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Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 aleccionador | instructive, exemplary |
| subsanar | to overlook, excuse, get around |
| resquebrajarse | to crack or split |
| preciado | esteemed |
| ensamblar | to assemble |
| despilfarrar | to squander |
| resquicio | legal loophole |
| embargo | seizure |
| desvivirse por | to be dying to |
| azorado | embarrassed |
| enroscarse | to curl up |
| avenencia | compromise |
| algazara | uproar |
| cenagel | bog |
| parihuela | stretcher |
| escarnio | ridicule |
| escarbarse los dientes | to pick your teeth |
| comején | termite |
| feligrés | parishoner |
| estribación | bone spur |
| columbrar | to perceive |
| enramado | canopy |
| enramada | arbor |
| mulilla | hipflask |
| empinarse | to stand on tiptoe |
| cuerear | to skin an animal |
| zarandear | to knock someone around |
| tianguis | street market |
| agrazar | to annoy |
| fastidiar | to annoy or kid |
| impacientar | to exasperate |
| intranquilizar | to worry |
| irritar | to irritate |
| hacer conejo | to work the biceps |
| fecha tope | deadline |
| corazonada | hunch |
| renglón | line of writing |
| estropearse | to age |
| noluntad | unwillingness |
| negociaciones | bargaining |
| incardinar | to include |
| de quién partió la idea? | whose idea was it? |
| sacar a colación | to bring something up |
| anuencia | consent |
| aténgase a lo que se le pregunta | confine yourself to answering the question |
| atenerse a la ley | to abide by the law |
| me atengo a mis declaraciones previas | I stand by my previous statements |
| zancadilla | frontal leg sweep |
| apachurrar | to crush |
| tener ojeriza a | to have a grudge against |
| fregón | annoying |
| mermar | to undermine |
| merma | shrinkage |
| desperdiciar | to throw away |
| tipo de interés | interest rate |
| acribillar a balazos | to riddle with bullets |
| revuelo | commotion |
| despliegue | deployment |
| quilombo | mess |
| rezumar | to ooze |
| fogosidad | passion |
| dimes y diretes | bickering |
| viciar | to invalidate |
| sustentar | to sustain |
| emperejilado | dolled up |
| facultar | to authorize |
| ayuntamiento | municipality |
| contrato de prestación de servicios | contract for services rendered |
| acto | instrument |
| oficial mayor | chief administrator |
| patronato | board of trustees |
| investido de personalidad jurídica | with all the powers of a legal entity |
| cabildo | municipal government agreement |
| manejar | to manage |
| patrimonio | assets |
| persona moral extranjera | foreign corporation |
| tener plena capacidad jurídica | to have full legal authority |
| obligar | to assume an obligation |
| contratar | to make a contract |
| reunir las condiciones técnicas y económicas | to have the technical and economic qualifications |
| registro federal de contribuyentes | tax identification number |
| encomendar | to entrust |
| impuesto al valor agregado | value added tax |
| anexo A | attachment A |
| guardar absoluta reserva de información | to maintain absolute discretion regarding information |
| faltar de capacidad, aptitudes o facultades | to lack the capacity, ability or authority |
| cualquier modificación al presente contrato | any amendment to this contract |
| desplante | rude remark |
| desengañar | to disappoint, disillusion |
| desengaño | disappointment, disillusion |
| despegado | cold, indifferent |
| azabache | jet black |
| sitiar | to lay siege |
| refriega | scuffle, brawl |
| porno infantil | child pornography |
| escarmiento | lesson, warning |
| tornasol | iridescence, sheen |
| tornasolar | to make iridescent, to put a sheen on |
| muladar | pigpen |
| displicente | peevish, unenthusiastic |
| horcón | pitchfork |
| arado | plow |
| arcabuco | thick forest |
| asidero | handle, grasp, pretext |
| eso no tiene asidero | there is no basis for that |
| sideral | astral, space, astronomic |
| sidatorio | AIDS clinic |
| sidoso | AIDS (adj) |
| de su propio acontecimiento | of his own volition |
| berenjena | eggplant, aubergine |
| baldado | cripple |
| lisiado de guerra | wounded ex-serviceman |
| marear con hierro candente | to brand |
| parsimonia | calmness, phlegmatic nature |
| maniobra dilatoria | delaying tactic |
| abstemio | teetotaller |
| egregio | eminent, distinguished |
| ingenuidad | ingenuousness, naïveté |
| credulidad | gullibility |
| simpleza | simple-mindedness |
| maurofobia | hatred of the moors |
| lenguaje gestual | body language |
| gavilán | sparrow hawk, in-grown toenail |
| gaviota | seagull |
| gazapo | young rabbit |
| cazar un gazapo | to catch a mistake |
| enrarecer | to polute |
| tajante | categorical |
| zarpar | to set sail |
| taxativo | strict |
| tropel | horde |
| tropelía | outrage, abuse |
| atisbo | inkling; spying |
| atisbar | to spy on |
| atisbadero | peep hole |
| porrista | cheerleader |
| remachar un punto | to stress a point |
| morosidad | slowness in paying |
| moroso | slow paying |
| oruga | caterpillar |
| tiragomas | slingshot |
| terraplén | embankment |
| erario | treasury |
| con cargo al erario público | from public funds |
| epatar | to amaze, astonish, shock |
| epatante | amazing, astonishing, startling |
| erizarse | to bristle, stand on end; to complicate |
| cartucho de fogueo | blank cartridge |
| tiro de fogueo | warning shot |
| disconformidad | disagreement |
| distensión muscular | muscle strain |
| distensivo | conciliatory |
| distribución | layout, floor plan |
| abundar en algo | to be rich in something; to elaborate on something |
| me gustaría abundar en ese comentario | I'd like to elaborate on this remark |
| carátula | video case |
| refrendar | to do again, repeat; to countersign, endorse |
| trato equitativo | square deal |
| defenderse | to get by |
| me defiendo en inglés | I get by in English |
| destrabar un prisionero | to take the shackles off a prisoner |
| contemporizar | to be ready to compromise |
| con sorna | sarcastically |
| botarata | spendthrift |
| alterón | pile, heap |
| acreditar | to give credit to, to vouch for |
| acreditar su personalidad | to establish one's identity |
| acreditarse como | to get a reputation for |
| acreditarse en | to get a reputation in |
| incidir en | to influence, affect; to have a bearing on |
| incidir en un tema | to stress a subject |
| concúbito | copulation |
| albéitar | veterinarian |
| albeitaría | veterinary medicine |
| vencer obstáculos | to overcome obstacles |
| disparo de advertencia | warning shot |
| puericia | boyhood |
| tender un puente | to offer a compromise |
| tender puentes de plata a alguien | to make it as easy as possible for somebody |
| Si me voy, lo haré por la puerta grande. | If I leave, I'll leave with my head held high. |
| usía | lordship, ladyship |
| con sendas peculiaridades | each with its own peculiarity |
| recibieron sendos regalos | each one received a present |
| les dio sendos golpes | he gave each of them a beating |
| llevarse la mejor parte | to get the best of the bargain |
| enviar señales de alarma | to set off warning bells |
| dar un sentón | to fall on your backside |
| al ancho de los hombros | shoulder width apart |
| no hay mal que por bien no venga | every cloud has a silver lining |
| hierro en lingotes | pig iron |
| salvarse por los pies | to run for your life |
| estar hasta la coronilla | to be at the end of your rope |
| apartar el grano de la paja | to separate the wheat from the chaff |
| salir de pistoleras | to get out of a tight spot |
| salva de 21 cañones | 21-gun salute |
| andar con mucho ojo | to gather your wits |
| tentar la suerte | to tempt fate |
| tomar en cuenta una advertencia | to heed a warning |
| entrega a domicilio | home delivery |
| ralentizarse | to slow down |
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