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Acaramelados – lovey dovey
Al Gato viejo, ratón tierno – old geezers like sweet young things
Amor – love
Amor a primera vista – love at first sight
Amor juvenil – puppy love
Amorío – a love affair
Anular – to annul
Adventura amorosa – a love affair
Adventura extramarital – an extramarital affair
Asaltacunas –cradle robber
Comprometerse – to become engaged
Cupidito - Cupid
Dar vuelta [...]
Agarrar con las manos en la masa – to catch red handed or with your hands in the cookie jar
Amigo de lo ajeno – a thief
Antisocial – a criminal
Arrebatamiento de bolso – a purse snatching
Asaltacasas – home invader
Asalto en casas – home invasion robbery
Asesino en serie – a serial killer
Bajo mundo – underworld
Bajonazo – [...]
This is for those of you who have have to watch the NFL in Spanish on Fox or other stations. Learning the vocabulary below will help you understand what the announcers are talking about.
abucheos – boos (noise)
acarrear – to carry a ball
acarreo – a carry
aguador - waterboy
ala abierta – split end
ala [...]
Agua pluvial or agua de lluvia – Rain water
Aguacero – a heavy rain storm
Arcoiris – rainbow
Baldazo – a lot of rain or bucketful of rain
Escampar – to clear up
Garua – a drizzle in Costa Rica
Garuar – verb to drizzle in Costa Rica
Cabeza de agua – type of flash flood
Capa or impermeable – [...]
acurrucarse – to cuddle
alimentar las pulgas – to sleep
caminar dormido – to sleepwalk
cabecear – to be nod off
conciliar el sueño – to get to sleep
consultar con la almohada – to sleep on it (decision)
dejar dormir los perros del pasado – let sleeping dogs lie
desvelar – to keep awake
dormilón – a sleepyhead
dormir [...]
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