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Beginning with / Empezando con: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V
A
A base de = con
With / based on
A diario = todos los dias
Every day
A la inversa
The other way round, the opposite case
A pelo
Naked
A propósito
By the way / on purpose
¿A qué te dedicas?
What is your occupation?
A rajatabla
To the letter
A ratos
Occasionally, on and off
A raíz de
As a result of / based on
A simple vista
At first sight
Abrelata
Can opener
Acabar
To finish, to end
Acariciar
To stroke
Acento Yorkshire tan cerrado
A very strong Yorkshire accent
Acoger
To welcome warmly
Acomodarse
Adjust, adapt, to fit in
Acto seguido
right afterwards, straight-away
Actualmente
At the moment / currently
Actualizar
Renovate
Acudir = ir
To go ( to a place )
¡Adelante!
Go ahead!
Adiós
Goodbye!
Adivinar
To guess
Afueras (las)
The outskirts
Agarrarse
To grab, hold on to, grapple, clinch
Agobiarse
To feel overwhelmed, stressed
Agradable
Pleasant, nice
Aguantar = resistir
To put up with (something you dislike)
Al aire libre
Outside
Al alcance de su mano
At your fingertips
Algo alimenticio
Something to do with food
¿Algo más? ¿Qué más?
Anything else?
Al revés
Upside down / inside out
Alagarse
To get longer
Alegrarse
To be glad
Alrededor
Around / nearby / Close
Alucinante
Impressive (colloquial)
Alucinar - estar muy sorprendido por algo
To be amazed
Alucino
It's incredible / I'm amazed
Amable
Friendly
Amagar
To threaten to do something/to appear to be about to do something
Amargar
To spoil, to make bitter, to make difficult
Ambiente Navideño
Christmas feeling
Amenazar
To threaten
Ameno
Entertaining, fun
Amistad
Friendship
Ancho
Wide
Animarse
To feel encouraged (to do something)
Anoche
Last night
Antes de
Before
Antes de que fueran novios (antes de que always takes the subjunctive)
Before they were engaged
Anda!
Wow / gosh!
¡Anda, venga!
Come on!
Añorar
To miss (lack of)
Anglosajón
English speaking
Antelación
A period in advance eg for booking algo
Apenas = caso sin = escaso
Hardly
Aportar
To give, contribute, add, provide
Apoya
Support
Aprendizaje
Learning process / Learning
Aprobar una ley
To pass a law
Aprovechar
To make the most of, take advantage of
Aproximadamente
More or less / about
¡Aquí estás!
There you are!
Arodillarse
To kneel
Arrasar o estar arrasando
To be amazingly successful
Arreglo ( una mejora)
Improvement
Arreglar
To fix, repair, arrange
Arrojar
To throw
Asequible
Reasonable (price) also people
Así
Thus, this way
Así, así
So-so
Así como
As well as
Así es la vida
That's life / such is life
Asimismo
Likewise, in the same way
Aspecto
look, appearance
Asqueroso
Horrible / disgusting
Atareado
Busy, well occupied with tasks
Atasco
Traffic jam
Atorar
To block, clog up, stuck, obstruct
Atraer
To attract, to draw
Atrasado
Slow
Autónomo
Self-employed
Aunque + subjunctive verb
Even if
Avispado
Sharp, bright
Ayudar
To help
Azucarada
With sugar
B
Barro
Mud
Bastante
Quite / fairly
Bastar
To be enough, to be sufficient
Bajar las orejas
To give in during a dispute
Bajar música
Download music
Bajo ningún concepto
Under no circumstances
Belleza
Beauty
Bien
Good
Boca abajo
Upside down
Boca arriba
Face up
Bonito
Pretty / nice
Brindar
To toast an occasion
¿Bromeas?
Are you kidding?
Buenos días
Good day / morning
Buenas tardes
Good afternoon
Buenas noches
Good night
Burbujas
Bubbles
C
Caber
To fit
Cabrearse
Informal way of saying 'to get angry'
Cada
Each
Cada cosa a su tiempo
All in good time / one thing at a time
Cada cual en su corral
Each to their own
Cada vez menos
Increasingly less
Caer bien
To be fond of / like (a person)
¡Cállate!
Shut up!
Cálmate
Take it easy / calm down
Campo campo
Real countryside
Cantamanañas
Irresponsible, unreliable, deceitful
Canto fatal
I'm a terrible singer
Capar el acceso
To cut off access (to a web page)
Captar
To attract
Caradura
Cheeky person
Caravana
Traffic jam
Cariño
Love, affection
Caserito
Home made
Cariñosa
Loving
Casi
Almost, nearly
Causar expectación
There is a lot of expectation in something
Centro turistico
Resort
Cerca
Nearby / close
Cercanias
Commuter trains serving outlying areas
Cerrar con llave
To lock
Chamarra
Jacket
Chiquitito
Very small
Chistoso / divertido / gracioso
Funny
Charcos
Puddles
Charlar
To chat
Chorizo
Common thief
Chungo
Bad, nasty, ugly. Informally means difficult, problematic
Cifras
Numbers, figures
Circulo vicioso
A vicious circle
Circunvalación
Carretera que rodea una ciudad
Cisne
Swan
Cita
Appointment
Cita a ciegas
Blind date
Cobrar
To collect, charge, cash
Coger
To catch, take
Coger manía
To start disliking something or hating it
Coger un resfriado
To catch a cold
Coja... / Toma...
Take...
Colocar
To put
Comenzar
To begin
Como
About / More or less
¿Cómo?
How?
Comodo
Comfortable
Como mucho
At the most
Cómo no
You bet / of course
Cómo si
As if / as though
Como si tal cosa
As if nothing had happened
Compruébalo
Check it out
Concertar
Arrange
Concurrido
Busy, crowded, well-attended, full of people
Concursante
Contestant
Con diferencia
Without doubt
Con gas, sin gas
Fizzy, still
¿Con quién estás?
Who are you with?
Con suerte
Luckily
Consúltalo en el diccionario
Look it up in the dictionary
Conseguir
To get, achieve, obtain,
Contestar
To answer, to reply
Continúa
Continue / go on
Convertirse
To become
Copia esto
Write this down
Cordillera
Mountain chain
Corriente = normal o poco especial
Low quality, everyday eg wine
Costar mucho trabajo
To be hard to do
Contaminantes / contaminadores
Polluting
Cotilleo
Gossip
Criar
To raise, breed(animals), grow(flowers)
Creo que sí
I believe so / I guess so
Cuando mucho
At the most
¿Cuál es tu nombre?
What is your name?
Cualquier
Any
¿Cuánto?
How much?
Cuídate
Take care
Cumbre (la) - pico de una montana
Peak
Cutre
Seedy / trashy
D
Dar ánimos
To encourage
Da gusto
It's a pleasure to / it's nice to
Da igual que ..subjunctive
It doesn't matter
Daños
Damages
Dar a luz = parir
Give birth
Dar asco
Find something disgusting
Dar bolas / bolitas
To hit a few practice shots
Dar en la diana
To get something right
Dar por sentado
To take for granted / to assume
Dar repelús
To find something horrible
Dar un susto
To give someone a fright
Dar una vuelta = hacer una ruta
To go for a trip / walk
Darse por vencido
To surrender / to give in
Darse una paliza
To get a drubbing
Date prisa
Hurry up
De al lado
Next door
De antemano
Beforehand, in advance
De cara a = para
For
Decorados = adornos
Decorations
De golpe
All at once
De ida y vuelta
Round trip
De manera espontánea
Spontaneously
De mas veces
From before, at other times in the past
De media
The average
De un año para otro = cada año
From one year to the next
De una vez
Once and for all
De vacaciones
On holiday
De vez en cuando
Every now and again
Debe serlo
I'm pretty sure it is
Debido a
Due to
Debió de haber
It must have, it should have
¡Déjame en paz!
Leave me alone!
Dejar
To leave (behind); to allow, to let
Dejar de
To stop / to quit
Dejar en paz
To leave in peace
Dejar una propina
To leave a tip
Del tiempo = a temperatura ambiente
At room temperature eg wine
Demasiado extremo
Exaggeration / over the top
Dependiente
Shop assistant
Derribar
To demolish, knock down
Desacuerdo
Disagreement
Desanimarse
To feel discouraged
Desarrollar una aplicación
To develop a computer / internet application
Desbordados
Overwhelmed
Descalzo
Barefoot
Desolador
Depressing/distressing/devastating
Desconocido
Unknown
Desconocimiento=Falta de conocimiento
lack of knowledge
Desde
From / since
Desde luego
Of course / certainly
Despedida de soltero
Stag party
Despertar
To wake, arouse, awaken (conjure up)
Después de...
After...
Destacar
To stand out, emphazise, highlight
Desvantaja
Disadvantage
Devolver
To return, togive back, throw up
Dia de Reys
Epiphany
Diafano (a)
Open plan
Difícil
Difficult
Disculpe...
Excuse me...
Discurso
Speech
Disponer = tener
To have
Dispuesto
Willing, ready
Distribucion gratuita = gratis
Free
Docencia
Teaching
¿Dónde?
Where?
¿Dónde estás?
Where are you?
Dormilón
Sleepyhead
Dueña
Owner
Duro
Hard
E
Échame un capote
Help me out / lend me a hand
Echar de menos
To miss someone, something
Echar balones fuera
To blame someone else
Echar a volar
To take off
Echarse la siesta
To take a siesta
Educadamente
Politely
Efusivo, opposite to Comedidos
Effusive opposite to Restrained
Ejercer un derecho
To exercise your right to do something
En absoluto
Absolutely not
En aquel entonces = en aquella época
At that time
Elección
Choice
Empujoncito
A bit of a lift / help
Encantador
Delightful
En efecto
As a matter of fact / in fact
Enfadada
Angry
Enfrente de
In front of / opposite
Enfriamiento = resfriado
A cold
Engancharse
To get hooked on something eg TV
Enhorabuena
Congratulations
En hora punta
Rush hour
En punto
On the dot / on the hour
Enseguida = pronto = rápidamente
Right away / immediately
En serio
Seriously / no kidding
Enterarse
To find something out
Entonces
So / then
En torno al
Approximately, around (a number)
Entra
Come in
Entre comillas
In inverted commas / quote unquote
Entregar dinero a cuenta
To pay a deposit
Entremés
Intermission
Entretenido
Entertaining
En torno a = cerca de = aproximadamente
Around, about
En vias de desarrollo
Developing countries
En voz alta
Loudly / Out loud
Enseñanza
Education
Envuelto
Wrapped
Escoger = elegir
To choose
Es fantástico
It's fantastic
Es la mejor opción
It's the best option
Es mentira
It's a lie
Es un hecho
It's a fact
Es una buena idea
It's a good idea
Es una locura
It's crazy
Es una pasada
It's incredible
Es una pena que / es una lástima
It's a shame/pity that...
Es muy rica
She is lovely / sweet
Escaparate
Shop window
Escaquaerse
To cop out, skive off
Escríbemelo por favor
Write it down for me please
Esfera
Social circle / social level
Eso es
That's right
Espera un momento
Wait a minute
Espero tu respuesta
I await your answer
Está bien?
OK?
Está muy de moda
Fashionable
Está para chuparse los dedos
It's finger-licking good
Estar aprovechando
To take advantage of (a situation)
Estar asqueada
To be disgusted
Estar de tourno
To be 'on call'
Estar disponible
To be available
Estar enganchado
To be hooked, to have an addiction
Estar en babia
To be in your own world/another world
Estar en caída libre
To be in frefall
Estar en paro
To be unemployed
Estar harto
To be fed up
Estar malito
To be sick
Estar mas al dia
To be more up to date (informed)
Estar orgulloso
To feel proud
Estar pachucho
To be poorly
Estar un rata
To be really stingy, mean, tight
Estaremos en contacto
We'll be in touch
Estrenar
To w
Estoy aprendiendo
I'm learning
Estoy de acuerdo
I agree
Estoy harto
I'm fed up
Estoy muy enfadado
I'm very annoyed
Estupendo
Great
Eternizarse
To take forever
Exactamente
Exactly
Exagerado(a)
An over the top person
Exigir
To demand
Expectativas
Expectations
Explotar
To use / make use of
Eximirse
To free oneself
Excelente trabajo
Excellent work
F
Fácil
Easy
Fatal
Terrible, awful, very very bad
Felices Pascuas
Happy Easter
Felicidades
Congratulations
Feliz año nuevo
Happy New Year
Feliz cumpleaños
Happy birthday
Feliz día de la madre
Happy Mother's Day
Feliz Navidad
Merry Christmas
Fijarse
To pay attention, fix attention on
Fin de ano = nochevieja
New year's eve
Flechazo = amor a primera vista
Love at first sight
Florecer
To bloom, flower, flourish
Forro polar
Fleece
Frente a frente
face to face
Fresco
Cool
Fulanito o Menganito
So and so
G
Gamberro
Hooligan, naughty, troublemaker
Gesto
Gesture
Goteras = humedades en el techo
Leaks (water)
Gracias
Thank you
Guara / cochina
Dirty, unhygienic
Ganar tiempo
Save time / gain time
H
Habilitados
Specially prepared / designed
Habitual
Usual
Habla más alto por favor
Speak up please
Hablando de
Speaking of
Hace ... años
... years ago
Hace mucho
long ago / a long time ago
Hacer muy fresquito
It's very cool (temperature)
Hacer caso
To pay attention
Hacer cola
To line up / to stand in line
Hacer daño
Be harmful / cause harm
Hacer sobremesa
To sit around a table after a meal
Hace un frio que pela
It's freezing
Hacer un pacto = pactar
Come to an agreement
Hacer un poco el loco
To act a little crazy
Hacian la vista gorda
To turn a blind eye
Hasta
Until
Hasta las tantas
Until very late
¿Hay?
Is there? Are there?
Hermoso
Lovely, beautiful
Hipoteca
Mortgage
Hizo el papel de
Played the role of
Hola
Hello
Hola, ¿qué tal?
Hello, how are you?
Hombre
Well, ( to start off sentences)
Hondo
Deep
Hortera
Tacky
Hogueras
Bonfire
Hoy me he levantado con el pie izquierdo
I got up on the wrong side of the bed
Huele que alimenta
It smells great (food)
I
Ilusionado
Excited
Inadmisible
Intolerable
Ineludible
Unavoidable
Involucrado (a)
Involved
Impactar
To shock, to surprise
Ir a la cabeza
To be the leader in something
Ir disfrazado (a)
In disguise / fancy dress
Ir más allá
Ir al grano
To get to the point
J
Jaleo
Noise / racket
Jordanas laboral
Working timetable
Juegos en red
Online gambling
Jubilados
Retired people
Jubilarse
To retire
L
Lamentablemente
Unfortunately
¿Le gusta?
Do you like?
Le impresionaba mucho
To be amazed / surprised
Lío
Confusion
Llevar
To take, carry, wear
Llevar la contraria
To disagree with someone
Llevarse una impresión
To get an impression of something
Les da igual la gente
They don't care about people
Llevar a rajatabla
To carry out to the letter, strictly
Llevar un negocio
To run a business
Llámame
Call me
Locales commerciales
Commercial premises
Loncha
Slice
Lo pasamos bien
We had a good time
Lo retransmiten
It is shown live on TV
Lo siento
I'm sorry
Los mandos
Those in charge
Los niños tiran de los padres
To persuade someone to do something
Lo que mas destaca
What stands out the most
Lo unico
The only thing
M
Madrugar mucho
To wake up very early
Madurar
To mature, to ripen
Majo
Friendly, pleasant, polite, nice
Mal gusto
Bad taste
Malo para la salud
Unhealthy
Manifestación
Demonstration
Mandar a domicilio
Home delivery
Mando a distancia
Remote control eg TV
Mantener la frialdad
To maintain your cool
Maravilla (una)
Something amazing / a wonderful thing
Marcar tendencias = crear modas
Create or lead fashion trends
Marearse
To feel sick
Marcharse
To leave ( a place )
Marcha
Nightlife
Masificadas
Crowded
Mas rentable
More profitable
Me atrevo = tengo el valor
I dare to
Me da mucha pereza
I can't be bothered/don't feel like doing
Me da mucha rabia
It really annoys me
Me da repelús
I find it disgusting
Medianamente grande
Medium sized
Me encantaría
I'd love to
Me entran ganas = me apetece
I feel like (doing something)
Me has pillado
You've caught me out (not knowing something)
Me gusta
I like
Me horrorizaba
It was horrifying / it horrified me
Me parece fatal
I think it's terrible / that's terrible
Me puedes tutear
You can speak to me using the tu form
Me suena
It sounds familiar / it rings a bell
Me voy
I'm off
Medida
Size / measure
Medioambiente (m)
Environment
Menos mal que (gracias a Dios)
Thank goodness
Merecer
To be worth it
Meseros
Waiters
Meter la pata
To put your foot in it
Meterse a
To become, get into
Meterse con
To have a go at someone
Miedo
Frightened
Mientras / mientras que
While / Whilst
¡Mire!
Look!
Mismisimo
The man himself / the woman herself
Muchas gracias
Thanks very much
Mitad
Half
Moda
Fashion
Mogollón
A lot of (informal)
Molestia
Bother
Mono (a) = lindo
Sweet, beautiful (animal or child), cute
Montaña rusa
Monton (m)
A lot, a great quantity
Mozo
Porter
Muchas gracias por su visita
Thanks a lot for your visit
Mucha pasta
Loads of money
Mucho
A lot
Muestras de afecto
Signs of affection
Muletilla
Pet word, pet phrase, tag
Multar
To fine
Muy bien, gracias
Very well thank you
Muy de vez en cuando
Once in a blue moon
Muy divertido
Very enjoyable
Muy maja, muy agradable
Very nice
Muy mal
Very badly
Muy reacia
To be very much against something
Muy transitada
Busy (traffic)
N
Nada
Nothing
Navigabilidad
The way you navigate the internet / browse a web page
Negar
To deny
Negociantes
Businessmen
Ni hablar
No way!
Ni siquiera
Not even / not so much as
Ningún problema
No problem
Ninguno
None
Nochebuena
Christmas Eve
No cabe duda
Without doubt
¡No llegues tarde!
Don't arrive late!
No
No
No estar al alcance de
Not within the reach of someone
No hay color = es incomparable, es mejor
No hay de que
Don't mention it / no thanks are needed
No hay lugar a dudas
There's no doubt / without a doubt
No le aguantaba = no le soportaba
I couldn't stand him / I couldn't cope with him
No llega a un año
(Lived somewhere) for less than a year
No lo sé
I don't know
No merece la pena
It's not worth it
No me atrevo
I don't dare
No me extraña nada / no me extraña
It doesn't surprise me at all
No pasa nada
No harm done
No podiamos con ello
We couldn't cope with it
No se donde
Wherever
No sé qué
Whatever
No te entiendo
I don't understand you
No te preocupes
Don't worry
No tengo ni idea
I don't have a clue
No tiene que ver
It's beside the point / it's got nothing to do with it / that isn't the reason
Normas
Standards
Novatos
Newbies / beginners
Nublado
Cloudy
Nunca se atrevía
He never dared to
O
Obras
Work, building site, repairs
Ocurrir
To happen, to occur
¡Oiga, por favor!
Excuse me, please!
¡Ole!
Great, well done!
Oscuro
Dark, obscure, incomprehensible
O sea
A common meaningless pause in spoken Spanish, I mean, in other words
Orgullo
Proud
P
Pancarta
Placard
Papel
Role in life
Papelería
Stationer's
Para
For / in order to
Para bajar
To go down
Para beber
To drink
Para mí
For me
Parece mentira
It doesn't seem possible/it's incredible
Parecido
Similar
Partida de nacimiento
Birth cerificate
Pasar de (hacer algo)
To refuse (to do something)
Pasarlo pipa
To have a great time
Patinaje sobre hielo
Ice skating
Peleona
Feisty
Peligrosidad
Dangerous situation
Pendiente
Thoughtful
Penoso = que causa pena
Terrible / sad
Perder tiempo
Waste time
Perdón
Excuse me
Perdóneme
Forgive me
Perjudicial
Negative / bad eg for the health
Pero bueno
Anyway....
Perpetrar
To carry out
Pesadilla
Nightmare
Pesao (pesado)
Pain in the neck
Picaresca
Craftiness
Pijo
Posh
Pinta muy mal
Piratería
Pirating / illegal downloads
Piripi
Tipsy (not drunk)
Piropo
Compliment
Pistas
Clues
Pizarra
Blackboard
Pobre
Poor, unfortunate
Pobrecito
Poor thing
Polémico
Controversial, polemical (formal)
Polideportivo
Sports centre
Ponerse nervioso
To feel agitated, uneasy
Ponerse rojo
To get sunburned / to go red with embarrassment
Te pones rojo
You get sunburned
Por ahi = mas o menos
Round there = more or less
Por casualidad
By any chance / by coincidence
Por eso / Por lo consiguiente / Por lo tanto / Así que
Therefore
Por favor
Please
Por favor acepta nuestras disculpas por las molestias
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience
Por la mañana
In the morning
Por la tarde
In the afternoon
Por lo visto
It seems / so I've heard
Por si acaso
Just in case
Posiblemente
Possibly
Postiza
Fake
Precios asequibles
Resonable prices
Precioso
Lovely / Beautiful
Preocupación
Worry / concern / anxiety
Presupuesto (el)
Budget
Pretexto
Excuse
Primaveral
Spring like
Prognostico
Forecast eg weather
Prohibido
Prohibited
Prójimo
Fellow man
Promover
To instigate
Pronto
Soon
Proxima entrega
Next instalment
Púdica
Chaste, modest, maidenly
Pues nada
Ah well
Q
¡Qué asco!
How disgusting!
Que buena pinta -
It looks delicious
Que chulo
What a show off
¡Qué fuerte!
No way!
¿Qué ha pasado?
What's happened?
¡Qué Locura!
How Crazy!
¿Qué me recomiendas?
What would you recommend?
Quedar impresionada
To be amazed
Quehaceres
Chores
Quejarse
To complain, moan, groan
Quejica
A moaner, complainer
Querer decir
To mean to say / to mean
¿Quién?
Who?
Quiero
I want
Quizá
Perhaps
R
Ración
Portion
Raja
Tear, crack eg in a wall, ceiling, etc
Raro
Strange
Raro es que + subjunctive
It's unusual
Rascacielos
Skyscrapers
Recalcar
To emphasize, to stress
Recaudar
To collect / get money
Recorrido = un ruta
A trip
Regalo de despedida
Leaving present
Regañar
To tell someone off
Regular
So-so
Reirse a gusto
To have a good laugh
Remo (de Remar)
Oar (from to row)
Rentable
Profitable
Repasar la cuenta
To check the bill
Repartir
To share / distribute
Resto
Rest
Retraso
Delay
Retrete, váter, inodoro
The toilet
Rico
Delicious
Rueda
Wheel
Ruiditos
Little noises
Rollo
boring,
S
Sacar
To take out, remove, produce, receive, draw out, stick out, publish, release, get, serve
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