Spanish Ch. 3 Lexico
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- el (la) comercieante
- merchant, shopkeeper
- el hombre de negocios
- businessman
- el negociante
- businessman; may be negative and imply greediness or lack of integrity
- el empresario (a)
- businessman at the ownership of managerial level of a substantial or important enterprise
- el mercader
- sellers or peddlers of inexpensive merchandise
- el traficante
- dealer, trader of shady goods
- tendero
- shopkeeper
- fábrica
- factory
- el bandido
- bandit
- el ladron
- thief, robber
- el ratero, carterista
- pickpocket, stealer of carteras (wallets)
- el crimen
- heavy handed crime; murder
- el delito
- crime of a less serious nature
- el delincuente
- criminal, delinquent
- el atraco
- armed robbery, holdup
- atracar
- to hold up, rob
- el robo
- robbery, theft
- robar
- to burglarize
- el asalto
- mugging, attack
- asaltar
- to mug, attack, assualt
- el hurto
- theft, thievery of less valuable goods usually stealthily
- hurtar
- to steal, swipe, filch
- vecino
- neighbor
- el anillo
- ring
- el anillA
- ring of larger size with practical function
- la sortija
- ring of more elaborate design
- el aro
- large metal ring or hoop
- la argolla
- ring which things or animals are tied down to with rope
- el discipulo
- disciple, pupil, student
- el condiscipulo
- fellow student
- el alumno
- pupil (at a school) student (at at university)
- el (la) escolar
- schoolboy (schoolgirl)
- el colegial
- schoolboy (middle or high school)
- asolar
- to devastate, destroy, level
- arrasar
- to demolish, destroy, raze
- aniquilar
- to annihilate, destroy
- destruir
- to destroy
- destrozar
- to destroy, into small useless pieces
- la silla de ruedas
- wheelchair
- la silla
- chair, saddle
- el sillín
- seat (of a bicycle)
- la butaca
- chair with arms and soft seat: armchair, easy chair, seat (in theatre, etc.)
- el sillon
- easy chair, armchair
- el asiento
- specific part of chair or bench where you rest your buns
- gobernar
- to run, manage; to govern
- regir
- to rule, govern, manage, control
- dirigir
- to direct, manage, run (more specific things)
- administrar
- to administrate, manage, run
- el acto
- act, action
- el hecho
- deed, or act
- la accion
- act, deed, action (preferred when ethical judgment used)
- el acta(s)
- (official) report; proceedings, minutes
- pasar
- to spend, to pass, go by
- transcurrir
- to pass, go by
- mediar
- to elapse; to pass; to intervene (time between to specific events)
- correr
- to run; to go by (quickly)
- la cualidad
- quality, trait
- la caracteristica
- characteristic, quality
- el atributo
- attribute, characteristic, trait
- el rasgo
- physical feature, trait
- la calidad
- quality
- la cantidad
- quantity
- carecer de
- to lack
- faltar
- to lack, not to have
- necesitar
- to need
- no tener
- not to have, to lack
- escasear
- to be scarce, be in meager supply
- puntual
- punctual; precise; detailed, reliable
- puntualizar
- to specify; to detail
- informal
- unreliable, untrustworthy; imprecise
- renunciar (a)
- to resign, quit (something specified)
- la renuncia
- resignation
- dimitir
- to resign a formal job
- la dimision
- resignation
- dejar (abandonar)
- to quit, leave
- resignarse
- to resign oneself to
- la mordida
- bribe
- el soborno
- bribe(ry)
- el cohecho
- bribe(ry) to public official or judge
- tapar la boca
- buy someone's silence by covering their mouth with money
- sobornar
- to bribe
- cohechar
- to bribe