Vocabulario de SPA 331 (en clase vocab only)

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Circunlocución

Using other words to describe something, a roundabout expression, to say something without saying it

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El vacío

Vacuum (space)

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La aspiradora

Vacuum (machine)

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4

Omertá

Italian mafía code of silence

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Apestar

To stink (literal); to suck (colloquial)

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El cetáceo/la ballena

Whale

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7

Caber

To fit (irregular)

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el Yodo, el iodo

Iodine

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Estrenar

To use for the first time/debut

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Repartir

To pass out/hand out

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11

La letra

Writing/penmanship

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12

la Ortografía

Spelling

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13

la Margarita

Daisy

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14

Guasón

The Joker (movie title/character´s name)

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15

Ronronear

To purr (as in cat/machine)

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Miau

Meow

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Retar

To challenge

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18

Piolín

Tweety Bird

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19

la Bellota

Acorn

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la Mala hierba

Bad plants/weeds

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la Hierbabuena

Mint

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el Budín

Pudding

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23

La vacuna

Vaccine

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La suricata

Meerkat

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La cuna

Crib

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Baldío

Uncultivated/barren land, useless

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Una nana

Abuelita pero también lullaby

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El submarino

Submarine

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El bocio

Goiter (tumor on the thyroid)

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30

la Soya/soja

Soy

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Redondear

To round

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32

la Malamadre

Spider plant

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33

Encebollado

Food/plate with lots of onions

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el Esmero

care, trouble, painstakingly, Attention to detail/thoroughness

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Subrayar

To underline

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36

los Grafemas

Letters

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37

/Fonemas/

units of sound in a language specified by graphemes

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38

[Alófonos]

Detailed pronunciation/more precise

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39

Abecedario

Alphabet

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Estornudar

To sneeze

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41

Rioplatense

From Río de la Plata; region of Argentina and Uruguay;

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Freír

to fry

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43

Desfasado

Out-dated

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el Camarón / la gamba

Shrimp

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Enano

Shrimp/short (derogatory)

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La langosta

Lobster

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Suelto / la calderilla

Loose change

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Guácala/puah

Yuck/gross/ew

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el Algodoncillo

Milkweed

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la Recaída

relapse

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Ricitos de oro

Goldilocks

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52

Tenía

Cafeína del té

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la Yerba mate

bebida de uruguay y argentina con cafeína pero no es té o café

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Fuego lento

Slow cooker / way of cooking things slow

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el Herrete

Aglet

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la zarigüeya / tacuacín/tlacuachi

Opossum

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Espeso

Thick/dense

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el Pico

Beak; peak; dick (Chile)

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Coger

To take (España); (to) fuck (todos otros países)

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Atar

To tie; to rope (cowboy)

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el Pavo real

Peacock

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Chispas

“Fiddlesticks”

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la Subasta / el remate

Auction

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la Babosa

Slug … and idiot

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El embotellamiento

Bottleneck; traffic jam; grid lock

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el Puzle

(Jigsaw) puzzle

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Rompecabezas

Head-breaker, puzzle, riddle

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el Latinajo

Dropping random Latin, bad latin

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el Diptongo

Diphthong

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Tanga

Thong, gstring

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la Sílaba

Syllable

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el aliño

Dressing (salad)

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el registro

Register, noun like record

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La tos

Cough

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el Tocino

Fat/bacon

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el Taladro

Drill/ “I drill”

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el/la Licántropo/a

Werewolf

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la Calabaza

Pumpkin; squash

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79

a estas alturas

at this point

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acribillar

to fill with holes, riddle or pepper with holes

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81

aguafiestas

party pooper, buzzkill

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arreglar

to fix

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83

ausente

absent, missing, somewhere else, far away, daydreaming, distracted

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la avispa

wasp

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el aguijón

sting, stinger, thorn

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básicamente

basically

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el botiquín

medicine cabinet, first aid kit

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yo quepo

tu cabes

él/ella/usted cabe

nosotros/as cabemos

vosotros/as cabéis

ellos/ellas/ustedes caben

conjugation del verbo “caber” (presente)

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cup (cupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, cupisteis, cupieron)

irregular base for caber en pretérito

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cafeína, teína, mateína

café tiene ???, té tiene ???, mate tiene ???

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el calabacín

squash, zucchini

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el calamar

squid

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casero

homebody

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la chinchorrería

piece of gossip, dirt, hearsay

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chismoso (adj), o el/la chismoso/a

gossipy, or person who is a gossip/scandal monger

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el chisme

rumor, gossip, tattle, junk

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el chuparrosa o el colibrí

hummingbird

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el cono sur

the southern cone (region de south america)

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la cotorra

parrot o chatterbox

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el dedo anular

ring finger

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