Tema 3

Cognates

  • la medicion: measurement.

  • la calificacion: qualification.

  • imperante: prevailing

  • la homogenizacion: homogenization.

  • adecuado: to adapt.

  • sensible: sensitive; delicate.

  • cotidiano: everyday; daily.

  • conmover: to move (emotionally); to touch.

  • la queja: the complaint.

  • la luca: a slang term for a thousand units of currency (like a buck).

  • la polera: T-shirt.

  • fiable: reliable; trustworthy.

  • la prenda de vestir: item of clothing; garment.

  • residual: to presume; to boast, residual?

  • el acercamiento: approach; coming closer.

  • la indumentaria: clothing; attire.

  • el patrimonio artistico: artistic heritage.

Non-Cognates

  • el flequillo: bangs (haircut).

  • aunado: joined or united; combined.

  • descuidado: careless; neglectful.

  • radicar: to reside; to lie in.

  • el moso: the waiter (in some countries).

  • despampanante: stunning; strikingly beautiful.

  • agraciado: gracious; charming.

  • desplegarse: to unfold; to spread out.

  • la feria americana: American fair (flea market).

  • crudo: raw; crude.

  • claudicar: to give up; to capitulate.

  • rodear: to surround.

  • derribar: to knock down; to overthrow.

  • distopico: dystopian.

  • el eje: axis.

  • mutante: mutant; changing.

  • indomable: indomitable; untameable.

  • el frasco: jar; bottle.

  • la conserva: canning; preserves.

  • etereo: ethereal; light.

  • la tripa: belly; gut.

  • hincha: fan; supporter.

  • la mandibula: jaw.

  • arrancar: to pull out; to wrench.

  • la derrota: defeat.

  • la indignacion: indignation; outrage.

  • pitar: to whistle; to beep.

  • el volante: steering wheel; flyer.

  • atropellar: to run over; to hit.

  • la mente: mind.

  • dispuesto: willing; ready.

  • encerrarse: to enclose oneself; to shut oneself in.

  • atroz: atrocious; dreadful.

  • el guion: script; screenplay.

  • difundir: to spread; to broadcast.

  • resguardar: to safeguard; to protect.

  • el convenio: agreement; convention.

  • acreditado: accredited; authorized.

  • aberado: aberrant; deviant.

  • ingresar: to enter; to enroll.

  • la vanguardia: vanguard; forefront.

  • estallar: to explode; to burst.

  • acogido: welcomed; embraced.

  • amalgamar: to amalgamate; to combine.

  • el malabarismo: juggling; juggling act.

  • la decalcomania: decalcomania (a printmaking technique).

  • el fumage: fumage (a technique in art).

  • el frottage: frottage (a technique in art that involves rubbing).

  • insolito: unusual; extraordinary.

  • el arcano: secret; mystery.

  • consternar: to dismay; to shock.

  • clamar: to cry out; to call for.

  • bramar: to roar; to bellow.

  • pisotear: to trample.

  • echar raices: to take root; to settle down.

  • el rechazo: rejection; disapproval.