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Conversational Spanish 4
Exam 4
47
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
12/19/2007

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Term
el acontecimiento
Definition
event
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el alboroto
Definition
commotion, racket, stir
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alcanzar
Definition
to attain, reach
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aprovechar
Definition
to take advantage, make good use of
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atragantarse
Definition
to choke
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el/la consejero/a
Definition
advisor
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la exigencia
Definition
demand
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levantar
Definition
to raise, lift, cause
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la picardía
Definition
craftiness, wiliness
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tal
Definition
such
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la ventaja
Definition
advantage
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pretender
Definition
to intend, try
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fingir
Definition
to pretend, feign, fake
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el orden
Definition
order = disposition of things, succession, sequence
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la orden
Definition

order = command, mandate

 

religious order 

Term
el chiste
Definition
joke = a funny story
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la broma
Definition
a practical joke, trick, prank
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gastar bromas
Definition
to play practical jokes
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arremetió contra
Definition
criticó
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revuelo
Definition
alboroto = commotion, stir
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matizaciones
Definition
aclaraciones = clarification (of a statement)
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gestores
Definition
creadores = facilitators, managers
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se abatió
Definition
cayó = fell
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se atrincheró
Definition
se defendió
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los yugos y las flechas
Definition
las acusaciones
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al mandatario autonómico
Definition
al presidente de la junta
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recabar
Definition
ganar
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menesteres
Definition
tareas = tasks, jobs
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ideólogos en nómina

 

Definition
intellectuals on the payroll
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se soliviantaron
Definition
se rebelaron = to rebel
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dimisiones
Definition
resignations
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aportaciones
Definition
contribuciones
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se arma
Definition
se causa
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turrón y mazapanes
Definition
dulces típicos navideños
Term
las campanadas y las uvas
Definition
bell strokes and (the eating of) grapes
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consistorio
Definition
ayuntamiento = town hall
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advenimiento
Definition
llegada
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cava
Definition
champán
Term
centralitas
Definition
switchboards
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mancillar
Definition
ensuciar = to sully, to besmirch
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se atascaba con
Definition
se atragantaba con = to become obstructed, to choke
Term
sonotone
Definition
auricular = telephone receiver
Term
conferencia episcopal
Definition
la Iglesia católica
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mariana
Definition
en la Virgen Maria
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empeñada
Definition
prometida = determined, commited
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acierto
Definition
shrewd decision
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sucursal
Definition
branch
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