as Thursday is a holiday
- holiday (adj) (L.A.)
(the holiday)
como el jueves es feriado
- feriado/a (L.A.)
(el feriado (L.A.), el día festivo)
the torrential rains
las lluvias torrenciales
Oscar stops some balls and others he lets go in.
- to stop (to contain the virus)
Oscar ataja algunas pelotas y otras las deja entrar.
- atajar (atajar el virus)
the absence (not "la ausencia")
la inasistencia
today's listings (i.e., movies, entertainment))
- the listings (the marquee, the billboard)
la cartelera del día de hoy
- la cartelera
There were several children's movies.
- children's (childish)
Había varias películas infantiles.
- infantil
The dog can run away through the window.
- to run away, to escape (not "escapar" "fugarse")
El perro se puede escapar por la ventana.
- escaparse (2)
They are mesmerized with what is happening on the screen.
- to hypnotize, to mesmerize
Están hipnotizados con lo que sucede en la pantalla.
- hipnotizar (2) (trans)
He remembers what she told them on the trip there.
lit: on the departure trip
- the departure (not "la partida" "la salida")
Se acuerda de lo que les dijo en el viaje de ida.
- la ida
in order to go wandering through the streets of Madrid
- to wander
para andar vagando por las calles de Madrid
- vagar
the canine behaviour
- canine
el comportamiento perruno
- perruno/a
He designed a poster.
- the poster (L.A.) (not "el cartel")
Él diseñó un afiche.
- el afiche (L.A.)
(diseñar)
(the teacher) She wasn't in the mood to give classes.
Hint: not "no estaba de humor" "no tiene ánimos"
(la profesora) No se sentía de ánimo para dar clases.
I'm busy just now.
I was busy just now (i.e., just as you called I was busy, I need to get off the phone)
Estoy ocupado justo ahora.
Justo estaba ocupado.
When they saw Felipe, they couldn't contain themselves.
- to contain oneself
Cuando vieron a Felipe, no pudieron contenerse.
- contenerse
the snack
Hint: not "la merienda" which is eaten in the afternoon
el snack
baring his fangs
- the fangs
mostrando los colmillos
- los colmillos
(mostrar)
the dog trainer (not "el amaestrador de perros"), the dog whisperer
el adiestrador de perros (2)
to cancel the student debt
- to condone, to cancel (debt)
- the condoning, the cancellation
condonar las deudas estudiantiles
- condonar (2)
- la condonación (2)
Y2K? Why/How come?
¿El Y2K? ¿Y eso?
(pronounced ee-dos-ka)
Good, I won't keep you'all any longer.
(to entertain)
Bueno, no los entretengo más.
(entretener - trans)
they know that as long as they continue as a team
saben que mientras sigan como equipo
(note subj)
to unblock/to unlock the equipment's security
- to unblock, to unlock
- the unblocking, the unlocking
desbloquear la seguridad del equipo
- desbloquear (2)
- el desbloqueo (2)
the operating system
el sistema operativo
Have you made sure that there is no one?
(to make sure, to ensure)
¿Te has asegurado de que no haya nadie?
(note subj)
(asegurarse)
I don't want everything to go bad because of a stupid detail.
- to go bad, to spoil
No quiero que todo se eche a perder por un detalle estúpido.
- echarse a perder (note subj)
the bank vault
la bóveda del banco
the railway system
el sistema ferroviario
the donut (2)
la dona (L.A.), el dónut
Most probably we need to update the firmware.
Seguramente necesitemos actualizar el firmware.
(th/ note subjunctive changes meaning of "seguramente")
as soon as we finish the update
en cuanto terminemos la actualización
(note subj for pending action)
the blender
(the shake)
la licuadora
(el licuado)