ELELex CEFR B2

to snuff a candle (to remove any excedent portion of a candle's wick that is charred); to brighten up, to enliven, to make smart or smarter; to wake up; to pay attention, watch out; to hurry up

Verb

canoso

gray/grey, hoary (of hair)

Adjective

quietud

calm; stillness

Noun

vivaz

vivacious; animated, lively

Adjective

cabezón

big-headed; pigheaded, stubborn

Adjective

metalero

headbanger, metalhead; metalworker

Noun

alfarería

pottery workshop; pottery craft; earthenware

Noun

ordeñar

to milk (to express milk from a mammal); to milk (get the most advantage out of someone or something); to milk (extract semen)

Verb

ocultación

occultation

Noun

milanés

Milanese

Adjective

normando

Norman

Adjective

idiomático

idiomatic; language

Adjective

asestar

to aim (to direct or point a weapon); to shoot; to inflict

Verb

percha

coat hanger; coat rack; perch; physique; build (of body, especially a good one)

Noun

herrería

ironworker's shop; ironworker's workshop; ironmonger's; ironmongering

Noun

apático

apathetic

Adjective

cutis

skin (especially that of the face)

Noun

bolillo

bread roll; type of bread; Caucasian person; bobbin; musical drumstick; rolling pin

Noun

aglomerar

to cluster, agglomerate (form into a cluster)

Verb

superpotencia

superpower

Noun

parpadeo

flicker; wink

Noun

fisioterapia

physiotherapy

Noun

engullir

to wolf, gulp down; to swallow up

Verb

perilla

goatee; knob, doorknob

Noun

vorágine

whirlpool, maelstrom; extremely intense or passionate emotions or feelings; the effect, manifestation or perception of them; disorder, mess; angry crowd

Noun

virreinal

related or pertaining to the viceroy

Adjective

urdir

to scheme; to conspire; to warp (textiles)

Verb

secadora

dryer, clothes dryer (a household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion); dryer (any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity)

Noun

recelo

mistrust; aversion

Noun

toreo

tauromachy, bullfighting

Noun

engorroso

annoying; bothersome

Adjective

expatriar

to expatriate (to banish someone from his own country); to expatriate (to withdraw from one’s native country)

Verb

estreñimiento

constipation

Noun

pregonero

divulging; proclaiming

Adjective

fisonomía

appearance; physical features; physiognomy

Noun

cronómetro

stopwatch, stop clock; chronometer

Noun

colador

sieve (only the strainer kind of sifter, not the cup-shaped sifter); colander

Noun

derrotero

course (of a ship); course (of events)

Noun

parasitario

parasitic

Adjective

tintero

inkwell (container for ink used to refill a pen)

Noun

chiita

Shiite

Adjective

esguince

sprain

Noun

transgresor

transgressing

Adjective

alimaña

vermin, pest; bloodsucker, scoundrel

Noun

nudista

nudist

Adjective

evocación

evocation

Noun

pequeñez

smallness; pettiness; trifle, trivial thing

Noun

molinero

miller

Noun

poso

dregs, grounds (sediments of a drink); trace, remnant

Noun

abrasar

to burn; to parch; to squander or waste money

Verb

dandy

dandy

Noun

contragolpe

counterstroke, counterattack; counterattack

Noun

lítico

lithic; lytic

Adjective

barman

barman, bartender

Noun

acopiar

to gather; to stock, stock up; to forestall

Verb

suplicio

anguish, suffering, torment, torture; punishment

Noun

desmesurar

to shake up, mess up, disrupt

Verb

ungüento

unguent; ointment, salve

Noun

esquemático

schematic

Adjective

pulcro

clean, tidy, neat; pretty, beautiful

Adjective

súbdito

subject (citizen in a monarchy or person ruled over by another); underling, minion

Noun

imborrable

indelible, undeletable

Adjective

cochero

coachman; charioteer

Noun

pedernal

flint

Noun

paredón

thick, stone wall; wall against which people are shot by firing squad

Noun

bañista

bather

Noun

laúd

lute (a fretted stringed instrument)

Noun

anegar

to inundate, to flood; to drown

Verb

alisar

to smooth, flatten; to straighten (hair)

Verb

autoservicio

self-service

Noun

liguero

league

Adjective

bamba

hit, strike (in a game); a Latin American dance; sneaker; flip-flop, thong, jandal

Noun

flexionar

to bend (knees, legs); to flex (muscles)

Verb

revolotear

to fly around

Verb

contraprestación

remuneration

Noun

pillaje

pillage

Noun

loft

studio apartment; living space that combines multiple rooms into one

Noun

grill

grill

Noun

cárnico

meat (related to meat as food)

Adjective

desván

loft, attic

Noun

afincar

to take up residence, settle

Verb

estipulación

stipulation, clause

Noun

edulcorante

sweetener, sugar substitute

Noun

mediocampo

midfield

Noun

báltico

Baltic

Adjective

constatación

checking, verification

Noun

descortés

impolite, discourteous

Adjective

tirano

tyrant

Noun

amígdala

tonsil (lymphoid organ); amygdala (brain region)

Noun

paradisíaco

heavenly, paradisiac

Adjective

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