Nouns / Adjectives

El término estándar cuando una sustancia penetra un tejido o superficie y deja una marca difícil o imposible de sacar (vino tinto, grasa, café).

Stain / "Besides staining the expensive rug with red wine, I deeply embarrassed my parents in front of all their friends."

Esta es la palabra exacta cuando refregás un líquido o sustancia húmeda y la desparramás creando un borrón corrido sobre una tela o superficie.

Smear / "Scrubbing only made it worse, creating a red smear across her white dress." / “I fumbled for a napkin and began scrubbing the fabric, only succeeding in smearing the red wine further”

Es un borrón o refregón superficial provocado al frotar o arrastrar accidentalmente una sustancia densa, grasosa o seca sobre una superficie. (Típico: grafito, carboncillo, maquillaje, huellas dactilares)

Smudge / "There was a greasy smudge right across my glasses." / “There was a greasy smudge right in the centre of the tablet screen.” / “She wiped her eye and left a dark smudge of mascara on her cheek.”

Mancha o lamparón grande, irregular, húmedo y de bordes difusos o poco definidos. Da la idea de algo derramado, empapado o brotado sin forma geométrica. Producido por un derrame de líquido absorbente, un sarpullido o una acumulación despareja de color. Vino tinto empapando una tela, tinta volcada en un papel, manchas rojas en la piel por alergia o nervios.

Blotch /

Mancha redonda, puntual o aislada; también un lunar o punto.

Spot / "There's a tiny grease spot on your collar." / "His apron (delantal) was spotted with oil from the frying pan."

Defecto, imperfección o pequeña impureza que arruina la perfección, pureza o pulcritud de una superficie intacta. Puntual y localizado. Suele ser un grano, cicatriz pequeña, manchita o raspón.

Blemish / Piel (facial blemishes), frutas (an apple without blemishes), reputación (a blemish on his record).

Húmedo. Slightly wet, especially in a way that is not pleasant

Damp / "The sofa was still damp after I scrubbed the sauce away."

Empapado. Si lo apretás sale agua a chorros, la ropa pesa le doble.

Soaked / “The sofa cushion was completely soaked in sauce”

Empapado. Con el matiz de que el agua se cayó desde afuera y de golpe, cubriéndote por completo. La superficie está chorreando activamente. Como cuando llueve torrencialmente.

Drenched / “Within seconds, my shirt was drenched in soda.”

Incensatamente / tontamente

Foolishly / "I foolishly grabbed the glass bottle from his hands." / "I foolishly resorted to physical force."

Rotundamente

Flatly / ”I flatly refused to do it”

Mero / puro

Sheer / “…was not a sign of independence, but of sheer immaturity”

No hacía más que…

Merely / “Determined to show off, she started with an arrogant strut, but within seconds she was merely tottering on the cobblestones (adoquines).“

Feo, desagradable

Unsightly / “The wine left an unsightly stain”

Alguien o una acción que actúa sin hacer caso, despreocupado por el peligro o haciendo oídos sordos a las advertencias.

Heedless / “He rushed into the woods, heedless of the impending storm.” / ”He charged into the burning building, heedless of the risk.”

Percance / contratiempo

Mishap / “Looking back, this humiliating mishap served as a wake-up call for me”

Traspié / paso en falso

Misstep /

Además de tierra es estadio

Ground / Football ground / Away ground (estadio visitante)

Algo nuevo / a estrenar

Brand new / “When my mother sees that wine stain on her brand-new silk blouse, she’s going to hit the roof.”

something that happens, usually something good, that is the result of chance instead of skill or planning

fluke / at first it seemed like it was just a fluke / by some fluke we managed to start the engine / We won by a fluke / It was just a fluke / Passing that exam was a total fluke, I hadn't studied at all