Ongoing new/forgotten/refamiliarize Spanish vocab

sombrilla

umbrella

empapar

to get soaked

clavar

to hammer/to nail/ to drive (stake/nail into something)/ to stick (something into ground like a flag or umbrella in the sand)

colocar

to place, put, put up, to lay, to hang

trigal

wheat field

(anti)deportivo

(un)sportsmanlike

cancha

field (sports)

sastre/a

tailor

brindar

to offer / to give freely

brincar

to hop/skip/ jump around

soak (leave in water/cooking context)

remojar, dejar en remojo

blanqueador

bleach

sortear

to dodge/avoid

clasificar

to sort

otorgar

to bestow/grant/award/give

plantear

to bring up/lay out/raise (a question, issue, concern, etc), to pose (a problem, a threat)

suplicar

to implore

pretender

to claim, to aim for, to aspire to

alarde/fanfarronada

show/ostentation/boast (noun) (ex:

alardear, vanagloriarse

To show off
This guy at the gym was showing off how many pushups he could do- Este tipo en el gimnasio alardeaba de cuantas flexiones podía hacer.

presumir

to be conceited, to show off, brag, boast; also to presuppose

contar con as in “possess a positive quality”

The theater boasts the best acoustics in the city— El teatro cuenta con la mejor acústica de la ciudad.

ostentar

to flaunt, parade (around), show off; to hold (a title); to be proud of (eg: Robert is an Olympic athlete who boasts three gold medals— Robert es un atleta olímpico que ostenta tres medallas de oro)

anidar

to nest, to make its nest/home

el(las) águila(s)

eagle

pavement

pavimento

face/surface

la faz, la cara, la superficie

side

lado/cara, orilla (side of a river), ladera (side of a mountain)

tumbar

to kick down, to knock down/knock over, to demolish; to cut down/fell

demolish

demoler, derribar

el sarampión

measles

el sida

AIDS

word for “even”

incluso

signal (as in cell/internet)

cobertura

el lema

motto/slogan

atascado

stuck

cochambre

dirt, filth

táctil

touch (as adj., such as “touch screen” — pantalla táctil)

grandilocuente

pompous, bombastic, flowery, pretentious

slope

cuesta/gradiente, ladera (of a mountain), inclinación (angle), pista/cancha (ski slope)

frame (noun)

marco (picture or door frame), estructura (furniture), armazón (plane or ship), fotograma (film/tv)

to frame

enmarcar, encuadrar

elaborar

to produce, to devise/come up with/draw up (a plan)

formular

to formulate, draw up (a plan/proposal), to lodge (a complaint/protest)

to catch (animals/fish)

atrapar, capturar

captar

to capture/attract, to comprehend-to get/grasp/understand/catch