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Palabras
Palabras generales
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| albores | los comienzos, los principios, las primeras luces del día |
| candente | red-hot, burning |
| la mezquita | edificio en el que los musulmanes reúnen |
| privar | prohibir, quitar, no permitir |
| coadjuvar | help, assist; ayudar, cooperar, colaborar |
| la disposición | arrangement, order, provision, disposition (palabra afin) |
| originar | to cause, to start, to give rise to |
| el parlante | speaker (sound equipment) |
| el desman | excess; exceso o desorden, frec. cometidos con abuso del poder o la fuerza |
| amordazar | to silence; impedir, gralm. mediante coacción, que alguien o algo se exprese libremente |
| el trozo | a piece; pedazo de algo |
| el juego | un conjunto de cosas de las mismas características que sirven para un mismo fin; por ejemplo un juego de copas |
| potestativo | optional, permissive |
| engendrar | to beget, to breed; también figurativo |
| infame | odious, vile |
| asegurar | to assure, guarantee, safeguard; secure, fasten; affirm; insure |
| el aislamiento | isolation; insulation |
| darse | to happen; —a: to take to, to devote oneself to; to surrender; exist, occur (Bio); to grow, come up (Agr) |
| el aviso | notice; Am.: anuncio, conjunto de palabras, imágenes o signos |
| tumbarse | to lie down |
| acostarse | to lie down, to go to bed |
| dormirse | to go to sleep |
| despertarse | to wake up |
| levantarse | to rise, to rise to one's feet, to get up, to stand up, to straighten up |
| retrasarse | to be late; to be slow (clock); to lag behind, to decline (production) |
| achacar | to attribute; atribuir o imputar algo a una causa |
| la barraca | la casa pobre y humilde |
| la competencia | competition |
| desopilante | hilarious |
| cantiflear | to babble |
| la función | performance, show; function, duties |
| seguro | surely; safe, secure |
| aflojar | to ease |
| el hocico | snout |
| la etapa | stage of journey; leg, lap (sports); a stage (fig) |
| destituir | to dismiss or remove or sack a person |
| la maceta | pot (container) |
| el escombro | rubble |
| el asentamiento | settlement |
| escaso | scarce, slight; bare; mean, stingy |
| los residuos | residue, remains; garbage, refuse; leftovers |
| la chabola | shack |
| la aplicación | app |
| desnudar | to expose; to strip; to lay bare |
| cierto | certainly (adv.) |
| el cartón | cardboard; cartoon |
| el tema | topic, theme |
| idear | devise, contrive; plan, design; think up |
| el llamado (Am) o la llamada (Esp.) | call to arms; knock at door; ring of door or phone |
| anotar | register, record, note; to score (in sports) |
| el genio | genius |
| etiquetar | to tag (literally or figuratively) |
| compartir | to share an opinion or a responsibility |
| realizarse | to carry out, materialize (dreams) |
| implicar | to implicate; to involve, imply |
| la cúpula | cupola, dome |
| el marco | frame, framework |
| el desaliento | discouragement, depression |
| atravesar | to cross over, to cross; to pierce (a bullet, a blade); to bet money |
| el ferrovario | railway; rail (adjectival form) |
| la forma | way, means, method; form, pattern |
| la chatarra | junk |
| impredecible | unpredictable |
| la pertenencia | things that belong to someone |
| el titular | headline |
| la sopa | cord, rope |
| el destinatario | addressee |
| el remitente | sender (of mail) |
| el tapón | stopper, cap; tampon |
| nulo | useless |
Created by:
David Plemons
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