verb

to choose not to do something

verb

to make impure

verb

to provide supporting evidence

verb

to dry out thoroughly

verb

to produce, cause or bring about

practical as opposed to idealistic

Anca is more pragmatic than Javier.

correct behavior: obedience to rules and customs

(Proper propety se porta bien)

verb

to sway physically, to be indecisive

verb

to speak in favor of

a powerful river, a usually unconquerable opponent

The nemesis Nile couldn't be beaten

verb

to support: to prop up

an outcast

A pirana is a pariah of the fish world. No one likes him.

abundance, excessive amount

(There is a surfeit of sulfur in Valle Hermoso.)

false, fake, not genuine

Those spurs are spurious, not gold.

wasteful, reckless with money

Pedro's prodigal with pesos

a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

(desagradable sonido)

speech in praise of someone

YOU logy! YOU rock!

showing innocence or childlike simplicity

sincere, naive, free from reserve

a person who dislikes others

Miss Anthropology hates everyone who doesn't shop there

hardened in feeling: resistant to persuasion

Javier is obdurated when I talk to him.

excessive showiness

an interval of rest, a temporary delay

Respira, necesito un rest

to lie or deviate from the truth

pretty verdad, deviate from verdad

to respect deeply

talkative

Loca talks all the time

someone who shows off learning

a person who makes an inappropiate display of learning