Then I´ll take a nap.
lit: I'm sleeping the nap
Después duermo la siesta.
Shall we eat in a Chinese or a Mexican restaurant? :: It doesn't matter to me.
lit: it gives the same to me
¿Comemos en un restaurante chino o mexicano?:: Me da igual.
I don't care about that stuff.
A mí me dan igual esas cosas.
the gala
la gala
the custom-made dresses
- custom-made, tailor-made
los vestidos hechos a medida
- hecho a medida
the purse (the wallet)
(the handbag)
la cartera
(la bolsa)
the music for ensembles, operas and ballets
- the ensemble
(the opera)
- the ballet
la música para ensambles, óperas y ballets
- el ensamble
(la ópera)
- el ballet ('l' sound, 't' is pronounced)
the rock performer
- the performer (the interpreter)
el intérprete de rock
- el,la intérprete
the oil (the painting, also: culinary - not "el aceite")
el óleo
Alina has a wonderful soprano voice.
- soprano
- the soprano
Alina tiene una voz de soprano maravillosa.
- de soprano, soprano (m/f)
- el,la soprano
the jellyfish
la medusa
The case: They were involved in it.
El caso: ellos estaban involucrados en él.
made him even more sleepy
hint: do not use "adormecido"
le daba aún más sueño
in the intermission (2)
en el tiempo intermedio, en el intermedio
I have lived through the unease that technological change brings.
- the unease
He vivido la zozobra que trae el cambio tecnológico.
- la zozobra
to achieve that the dialogues are clear
- clear, sharp
lograr que los díalogos sean nítidos
- nítido/a
Lola collects fridge magnets.
- the magnet, the imam
Lola colecciona imanes de refrigerador.
- el imán (2)
(collectionar)
She has drawn praise and vilification.
- the vilification
- to vilify (trans) she vilified him
Ella ha atraído elogios y vilipendios.
- el vilipendio
- vilipendiar (trans) ella lo vilipendió
(atraer)
the open pit mining
- the mining
la minería a cielo abierto
- la minería
I can't keep my opinion to myself?
- to keep to myself
(to keep for oneself)
¿Acaso no me puedo guardar mi opinión?
- guardarse
(guardarse para uno mismo)
But what do I know; I've never been married.
- what do I know
Pero yo qué sé; nunca he estado casado.
- yo qué sé
How do you spell "conscience"? :: I don't know. Ask mom.
- I don't know (what do I know)
lit: How is "conscience" spelled
¿Cómo se deletrea "conciencia"? :: Yo qué sé. Pregúntale a mami.
- yo qué sé
(deletrearse - m/pronominal passive)
Save your drafts until the final revision is completed.
- to save (to guard)
- to be completed
Guardar sus borradores hasta que se complete la revisión final.
- guardar
- completarse (m/pronominal passive - note subj)
to guard
to keep the receipts
to put (away) the coin in his
pocket
to save the drafts
to store the sauce
guardar
guardar los comprobantes
guardar la moneda en el bolsillo
guardar los borradores
guardar la salsa
A passerby called the firefighters.
- the passerby
Un transeúnte llamó a los bomberos.
- el,la transeúnte
The car lost control and ran over two pedestrians.
- the pedestrian (not "el peatón") (the passerby)
El auto perdió el control y atropelló a dos transeúntes
- el,la transeúnte
If you experience withdrawal symptoms, inform your doctor right away.
- the abstinence, the withdrawal
Si experimenta síntomas de abstinencia, informe de inmediato a su médico.
- la abstinencia (2)
(experimentar) (informar)
After so many years of marriage, he knew very well the subtlety of her methods.
- the subtlety
(subtle)
Después de tantos años de casados, él conocía muy bien la sutileza de sus métodos.
- la sutileza
(sutil)
the new soprano met the minimum expected
- expected (2)
la nueva soprano cumplió con lo mínimo esperable
- esperable alt: esperado
The idea has permeated even the courts.
- to permeate
La idea ha permeado incluso los tribunales.
- permear (NYT, not in SpanishDict)