Unidad 1 Vocabulario

AP Spanish

El gallinazo

vulture

La sombra

shade

Calorosa/acolorado/acalorarse

To heat up

Reventar

To pop/explode (literally or physically)

Menosprecio

No respect

Aprovecharse

To take advantage of

Brillar/lustrar/brillante/lustroso

Shiny/to be shiny

Desganar

Not enthusiastic

Plebeyo

Lower class

A causa de/debido a

because of

Disfrutar (de)

to enjoy

Darse cuenta de (que)

to notice

Enterarse

To notify

A pesar de que

despite/in spite of

Suponer

suppose

Indignar(se)/indigna

To be outraged/outrage

retirarse/alejarse

To leave/move away from

Asombrar

To be amazed

Foraster/ajeno

Stranger/other people

Cautivador

capture attention

Caderas

hips

Regañar/increpar

to scold

Príncipe azul

Ideal man

Crecer

to grow up

Merecer

to earn

Merece la pena

worth it

Despedirse

to say goodbye/ to fire

Suceder

to occur

Cotidiano

cosas comun, cada día

Impalpable

no puedes tocar (una idea) o literalmente “not allowed to touch”

Despedir

to fire

Caderas

hips

a partir de

a form of

aguantar

to endure

anhelar

to long for

azar

fate, chance, randomly

boquiabierto

open-mouthed

cifras

statistics

cumplir con su deber

complete a responsibility

desempeñar un papel

to play a role

destacarse

to stand out

enterarse de

to find out

equivocarse

to make a mistake

impalpable

intangible

loable

laudable

merecer la pena

to earn the value

nivel

level

premios

prizes

quedarse

to want/to remain

recoger

to pick up

reconocimiento

recognition

tesoro (cultural)

treasure

así

like this, like that