Words 9501–9600
9502expedientar
to bring to book, call to account, bring to justice; to take disciplinary measures against
Verb
9509maría
magpie (bird); Former coin of Spain in the 17th century, equivalent to 12 reales de vellón; Marie biscuit; doss subject (UK); gut course (US, in college); housewife; uncultured woman; Indian immigrant from the countryside to Mexico City
Noun
9510obstaculizar
to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with
Verb
9516manía
mania, bad habit, obsession; mania (violent derangement); mania (craze, something popular at the time); dislike; foible, quirk (unusual habit or way)
Noun
9540jura
oath, swearing; the police institution, especially the military police before the 1992 Peace Accords
Noun
9560atajar
to catch (something thrown); to stop; to put an end to; to block; to intercept; to take a short cut; to tackle (deal with attempting to overcome a problem)
Verb
9561discurrir
to flow, pass; to go, travel, pass; to reason, think; to invent; to infer; to elapse
Verb
9576palomita
(piece of) popcorn; popcorn; check mark, tick; Codonorchis lessonii; diving header; penis
Noun
9585alucinante
hallucinatory, hallucinating; amazing, awesome, brilliant; mind-bending, mind-boggling, mind-blowing
Adjective
9588emborrachar
to intoxicate, inebriate (with alcohol); to soak, steep (a cake with a liquid); to get drunk
Verb
9591blanquear
to bleach; to whiten; to turn white; to whitewash; to win without allowing rival to get points
Verb
9594sofocar
to suffocate, to stifle, to smother; to quell, to suppress, to put down, to crush, to quash, to squelch
Verb
9595bancada
legislators (in a Parliament, a group of legislators from the same party, or the corresponding seats)
Noun
9600calvario
calvary; ordeal; area outside of a settlement abundant in crosses; debt chart, spreadsheet; skullcap; ossuary
Noun