Parisian
parisino/a
the sole of each foot
- the sole (the plant, the floor)
la planta de cada pie
Currently, she holds a very important position in the company.
- to hold (a position)
(to perform)
(to work as)
Actualmente, ella desempeña un cargo muy importante en la empresa.
- desempañar (trans)
(desempeñarse)
(desempeñarse como)
You smell like women's perfume.
Tienes olor a perfume de mujer.
On top of it, you deny it.
Encima, lo niegas.
(negar)
a socialist scheme
- the scheme (not "el esquema")
una artimaña socialista
- la artimaña
the debtor
el deudor, la deudora
to reelect
the reelection
reelegir
la reelección
the systemic racism
- systemic
el racismo sistémico
- sistémico/a
He helped him get up and sat him in a chair.
- to sit (to set) (trans)
Lo ayudó a levantarse y lo sentó en una silla.
- sentar (trans)
Do you want to convince me so that I come back and make up with Pedro?
- to make up (not "hacer las paces") (to manage oneself, to be fixed)
Quieres convencerme para que vuelva y me arregle con Pedro?
- arreglarse (note subj)
In just a few minutes, she got personal.
lit: entered into confidence
En apenas unos minutos, entró en confianza.
the infidelity
la infidelidad
invalid
the invalidation
to invalidate
inválido/a
la invalidación
invalidar
They handed out flyers..
- to hand out (to distribute)
- the flyer (L.A.) (the steering wheel)
Ellos repartieron volantes.
- repartir
- el volante (L.A.)
The students fled in terror through the windows.
- terrified (not "aterrado/a")
Los estudiantes huyeron despavoridos por las ventanas.
- despavorido/a
(huir)
The two felt attraction for each other. (lit: for the other)
Hint: not "entre si"
Los dos sentían atracción por el otro.
m/ "por": emotion for
Pedro is not the only one of the group who likes to stay up late.
- to stay up late (not "quedarse despierto hasta tarde“)
Pedro no es el único del grupo al que le gusta trasnochar.
- trasnochar (intrans)
a gay-only nightclub
lit: exclusive to gays
una discoteca exclusiva para gays
He tried hallucinogens and later harder drugs.
- the hallucinogen
- hallucinogenic
Probaba alucinógenos y luego drogas mas pesadas.
- el alucinógeno
- alucinógeno/a
an AR-15 and 600 rounds
- the munitions, the ammunition, the rounds
un AR-15 y 600 municiones
- las municiones (3)
There are blond, dark, tall and short men.
- dark (not "moreno" - brunette, dark-haired, dark-skinned)
Hay hombres rubios, morochos, altos y bajos.
- morocho/a
It's a tacit agreement between the three.
- tacit
- tacitly
Es un acuerdo tácito entre los tres.
- tácito/a
- tácitamente
For sure there will be some kind of revenge.
alt: There is bound to be
- for sure
Seguro va a haber algún tipo de venganza.
- seguro
the damaged beam
- the beam
la viga dañada
- la viga (hard 'g')
the revolver
el revólver
I don't believe you.
No te lo creo.
like three fourths [parts] or more
- three fourths, three quarters
como las tres quartas partes o más
- tres quartos/as
I correct the exam.
- to correct
Yo corrijo el examen.
- corregir (e->ie) yo corrijo
The brutal murder disgusted even hardened police officers.
- to disgust
- hardened
(the disgust, disgusting)
El brutal asesinato asqueó incluso a los policías curtidos.
- asquear
- curtido/a
(el asco, asqueroso)
snatch the lead
- the lead
arrebatar la delantera
- la delantera
to scrutinize, to count (e.g., for an election)
(the scrutiny, the count e.g., for an election)
escrutar (2)
(el escrutinio)
eccentric
the eccentricity
excéntrico/a
la excentricidad