el simulacro = simulation, practice run, drill [as in âthis is not a drillâ], âmockâ [as in âmock examâ or âmock trialâ]
quedarse con los brazos cruzados = âto sit/stand around doing nothingâ, âto twiddle oneâs thumbsâ [lit. âto stand/remain with arms crossedâ; used in the sense of âto do nothingâ or âto stand idly byâ]
el legado = legacy / inheritance [what someone âbequeathsâ in a will]
el legado, la legada = delegate, representative
atroz = awful, atrocious, heinous
sorprendente = surprising
sorprendentemente = surprisingly
el hada, las hadas = fairy, fairies
(el) Hada Madrina = Fairy Godmother
temerario/a = reckless, rash
la queja = complaint, protest
el descuido = carelessness / an oversight, a misunderstanding, a mistake made by not paying attention
la rata = rat
el ratĂłn = mouse [both the animal or the computer mouse]
Ratoncito PĂ©rez = the Tooth Fairy [itâs a mouse that takes the teeth in Spanish, but you will see hada de los dientes âTooth Fairyâ used for English stories]Â
el crepĂșsculo = twilight
el cuidado = care, attentiveness
ÂĄCuidado! = Watch out!, Look out!, Be careful! / Careful!
tener cuidado = to be careful, to take care (in doing something)
el caos = chaos / a mess
ser un caos = to be a mess / to be filthy, to be a pigsty, to be messy
sigiloso/a = sneaky, stealthy
sigilosamente = stealthily
el cristal = crystal / glass [the âglassâ part of windows, glasses, clocks, display cases, binoculars, watches etc.]
el invitado, la invitada = guest, someone who was invited
el asesinato = murder / assassination
pillar = to catch [used in the sense of âto catchâ someone in a game of tag, or âto apprehendâ, or âto catch someone in the act / to catch someone red-handedâ ⊠it also means âto catch someoneâs drift / to understand what someoneâs sayingâ]
engatusar = to sweet-talk, to trick (with nice words/kindness), to beguile
mortal = deadly, lethal
el/la mortal = mortal, someone who will die some day, not immortal
caluroso/a = sweltering / someone sensitive to hot weather
friolento/a = someone sensitive to cold weather [regionally the word is friolero/a but same idea]
descarado/a = shameless, cheeky, insolent
divagar = to digress, to ramble, to talk on and on
la risa = laughter
la sonrisa = a smile
el pez gordo = bigwig, âbig cheeseâ, important person, VIP [lit. âfat fishâ]
el avispero = waspâs nest / âhornetâs nestâ, âtroubleâ
por doquier = âall over the placeâ, âevery which wayâ, âright left and sidewaysâ [a shortened form of por dondequiera which is something like âall overâ, or âover whereverâ literally]
hacer un simpa = âto dine and dashâ [lit. simpa is a shortened form of sin pagar âwithout payingâ, so it generally refers to eating out and not paying the bill]
a diferencia de = unlike, as opposed to, in/by contrast
ocultar = to hide, to conceal
el andĂ©n = platform (usually said of âtrain/subway platformsâ)
el polvo = dust
estar hecho/a polvo = to be exhausted, to be wiped out, to be very tired [Spain; lit. âto be turned to dustâ]
el topo = mole [both the animal and the sense of âspyâ]
la frialdad = coldness, frigidity, lack of warmth / coldness, indifference
a quien corresponda =Â âto whom it concernsâ
la centinela = sentinel, lookout, watchman/guard
volador(a) = flying, capable of flight
el OVNI [el objeto volador no identificado] = UFO [unidentified flying object]
el olvido = oblivion, obscurity
el soborno = bribe / bribery
cariñoso/a = affectionate, caring
sano/a y salvo/a = safe and sound [lit. âhealthy and safeâ]
(el) terreno pantanoso = âthin iceâ [lit. âswampy groundâ, used in the sense of a risky or thorny subject]
pisar terreno pantanoso = âto be on thin iceâ [can also be used as a command or in subjunctive to give the meaning of âtread carefullyâ or âwatch what you sayâ]
mĂĄs a gusto que un arbusto / mĂĄs agusto que un arbusto = âsnug as a bug in a rugâ [lit. âmore comfortable than a shrubâ, but itâs done for rhyme; sometimes it means something more like âvery happyâ or âright at homeâ]
colar = to strain, to sieve / to leak (information)
colarse = to seep through, to leak out / to crash (a party), to sneak in, to enter without an invitation
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