He quickly gets down to work.
lit: puts hands to the work
Rápidamente se pone manos a la obra.
They didn't have the licence plate number.
- the patent, the license plate (el Cono Sur) (not "la placa" "la mátricula" "la chapa")
No tenían el número de patente.
- la patente (2)
Maybe they are already on a plane.
Quizá ya están arriba de un avión.
Putting yourself in the fetal position will ease your back pain.
- fetal
- to palliate, to ease
Ponerte en posición fetal paliará tu dolor de espalda.
- fetal
- paliar yo palío
the palliative care
- palliative
el cuidado paliativo
- paliativo/a
They had to keep going, at all costs.
- at all costs, no matter what (not "a como dé lugar")
Debían seguir adelante, cueste lo que cueste.
- cueste lo que cueste
(note subj)
Antonio was the only lucky one who was able to sleep.
- lucky
Antonio fue el único suertado que pudo dormir.
- suertado/a
with a mixture of anger and envy
- the anger (not "la rabia" "el enojo" "el coraje")
con un mezcla de bronca y envidia
- la bronca
the relaxation (2)
to relax
la relajación, el relax
relajar(se)
Now it only remains to hope that this promise materializes.
Ahora sólo resta esperar que esta promesa se materialice.
(materializarse: note subj)
the notoriety
notorious, obvious
la notoriedad
notorio/a (2)
They gave him a terrible beating.
- to give (in Reverso: examples with violence)
Le propinaron una paliza terrible.
- propinar
the hotel sector
- hotel
el sector hotelero
- hotelero/a
after cross-referencing information in databases
- to cross-reference (to cross)
- the database
después de cruzar información en bases de datos
- cruzar
- la base de datos
in his criminal record (not "el historial delictivo" "el registro criminal")
- the record (criminal) (L.A.)
en su prontuario de antecedentes
- el prontuario (L.A.)
to speed up the restoration of power (lit: the electric energy)
(to speed up, to sharpen, to make more dynamic)
agilizar la restauración de energía eléctrica
(agilizar)
This way he got people to send him money.
lit: he got that the people send
Así conseguía que la gente le envíe dinero.
(note subj after "conseguir que")
to falsify
the falsification
the falsifier, the forger
falsificar
la falsificación
el falsificador, la falsificadora (2)
They need to change their look urgently.
- urgently (not "con urgencia")
Necesitan cambiarse de look urgentemente.
- urgentemente
If they continue so unworried, chances are people will recognize them.
lit: the most sure thing is that
- unworried
Si siguen tan despreocupados, lo más seguro es que la gente los reconozca.
- despreocupado/a
(note subj)
You have to stop worrying/not worry about the exam. It will be easy.
- to stop worrying, to not worry
Tienes que despreocuparte del examen. Sería fácil.
- despreocuparse (2)
the disposable contact lens
(not "las lentillas")
- disposable (2)
(to rule out, to reject)
(to discard)
los lentes de contacto descartables
- descartable (L.A.), desechable
(descartar)
(desechar)
but they know very well that they have no other option
lit: does not remain to them another option
pero saben muy bien que no les queda otra opción
(quedar)
They must do that or risk getting caught.
Deben hacer eso o arriesgarse a que los atrapen.
(note subj)
I don't know whether to think he is a liar or is truly interested.
No sé si pensar que es un mentiroso o que realmente está interesado.
repeatedly (not "reiteradamente")
repetidamente
to burst/break into tears
romper en llanto