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periodista
SPANISH-ENGLISH
pésimo
- periodista [m, f] journalist, newspaperman, newspaperwoman.
- período period, term.
- perito [adj; n] expert.
- perjudicar to damage, hurt, injure.
- perjudicial harmful, injurious.
- perjuicio prejudice; damage, injury, harm; financial loss.
- perla pearl.
○ ser una perla to be a jewel Esa criada es una perla. That maid's a jewel. - permanecer [-zc-] to stay, remain.
- permanente [adj] permanent. ▲ [f] permanent (wave).
- permiso permission, license, permit.
|| Con permiso (lit., with your permission) If you don't mind. or Excuse me, please. - permitir to permit, allow.
- pero [conj] but La ciudad es grande, pero no es muy hermosa. The city's large but it's not very attractive. ▲ [m] shortcoming, defect.
○ no tener pero(s) to be faultless or flawless Ese trabajo no tiene peros. That work's flawless. ○ poner pero(s) to find fault, object A este trabajo no se le puede poner ningún pero. You can't find fault with this job.
|| ¡No hay pero que valga! No buts about it! - perra female dog, bitch, slut.
- perro dog.
- persecución [f] persecution; pursuit.
- perseguir [rad-ch III] to pursue Persiguieron a los fugitivos. They pursued the fugitives. ▲ to aim at ¿Qué fin persigue Ud.? What are you aiming at?
- perseverancia perseverance.
- persona person.
- personaje [m] personage, big shot Debe ser un personaje. He must be an important person. ▲ character (in a play) El personaje principal es un viejo. The main character's an old man.
- personal [adj] personal Esos son asuntos personales. Those are personal matters. ▲ [m] personnel Vaya Ud. a la oficina de personal. Go to the personnel office.
○ cuestión personal personal quarrel Tuve una cuestión personal con él. I had a personal quarrel with him. - personalidad [f] personality, prominent person A la fiesta concurrieron muchas personalidades. Many prominent people attended the party.
- persuadir to persuade, convince Le persuadió a que se quesdasen. He persuaded them to stay.
- pertenecer [-zc-] to pertain to, concern. ▲ to belong to Este dinero no nos pertenece. This money doesn't belong to us.
- perturbar to perturb, disturb.
- perverso perverse, wicked.
- pesa weight (object).
- pesadez [f] boringness, dullness. ▲ persistence La pesadez de ese hombre me molesta. The persistence of that man annoys me.
- pesadilla nightmare.
- pesado (see pesar) heavy Esta maleta es muy pesada. This suitcase is very heavy. ▲ boring, dull, tiresome; persistent Es uno de esos tipos pesados. He's one of those boring people. ▲ sultry (of weather) ¡Qué tiempo tan pesado! What sultry weather! ▲ sound (of sleep) Tenía un sueño muy pesado. She slept soundly. ▲ stuffy En esta habitación hay una atmósfera muy pesada. The air in this room's very stuffy.
- pesar to weigh Esta carta pesa demasiado. This letter weighs too much. ▲ to be weighty, important, count Su opinión pesa mucho. Your opinion counts a lot.
○ pesarle a uno to regret, be sorry for No me pesa haberlo dicho. I don't regret having said it. ○ pesarse to weigh oneself, get weighed Es aconsejable pesarse a menudo. It's advisable to get weighed frequently. - pesar [m] sorrow, remorse Su muerte causó gran pesar. His death caused great sorrow.
○ a pesar de in spite of A pesar de todo, lo haremos. In spite of everything, we'll do it. ○ tener pesar to be sorry Tengo gran pesar por lo que hice. I'm very sorry for what I did. - pesca fishing La pesca es un deporte agradable. Fishing's a pleasant sport. ▲ catch (of fish) Fué una gran pesca. It was a big catch.
○ ir de pesca to go fishing. - pescado fish (caught).
- pescador [m] fisherman.
- pescar to fish ¿Le gusta a Ud. pescar? Do you like fishing? ▲ to catch, get, "hook" Ha pescado un buen marido. She hooked a good husband.
- peseta peseta (monetary unit of Spain).
- pesimista [adj] pessimistic. ▲ [n] pessimist.
- pésimo [adj] the very worst.
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