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| stop; synonym: parada, standard term for stop in Spain and most of Spanish America when referring to public ground transportation |
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| stop, whereabouts; common in colloquial Spanish to indicate location of person or things |
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| to end up; verbal equivalent to paradero |
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| stop, scale; a scale for measurement (such as a thermometer) or a stop when referring to air or sea transportation, most often used with hacer |
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| to stop at (in), to call at |
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| to cross; standard, to go from one side of something to another (synonym in this sense; atravesar) |
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| to cross, to penetrate, to go through/to pass through; go through something material or intangible |
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| crossl crossing, crossroads/intersection; also mixing of different breeds of animals or plants |
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| the cross; refers to a structure made of lines or bars that intersect at right angles |
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| story, floor, level, apartment; Spanish America: most common= floor, Spain shares the meaning, but also uses for apartment or flat |
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| (3) apartamento/departamento |
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| apartment; used in Spanish America |
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| story, floor; when referring to the number of levels in a building or to a single floor in architectual terms |
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| floor, soil; finished, inside floor of a building |
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| dwelling, housing; occasionally used to indicate individual housing |
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| to throw, toss, hurl; intensive, revealing violence, emotion, or impulsiveness |
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| to throw, to throw out (away); to throw away something no longer wanted or useful, or with the intent of doing damage |
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| to throw, toss, to put, to fire; in addition to throw may also indicate a much gentler putting or tossing OR can mean evicting, similar to despedir - to fire or dismiss |
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| (Sp. Am. colloquial) to throw out (away), to fire, to bounce; |
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| to miss; standard in Spain |
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| to long for, to miss; literary synonym, connotes a feeling of nostalgia |
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| to miss; in the sense of not arriving on time or failing to understand |
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| to be stark-naked; colloquial |
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| nude, bare; lacks "des" prefix, and is less common, more literary than desnudo |
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| (6) el nudista (desnudista) |
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| nudist; nudista is more common |
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| (6) desnudarse (desvestirse) |
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| to undress, get undressed, take off one's clothes; desnudarse more common |
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| to take an exam; Spanish America, not Spain |
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| to take an exam; in Spain, not necessarily to suffer but an equivalent to "tener un examen" |
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| to take an (the exam); "de" introduces the subject matter of the test |
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| (7) aprobar (pasar) un examen |
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| to fail; (+ a personal direct object)...it/they failed me, for example |
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| to choose, select; (synonym: elegir) escoger has broader range of meaning |
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| to opt for, choose; choice or preference expressed as a decision |
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| to choose, elect, select; (synonym: escoger, which has broader meaning), elegir indicates expressing a clear prefernce for one of a relatively small number of persons or things under consideration |
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| to select; implies care and comparison in chossing the most suitable from a large group |
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| to leave, to go away; (synonym: irse) marcharse more common in Spanish America, destination not mentioned or implied |
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| to leave, to go out; to exit |
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| to leave, abandon; (more common synonym: dejar) |
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| to leave, go away; (synonym: marcharse) destination not mentioned or implied |
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| to leave (behind); (more literary synonym abandonar ) |
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| filthy; comes from "pig", regional/social preference |
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| filthy; comes from "pig", regional/social preference |
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| disgusting, filthy; regional/social preference |
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| dirty, filthy; regional/social preference |
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| unclean, filthy, dirty; regional/social preference |
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| filthy, greasy; regional/social preference |
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| smooth, soft, gentle; to the tough, does not have rough surface, used to describe what is pleasing to the senses (soft) |
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| soft; that which is not hard and yields easily to pressure |
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| soft; synonym of blando, but suggests physical comfort or ease |
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| soft; synonym of blando, but suggests physical/circumstancial comfort or ease |
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| (12) romper a + infinitive |
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| to start + gerund; replaces empezar/comenzar + infinitive to indicate the suddeness with which an action begins |
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| (12) echar(s) a + infinitive |
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| to start + gerund; used with verbs of motion |
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| (12) empezar a + infinitve |
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| to start or to begin + infinitive; used in all circumstances, lacks special emphasis of synonyms |
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| (12) comenzar a + infinitve |
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| to start or to begin + infinitive; used in all circumstances, lacks special emphasis of synonyms |
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| (13) disfrutar a sus anchas |
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| to enjoy freely, have a good time; implies to be unincumbered |
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| to enjoy; sometimes "de" before th noun is omitted, preferred when is indicated "to have use of or benefit from something" (priveleges, advantages, comforts) |
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| to enjoy; sometimes "de" before th noun is omitted, preferred when subject experiences a real joy or pleasure from something |
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| to pray; standard, often indicates aloud |
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| to pray, orate; formal, literary, aloud or silently |
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| prayer; less commong than "oración" |
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| to say a prayer; more common that "rezo" |
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| prayer; to which a special request or favor is sought |
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| cake; similar to sponge or pound |
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| pastry, pie (Sp. Am.); generally large, small if in plural (similar to cream puffs, fruit tarts, eclairs, or petits fours), also to pastries with meat, fish, or vegetable filling |
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| cake, pie; in Spain, standard for cake of one or more layers, also used to refer to fruit pies |
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