to promulgate
the promulgation
promulgar
la promulgación
She looks for a movie ... Something that would make her forget the argument with her parents.
Ella busca una pélicula ... Algo que le haga olvidar la discusión con sus padres.
(note subjunctive: not known to exist)
a (freshly) squeezed orange juice
- to squeeze (not "apretar")
un jugo de naranja exprimido
- exprimir
She doesn't mind failing all the exams.
- to fail (exam) (not "suspender" - Spain)
A ella no le importa reprobar todos los exámenes.
- reprobar (L.A.)
She obeyed him.
- to obey; obedient; the obedience
- to disobey; disobedient; the disobedience
Ella le obedeció. alt: lo obedeció
- obedecer; obediente; la obediencia
- desobedecer; desobediente; la desobediencia
inefficient, ineffective
the inefficiency, the ineffectiveness
ineficaz (2)
la ineficacia (2)
the founding of Israel
- the founding (the foundation)
la fundación de Israel
- la fundación
intimate
intimately
the intimate
íntimo/a
íntimamente
el íntimo, la íntima
but had two consequences that still endure today
- to endure, to last
pero tuvo dos consecuencias que hoy en día todavía perduran
- perdurar (2)
The hikers embarked on an arduous undertaking.
- the hiker
- the undertaking (not "el emprendimiento") (the company)
Los senderistas embarcaron en una empresa ardua.
- el, la senderista
- la empresa
(embarcar)
The're not lending me the money because they're greedy and stingy.
- greedy, miserly
- stingy
No me prestan el dinero porque son avaros y tacaños.
- avaro/a (2)
- tacaño/a
(prestar)
to kill two birds with one stone
matar dos pájaros de un tiro
Sometimes I pretend to be happy when I'm sad.
- to pretend
A veces finjo estar feliz cuando estoy triste.
- fingir
Why not fake my own kidnapping?
- to fake (to pretend)
¿Por que no fingir mi propio secuestro?
- fingir
a ship that set sail from Texas to Central America
- to set sail
- Central America (2)
un barco que zarpó de Texas a Centroamérica
- zarpar (intrans)
- Centroamérica, América Central
How to cheat on exams.
- to cheat (not "trampar")
Cómo copiarse en los exámenes.
- copiarse (Argentina)
Have you hooked up with Marta?
alt: gotten involved with
- to hook up with , to get involved with (to tie up, to confuse)
¿Te has liado con Marta?
- liarse con (2)
She knows it's a very risky gamble.
- the gamble
Sabe que es una jugada muy arriesgada.
- la jugada
Messi made a move that ended in a goal.
- the move (the gamble)
Messi hizo una jugada que terminó en gol.
- la jugada
If it wasn't for Jose, she would never have planned all this craziness.
Hint: not "habría planeado"
Si no fuera por Jose, jamás hubiera planeado toda esta locura.
Spanish in Texas website: In spoken Spanish the conditional perfect often replaced by the pluperfect subjunctive.
the barbed wire
- the wire
- the barb
el alambre de púas
- el alambre
- la púa
to honk
the horn
the honk
bocinar
la bocina
el bozinazo
to take a breath
tomar aire
m/ It catches both of their attention that April is not at home.
A los dos les llama la atención que Avril no esté en casa.
Note subj: emotion -> subjunctive
The telephone rings. Linda answers.
- to answer (the phone) (to attend to, to serve)
Suena el teléfono. Atiende Linda.
- atender
to regain power
- to regain (to recover, to retrieve)
recuperar el poder
- recuperar
the gypsy
el gitano, la gitana
My mother went to work.
- to work (Spain) (not "trabajar", "laburar" (Río de la Plata))
- the job (not "el trabajo")
Mi madre se ha ido a currar.
- currar (Spain)
- el curro (Spain)