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the peanut

el maní

My parents would visit my grandparents' country.
Hint: do not use "visitar"

Mis padres conocerían el país de mis abuelos.

I have a question for you.

Tengo una pregunta para ti.

The children threw themselves on the inflatable castle.
- to throw oneself, to leap on
- inflatable

Los niños se lanzaron sobre el castillo inflable.
- lanzarse (pronominal)
- inflable

The wrestler decided to enter politics.
- to enter, to undertake
- the wrestler

El luchador decidió lanzarse a la política.
- lanzarse (pronominal)
- el luchador, la luchadora

I don't know how she walks and puts on makeup at the same time.
- to put on makeup (on oneself)
- to apply makeup (on someone)
- the makeup (los cosméticos)

No sé cómo camina y se maquilla al mismo tiempo.
- maquillarse (reflexive)
- maquillar (transitive)
- el maquillaje

context: a scam
Don't get taken.

el contexto:una estafa
No te dejes.
?/ short for: "No te dejes engañar" (engañarse)

The mayor is a thief without any scruples.
- the scruple
- scrupulous
- scrupulously

El alcalde es un ladrón sin escrúpulo alguno.
- el escrúpulo
- escrupuloso/a
- escrupulosamente

It's an apartment with two rooms.
- the room (the environment)

Es un departamento con dos ambientes.
- el ambiente (el Cono Sur)

Ring the bell for assistance.
- the bell (the doorbell)

Toca el timbre para ser atendido.
- el timbre
(atender)

the kid, the guy (Spain)
hint: not "el,la pibe (Río de la Plata)"

el chaval, la chavala (Spain) (2)

My older sister made fun of me when I got braces.
lit: they put on me braces
- to make fun of
- the braces

Mi hermana mayor me vaciló cuando me pusieron los frenos.
- vacilar (transitive)
- los frenos

He vacillated.
The loyalty of his disciples did not waver.
- to vacillate, to waver
- the disciple

Él vaciló.
La lealtad de sus discípulos no vaciló.
- vacilar (intransitive)
- el discípulo, la discípula

the one month anniversary
the six month anniversary

el cumplemés
el sexto cumplemés

Don't get defensive.

No se ponga a la defensiva.

the menstrual cramps
to menstruate
the menstruation

los dolores menstruales
menstruar ella menstrúa
la menstruación

the fool (not "el tonto")
foolish

el necio, la necia (emphasis on 'e')
necio/a

They always walk hand-in-hand.

Siempre caminan de la mano.

I must say that the matter is largely over(come) ...

He de decir que el asunto es ampliamente superado ...
(superar)

and is in the hands of a judge.

y está en manos de un juez.

The impact has been minimal, far outweighed by the advantages.

El impacto ha sido mínimo, ampliamente superado por las ventajas.
(superar)

I put the dirty clothes in a hamper in the laundry room.
- the hamper, the basket
- the laundry room

Puse la ropa sucia en una canasta en el lavadero
- la canasta
- el lavadero

the stagnation
(stagnant)

el estancamiento
(estancado/a)

They are waiting for this like a godsend.
Hint: like the rains of May

Están esperando esto como agua de mayo.

to decompose

descomponer(se)

the broken traffic light
- decomposed, out of service (L.A.)

el semáforo descompuesto
- descompuesto/a (2)

It added a lot of stress to an experience already/of itself stressful.

Añadió mucho estrés a una experiencia ya de por sí estresante.

the valet
the chamber

el, la ayudante de cámara
la cámara

to generalize
the generalization

generalizar
la generalización

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