with each step he took
a cada paso que daba
the morality play
- the morality (not "la moral")
- moral
el juego de moralidad
- la moralidad
- moral (m/f)
a glimmer of hope
un viso de esperanza
amateur
the amateur
amateur (pronounced as if spelled "ter")
el, la amateur
rolling around in bed
- to roll around
revolcándose en la cama
- revolcarse (o->ue) yo me revuelco
the prisoner exchange
- the exchange (not "el intercambio")
- to exchange sth for sth
- exchangeable
el canje de prisioneros
- el canje
- canjear algo por algo (trans)
- canjeable
timeless
intemporal
the gluttony
la gula
the arrival (not "la llegada")
el arribo
The house was excessively large for only two people.
- exaggeratedly, excessively
- excessively
La casa era exageradamente grande para sólo dos personas.
- exageradamente (2)
- excesivamente
the monthly rent
el alquiler mensual
the tangled sheets
- tangled (not "enredado") (scrambled)
las sábanas revueltas
- revuelto/a
the stadium stands
las gradas del estadio
Don't do anything [of which] you might regret.
No hagas nada de lo que te puedas arrepentir.
(arrepentirse)
(note subj after imperative: uncertain/pending)
the magazine (for a gun) (the charger)
el cargador (por un arma)
attracted by the colorfulness of the cover
- the colorfulness
- the cover
(colorful)
atraído por el colorido de la cubierta
- el colorido
- la cubierta
(colorido/a)
although it's a cliché
- the cliché
- topical, clichéd
aunque sea un tópico
- el tópico
- tópico/a (2)
the crucible, the melting pot
(crucible: a situation of severe trial where elements interact to produce something new)
el crisol (2)
to leaf through a book
hojear un libro
to achieve that the reader sees, at the same time, the trees and the forest
- at the same time (not "al mismo tiempo" "al tiempo")
lograr que el lector vea, a un tiempo, los árboles y el bosque
- a un tiempo
(note subj after "lograr que")
Move (pass) to the rear.
- the rear
Pasen a la parte de atrás.
- la parte de atrás
on the back of the appliance
- the back (the rear)
en la parte de atrás del electrodoméstico
- la parte de atrás
The detective inspected the scene of the crime.
- to inspect
El detective inspeccionó la escena del crimen.
- inspeccionar (trans)
Why the rush?
- the rush (L.A.) (not "la prisa") (the difficulty, the difficult situation)
¿Por qué el apuro?
- el apuro (L.A.)
the barrel of his gun
- the barrel (the cannon)
el cañón de su arma
- el cañón
unemployment is at record numbers
el desempleo está en cifras récord
(note: no 's' on récord)
not Mandarin Chinese nor Hindi
alt: Mandarin
- Cantonese
ni chino mandarín ni hindi
alt: el mandarín
- el cantonés
The group remains closed unto itself.
El grupo se mantiene cerrado sobre su mismo.
(mantenerse)
a crude blade, i.e., primitive
- crude (not "crudo")
- i.e. (3)
un filo tosco, i.e., primitivo
- tosco/a
- i.e. ("id est" in Latin) pronounced: th/"i punto e punto"
alt: "es decir" "esto es"
the lighter
el mechero
She had distrusted him for no reason.
Ella había desconfiado de él sin ninguna razón.
th/because it's "desconfiar de" use "de él" (not indirect object "le")
contaminating, polluting
the contaminant, the pollutant
(to contaminate, to pollute)
contaminante (2)
el contaminante (2)
(contaminar)
the profitability
la rentabilidad