Spanish vocab - R

recuperar

to get sth back

redondo/a

round

rozar

to graze, rub

el rugido

bellow, roar

el roce

graze, touch

rajarse

to rip, tear, slit

resbalar

to slip, slide, skip

la rotura

break, crack, breakage

reglamentario/a

mandatory, obligatory

repicar

to peal, ring out

la ropa interior

underwear

un recibo

a receipt

el rímel

mascara

redactar

to write, edit

recalcitrante

obstinate, recalcitrant

reparar en

to notice

robar

to steal

una ráfaga

a gust (eg of heat or wind)

reñir

to tell off, fight, squabble

el relámpago

flash

un roble

oak

receptáculo (transportín)

receptacle (pet carrier)

rallar

to grate, shred

el rascacielos

skyscraper

el/la rehén

hostage

regresar

to come back, return

se rompió la pierna

he broke his leg

redactor

editorial

renuente

unwilling, reluctant

repasar

to revise

regordete/a

plump, chubby

(pelo) rizado

curly (hair)

ropa interior

undergarments/underwear

el refugio

shelter

el refugiado

refugee

resbaladizo/a

slippery

un ramo/ramillete de claveles

a bunch of carnations

reprobar la clase

to fail the class

recién —> recién terminé de hacer…

just —> I’ve just finished doing…

la rudeza de entendimiento

stupidity

la ramplonería

commonness, coarseness

la remora

obstacle, hindrance

resbalarse

to slip

el rompecabezas

jigsaw, puzzle

la rabieta

tantrum

un rato —> después de un rato, leer un rato

a bit, short while

la ramita

twig

el rocío

dew

el racimo de uvas o de flores

a bunch of grapes or flowers

un renacuajo

a tadpole

la remolacha

beetroot

refunfuñar

to grumble

resquebrajar

to crack

recorrer un país (p.e italia)

to travel around a country

rumbear, salir a rumbear

to party, go out partying

la rotonda

roundabaout

rojizo

reddish

ronronear

to purr

el roble

oak tree

reabastecer

to refuel

rastrillar

to rake

el romero

rosemary

el relleno

stuffing (food)

la rebaja

sale (reduction)

huevos revueltos

scrambled eggs

el ruiseñor

nightingale

rodear

to go around, surround, encircle

el pelo recogido

hair tied back

recogido

quiet, secluded, reserved

recaudar fondos

to raise money

roncar

to snore, roar, threaten, bully

la rodilla

knee

ponerse de rodillas

to kneel down

ropa de cama

bedsheets

la resaca

hangover

resbalarse

to slip

rendirse —> me rindo

to surrender, give up, vomit, yield

el raitán

robin

el riñón

kidney

revelar las fotos

to develop photos

dar la receta

to give a prescription

el retortijón (de tripas)

stomach cramp

la rotunda

roundabout

retractarse

to retract, withdraw

(hacer) reformas

remodelling, alteration, moving things about

la resbaladera

slide

rascar

to itch, scratch

repartir

to hand out, deliver, deal, share out

repartido

spread out

el rizador

hair curler

remover

to stir

me renta / me rentó

it makes/made me the money back, profitable

la ropa de cama

bedsheets

todo el rato

all the time

rapar

to shave your hair

el renacuajo

tadpole

refrescante

refreshing

el retrato

portrait

rugir

to roar

rimbombante

pompous, bombastic, grandiose, showy