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ahijada
SPANISH-ENGLISH
alcanzado
- favor. That way, please. ▲ around here Por ahí anda su sombrero. Your hat's somewhere around here.
|| ¿Y de ahí, qué hubo? Hello there, what's new? [C.A.] - ahijada goddaughter.
- ahijado godson.
- ahogar to choke Trató de ahogarle. He tried to choke him.
○ ahogarse to drown, to be drowned Muchos animales se ahogaron en la inundación. Many animals were drowned in the flood. ▲ to be suffocated Me ahogo en esta habitación tan pequeña y tan caliente. This room's so small and hot that I'm suffocating. - ahora now, right now Ahora voy a casa. I'm going home now. ▲ now ¿Ahora, qué piensa Ud.? Now, what do you think?
○ ahora bien now, now then Ahora bien, hay que aclarar este problema. Now then, let's get this problem cleared up. ○ ahora mismo at once, right away Hágalo ahora mismo. Do it right away. ▲ just, just now Salió ahora mismo. He just left. ○ de ahora en adelante from now on Lo haremos así de ahora en adelante. We'll do it this way from now on. ○ hasta ahora up to now, so far Hasta ahora nunca hemos tenido este problema. Up to now we've never had this problem. ○ por ahora for the present Por ahora tenemos bastante comida. We have enough food for the present. - ahorcar to hang (execute) Lo ahorcaron el mismo día. They hanged him the same day.
- ahorita right now [Am] Ahorita vamos a verle. We're going to see him right now.
- ahorrar to save ¿Cuánto dinero hemos ahorrado este mes? How much have we saved this month?
- aire [m] air El aire de esta habitación está muy cargado. The air in this room's very stuffy. ▲ wind Sopla un aire muy fuerte. There's a very strong wind blowing. ▲ look, appearance Tiene aire de millonario. He looks like a millionaire.—Tenía un aire muy cansado. He looked very tired.
○ al aire libre in the open air Pasamos tres horas al aire libre. We spent three hours in the open air. ○ tomar el aire to get some fresh air.
|| Se da aires de persona importante. He puts on airs. - aislamiento isolation.
- aislar to isolate, cut off.
- ¡aja! || ¡Aja! ¿Conque esas tenemos? So that's what's going on!
- ajedrez [m] chess.
- ajeno another's, someone else's No se meta en vidas ajenas. Don't meddle in other people's affairs.
- ajo garlic.
○ echar ajos to swear Empezó a echar ajos. He started swearing. ○ estar en el ajo to be in the know. - ajustar to tighten Tiene Ud. que ajustar esos tornillos. You have to tighten those screws. ▲ to fit Esta tapadera no ajusta. This cover doesn't fit. ▲ to agree about, decide (on) Se reunieron para ajustar las condiciones de la paz. They met to decide peace terms. ▲ to settle Vamos a ajustar las cuentas. Let's settle accounts.
- al (a + el) See a.
- ala wing; brim (of a hat).
- alabanza praise.
- alabar to praise.
- alacrán [m] scorpion.
- alambrada wire fence.
- alambre [m] wire.
- alameda mall, public walk (lined with poplars).
- álamo poplar.
- alarde [m] boast.
○ hacer alarde de to show off Levantó el baúl para hacer alarde de fuerza. He lifted the trunk to show off his strength. - alardear to boast.
- alargar to lengthen, extend Hay que alargar las mangas de este abrigo. The sleeves of this coat have to be lengthened. ▲ to hand Haga el favor de alargarme la maleta. Would you hand me the suitcase, please?
- alarma alarm.
- alba dawn.
- albañil [m] mason, bricklayer.
- albaricoque [m] apricot [Sp].
- alborotar to disturb, make noise Los niños están alborotando mucho. The children are making a lot of noise.
- alboroto disturbance, excitement; [C.A.] popcorn.
- alcachofa artichoke.
- alcalde [m] mayor.
- alcance [m] reach Estaba fuera de su alcance. It was out of his reach.
- alcancía toy bank; collection box.
- alcanzado short (of money) Siempre anda alcanzado de dinero. He's always short of money.
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