| Spanish | English | |
Partial Matches |
| pasar la tarjeta | to swipe [insert in a card reader] | |
| trabajar en el jardín | to garden [to work in a garden] | |
| bañarse [para nadar, lavarse] | to bathe [to swim, to wash in a bath] | |
| cine lit. teatro personaje {m} [carácter de ficción] | character [in a novel, film etc.] | |
| med. practicante {f} | practitioner [in surgery and medicine under a master] [female] | |
| de mal humor {adj} | cranky [Am.] [coll.] [in a bad mood] | |
| alcanzar su máximo | to spike [numbers, graph: to peak] | |
| dep. rematar una pelota | to spike a ball [volleyball] | |
| alojado {adj} {past-p} [una bala] | buried [of a bullet, lodged in the body] | |
| enfrascado {adj} {past-p} [usado reflexivamente, referido a personas] | buried [immersed in work, discussions] | |
| sortear algo [realizar una rifa] | to raffle sth. [sell in a raffle] | |
| hora {f} [tiempo propicio] | time [of a meeting etc., moment in time] | |
| mantener algo [una máquina] | to maintain sth. [keep a machine in good condition] | |
| revisar algo [una máquina] | to maintain sth. [keep a machine in good condition] | |
| Unverified almuerzadero {m} [Colombia] | [a place where breakfast and food in general is served] | |
| proverb. A ver a un velorio y a divertirse a un fandango. | There's a time and a place for everything. | |
| loc. tener la sartén por el mango [col.] | [to have the command or advantage in a situation] | |
| jur. nocturnidad {f} | [in Spanish law, an aggravating factor when a crime is committed under cover of darkness] | |
| arq. recibidor {m} [en un hotel] | reception [in a hotel] | |
| quedarse sin respiración | to be winded [gasping for air due to overexertion or a punch in the solar plexus] | |
| constr. náut. cordaje {m} | cordage [rigging of a ship; volume of wood measured in cords] | |
| presidir algo [fig.] [dominar] | to dominate sth. [fig.] [e.g. statue in a room] | |
| baile duende {m} | magic [fig.] [in a performance] [heightened state of emotion and expression when performing something, often connected with flamenco] | |
| ahuyentar a-algn/algo [haciendo salir] | to flush sb./sth. out [scare, in order that one comes out from a hiding place] | |
| acercar a algn [llevar en un coche etc.] | to give sb. a lift [take in a car etc.] | |
| flojo {adj} | wan [action: feeble] | |
| vil {adj} | vile [person, action] | |
| acto {m} | act [action, deed] | |
| baño {m} [acción] | bath [action] | |
| huelga {f} | strike [industrial action] | |
| tacto {m} | touch [sense, action] | |
| [echar alcohol or drogas en algo] | to spike sth. [surreptitiously add alcohol or drugs] | |
| descuidado {adj} | slovenly [person / action: careless] | |
| intrépido {adj} | brash [of an action] | |
| moderado {adj} | temperate [action: moderate, restrained] | |
| perseverante {adj} | persevering [action: continuing to try] | |
| tortuoso {adj} [solapado] | devious [action: dishonest] | |
| perseverar | to persevere [action: keep trying] | |
| operativo {m} [am.] [acción] | operation [action] | |
| sin motivo {adj} | mindless [action: without reason] | |
| cine teatro papel {m} | role [part in film etc., function or task performed in work] | |
| admin. econ. aduana {f} [a una frontera] | Customs [at a border] | |
| una [antes de una vocal] | an ['a' before a vowel] | |
| correr (algo) | to run (sth.) [on foot, a distance, a risk] | |
| indum. camiseta {f} | vest [Br.] [a piece of underwear worn under a shirt] | |
| sumarse [unirse a grupo] | to join [a group] | |
| armas caza dep. escopeta {f} de bombeo [también: escopeta de corredera] | pump-action shotgun [also: slide-action shotgun] | |
| mil. tec. cargar algo | to load sth. [e.g. a computer file, also a weapon] | |
| dejar a-algn/algo | to leave sb./sth. [a thing somewhere, a person alone] | |
| con cuentagotas {adv} [col.] | in dribs and drabs [coll.] [a little at a time] | |