I feel a lot of emotion.
Siento mucha emoción.
(1) sentir followed by noun
(What do you feel? Kwiz p.10)
I feel that my husband and I are drifting apart.
Siento que mi marido y yo nos alejamos.
(2) sentir followed by que subordinate clause
(What do you feel?)
(alejarse)
the secrecy (not "el secreto")
la secrecía
(heard on Univisión)
to tilt the scales
- to incline, to tilt
- the scales (not "la báscula")
inclinar la balanza
- inclinar (2)
- la balanza
The play is not to be missed but, to enjoy it, go out of season.
- not to be missed, a must-see
- out of season, off-season
La obra es imperdible pero, para disfrutarla, ve fuera de temporada.
- imperdible
- fuera de temporada
The project aroused great interest.
- to arouse
El proyecto suscitó gran interés.
- suscitar
in the short term
in the long term
(the term of time, the deadline)
a corto plazo
a largo plazo
(el plazo)
the point of inflection
el punto de inflexión
your taxable income
the taxable benefits/profits
- taxable (2)
tus ingresos gravables
los beneficios imponibles
- gravable, imponible
I had a really great time.
La pasé muy lindo.
(from Un Yankee) m/maybe "la" refers to "la experiencia"
He makes up his mind/decides to work as a freelancer.
- to make up one's mind
Él se decide a trabajar como freelancer.
- decidirse
Brian offers advice to shareholders.
- the advice (not "el consejo")
- the shareholder
Brian ofrece asesoramiento a accionistas.
- el asesoramiento
- el,la accionista
He has plenty of experience.
lit: experience to spare
Él tiene experiencia de sobra.
to publicize, to advertise
publicitar (2)
the email account
- the box, the checkbox
la casilla de e-mail
- la casilla (2)
We can use him as a bargaining chip.
- the bargaining chip
Podemos usarlo como moneda de cambio.
- la moneda de cambio
Make your voice known.
Haga su voz a conocer.
to make a query
- the query (the consultation)
hacer una consulta
- la consulta
the blessing
the curse
la bendición
la maldición
Having a balanced diet is advisable for everyone.
- balanced
- advisable (convenient)
Tener una dieta equilibrada es conveniente para todos,
- equilibrado/a
- conveniente
Note: use infinitive when verb is the subject (Kwiz p.10)
Doctors recommend drinking lots of water in summer.
Los médicos recomiendan beber mucha agua en verano.
Note: use infinitive when verb is the object (Kwiz p.10)
He likes driving race cars.
Le gusta conducir coches de carrera.
Note: use infinitive after gustar-like verbs to express activity
It's harmful to drink in excess.
Es perjudical beber en exceso.
Note: often infinitve after impersonal stmt
I can't connect to the Internet, the router isn't working.
- to get connected
No puedo conectarme a la Internet, el router no funciona.
- conectarse (pronominal)
the positivity
the negativity
la positividad
la negativitad
the scalable system
the non-scalable fence
el sistema escalable
la cerca no escalable
The two sides have very different opinions.
- the side, the camp
Los dos bandos tienen opiniones muy diferentes.
- el bando
the closure (not "el cierre')
la clausura
Do you want to join our marathon?
- to join (2)
¿Desea sumarse a nuestro maratón?
- sumarse a, unirse a
the gray hair
las canas