My Vocabulary study sheet
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apoderarse to take control
aquejar to cause harm, to afflict constatar to confirm
la sede headquarters sostenerse to remain standing la informática computer science
el magisterio teaching; faculty; the teaching profession mermado/a reduced, diminished
trasladar to move, to transfer encarnar to personify, to incarnate enarbolar to hoist, to raise
satanizar to demonize la rentabilidad profitability la chabola shack
vitalicio/a lifelong, perpetual el reclamo demand, complaint perecer to die, to perish
concertarse to agree, to harmonize sembrar to sow; to inspire empresa enterprise, endeavour generar to produce, to create avasallador(a) overwhelming
el interrogante question el engaño trick, hoax, lie trinar to tweet el/la aliado/a ally el perfil profile
rastrear to track, to watch el dispositivo device
el/la ermitaño/a hermit
el/la internauta internet user
recopilar to compile, to gather destacar to stand out
penal criminal, penitentiary el acoso harassment
la herramienta tool
el asombro surprise, astonishment atomizar to atomize, to break up indagar to inquire, to investigate
la precipitación hurry, rush; (con precipitación)hurriedly sumir to sink; (sumido) immersed
el ámbito sphere, setting, environment consagrar to dedicate, to devote
la lancha boat
sacar provecho (de) to profit (from)
la coyuntura situation, circumstances la parcela smallholding
lamentarse to regret, to be sorry about el/la santiaguino/a from Santiago (de Chile) vinculado/a linked, connected
dispararse to shoot up, to go off la etapa stage, phase
el residuo waste, garbage gestionar to manage la tasa rate
la generación production
la medida measure (regulation) el sector informal the informal sector inculcar to instill
menudo/a thin, slight (person) ensombrecerse to darken
sombrío/a cheerless, gloomy tutear to address as tú empeñarse (en) to insist or persist
desequilibrarse to become mentally disturbed el capricho whim
la compostura composure, self-control desconcertar to disconcert
incongruente nonsensical, incoherent fastidiado/a fed-up, bored
el/la gestor(a) manager el casco urbano urban area
la talabartería leather working
la orfebrería goldsmithing; silversmithing tallar to sculpt or carve
la creencia belief
la etnia ethnic group
compuesto/a (de) consisting of, made up of fusionar to merge
el legado legacy el banquito stool
la mamadera feeding bottle la plata money
el bicho animal (literally, a bug), creature con todas las letras clearly
hacerse cargo (de) to take charge (of) cifrar to calculate, to estimate aquejado/a suffering (from)
el cuadro symptoms
el síndrome de abstinencia withdrawal symptoms difuminado/a blurred
el enganche (informal) hook, addiction tintinear to tinkle
descomponerse to decay, to putrefy la senectud old age
surtir to produce; to take effect aprestarse to prepare oneself
el verdugo executioner, tormentor derramar to spill
el desprecio disdain, scorn rumbo a... headed for carcomer to eat away (at) el renacuajo tadpole
la cacería hunt el peatón pedestrian
la somnolencia drowsiness, sleepiness el fallecimiento death
los conductores kamikazes reckless drivers el semáforo traffic light
el siniestro accident, catastrophe la gestión administration
concienciar to raise awareness el/la usuario/a user
instaurar to establish asesorar to advise el/la docente educator carecer to lack
precisar to need or require acarrear to entail, to result in autóctono/a native
el aporte contribution el/la laico/a lay person despedazar to tear to pieces la peregrinación pilgrimage la picaresca picaresque
acudir to resort or turn to el chivo expiatorio scapegoat
cernir to happen; to hold over (someone) el ungüento ointment
el filtro potion
milagroso/a miraculous; providential crédulo/a credulous; gullible retrasar to delay
el riesgo risk
plantear to suggest, to propose rematar to finish off
impetuoso/a impulsive, hot-headed
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artífice creator, author
avalar to guarantee, to support campar a sus anchas to do as one pleases replegarse to withdraw
salpicar to splash; to touch or affect; to spread acoso harassment
resarcimiento compensation (for damage) machaconería tiresome insistence
mantener to keep; to preserve agotar to use up
disponible available
el patrón pattern or model perjudicar to harm
a costa de… at the expense of… quebrar to break
la búsqueda search
la mortandad death toll, slaughter el Pérmico the Permian (period) el páramo moorland
el hongo fungus la anoxia anoxia enlazado/a tied cazar to hunt
recorrer to travel across la planicie flatland, plateau el callejón alleyway
la cordillera mountain range suscitar to raise
colgar to hang
desentrañar to figure out, to unravel la sequía drought
la agrometeorología agrometeorology
repercutir to affect, to have repercussions mitigar to mitigate
prever to foresee afrontar to face amenaza threat
el efecto invernadero the greenhouse effect marginar to exclude
ser muy movido/a to be (socially) proactive dañino/a harmful
el poste lamppost la pila battery el atajo shortcut
el rezago backwardness el entorno surroundings el agrado pleasure la etimología etymology
el canon canon, rule, principle la pujanza strength, vigour paradigmático/a paradigmatic
plasmar to express or capture (artistically) el donaire grace
menospreciar to scorn, to despise morfológico/a morphological
el/la mozo/a youth despampanante stunning afable affable
agraciado/a graceful; attractive desplegarse to unfold, to unfurl sensible sensitive
cotidiano/a daily
conmover to move deeply la queja complaint
la luca luca (a type of material) la polera shirt
lucas (in some countries) a one-thousand peso bill la feria americana yard sale; tag sale
el flequillo bangs
el jopo quiff (hairstyle) tener la posta (informal) to be right fiable reliable
la casilla box (on a form) proporcionar to provide la prenda de vestir garment
presumir to brag, to show off discrepar to disagree
un vistazo a glance o sea in other words ajeno/a someone else's la prestancia distinction, elegance rotundamente emphatically
el capricho whim deambular to wander
el hallazgo finding, discovery
propiciar to favor, to win the favor (of) encogerse to shrink
el denominador común common denominator el patrimonio heritage
el entramado grid, framework vincular to link
legar to bequeath, to hand down carecer de to lack
el alboroto fuss, whirl arrastrar to drag crujir to creak
empeñarse en to insist, to persist asomarse to look out or through la privación deprivation
hacer caso de to heed
la huerta vegetable garden hechizado/a bewitched
la mente (the) mind dispuesto/a ready
encerrarse to shut oneself away atroz terrible, awful
el guión script el convenio agreement
acreditado/a accredited, authorized liberado/a free (of charge)
difundir to spread, to disseminate el patrimonio artístico artistic heritage
resguardar to protect
ingresar to enter (an institution) la vanguardia avant-garde
estallar to break out
acogido/a welcome, taken in
amalgamar to amalgamate, to unite, to merge el malabarismo juggling
la decalcomanía decalcomania el fumage fumage
el frottage frottage
insólito/a unusual, unbelievable el arcano mystery
el juramento oath el triunfo triumph apartar to separate el presidio imprisonment unirse to join
precolombino/a pre-Columbian la cerámica ceramics el textil textile
la vitrina glass cabinet, display case la cosmovisión worldview
amarrar to tie up el día hábil business day
desempeñarse to act as, to carry out the duties of el jeque sheik
el porvenir the future la apuesta bet, guess
el/la adivino/a seer, fortune-teller pronosticar to predict
codiciado/a coveted
el anhelo desire, longing el cohete rocket
el/la gerente manager vaticinar to foretell la fuga escape
la remuneración compensation (for a job) redundar to result in
la trata humana human trafficking la equidad equity
la pauta pattern cocer to boil rebanar to slice colar to strain
acitronar to sauté, to caramelize amargar to make bitter
licuar to liquefy sazonar to season
a caballo entre (figurative) halfway between el bombón a beauty
conjugar to combine
la parrilla TV (or radio) guide or schedule la sobremesa after-dinner (drink or conversation) el rodaje shooting (of a film)
remontarse to date back
llano/a plain, simple (language) la franja horaria time slot
gratamente pleasantly compensar to compensate esforzarse to strive
conseguir to achieve darse por vencido to give up enriquecer to enrich
suministro supply, provision mediático/a pertaining to the media estrenarse to premiere
batir to break (a record) cobrar fuerza to gain strength fondear to anchor la flota fleet el ventisquero snowpack zarpar to set sail el calado depth el grumete cabin boy
la carta de navegación navigation chart filudo/a sharp
condenado/a condemned, wretched el chorro jet (of water or light) diáfano/a diaphanous, translucent sostenible sustainable
la propuesta proposal
desplazarse to travel; to move el recorrido route, itinerary
apetitoso/a appetizing, mouth-watering el cetáceo cetacean
la careta mask aglutinante clinging la apertura openness homogéneo/a homogeneous perdurable lasting
la ductilidad ductility, flexibility, maleability pertinaz persistent, prolonged
afligirse to grieve
extrañarse to be surprised
disimular to hide (from someone), to conceal el mentón chin
el acuse de recibo acknowledgment of receipt a quemarropa directly, to the point
atento/a attentive innoble ignoble ladear to tilt
humillar to humiliate la empatía empathy
el/la interlocutor(a) conversational partner la sartén frying pan
la guindilla chilli pepper hundir(se) to sink
la sobrasada (pork) sausage envolver to wrap
la coima bribery la utilidad usefulness liar bártulos to pack
la testarudez stubbornness
la zancadilla to trip somebody (up) desligarse to become separated el andamiaje structure, framework oligofrénico/a mentally handicapped autogestionado/a self-managed
el monto amount el compromiso commitment emprender to undertake pretender to expect, to try to aportar to contribute ejercer to exercise (rights) netamente purely, clearly la factibilidad feasibility
recaudar to collect (money) acceder to gain access
sintetizar to synthesize, to summarize equilibrado/a balanced
arrojar to produce, to generate formal formal
terciario/a (in this context) higher education los estamentos class, stratum
empinado/a, escarpado/a steep
crampón crampon (climbing iron) asolar to devastate
el retroceso backward movement derretir to melt
msnm MSL (mean sea level) sustentable sustainable
el trabajo de campo fieldwork contemplar to consider involucrado/a involved escaso/a scarce la credibilidad credibility la capacitación training impartido/a given, offered brindar to offer
la tala logging
la sensibilización raising awareness en definitiva in the end, ultimately el empuje push, thrust
albergar to shelter situar to place el/la aportador(a) contributor el incremento increase alza rise alcanzar to reach proveer to provide mitigar to mitigate recabar to collect (data) la previsión estimate
de cara a facing la cumbre summit lanzar to launch subrayar to emphasize darse con to find, to run into atesorado/a treasured
la desazón uneasiness, discomfort embargar to seize, to confiscate postular to postulate, to suggest pugnar to fight, to strive
el pasacalles (la valla) billboard la falencia lack
la adecuación adjustment, improvement el andén sidewalk
ambulante itinerant, traveling; street vendor subsistir to subsist
la patera dinghy
el centro de acogida refuge, shelter en trámite being processed caducado/a expired, lapsed primar to prevail
el azar chance el epígrafe epigraph
recalcar to stress, to emphasize los recortes cutbacks; reductions auspiciar to sponsor
el alcalde/la alcaldesa mayor
impulsar to encourage, to promote vinculado linked
apostar to wager, to bet el patrullaje patrolling despedir to fire
improcedente improper, inadmissible; unfair
la indemnización compensation (for dismissal from a job) firmar to sign
estar/encontrarse de baja to be on medical leave echar to fire, to sack
ayudante assistant demorarse to linger el zaguán vestibule el cancel patio door
la terna group of three people, triplets tramar to plot, to hatch
constar to be certain el rasgueo strumming el arrabal suburb
pelón hairless; (figurative) land with no vegetation trasladarse to move, to relocate
un cerco de alambre a wire fence padecer to suffer (from) pizcar (informal) to harvest el/la conserje janitor, concierge desahijar to thin out (a garden) el/la funcionario/a civil servant
ronco/a hoarse reluciente shiny
la normativa regulations las huellas traces
caberle to be responsible for las metas goals, objectives el juicio judgment
la convivencia coexistence la sensibilidad sensitivity complacer to please la culpabilidad guilt inquietante disturbing la actualización update
la escalada rise, escalation el patrón de privación deprivation
incesante incessant, non-stop el trastorno disorder
demacrado/a emaciated ubicuo/a ubiquitous la recompensa reward agraciadamente gracefully sistémico/a systemic
el altercado argument, altercation misógino/a misogynist
restringir to restrict
integrar to be composed of, to be part of el patrocinio sponsorship
vidente sighted person la antítesis antithesis hechizar to bewitch
sustentarse to lean on, to rely on el aposento room
el adoratorio shrine
apearse to get off, to alight el/la vasallo/a vassal, servant el cetro scepter
sahumar to perfume (with incense) apercibido/a ready, prepared
el pescuezo neck la alimaña vermin adobado/a marinated
el hada fairy derrumbado/a collapsed el tufo de moho stench of mold husmear to snoop
permutar to exchange, to swap ingeniárselas to contrive, to come up with palpable tangible
la intemperie the elements (outdoors); bad weather alentar to encourage
proveniente originally from autóctono/a native
subrayar to stress, to emphasize la morada dwelling
la cima top (of a mountain) arribar to arrive
el surtidor gasoline pump
cristalizar to crystallize; to become real resurgir to reappear, to reemerge apostar por to bet (on)
hacer a cero to restore; to remodel el trecho distance; stretch
estrujar (literal) to squeeze; (here) to boast la rechifla hissing
el regocijo joy el tramo stretch
el boquete gap, opening orondo/a smug, self-satisfied anonadado/a stunned
paulatino/a gradual regodeado/a delighted el colmado grocery store la grama lawn
el/la mojigato/a prude deglutir to swallow derrochar to waste el predio property virar to tack, to turn
la vaina (informal) thing, matter la manzana block (of a city)
la terraza terrace
el concejal councilman el/la funcionario/a civil servant la espada sword el teniente lieutenant la aduana customs (office) el sufrir suffering, pain la logia lodge
el tatuaje tattoo
