Vocab Ayllon
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126 terms
Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 pasar por alto | to overlook (unintentional) |
| no hacer caso de | to ignore, to pay no attention to (intentional) |
| ignorar | to not know, to be ignorant of |
| sensible | sensitive |
| sensato, razonable | sensible |
| partir | to divide, to break (a bone) |
| compartir | to share |
| repartir | to distribute, to divide among |
| darse cuenta de | to realize (to become aware of) |
| realizar | to achieve, accomplish |
| efectivo | true, real, actual (synonym of verdadero) |
| eficaz | effective |
| actual | present, current |
| actualmente | presently, at the present time |
| mover | to move (change position) |
| conmover | to move (emotionally) |
| mudarse | to move (change residence) |
| el tiempo | time (in a general sense) |
| la época | time (in an historical sense) |
| la hora | time (the hour, the moment for doing something) |
| la vez | time (series, occasion) |
| sostener | to support, maintain; to hold up |
| Sostengo que no tendrá éxito | I maintain that he won't be successful |
| mantener | to support, maintain, keep (financially) |
| Roberto mantiene a toda su familia | Robert supports his family |
| aguantar | to endure, bear, put up with |
| soportar | to endure (synonym of aguantar) |
| apoyar | to support (morally), to stand behind |
| harapiento | ragged, tattered |
| hambriento | hungry (adjective): el gato hambriento (the hungry cat) |
| mugriento | grimy, extremely dirty |
| sangriento | bloody |
| de cabo a rabo | from one end to the other |
| de tal palo, tal astilla | like father, like son |
| ser del montón | to be ordinary, common |
| abierto de par en par | wide open |
| sacar de quicio | to exasperate, drive crazy |
| por casualidad | by chance |
| llover a cántaros | to rain cats and dogs; to rain buckets |
| reírse a carcajadas | to guffaw (to laugh hard) |
| el lomo | back (of an animal or book) |
| el respaldo | back (of a chair) |
| la espalda | back (of a person) |
| el dorso | back (of the hand); other side, back (of piece of paper) |
| los números atrasados de una revista | back issues of a magazine |
| la suela | sole (of a shoe) |
| la planta | sole (of the foot) |
| advertir | to warn, to advise |
| aconsejar | to advise, to counsel |
| avisar | to inform, let know, to notify |
| el consejo | the advice |
| el aviso | the notification, the notice |
| por último | finally |
| por fin | finally, at last |
| al fin | finally, at last |
| en fin | in short |
| la fila | row |
| la cola | line (waiting turn) |
| la línea | line |
| el renglón | (written) line |
| la hilera | string, row (una hilera de luces - a string of lights) |
| el verso | line of poetry |
| la esquina | corner (outside corner of something) |
| el rincón | corner (inner angle); hidden or out-of-the-way place |
| el ángulo | angle |
| echar de menos | to miss (feel the absence of) |
| extrañar | to miss (synonym of echar de menos) |
| perder | to miss (not to arrive on time, to fail to understand) |
| el pelo | hair |
| el cabello | hair |
| las canas | gray hair |
| rubio | blond |
| pelirrojo | redhead |
| calvo | bald |
| el trueno | thunder |
| el relámpago | lightning |
| el rayo | a bolt of lightning |
| tronar | to thunder |
| relampaguear | to lightning |
| la lata | annoyance |
| dar la lata | to annoy, to pester |
| latoso | annoying |
| bizco | cross-eyed |
| tuerto | one-eyed |
| ciego | blind |
| cojo | one-legged; lame, crippled |
| manco | one-armed; missing one hand |
| sordo | deaf |
| mudo | mute |
| feroz | fierce (animals) |
| salvaje | wild (not domesticated); savage, uncivilized |
| silvestre | wild (uncultivated; growing in a natural state) |
| la fiera | wild animal |
| crecer | to grow (normal increase in size) |
| cultivar | to grow, raise (plants) |
| criar | to bring up, to rear (children), to raise (animals) |
| educar | to rear, bring up |
| instruir | to educate (in an academic sense) |
| dominar | to master a skill; to dominate |
| domar | to tame (an animal) |
| hacer cosquillas | to tickle |
| tener cosquillas | to be ticklish |
| el clavo | nail |
| la clave | key (to a riddle, problem, etc.) |
| la llave | key (to open a lock) |
| la cerradura | lock |
| cerrar con llave | to lock |
| bajo llave | under lock and key |
| grueso | thick (in depth or diameter) |
| espeso | thick (liquids) |
| denso | dense, thick, compact |
| torpe | thick-headed |
| destacar | to emphasize; to (make something) stand out |
| destacarse | to stand out |
| destacado | outstanding |
| sobresalir | to excel, to stand out |
| sobresaliente | excellent, outstanding |
| el contratiempo | mishap |
| la desgracia | misfortune |
| la deshonra | disgrace |
| anochecer | to grow dark |
| amanecer | to dawn |
| atardecer | to draw toward evening |
| el anochecer | nightfall, dusk |
| el amanecer | dawn, daybreak |
| el atardecer | late afternoon |
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