Whenever I
read Spanish, I always make a list of the words I don’t know when I come across
them. Despite this blog being
medical-Spanish focused, I want to share a vocabulary list I recently created of
everyday words, legal terms, descriptive vocabulary and colloquial phrases etc that I found reading
newspapers and articles in Spanish.
Every
little bit of information helps. Necesitará tiempo para memorizar todo pero,
recuerda, ¡SÍ, Se Puede!
Ponencia - paper
(research paper)
Pitonisa - fortune
teller
Tejemaneje - monkey
business
Garapiñado - sugar
coated
Columpio- swing
(at a playground)
Entrometido - meddler
Nuera(o) - daughter
in law(son in law)
Estás de coño? - Are
you kidding me?
Ejote/judía verde - greenbean
Ñame/batata/camote - yam
Carmelizada - candied
Cobijo - shelter
Estar de guardia - to
be on duty
Carencia - lack
Estar de nuevo - to
be again
Reemplazar - replace
Borrar - delete
Palo- branch
Rayar- to
scratch
Desmenuzar - to
shred
Rallador - grater
Portavoz- spokesperson
Rama - branch
(tree branch)
Féretro - coffin
Rescatar- to
rescue
Pateras- boats
Ahuyentar - to
frighten
Enterarse - to
find out
Cuero cabelludo - scalp
Remedio casero - home remedy
Vuelta de la esquina - around the
corner
Rebasar - to
exceed
Rebosar - to
overflow
Enchufar - to
plug in
Desconéctese - to
disconnect
Arañar - to
scratch
Machacar - to
crush/grind
Lamer - to
lick
Requiebro(requebrar) - compliment(to woo)
Piropo - compliment
Se niega a dimitir - refuses
to resign
Dejar ir - to
let go
Trastorno - disorder
Reto - challenge
Atemorizar - to
terrify
Enfurecer -to
enrage
Proyectar - to
project
Agudeza - (visual)
acuity
En polvo - powdered
pestañas postizas - false
eyelashes
adelgazar - to
thin
hojuela - flake
vínculo - link;
tie
cacahuetes - peanuts
nitidez - sharpness
tuitear - to
tweet
bloquear - to
block
haquear - to
hack
etapa - stage
reposo - repose/state
of rest
influjo - influence
grosor - thickness
al fin y al cabo - when
all is said and done
colirio - eyedrops/eyewash
lupa - magnifying
glass
encandilar - to
dazzle
amenza - threat
(n)
truco - trick
(n)
pleonasmo - pleonasm
adelgazar - to
thin
zarpar-to
sail
dejar a alguien plantado - to
stand someone up
marfil - ivory
abultamiento - bulge
(ie orzuelo/chalazión)
Quitarse a alguien de encima- to get rid of
somebody
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| Courtesy: D. Hromin |
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