the alley (not "el pasillo")
the cul-de-sac
el callejón
el callejón/la calle sin salida
Used cars are sold here.
- to sell
Se venden carros usados aquí.
- vender (incomplete passive)
He killed them in cold blood.
- coldly, in cold blood
Los mató fríamente.
- fríamente (2)
Are you with Mom? :: Yes, I'm here with her.
- I'm here
¿Estás con mamá? :: Sí, aquí ando con ella.
- aquí ando
the suicidal thoughts
the suicide mission
- suicidal, suicide (adj)
los pensamientos suicidas
la misión suicida
- suicida (m/f)
I decided to salvage the summer clothes from last year.
- to salvage (to rescue)
- summer (adj)
Decidí rescatar la ropa veraniega del año pasado.
- rescatar
- veraniego/a
(decidir)
He has a hunch that he will find them there.
- the hunch
Tiene la corazonada de que allí los encontrará.
- la corazonada
the passenger seat
- the companion, the accompanist (music)
el asiento de acompañante
- el,la acompañante (2)
I don't know why you make such a big deal out of everything.
lit: take (to yourself) everything such to the tremendous
No sé por qué te tomas todo tan a la tremenda.
You think I'm a drama queen?
¿Crees que soy un exagerado?
the appetite
el apetito
I'm not going to explode with anger or seethe with resentment.
- to seethe (to boil)
No voy a explotar con ira o hervir con resentimiento.
- hervir
On several occasions Pedro had needed to travel outside the country.
- to need (auxiliary verb)
(I need information. (trans))
En varias ocasiones Pedro había necesitado viajar fuera del país.
- necesitar (verbo auxiliar)
(Necesito información. (trans))
They didn't know if the papers would withstand the strong checks at the border.
- to withstand (to resist)
No sabían si los papeles resistirían los fuertes controles en la frontera.
- resistir
I have to decline your invitation.
- to decline (trans)
Tengo que declinar tu invitación.
- declinar (trans)
Owls appear when the day draws to a close.
- the owl
- to draw to a close (intrans) (to decline)
Los búhos aparecen cuando declina el día.
- el búho
- declinar (intrans)
When she looked at her hands, she realized they were trembling.
- to tremble, to shake (intrans)
Cuando se miró las manos, se dio cuenta de que le temblaban.
- temblar (intrans)
(mirarse)
the identifying photos
- identifying
las fotos identificatorias
- identificatorio/a
the elections (not "las elecciones")
los comicios
(emphasis on the 'mi')
thirty-four seats in the Senate
- the seat (L.A.) (not "el escaño")
treinta y cuatro curules en el Senado
- el curul (L.A.)
the extract
el extracto
for the agreed money
- agreed (not "acordado")
por el dinero pactado
- pactado/a
with every minute counting
i.e., with time pressing
con los minutos contados
to tabulate
tabular
to unseat
desbancar
The admiral lined up the war ships.
- the admiral
- to align, to line up (trans)
El almirante alineó los buques de guerra.
- el almirante
- alinear (trans)
The police lined up in front of the building.
- to line up
Los policías se alinearon frente al edificio.
- alinearse
(Spanish Dict: masc for "policías")