Follow these steps to start up in safe mode.
- to start up (to start, to pull up)
Sigue estos pasos para arrancar en modo seguro.
- arrancar
Luis has an automated system.
- to automate
- the automation
Luis tiene un sistema automatizado.
- automatizar
- la automatización
He makes only one trip to the post office.
- the post office (the mail)
Él hace solo un viaje al correo.
- el correo
Yesterday the shipping company dispatched 20 tons of steel.
- shipping
- to dispatch, to ship
Ayer la empresa naviera despachó 20 toneladas de acero.
- naviero/a
- despachar
a cold and aloof man
(aloof, elusive, evasive)
un hombre frío y esquivo
(esquivo (3))
in order to publicize his business
- to publicise (not "publicitar") (to disclose)
para dar a conocer su negocio
- dar a conocer
cancel your subscription
- to cancel (not "cancelar") (to discharge - military)
dar de baja tu suscripción
- dar de baja
to reach adulthood
- the adulthood
llegar a la adultez
- la adultez
Luis has his low-calorie food.
- the food (the box lunch)
- light, low-calorie
Luis tiene su vianda light.
- la vianda
- light (2)
This act is punishable by up to one year in jail.
- punishable
(Engaging in smuggling is punishable (lit: is punished))
Este acto es punible con hasta un año de cárcel.
- punible
(Practicar contrabando está penado)
I wanted to tell you something.
alt: to run something by you
(to comment on, to discuss)
Quería comentarte algo.
(comentar)
Sandy and her husband are going to open a bakery on main street.
- to open, to establish (to put)
Sandy y su esposo van a poner una panadería en la calle principal.
- poner
This way you avoid spending all day in the post office.
lit: being all day
- to avoid (oneself), to save (oneself) (not "ahorrarse")
Así te evitas estar todo el día en el correo.
- evitarse
I don't understand why you insist so much on contradicting me.
lit: to bring me the contrary
(to insist on, to endeavour to)
No entiendo por qué te empeñas tanto en llevarme la contraria.
alt: llevarme la contra
(empeñarse en)
I’m doing it for your own good.
Lo hago por tu bien.
From our afternoon discussion several good ideas emerged.
- to emerge (not "trascender" "aflorar")
(the emergence)
De nuestra discusión de la tarde surgieron varias ideas buenas.
- surgir (intrans)
(el surgimiento)
The thief put the loot from the robbery in a sack.
- the loot
El ladrón puso el botín del robo en un saco.
- el botín
We were a hair's breadth from nuclear war.
Estuvimos a un pelo de la guerra nuclear.
the alliance
la alianza
the mentor
el mentor, la mentora
I have no doubt.
lit: in me doubt doesn't fit
No me cabe duda.
to can; canned
the canning
(the can)
enlatar; enlatado/a
el enlatado
(la lata)
the nut, the walnut
la nuez (2) plural: las nueces
but he knew the news from mutual friends
pero conocía las novedades por amigos en común
At the present time, there doesn't exist a cure for this kind of cancer.
- at the present time
Hoy por hoy, no existe una cura para este tipo de cáncer.
- hoy por hoy
the underwear
la ropa interior
It has come to my attention that you are being bullied.
lit: arrived to me the comment
Llegó a mí el comentario de que estás siendo acosado.
By the way, by chance do you need an investment?
- by chance
A propósito, ¿por casualidad necesitas una inversión?
- por casualidad
the capital
the capitalism
(the capital city)
el capital
el capitalismo
(la capital)
OK, it's your loss.
lit: you miss it
Okay, tú te lo pierdes.
(perderse)