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Vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| La luna | The glass in the window of a car |
| Una fuga de gas | A gas leak |
| Romper la limit de velocidad | To break the speed limit |
| La papeleta | The ticket (traffic) |
| La multa | The fine |
| Peruana | Peruvian |
| estadounidense | Relating to the United States |
| La prueba | The proof |
| deshuesadas | Boneless |
| Aplanar | To flatten or pound (chicken breasts) |
| Pan rallado | Bread crumbs |
| Una bandeja de horno | A baking sheet |
| Sazonar | To season |
| Parmesano | Parmesan cheese |
| Derreter (I0 | To melt |
| Burbujeante | Bubbly |
| Adornar | To garnish |
| Aproximadamente | Approximately |
| Ama, ema, and oma | All masculine |
| Asi que | So |
| Para que | So that |
| Moler(ue) | to grind |
| Licuar | to blend |
| Verter | To pour |
| Apartar | To put aside |
| Amasar | To kneed |
| Empanizar | To bread |
| Remover(ue) | To stir |
| Untar | To spread on |
| Añadir, incorporar | To add ingredients |
| Dejar enfriar | To let something cool (like baked goods) |
| Ayunar | To fast |
| Verter | To pour |
| Entendible | Understandable |
| Inesperada | Unexpected |
| El enfoque | The focus |
| Desarollado | Developed |
| El sarro | Tartar on your teeth |
| Las encias | The gums (mouth) |
| Las caries | The cavities |
| La comida chattara | The junk food |
| Las muelas de juicio | Wisdom teeth |
| La flojera | To feel lazy |
| Flojo(a) | To be lazy |
| Presión de grupo | Peer pressure |
| No importa | It doesn’t matter |
| No me importa | I don’t care (negative) |
| El chaleco salvavidas | The life jacket |
| Tender | To hang up |
| Expuestas | Exposures |
| Tras | To go after something |
| Un alimento | Any type of food, even pet food |
| Una casa rodante | An RV |
| Un batidor | A whisk |
| La nuez moscada | The nutmeg |
| Empoderando | Empowering |
| Ya | Already, right now, anymore, enough/stop |
| Médición | Measurement |
| Qué tal te fue | How did it go for you |
| La cartelera | The movie listings |
| Un código QR | A QR code |
| Un pecado | A sin |
| Derrotando | Defeating |
| Aterciopelado | Velvety |
| Una cobija | A blanket |
| Afelpado | Fleecy or fuzzy |
| Arrugados | Wrinkled |
| Puntiagado | Pointy (sharp) |
| La lija | The sandpaper |
| Áspera | Rough |
| El queque | The cake |
| Esponjoso | Spongy |
| Aceitosa | Oily or greasy |
| Liviana | Lightweight |
| Chicloso | Sticky, chewy, or gummy |
| Un guion | A script |
| Una minoría | A minority |
| Una vocal | A vowel |
| Las agallas | The guts |
| Asegurarse | To make sure |
| La gira | The tour (band) |
| Estar dispuesto a | To be willing to |
| Zurdo | Left handed |
| Diestras | Right handed |
| Jalar | To pull |
| Ensuciarse | To become dirty |
| Ambidiestro | Ambidextrous |
| Los pallilos chinos | Chopsticks |
| Las placas tectónicas | The tectonic plates |
| Las ondas | The waves(scientific sense, like sound waves) |
| Desbordar | To overflow |
| Soltar | To come loose |
| Los remolinos | The whirlpools |
| El anfitrión | The host |
| Rétorica | Rhetorical |
| Los piques | The rivalries |
| Los maratones | The marathon |
| Los triatones | The triathlons |
| Una quincena | 15 days |
| Un cajero | A bank teller |
| Sacar una cita | To make an appointment |
| Un retiro de dinero | A money withdrawal |
| Un cajero automatico | An ATM |
| El demandante | The plaintiff |
| El demandado | The defendent |
| Un jurado | A jury |
| Cobre | Copper |
| Un terno | A suit |
| Ajetreado | Hectic |
| Superar | To overcome |
| Me da la vida | It brings me joy, lifts my spirits |
| No me da la vida | I don’t have enough time, I can’t keep up |
| Me da cosa | It makes me feel bad or awkward |
| Me sabe mal | I feel bad about it |
| Se me hace bola | It feels overwhelming |
| Sin mas | It’s nothing special |
| Ni tan mal | Better than expected |
| No me cuadra | It doesn’t make sense |
| Las hortensias | The hydrangeas |
| La vez pasada | Last time |
| Los quehaceres | The chores |
| La entrada | The driveway |
| La monja | The nun |
| El monje | The monk |
| Un procedimiento | A procedure |
| Equilibrio | The balance |
| Sobrevalorada | Overrated |
| Los ensayos | The essays |
| Ensayar | To practice |
| Los fuentes | The sources |
| Los peajes | The tolls |
| Una ganga | A bargain |
| Echar cuenta | To pay attention |
| Un tejado | An exterior roof |
| Los dardos | Darts |
| Un apagón | A blackout |
| Una espumadera | A slotted spoon |
| Un pelador | A vegetable peeler |
| Una lengua | A flexible silicon spatula |
| Los dientes de ajo | The garlic cloves |
| Cascar | To crack eggs |
| Dorar | To brown food |
| Las gomitas | The gummies |
| Entre comillas | Quote unquote |
| Estafas | Scams |
| Estafadores | Scammers |
| El pasamoñtana | The ski mask |
| Ponerse las pillas | To focus |
| Un charco | A puddle |
| Guácala | Gross, yuk |
| Asco | Disgust |
| La torre | The rook(chess) |
| El alfil | The bishop (chess) |
| Los peones | The pawns |
| Amenazar | To threaten |
| Jaque mate | Check mate |
| Recorrer | To travel through or around |
| Me importa un bledo que | I couldn’t care less that |
| Qué rabia que | How infuriating that |
| Ser un cuñado | To be a know it all |
| Pues anda que tú | Look whose talking |
| No te emociones | Don’t get carried away |
| Qué yo sepa | As far as I know |
| En mis tiempos | Back in my day |
| Los Avistamientos | The sightings |
| Las capas | The layers (hair) |
| Rapado | Shaved |
| Teñirse el pelo | To dye one’s hair |
| El tinte | The hair dye |
| Descolorar | To bleach |
| Rayitos | Highlights |
| Qué huevon | How lazy |
| Me da hueva | I couldn’t care less |
| Ahuevo | Hell yeah |
| De huevos | Awesome |
| Compa | Friend |
| Chupar | To drink mostly alcohol or to suck a dick |
| El desarmador | The screwdriver |
| El alicate | The pliers |
| Un taladro | A drill |
| Un hueco | A hole or opening |
| Una cierra eléctrica | An electric saw |
| El antónimo | The antonym |
| Rebuscar | To search thoroughly |
| Rayar | To scratch or scrape |
| Infundado | Unfounded |
| Un subidón | A rush or surge (like adrenaline) |
| Torpeza | Mistakes |
| Una regadera | A watering can |
| Las vallas | The barricades |
| Hundir | To sink |
| Circulo vicioso | Vicious cycle |
| Los efectos secondarios | The side effects |
| El sexto sentido | The 6th sense |
| La hora punta | Rush hour |
| Una risa contagiosa | Contagious laughter |
| La sangre fría | Calmness |
| La noche en vela | A sleepless night |
| La vergüenza ajena | The embarrassment felt when someone else does something foolish |
| El callejón sin salida | A dead end |
| Secreto a voces | A secret that everybody really knows |
| El arma de filo | A double edged sword |
| Un punto ciego | A blind spot |
| Estar adormilado | To be sleepy |
| Conmovedor | Moving(sentiment) |
| Los cuentos de adas | The fairytales |
| El malentendido | The misunderstanding |
| Ajihada | The goddaughter |
| Comprade, comadre | Father and mother of your godchild |
| La brecha | The gap |
| El pelo suelto | Hair worn down |
| La soccorista | The lifeguard |
| Encorsetado | Stiff or rigid |
| Las colchonetas | Foam floating mats for the pool |
| Un anhelo | A yearning |
| Poner limites | Set boundaries |
| El bosque de niebla | The cloud forest |
| Giros | Twists |
| Mientras más o menos | The more or the less |
| La fibra | The fiber |
| Grasa | Fat |
| Hasta cierto punto | To a degree |
| Antojarse(works like gustar) | To crave |
| La col | The cabbage |
| Grueso(a) | Thick |
| El águila | The eagle |
| Una garza | A heron |
| la paradoja | The paradox |
| El pico y la pala | Hard work |
| Una pata | A paw |
| Redondo | Chubby |
| El delantal | The apron |
| Atarse | To tie (an apron) |
| La soya | The soy |
| El sofrito | A sautéed vegetable base |
| El apio | The celery |
| Un ojo de la cara | An arm and a leg |
| Las hebras | The strands |
| Afilado | Sharp |
| Una báscula | A scale |
| Un chorro | A splash |
| El ajo en pulvo | The garlic powder |
| La hoja de laurel | The bay leaf |
| Estropear | To damage or spoil |
| El papel de film | Plastic wrap |
| La veijita | The little old lady |
| Agobiante | Overwhelming |
| Asfixiante | Suffocating |
| Sauvizar | To soften |
| El sesgo | The bias |
| La huella | The footprint |
| Ir como pollo sin cabeza | To run around like a headless chicken |
| La metáfora | The metaphor |
| Un choque | A crash |
| Desnudo | Naked |
| Pudor | Modesty |
| El escudo protector | The protective shield |
| Estar hasta las narices | To be fed up |
| Calidez | Warmth |
| Acojedor | Welcoming |
| Un palo | A stick |
| Una vivienda | A home. The term is used more formally like in real estate or government documents |
| Recojer | To collect |
| Casero | Homemade |
| Hacer frente | To confront |
| Reforma | Renovation |
| Una jugarreta | A dirty trick |
| Inesperado | Unexpected |
| Una Baraja de cartas | A deck of cards |
| Adelantar | To reveal in advance |
| La sobremesa | The time spent sitting at the table after a meal, talking and enjoying each other’s company. |
| Acortar | To shorten |
| No solo de pan vive el hombre | Man doesn’t live by bread alone |
| La comida basura | The junk food |
| Tener que ver | To have to do with |
| Una jornada | A seminar |
| Llamativo | Striking |
| Tomar el pelo | To pull someone’s leg |
| Rozar | To come close to |
| De paso | While you’re at it |
| Inculcar | To instill |
| Los vinculos | The links |
| Cursy | Corny |
| Tiempo de sobra | Extra time |
| Por un lado | On one hand |
| Los emprendadores | The entrepreneurs |
| Así es | That’s right |
| El parto | Labor when you’re having a baby |
| Estado civil | Marital status |
| Mear | To pee |
| Producto Interior Bruto | Gross domestic product |
| Riqueza | Wealth |
| De toda la vida | Lifelong |
| Desviarse | To go off topic |
| Es lo que hay | It is what it is |
| El bricolaje | Do it yourself project |
| Las libélulas | The dragonflies |
| Pantanosas | Swampy |
| Las patas | The paws |
| Prensa del corazon | Celebrity gossip media |
| Traición | Betrayal |
| La realidad supera la ficción | Truth is stronger than fiction |
| Una leyenda viva | A living legend |
| Dejar con la Boca abierta | To leave someone speechless |
| Tener duende | To have a magical artistic quality |
| Hacer un hueco | To carve out a space |
| Un cuento de hadas | A fairy tale |
| Cotillio | Gossip |
| Tener luces y sombras | To have ups and downs |
| Tocar fundo | To hit rock bottom |
| Una hoja de vida | A resume |
| Desmontar | To disassemble |
| De paso | By the way |
| Engañosa | Misleading |
| No es oro todo lo que reluce | All that glitters is not gold |
| Un etorno | An environment |
| Respaldado | To be backed like a currency |
| El puntaje | The score |
| El plantel | The campus |
| Un aspirante | An applicant |
| Un trámite | A formality |
| Pachanguero | Party loving |
| Un tramposo | A cheat |
| Un provecho | An advantage |
| Desencantado | Disenchanted |
| El bienestar | The welfare |
| Imponerse | To prevail |
| Sentar las bases | To lay the foundations |
| El ascenso | The rise |
| El punto de partida | The starting point |
| Encajar | To fit in |
| Al largo plazo | In the long run |
| Rendir | To perform |
| Desechar | To discard |
| Una vez al año no hace daño | Once a year won’t hurt |
| Avergonzarse | To feel ashamed |
| Nublar el juicio | To cloud one’s judgment |
| Quitarle protagonismo | To take the limelight |
| Un versiculo | A verse |
| La cinta | The tape |
| La brocha | The paintbrush |
| Un rodillo | A roller |
| Currar | Work hard |
| Un ganchillo | A crochet hook |
| El hilo | The thread |
| El corto plazo | In the short term |
| El largo plazo | In the long run |
| Convivir | To live together |
| Estar al borde de algo | To be on the verge of something |
| Estar a flor de piel | Emotions are running high |
| Incertedumbre | Uncertainty |
| Una amenaza | A threat |
| Caminar por la Cuesta floja | To walk a tightrope |
| Venirse abajo | To collapse |
| Gestionar | To manage |
| Nocivo | Harmful |
| Antepasado | Ancestor |
| Ojos qué no ven, corazon que no siente | Out of sight out of mind |
| Dar la espalda | To turn ones back |
| Sobrecargar | To overwhelm |
| Torrido | Scorching |
| Rebobinar | To rewind |
| Una gaviota | A seagull |
| Chorrear | To drip |
| Limpieza | Dexterity |
| Gestionar | To manage |
| Un desafio | A challenge |
| Un subidón | A rush |
| El enamoramiento | The falling in love |
| Un apego | An attachment |
| Un flechazo | Love at first sight |
| Los rasgos | The traits |
| Ceder | To give |
| Ver venir | To see something coming |
| Acariciar | To pet or stroke (the dog) |
| Estancado(a) | Stuck |
| Torpe | Clumsiness |
| De golpe | All of a sudden |
| Un honrón | A home run |
| Una pala de polva | A dust pan |
| Ciegamente | Blindly |
| Analfabeto | Illiterate |
| Destacar | To stand out |
| Un taso de paro | The unemployment rate |
| El desempeño | The performance |
| El lanzador | The pitcher |
| Echar la bronca | To scold |
| Llanto | Crying |
| El fuerza de voluntad | The willpower |
| Sin pesteñear | Without hesitation |
| Remontarse | To go back in time |
| El repartidor | The delivery person |
| Derribar | To knock down |
| Gozar | To enjoy |
| Estar enganchados | Instant gratification |