acatar
to respect, to comply with
acoger (acojo)
to embrace
afeminado
effeminate
el anonimato
anonymity
anhelar
to long for
ante la ley
in the eyes of the law
apostatar
to give up religion
la aprobación
approval
la bandera
flag
bollera (pef)
lesbian
la cabecera
head
calentar el debate (caliento)
to heat up the debate
el chupetón
lovebite
la clandestinidad
secrecy
el colectivo
group
la comitiva
procession
el compromiso
engagement
conceder la adopción
to grant the right to adopt
contra natura
unnatural
criar (crío)
to bring up
desenfrenado
immoderate, excessive
defraudado
disappointed
desmarcarse
to dissociate oneself
desnaturalizar
to distort, to pervert
despojar
to strip, to dispossess
despreciar
to despise
el Día del Orgullo Gay
Gay Pride Day
el/la diputado/a
deputy, member of parliment
el dirigente
leader
el/la edil
councillor
engalanarse
to be adorned
engrandecer (engrandezco)
to ennoble, to glorify
la entidad
organisation
¿Entiendes? (fam)
Are you gay?
el entorno
environment
la equiparación
comparison
esconderse de
to hide from
estar de moda (estoy)
to be fashionable, trendy
estar superado (estoy)
to be over/behind
la fertilización asistida
assisted reproduction
el friki
extravagant, eccentric, nerdy person
el grupo ultraderechista
extreme right
la guinda
the icing on the cake
hacerse cargo de (me hago)
to take charge of
la herencia
inheritance
hoy por hoy
at the present time
impedir (impido)
to prevent
imprescindible
essential
laico
secular
el lema
motto
lícito
legal
llamativo
showy, flashy
machacón
insistent, tiresome
la manifestación
demonstration
la medida
measure
el militante católico
Catholic activist
la muestra de cariño
display of affection
multitudinario
mass
normalizar
to normalise
el número dos
second in command
ocultar
to hide
el oso
bear (gay with beard, moustache, body hair…)
pasadista
someone who clings on to the past
el patrón
pattern
perder aceite (pej)
to bat for the other side
perder su atractivo (pierdo)
to become uninteresting
polémico
controversial
polemizar
to start an argument
por norma
as a general rule
privar
to deprive
progre (inf)
leftish, liberal
propinar
to give
provocar arcadas
to make someone sick
un puñetazo
a punch
recorrer
to go through/over
recular
to back down
la reivindicación
recognition
salir de armario (salgo)
to come out of the closet
salvaguardar
to safeguard
sarasa
gay
la sede
headquarters, seat
sentirse (me siento) cómodo con
to feel comfortable with
sentirse (me siento) culpable
to feel guilty
solícito
attentive
sumarse a
to adhere to
surgir
to arise
la supervivencia de la especie
survival of the species
el taco
swearword
el tacón alto
high heel
tener pluma (tengo)
to be effeminate
tortillera (pej)
lesbian
la vergüenza ajena
to feel embarrassed on behalf of
verse reprimido
to feel repressed
un viandante
passer-by
vigente
current, in force
violar
to rape
zanjar un asunto
to settle the matter