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- la oficina
- place where clerical or business activities are conducted by several or more persons
- el despacho
- the private office of a single person at home or away from home
- la dirección
- the administrative office of an institution or organization with a director
- el bufete
- lawyer's office
- la redacción
- newspaper office
- el consultorio
- place where several doctors work
- la consulta
- doctor's office, physician's private office
- la clínica dental
- dentist's office
- angosto
- narrow
- estrecho
- narrow (spain)
- matar
- to kill
- asesinar
- murder, kill someone intentionally, assassinate
- rematar
- to conlcude or finish killing a seriously injured or dying person or animal
- eliminar
- implies a criminal rubbing or wiping out of someone
- ejecutar
- to execute, suggests capital punishment after some kind of trial or judgment
- el ropero
- clothes closet or small room for storing clothes (sp america)
- la alacena
- cupboard or closet set in a wall
- el armario
- standard word used for closet in spain
- el guardarropa
- public checkroom
- amanecer
- to dawn
- anochecer
- to grow dark
- atardecer
- to draw towards evening, to happen late in the afternoon
- colgar
- to hang (picture, phone, coll. flunk, fail)
- ahorcar
- hang by the neck in order to execute or kill someone
- tender
- to spread or stretch something out, hang as in to hang clothes dry
- pender
- to hang when something is suspended and hangs freely from a higher position
- caminar/andar
- to walk
- ir a pie
- replaces caminar/andar to emphasize that the mode of locomotion is on foot rather than some other
- pasear
- indicates recreational walking
- callejear/deambular
- to wander, aimless walking in the streets
- responder/contestar
- to answer, respond, reply, contestar more commonly used
- replicar
- to answer in the sense of talking back to someone
- objetar, contradecir, rebatir
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all indicate some degree of opposition in the response to what has been said
object, contradict, refute - amar
- to love, when object of love is idealized or abstract in nature, or when indicates a sexual relationship
- querer
- to want, coll. love
- enamorarse de
- to fall in love with
- adorar
- indicates the highest degree of love, adore, worship
- encantar, fascinar, entusiasmar
- love in the sense of a strong liking or enthusiasm for something, used with indirect object
- la cáscara
- refers to the shell of shrimp, nuts, eggs, etc, and to the rind of thick-skinned fruits
- el caparazón
- thick shell of certain crustaceans like crabs and lobsters
- la corteza
- thick outer covering of things such as trees, cheese, or bread
- la piel
- natural skin of a fruit or vegetable
- lan mondadura/peladura
- peeling removed from fruit or vegetable
- descascarillar
- to shell most kinds of nuts
- cascar
- indicates the breaking of eggshells or the cracking of nutshells
- pelar
- indicates the pelling of fruit with the hands
- mondar
- indicates the peeling of fruit with use of instrument
- soportar
- renders to ensure or to suffer through something
- mantener
- support in the sense of maintain
- apoyar
- support in the sense of propping or backing up something or someone
- aguantar/resistir
- to ensure, withstand, resistir is preferred when energetic opposition to something is stressed
- sobrellevar
- indicates the patient endurance of a burden, difficult situation, or circumstance
- viejo
- old, sometimes a disparaging attitude, long-standing
- anciano
- old, elderly, indicates respect
- mayor
- old, older, oldest
- vetusto
- extremely old or antiquated, suggests decaying or crumbling
- rancio
- rancid, old to indicate that which is related to tradition, customs, ancestry, positive connotation with relation to wine, ham, and bacon
- antiguo
- ancient, old, former
- la ira
- very strong anger accompanied by some loss of self-control
- el enojo/enfado
- anger, enfado is a lesser degree/annoyance
- la rabia
- intense, often explosive anger
- sacar de quicio
- to exasperate, drive crazy, unhinge
- la parada
- stop
- el paradero
- whereabouts, stop
- ir a parar
- to end up
- la escala
- scale for measurement, stop when referring to air or sea transportation
- hacer escala
- to stop at
- cruzar
- standard word for cross
- atravesar
- cross, idea of penetrating or passing through something whether material or intangible, to go through, pass through
- el cruce
- crossroad, intersection, cross of breeds of animals or plants
- la cruz
- cross when referring to a strcuture made of lines or bars intersecting at right angles
- arrojar
- to throw, hurl, indicates an intensive type of action revealing violence, emotion, or impulsiveness
- tirar
- to throw away something no longer wanted or useful, also indicate to throw something with the intent of doing some damage
- echar
- to throw, may indicate a much gentler putting or tossing of something, also to throw out in the sense of evicting, synonym of despedir-fire or dismiss
- lanzar
- suggests the idea of throwing something a certain distance
- botar
- to throw away, fire or evict someone, to bounce
- extrañar
- to miss, surprise
- echar de menos
- to miss
- añorar
- miss, connotes a certain feeling of nostalgia
- perder
- to miss in the sense of not arriving on time or failing to understand
- desnudo
- naked, nude
- estar en cueros
- to be stark-naked
- descalzo
- barefoot
- nudo
- bare,nude
- el nudista
- nudist
- desnudarse, desvestirse
- undress
- levantar
- physically moving something from a lower to a higher position
- alzar
- raise, lift
- elevar
- raise, lift, frequenty used in the language of mechanics and physics
- izar
- raise when object such as a flag, banner, or sail is raised
- erguir
- lift or raise something, often the body or part of the body to an upright or erect position
- el asombro
- astonishment, amazement
- asombrar
- to astonish, amaze
- pasmar
- indicates an intense state of amazement or astonishment, implies being left stunned, speechless, or unable to react
- maravillar
- indicates a positive reaction of awe or wonderment to something beautiful or admirable
- aparecer
- to appear, come into sight
- comparecer
- to appear before some legal body or judicial board
- asomarse a
- to appear at or to be at some opening for the purpose of looking in or looking out
- morir
- to die, use of reflexive pronoun indicates a greater emotional involvement on the part of the speaker
- fallecer
- to die, decease, used in careful respective speech when referring to the dead
- perecer
- to die, perish, indicates to die in a violent or untimely manner
- expirar
- to expire, die, focusing on the very last moments of life
- estirar la pata
- kick the bucket