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bisoño

bisoño

beginner, inexperienced

dimisión/renuncia

resignation

sobreactuación

overreaction

sometiendo

subjecting

cacería

hunting, pursuit

achacar

to blame, attribute (negative)

calificado

qualified / described

perjudicar

to damage, to harm

machista

male chauvinist, sexist

engañar

to cheat; to deceive

laica

secular, not religious

retomar

to take up

el pulso

pulse / fight

a raíz de

following / as a result of

frena

to slow down / brake

la etapa

period / stage

pliegue

fold

cohete

rocket

llevar a cabo

to carry out

rehén

hostage

narrar

to tell / recount / narrate

magistral

masterful

pulcritud

neatness

mordisquear

to nibble

talones

heels

ralentizar

to slow down

a propósito

on purpose/deliberately

entorpecer

to hinder/ slow down

a su antojo

at will/ as they please

tiritar

to shiver

turbador

disturbing

de pronto

suddenly

bandera

flag

lanzó los dados

rolled the dice

reventar

to burst/break

la lona

canvas

degüello

slaughter/beheading/throat cut

contener el aliento

to hold your breath

gozo

joy

Secuaces

followers/minions/henchmen

olisquear

to sniff

decimoquinto

fifteenth

despreciar

to despise

dar por segura

to take for granted

impuesto

tax

grueso

thickness / bulk

trastorno

disorder

reemplazar

to replace

el sello

stamp / label

cotidiano

daily

rasgo

feature/quality/trait

gestionar

to manage/negotiate

arropar

to tuck in/protect

cimiento

foundation

brindar

to give/provide/offer/toast

adquirir

to acquire/gain/achieve

Lo cierto es que

The truth is that

si bien

although/while

falla

defect/faut/flaw

una huella

footprint/mark

entorno

environment

detenimiento

detail

radicar

to lie in

alcanzar

to reach/catch/achieve

por el/la/los/las cual/es

whereby

llegando incluso

even reaching/even going so far as

carencia

scarcity/lack/shortage

Más allá de

Beyond

primar

to prevail/ take precedence over

por lo que

so

aferrar

to cling to

alimentar

to feed/fuel

riendas

reins/control

entre si

whether

entre sí

one another

cabida

capacity/room

atemorizar

to frighten/intimidate

lazos

bonds/ties

por temor a

for fear of

Al hilo del punto anterior,

In line with the previous point,

desenvolver

to get along/develop/unwrap

trompicones/ trompicón

stumble/trip

una brújula

a compass

anteponer

to put before/first

ajenos

strangers/other people

desgaste

wear and tear

dañino/a

harmful/bad/damaging

procedente de

from / coming from

la mesilla

bedside table

coger

to take/grab/pick/borrow

píldoras/pastillas

pills

abroncar

to tell off/boo

matriz

womb/uterus/matrix/parent (company)

ingerir

to ingest/consume

ingerido

downcast

desvencijado

rickety/crumbling/dilapidated

timbre

bell

negar

to deny

escondite

hiding place

descampado

wasteland/open space