Translation Gaps/Skills

aunque

even though, although

hace, desde

ago, from, since (temporal)

más… que

more… than

mientras

while

mantenerse en forma

to stay fit

las actividades deportivas

sporting activities

hacerse, volverse

to become

a menudo

often

soler

to usually

cada vez más

more and more

cada vez menos

less and less

cada día más

increasingly, every day more

cada vez mayor

increasingly greater

un tema social

a social issue

medioambiental

environmental

una revista

magazine

en papel

in print

una discusión

argument

un debate

debate

se puede

one can/it is possible to

es importante…

it is important…

hay

there is/there are

para + infinitive

in order to/to

al + infinitive

upon/when doing something

sin + infinitive

without doing something

resolver

to solve

desde hace muchos días

many dies ago

cooperación

cooperation

las redes sociales

social media

confiar en

to trust

confiar a

to confide in

que

who/that/which

quien/quienes

who - used for people

lo que

what/that which

cobrar

to take on

un puñado

a handful

arrojar

to throw

rozar

to come close to

disponer de

to have at one’s disposal

ascender

to increase

realizar

to carry out

dedicar a

to spend time

disminuir

to reduce

trasvasar

to divert/transfer

el festival de música

music festival

el festejo

celebration

estrenar

to release, to premiere

destacar

to highlight, distinguish, stand out

ganar un premio

to win an award/prize

la labor humanitaria

humanitarian work

resaltar

to highlight, stand our

un trastorno alimenticio

eating disorder

un desfile

prade, procession

disfrazarse

to dress up, disguise oneself, put on a costume

predominar

to prevail, predominate

la cosecha

crop, harvest

la recolección

harvest

relleno, pleno

filled

la consonante

consonant

aborigen, autóctono, indígena, nativa

native, indigenous

destrozar

to ruin, wreck

la pintura retratista

portrait painting

el retrato

portrait

el/la director(a) de orquesta

orchestra conductor

la genialidad

brilliance, genius

hacer voluntariado

to volunteer

una experiencia

experience

valioso/a

valuable

una cuestión

issue, question, point, problem

no… nunca

never

ya no

no longer, not anymore

todavía no

not yet

impreso/a

printed

un asunto

problem, issue, etc.

la herramienta

tool

tranquilo/a, pacífico/a

peaceful

pensar

to think (cognitive)

creer

to think, to believe

anterior

previous

una habilidad

skill

aprobar

to approve

a plena luz del día

in broad daylight

al parecer

apparently, seemingly

apenas

barely, just

centenar de personas

hundred people

una devolución

a return

el palo

stick

el anfitrión, la anfitriona

host, hostess

suprimir

to suppress

regar

to water, to irrigate (plants)

de alquiler

for rent

una hipoteca

mortgage

una solicitud

application, request

se debe a

it is due to

las cuentas

the accounts

el gasto

expense

avaro

stingy

exigente

demanding

descartar

to rule out, dismiss

emprender

to undertake, start, launch up