Vocabulary
decir
to say, to tell, to name, to mention; to pronounce, sound out; to say, opine; to say (of writing); to show; to demonstrate; to call; to be said (passive voice structure); it is said; to declare
Verb
llamar
to summon, to call; to call (on the telephone); to knock (on a door); to ring (a doorbell); to refer to, to call; to appeal; to attract; to be called
Verb
pedir
to ask for something; to request someone else to do something; to order something; to order; to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor); to plead
Verb
paso
step, footstep; pace (rough distance of a brisk stride); paso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m); step (in a set of instructions); way, passage; pitch (of a helix or screw thread); pass, col; float (in religious parades, carried on the backs of a group of people called costaleros)
Noun
natural
natural (of or relating to nature); native; indigenous; natural, plain (without artificial additives); natural (as expected; reasonable); Said about the lord that he has vassals, or that by his lineage, he has a right to lordship, even though he was not of the land.; being a calendar day; natural (neither sharp nor flat); illegitimate (born to unmarried parents); room-temperature (neither heated nor chilled); Said about the pass of the red flag with the left hand without the sword; …
Adjective
carrera
race; run (act of running); run; college degree, major, main course of study; career; run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled); journey, fare (of a taxi); path (of a moving object), trajectory; avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa)
Noun
lengua
tongue (organ); language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication); Spanish (subject taught in schools)
Noun
cortar
to cut; to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut down, cut up, to nip; to chop, chop up, chop off; to slice, to slit; to mow; to slash, to hack; to carve, to engrave; to hang up, to terminate a telephone call; to stop an action; to shut off; …
Verb
exigir
to demand; to require; to call for; to exact; to hold (e.g., accountable); to be required, to be demanded
Verb
eh
hey! (used to call, draw attention, warn or reprehend); uh, um (space filler in a conversation, expression of hesitation or pause in speech); huh? (expresses confusion); okay? (asking for confirmation); eh? huh? right? (tag question)
Interjection
testigo
witness (someone who sees something); witness (one who is called upon to witness an event or action); baton; control
Noun
quemar
to burn; to scorch, to sear; to tan; to be very hot; to freeze; to be very cold; to burn (e.g. a CD); to wear out, overuse (a meme, a phrase, a song, a joke, etc); to call out, expose; to lose an election
Verb
cancelar
to cancel, call off; to cancel (a person deemed unacceptable); to forget about; to scrap; to liquidate (a debt); to pay
Verb
recurrir
to resort to; to appeal to; to turn to; to call on (to request or ask something of a person); to appeal
Verb
desviar
to divert, to distract, to shift, to sidetrack; to deflect; to derail (e.g. a movement, a process); to bypass, to reroute, to redirect; to siphon, to siphon off (e.g. money, funds); to forward (a phone call); to avert (e.g. one's eyes or gaze); to change (e.g. the subject, the course, the conversation); to shunt; to shunt (i.e. move aside); …
Verb
desafiar
to challenge (in a competition); to defy, to challenge (e.g. parents, a leader, the status quo); to brave; to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
Verb
retar
to defy, challenge; to dare; to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose); to scold, reprimand
Verb
pinchar
to puncture, prick, pierce; to poke; to sting; to click; to flirt; to get flirted; to deejay, DJ; to tap someone's phone (call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make the receiver call back); putting some tool for hearing in secret private conversation by phone; eavesdropping; to slip up (fail); …
Verb
quinta
villa; country home; call-up (to the army); group of people who are the same age; cohort; straight flush (in some games)
Noun
petar
to explode, blow up, let off, set off; to fill up; cram; be packed; to crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable); to rule, to kill it, to rock; to please, gratify, content; to spam, to flood (with messages, questions, calls, etc.); to hit the floor, to knock on the door; to succeed
Verb
expedientar
to bring to book, call to account, bring to justice; to take disciplinary measures against
Verb
callejero
street map, city map; wanderer (within the city or town, often for binge or partying and other unproductive activities); a person who often goes out for unproductive activities; stray (animal living in the streets)
Noun
callejonear
to go through alleys, usually to get to the destination faster or to avoid wider streets
Verb
calle sin salida
blind alley, dead-end street, cul-de-sac, impasse (road with no exit); impasse (deadlock or stalemate situation)
Noun