emprender = to undertake, to take on, to start, to launch
[this is also the verb for “to take action” emprender acciones or “to take legal action”]
fomentar = to encourage, to endorse / to promote (tourism) / to incite (riots)
soportar = to put up with, to bear, to put up with
aguantar = to hold on, to resist, to put up with, to not give up, to stay strong
apretar = to squeeze, to be tight
ajustar = to adjust, to adapt, to come to terms with / to tighten, to make something fit
martillar, martillear = to hammer, to strike with a hammer, to pound / to hammer into, to drum in, to learn by repetition, to do something over and over again until it sticks
juntar = to gather together, to join
juntarse = to meet up, to hang out
acodar(se) = to bend, to lean on / to put one’s elbows on something, to support oneself with their elbows, to lean on with the elbows
encajar = to fit together / to fit in / to fit, to make sense, to seem right [saying no encaja for example would be like “it doesn’t seem right” or “something seems off]
disputar = to dispute, to fight over / to compete, to contend
proseguir = to continue forward, to persist, to go ahead with
forcejear (con algo/alguien) = to struggle (with), to grapple (with)
[usually in the sense of something like “internal demons”, that kind of struggle]
rebosar = to overflow, to spill over / to be bursting with, to ooze
tallar = to carve, to sculpt, to engrave, to etch
saltar = to jump, to leap, to spring
saltarse = to skip out on, to skip over [in some countries you hear brincar which is the same idea, just literally “to leap”]
agachar(se) = to crouch, to crouch down, to duck / to incline, to bend
desengañarse = to wise up, to see things as they really are / to disillusion, to become disappointed, to burst someone’s bubble
acostumbrarse = to get used to, to become accustomed to
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