the van, the truck
(la camioneta - the van, the pickup truck)
el furgón (2)
I made the payment one week before its due date.
- the due date, the expiration date (not "la caducidad")
Realicé el pago una semana antes de su vencimiento.
- el vencimiento (2)
(realizar)
disproportionate
disproportionately
desproporcionado/a
desproporcionadamente
I'm inviting you to the party because I want you to come, otherwise I wouldn't do it.
- otherwise (not "de otra manera")
Te invito a la fiesta porque quiero que vengas, de lo contrario no lo haría.
- de lo contrario
There are only two options:
(1) that Jose travels to Canada;
(2) that she travels to Columbia.
Sólo hay dos opciones:
(1) que José viaje a Canadá
(2) que ella viaje a Colombia.
Note: use of subjunctive for options (but not if options in the past)
m/ The pandemic is getting worse just as classes return.
lit: in the moment of returning to classes
- to get worse, to intensify
Hint: not "arreciar", (r...)
La pandemia se recrudece en el momento de volver a clases.
- recrudecerse
The smoke clouded her vision.
- to cloud
- to become cloudy
El humo le nubló la vision.
- nublar (trans)
- nublarse
recalcitrant
recalcitrante
You have to shoe horses to protect their hooves.
- to shoe
- the hoof (the helmet)
Hay que herrar a los caballos para protegerles los cascos.
- herrar (e->ie) yo hierro
- el casco
But April has a ready response.
lit: an armed response
Pero Avril ya tiene una respuesta armada.
April's parents are made for each other.
Los padres de Avril son el uno para el otro.
those who know him
los que lo conocen
I became anxious because my daughter hadn't called me.
- anxious (not "ansioso") (disquieted, unsettled)
Me puse inquieto porque mi hija no me había llamadao.
- inquieto/a
April takes a deep breath.
lit: breathes deeply
- deeply, profoundly
Avril respira profundo.
- profundamente (2) (but "profundo" used here as an adverb)
the forest fire
- (of) forest
(the forest)
el incendio forestal
- forestal
(el bosque, la selva (tropical))
and that's why you're neglecting your studies
- to neglect
- to neglect one's appearance (to be careless)
y por eso descuidas tus estudios
- descuidar (trans)
- descuidarse
the slam
to shut the door with a slam
to slam the door
el portazo
cerrar la puerta de un portazo
dar un portazo
Then she shuts herself up in her room.
- to shut oneself up
(to lock up)
Luego se encierra en su habitación.
- encerrarse
(encerrar)
internal
internally
interno/a
internamente
unfortunate
desafortunado/a
the powder keg
el polvorín
the catalog
to catalog
el catálogo
catalogar
I asked the seamstress to fringe the tablecloth.
Hint; past subjunctive
- the seamstress
- to fringe
- the fringe
- the tablecloth
Le pedí a la costurera que franjara el mantel.
- la costurera
- franjar
- la franja
- el mantel
He has hair dyed white.
- dyed
- to dye
Tiene el pelo teñido de blanco.
- teñido/a
- teñir(se) e->i yo (me) tiño
the Ottoman Empire
el imperio otomano
the European Powers
- the power (nation, capability)
las potencias europeas
- la potencia
consensual sexual relations
- consensual
relaciones sexuales consensuadas
- consensuado/a
The senators tried to reach a consensus on the clauses of the bill.
- to reach a consensus on
- the clause
Los senadores trataron de consensuar las cláusulas del proyecto de ley.
- consensuar
- la cláusula
the UN partition plan (1947)
el plan de partición de ONU (1947)
a case of road rage
un caso de furia al volante
to proclaim
the proclamation
proclamar
la proclamación