He told me he would be treated here today.
- to be treated (L.A.)
(to attend, to serve, to answer the phone)
Me dijo que se atendería aquí el día de hoy.
- atenderse (L.A.)
(atender)
He only looks away to see the time.
lit: deviates/diverts the look
Sólo desvía la mirada para ver la hora.
(desviar)
He decides to wait at least an hour.
- to decide (to set out, to seek)
Se propone esperar al menos una hora.
- proponerse
They clinched the qualification for the following round.
- to clinch (L.A.) (to tie (up))
- the qualification (the classification)
Amarraron la clasificación por la ronda siguiente.
- amarrar (L.A.)
- la clasificación
("por" - m/to obtain)
The union says that the law is going to curtail its rights.
- to curtail
El sindicato dice que la ley va a cercenar sus derechos.
- cercenar
to rectify
rectificar
the locker (the box office)
(heard in a TV series from Spain)
la taquilla
the pariah
el,la paria
(emphasis on the 'pa')
We will be able to space out more and more the repetitions.
- to space out
- the repetition
Podremos espaciar cada vez más las repeticiones.
- espaciar
- la repetición
The walls were full of graffiti.
- the graffiti
Las paredes estaban llenas de grafitis.
- el grafiti
to cross the line lit: the limit
cruzar el límite
the contour, the outline
el contorno (2)
a bandage pasted to his forehead
- the bandage
- the forehead
(the front of the house)
(right next to)
una venda pegada a la frente
- la venda
- la frente
(el frente de la casa)
(pegado/a a)
the silhouette
la silueta
Antonio appears to have died yesterday.
Antonio parece haber muerto ayer.
the main classroom of the school
- main (not "principal") (older, oldest, bigger, biggest, greater)
el aula mayor de la facultad
- mayor
Tell me what you have to tell me.
Dime lo que me tengas que decir.
(note subj after imperative: uncertain/pending)
You do what you want.
Tú haz lo que quieras.
(note subj after imperative: uncertain/pending)
to purge (trans)
e.g., to purge (serve) a sentence
purgar (hard 'g') (trans)
p.e., purgar una sentencia
While the FBI is investigating Antonio's death, Pedro takes the opportunity to leave the city.
- while (not "mientras") (meanwhile)
En tanto el FBI investiga la muerte de Antonio, Pedro aprovecha para abandonar la cuidad.
- en tanto
The country has modernized a lot.
- to modernize
- the modernization
El país se ha modernizado mucho.
- modernizar(se)
- la modernización
vehement
vehemently
vehemente
vehementemente
to embezzle funds
- to embezzle (not "desfalcar"), to misappropriate
malversar fondos
- malversar (2)
with the information that he has about Maria
alt: from Maria
con la información que tiene de María (2)
He asks everywhere imaginable.
lit: in all the places
- imaginable
Pregunta en todos los sitios imaginables.
- imaginable
the orchards with date or orange groves
- the orchard (not "el huerto"), the produce farm
- the plantation, the grove
las huertas con plantaciones de dátiles o naranjas
- la huerta (2)
- la plantación (2)
the curious, the onlookers
los curiosos (2)
Don't think brute-force.
lit: roughly
No pienses a lo bruto.
the warehouse (th/L.A.) (not "el almacén") (the winery, the store (L.A.), the pantry (L.A.)
la bodega (th/L.A.)
many of the prophets, even Moses himself
Hint: not "hasta el mismísimo"
muchos de los profetas, hasta el mismo Moisés
the residential area
la zona residencial