a large estate
la polémica
controversy
la tergiversación
twisting
la tergiversación
distortion
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