Salamanca Spanish

to throw

tirar

to hide

esconder

season/era

época

mayor

alcalde/alcaldesa

Idiomatic phrase for doing something harmful and then pretending to be innocent

tirar la piedra y esconden el mano

to pick on someone

meterse con alguien

to put one’s foot in it

meter la pata

judaism

judaísmo

rabbit

conejo

plague

plaga

blind

ciego/a

deaf

sordo/a

mute

mudo/a

a person who can’t walk/lame

cojo/a

referee

árbitro/a

silly (said to children)

bobo/a

Idiomatic phrase for doing everything badly, including very easy things

no dar pie con bola

queue/line

cola

to push in line

colarse

to take notice

fijarse

to secure

fijar

fox

zorro

a nonce

ser un viejo verde

to be stood-up

estar de pie

windscreen wipers

Los limpiaparabrisas

Bottle openers

Abrebotellas

Cough

Tos

cold (illness)

catarro = resfriado = constipado

sneeze

estornudo

to iron

planchar

literally: “it costs me”

me cuesta

to design

diseñar

walled

amurallada

facade

fachada

exposed

expuesto

harmful

perjudicial

spoiled (food)

estropeado/a

costumes

disfraces

wet

húmeda

pilgrim

peregrino/a

skull

calavera

race

carrera

geek

friqui

to find out/get to know

enterarse

traffic jam

atasco

to act

actuar

to garden

arreglar la jardín / hacer jardinería

to sew

coser

to sew with a sewing machine

coser a maquína

to knit

tejer

to feel shame

dar vergüenza

chess

ajedrez

to get up early

madrugar

cave

cueva

vegetable garden

huerta

light

ligero/a

heavy

pesado/a

complement

complido

steadily

fijamente

the shop window

la vidrina (South America)

el escaparate (spain)

tupperware

fiambreras

túper (more used)

in italics

en cursiva

in bold

en negrita

immediately after

en cuanto

to accomplish

llevar a cabo

to realise

darse cuenta

to protest

rechistar

in one go

de un tirón

raining hard

llovía a cántaros

tip (restaurant)

propina

breadsticks

colines

chalet

chalé

pedestrian street

calle peatonal

pedestrian

peaton

metro stop

boca de metro

roundabout

rotonda

bike lane

carril bici

corner

esquina

historic centre

casco histórico

pavement

acera

parsley

perejil

play (i.e. at a theatre)

obra de teatro

greedy

goloso

pale

blanco/a, pálido/a

to trust

fiarse

to leave

dejar

scared

asustado

widow

viudo/a

to whistle

pitar

wicked

malvado/a

food without salt

soso/a

to guess

adivinar

joke

chiste

the wounded

herido

vase

jarrón

shelves

estanterías

to jump/leap

saltar

smithereens

añicos

to cut out/off

cortar

those

aquellos/aquellas