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Vocabulario Esencial

TermDefinition
acabar de + infinitive To have just done something
apetecerle a uno To feel like
beber como una esponja drink like a fish
caerle bien/mal una persona to be pleasing to someone (like a person or not)
consultarlo con la almohada to sleep on it
contar con to count on
costarle a uno + infinitive to be difficult
costarle un ojo de la cara to cost an arm and a leg
dar por + adj to consider (something/someone to be something)
dar por hecho to take for granted
darle apuro, verguenza, corte to make someone embarassed
darle igual to be all the same to someone (that person doesn't care)
darle la pelota to butter someone up, brown nose
darle pena (lástima) a uno to make someone feel sorry
darse cuenta de to realize
dejar en paz to leave alone
dejar plantado, darle un plantón to stand someone up
echar de menos to miss, to long for
echar un vistazo to glance
echar / dar una mano to lend a hand
echarle la culpa a alguien to blame, throw the blame on someone
echarle una bronca a alguien to tell someone off, read someone the riot act, yell at, etc.
echarse a temblar / reír, etc. to start to (tremble, laugh)
enamorarse de (estar enamorado de) to fall in love (to be in love with)
encontrarse (sentirse) to feel (in terms of health or wellness)
estar a gusto to feel comfortable
estar a punto de to be about to
estar acostumbrado a (acostumbrarse) to be used to (to get used to)
estar agotado to be exhausted
estar harto de (hartarse de) to be tired of (to get tired of)
estar bien visto / mal visto to be socially acceptable / unacceptable
estar bueno/a to be sexy, "hot" person, to taste good (food)
estar de acuerdo to agree
estar (pasado) de moda to be in (out) of fashion
extrañarle a uno to be strange to someone
guardarle rencor a uno to hold a grudge
hacer falta to be necessary
hacer caso a alguien to heed, pay attention to someone
hacerle daño a alguien o a algo to harm, hurt, damage someone or something
importarle to matter, be important, care about
ir al grano to get to the point
ir de guapo / inteligente / listo / etc. to act handsome, intelligent, clever, etc. (negative criticism)
ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse
leer entre renglones to read between the lines
llevar (tiempo) [+ gerundio] to have been doing something for amount of time
llevarse bien (mal) con to get along well (badly) with
ligar to hook up (romantically)
matar dos pájaros con un tiro to kill two birds with one stone
meter la pata to make an embarrassing mistake
meterse con alguien to mess with someone
meterse en un lío to get into a mess
nadar en la abundancia to be rolling in money
no pegar ojo to not sleep a wink
no servir de nada to be of no use
parecer to seem
pasarlo bien to have a good time
pasarlo bomba to have a great time
pasarlo fatal to have a horrible time
pasarse to go too far (to overdo it)
pillar con las manos en la masa to catch someone in the act
quedar (en) to agree on
ser parecido a to be similar to
ser un chollo to be very cheap, a bargain
ser un donjuan to be a Don Juan
ser tacaño to be stingy
sonarle a uno to recognize (something rings a bell, looks/sounds familiar)
soportar to put up with, to stand, to tolerate
tener buena / mala pinta to look good / bad, to have a good / bad appearance
tener ganas de to feel like, to look forward to
tener gracia to be funny
tener mala pata to have bad luck
(algo) (no) tener que ver con (algo) to (not) have something (anything) to do with
tocarle a uno to be one's turn
tomarle el pelo a alguien to pull someone's leg
(no) valer la pena to (not) be worth it
tener razón to be right
volver a to do something again
a lo mejor maybe (no subjunctive)
a propósito by the way, on purpose, regarding
al + infinitive an/upon + ger. [al llegar = upon arriving]
Así es la vida That's life.
así que so, therefore (often used as an interjection)
cada vez más more and more all the time
¿Cómo que ... ? What do you mean .... ?
cuanto antes mejor the sooner the better
cuanto más ... más the more ... the more
Created by: acglidden
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