Exercise makes me hungry.
El ejercicio me da hambre.
I felt hungry, I opened the refrigerator, and I ate a piece of cheese.
lit: it gave me hunger
Me dio hambre, abrí el refrigerador y me comí un trozo de queso.
Uma pressed the electrical switch.
- the switch (electrical)
(press, to put pressure on)
Uma presionó el interruptor eléctrico.
- el interruptor
(presionar)
She went back to the bathroom to finish rinsing her mouth.
- to rinse
Ella volvió al cuarto de baño para terminar de enjuagarse la boca.
- enjuagar(se)
Alchemists sought to transmute metals into gold.
- the alchemist
- to transmute
- to be transmuted
- the transmutation
Los alquimistas buscaban transmutar metales en oro.
- el alquimista
- transmutar (trans) (alt: "trasmutar")
- transmutarse
- la transmutación
the aura
(not "el halo": the halo, the aura)
el aura (feminino)
I wanted to leave.
I didn't want to eat.
Yo quería salir.
Yo no quería comer.
(el pretérito imperfecto)
I tried to leave.
I refused to eat.
Hint; use "querer"
Quise salir.
Yo no quise comer.
(el pretérito indefinido)
You reappeared? You mean you were reborn?
- to be reborn
¿Reapareciste? ¿Quieres decir que renaciste?
- renacer
(reaparecer)
the idea crossed her mind
se le cruzó la idea
(cruzarse m/pronominal passive)
She was between a rock and a hard place.
Hint: do not translate
Ella estaba entre la espada y la pared.
I have to pee. (hint: not "tengo que mear")
:: Again?
:: I got the urge... again.
... (later) m/I think the urge has now passed.
Tengo que hacer pis.
:: ¿Otra vez?
:: Me dieron ganas... otra vez.
... (luego) Creo que ya se me pasaron las ganas.
If it is as you say, then he should go to prison.
lit: go imprisoned
- imprisoned
Sí es así como dices, entonces debería ir preso.
- preso/a
Society condemns more and more crimes of an economic nature.
-to condemn i.e, to censure (not "condenar") (to fail an exam (L.A.)
La sociedad reprueba cada vez más los delitos de tipo económico.
- reprobar (o->ue) yo repruebo
a gradual fading (alt: vanishing)
(to dispel, to fade)
(to vanish, to faint)
un desvanecimiento gradual
(desvanecer)
(desvanecerse)
if she wanted to keep up to date and not be overwhelmed
- overwhelmed (2) (not "agobiado": overwhelmed, burdened)
(to exceed) (to overwhelm)
si ella quería mantenerse al día y no verse sobrepasada
- sobrepasado/a, abrumado/a
(sobrepasar) (abrumar)
I submerge the sweater in cold water.
- to submerge, to immerse
Sumerjo el suéter en agua fría.
- sumergir (2) (trans)
the submarine submerged
- to submerge
el submarino se sumergió
- sumergirse
(context: Uma watches TV at night)
by immersing herself in fictional worlds
- to immerse oneself (to submerge)
(el contexto: Uma mira la televisión por las noches)
al sumergirse en los mundos de ficción
- sumergirse
Although they were not friends, Uma felt very close to her.
Aunque no fueran amigas, Uma la sentía muy cercana.
?/Why not "sentirse"?
i.e., se sentía muy cerca de ella
She held her in high esteem.
- the esteem
Ella la tenía en gran estima.
- la estima
The state will seize your assets until you pay the debt.
- to embargo, to seize (not "decomisar")
- the embargo, the seizure (not "el decomiso")
El estado embargará tus bienes hasta que pagues la deuda.
- embargar (2)
- el embargo (2)
The series was getting a little boring.
lit: was puttng itself
La serie se estaba poniendo un poco aburrida.
(ponerse)
to take the weekend off
tomarse el fin de semana libre
this type of flower appeared here in our city
- to appear
este tipo de flor apareció aquí en nuestra ciudad
- aparecer (intrans)
An angel appeared to me in a dream.
- to appear, as in to reveal itself
Un ángel se me apareció en un sueño.
- aparecerse
They were in a time of restructuring.
- the restructuring
Estaban en un momento de reestructuración.
- la reestructuración
as night falls
al caer la noche
she lifted the telephone receiver
- the telephone receiver (L.A.)
ella levantó el tubo del teléfono
- el tubo de teléfono (L.A.)
(levantar)
her analog watch
- analog
su reloj analógico
- analógico/a