Las Series

El árbitro/ réferi, referí

referee

Perturbar

to disturb/disrupt, trouble

Acceder a

to access

Monitorizar a

to monitor

Tengo mucho lío

I’m very busy/ I’ve got a lot going on, a lot on my plate, I’m swamped

Un yerno

son-in-law

Un suegro/a

father/mother-in-law

Un toque de queda

(legal) curfew

Un horario límite/ hora límite

curfew

La quiebra

rupture, burst, collapse, failure // bankruptcy

La momia

mummy

La factura

receipt, invoice

En qué sentido?

in what sense

Caber

to fit

Fofo (adj)

flabby, soft (usually to describe body or feeble argument, defense, politician)

Encargarse de, Tomar el mando de

to take over sth / take sth over

Coleccionar

to collect

Mudarse A

to move to/into

Un crisis existencial

an existential crisis

Un ascenso

a promotion

Una noche de borrachera

a drunken night

Hacer la paces

to make up (be reconciled)

Estar muerto

to be dead

El coche está pegado en la nieve

the car is stuck in the snow

pruebas/ evidencia

proof/ evidence

El coche fúnebre

a hearse

Abuso sexual

sexual assault

La oficina

the office

To interview

interrogar a

Un sitio web

a website

Un funeral

a funeral

To want someone back

lo quiero de vuelta/ quiero que vuelva

To miss someone

echar de menos A alguien

Inaugurar

to open (a new business), start, begin

Estar sin hogar/techo

to be homeless

Un/a florista

a florist

Un sector

a sector/ business area

las cosas no salieron según lo planeado

things didn't go as planned

A quién pertenece una foto

who a photo belongs to

Entrar a

to enter sth

El congreso/ convención // conferencia/reunión

conference (convention/ meeting)

To end up

terminar en, acabar

To reach out

contactar, localizar etc.

Ir de viaje

to go on a trip

Una cuenta de Instagram

an Instagram account

Una relación

a relationship

Un parentesco

a relationship (family connection - what’s her relationship to you/ qué parentesco tiene contigo?)

¿Me oyes?

do/can you hear me?

Una perla

a pearl (jewel, gem)

Un balazo

a bullet/ gunshot wound

El humor negro

dark humour

malvado/a

evil, wicked, villainous

Un malvado

a wrongdoer, evildoer

Aventar

to fan, blow on / chuck out (coloq), slap (vulgar)

despistado/a

distracted/ lost in thought/ absent-minded, forgetful, scatterbrain

Un raspón/ rasponcito (SLANG)

a fender bender (minor collision car)

Un pleito

a lawsuit, legal action // fight,row, quarrel, dispute

El lujo

luxury

Cabrón/a

Ahole, b–tard

¡Carajo!

damn it, hell, F, F hell

Al carajo

to hell/ F that

Del carajo, de mil carajos

Fing, bad, terrible, crappy, sh-tty

Balbucear

to babble, stammer, stutter, slur

Un maderista

a carpenter

La herencia

inheritance, legacy (/ heredity)

Un pendiente

an earring

Una pulsera/ brazalete

bracelete

Una esclava

bangle, bracelets

Un collar

necklace

Un anillo/ una sortija

a ring (/ band)

malagradecido/a

ungrateful

Sollozar

to sob

Soltar

put down, let go, set free, leak, lose

Sorber

to slurp, sniffle, sniff

Con permiso/ permiso

excuse me (walking past room, to enter a room, to leave a group/table)

Ronronear

to purr

El ronroneo de motor

purring of the motor

Una orilla

edge, bank/shore/seashore/ rim (of a cup) // pavement, hem

Orillar

to pull over, skirt/avoid

Una chirimía

shawm, hornpipe / shawmn player

un/a chamaco/a

a kid, lad

Desproteger

to abandon, leave sth unprotected

Desprotegido (adj)

unprotected, defenceless

Un imbecíl

an imbecile, food

Imbecíl (adj)

naive, gullible, stupid, idiotic, asinine

La tristeza

sadness

Un traqueteo

banging, crackle, clatter/ing

necio/a

stupid, dumb, foolish / ignorant, dim / stubborn

un/a nieco/a

an idiot, fool, dimwit, blockhead

admendrado/a

almond-shaped

Un Almendrado

a macaroon

Al revés

backwards, inside out, reversed, turned around, upside down

Al revés de

contrary to, as opposed to

Espantar

to scare/ frighten, to shoe away

Espantarse

to get frightened/ scared

Un panteón

a cemetery, vault, mausoleum

Acercarse

to get close, approach

No te hagas ilusiones

don’t get your hopes up

El heno

hay

Té de tila

linden blossom tea