Capitulo 6

Question 1

Adjective
thick, dense (compact)
tiresome (annoying) (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela)

Answer 1

espeso

Question 2

Adjective
hidden, secret (concealed)
occult (mystical)
mysterious (enigmatic)

Answer 2

oculto

Question 3

to startle, frighten, give a start (to scare suddenly)

to start, be startled, jump (to get scared suddenly)

Answer 3

sobresaltar

sobresaltarse

Question 4

Adjective
glued, stuck (adhered)
adjacent to
stunned (surprised) (Spain)
fried, electrocuted (colloquial) (injured or killed with electricity)

the plaster, band-aid (medicine)

Answer 4

pagado

el pegado

Question 5

to take (to spend time)
to take too long (to take too much time)
to be long (to be a while)

to be too long, take a long time (to take too much time)
(Latin America)

Answer 5

tardar

tardarse

Question 6

the forehead (anatomy)

the front (the part in front) (meteorology) (military)

Preposition
opposite (in front of)
against (compared to)

Answer 6

la frente

el frente

frente

Question 7

to roar, bellow (to cry)
to roar, bellow, rumble (to make loud noise)

the roar of an animal (cry of an animal)
the roar, the roaring, howling (loud noise)
the rumble of a stomach (anatomy)

Answer 7

rugir

el rugido

Question 8

to knock down, knock over, kick down, demolish (to topple)
to cut down, fell (to chop down a tree) (Latin America)
to waste, bump off, do in (colloquial) (to kill) (Colombia)
to fail, flunk (colloquial) (education)
(Spain)

to lie down, stretch out (to recline)

Answer 8

tumbar

tumbarse

Question 9

to resound, boom, echo, thunder, roll as in thunder (to reverberate)

Answer 9

retumbar

Question 10

the swipe (the swat)
the blow (figurative) (misfortune)

Answer 10

el zarpaso

Question 11

to sharpen (to hone)
to date (colloquial) (to woo) (Southern Cone)
to fuck, screw (vulgar) (to have sex with)(Chile)

Adjective
sharp (cutting)
pointed (edged)
cutting, sharp (hurtful)

the act of making sharp (act of making sharp)

Answer 11

afilar

afilado

el afilado

Question 12

the claw, talon (of an animal)
the hand, paw (anatomy)
the spirit

the clutches (power)
the rags (ugly clothing) (Mexico)

Answer 12

la garra

las garras

Question 13

to strike, smack (to strike)
to hit, hit in the face (figurative) (to shock)

Answer 13

abofetear

Question 14

to dare (to have the courage) (to be insolent)

Answer 14

atrever

Question 15

to embarrass (to humiliate)
to shame (to dishonor)

to be embarrased (to feel remorse)

Adjective
ashamed, embarrased (feeling shame)

Answer 15

avergonzar

avergonzarse

avergonzado/a

Question 16

to rub, scrub (to apply friction)

to rub (to massage oneself)
to jerk off, wank (to masturbate)

Answer 16

frotar

frotarse

Question 17

to try, attempt (to make an effort to do something)

Answer 17

intentar

Question 18

the coward (person who lacks courage)

Adjective
cowardly, timid (faint-hearted)

Answer 18

el cobarde

cobarde

Question 19

to lower, bend, bow, hang, duck (to move down)

to crouch down, bend down, squat (to lower oneself)
to submit (to give in)

Answer 19

agachar

agacharse

Question 20

to pat, slap (to give a slap)
to clap (to applaud)

Answer 20

palmear

Question 21

to blunt, dull

Answer 21

desafilar

Question 22

to scratch (to graze) (to make scratch marks on)
to scrape together money, scrap by (colloquial) (figurative) (to struggle to obtain)

to scrape by financially, scrape through an exam (to achieve something with difficulty)

Answer 22

arañar

arañarse

Question 23

the tenderness, affection, fondness (emotion)
the tenderness (texture)

Answer 23

la ternura

Question 24

to continue, proceed, go on, persist like weather (to carry on)
to continue, proceed with, go on with, persue (to carry on with; often used with “con”)

Answer 24

proseguir

Question 25

to set aside (to pick out) to move away (to put aside) to separate (to uncouple) to remove (to dismiss) to move out of the way (to remove oneself) to get away (to distance oneself)

Answer 25

apartar apartarse

Question 26

to throw, cast (to propel) to put (to add) to throw out, expel (to oust) to pour (to serve) to give off, emit (to release) to sprout (to produce) to give (to give) to mail, post (to send) to reckon, think (to estimate) to give a hand, to have (indicating an action) to push (to move) to fire, sack (to lay off) to start, begin (to commence) to throw oneself (to propel oneself) to lie down (to recline) to put on (to apply)

Answer 26

echar echarse

Question 27

to escape from a person or place, to flee from danger or pursuit, to run away (to leave) to avoid (to stay away from)

Answer 27

huir

Question 28

to happen (to take place) to occur to, have an idea, (to come to mind) (to come to mind)

Answer 28

ocurrir ocurrirse

Question 29

to move away from (to remove; used with "de") to keep away (to fend off) to dispel (to dissipate) to move away (to remove yourself) to go far from (to walk away; used with "de") to go away (to leave) to withdraw from (to stop taking part; used with "de") to drift apart (to grow apart)

Answer 29

alejar alejarse

Question 30

to wipe away tears, to wipe off, dry (to clear) to wipe out (to pay off) to wipe away, mop, wipe (to remove moisture)

Answer 30

enjugar enjugarse

Question 31

the affliction, grief, sorrow (to remove moisture)

Answer 31

la aflicción

Question 32

the misfortune (mischance) the unhappiness (sadness)

Answer 32

la desdicha

Question 33

the misfortune (mischance) the unhappiness (sadness) Adjective unhappy, unlucky, unfortunate (wretched) the poor wretch (wretched person)

Answer 33

la desdicha desdichado/a el desdichado la desdichada

Question 34

to beat (heart), throb (to pulsate) to bark (to emit a short, harsh cry) to have a feeling (colloquial) (to suspect) (Costa Rica) (Mexico) (Nicaragua) (South America)

Answer 34

latir

Question 35

to cheer up, make happy (to give joy) to liven up, brighten up (to enliven) to be happy, be pleased, be glad (to rejoice) to get tipsy, get merry (to get drunk)

Answer 35

alegrar alegrarse

Question 36

Adverb perhaps, maybe (possibly)

Answer 36

quizá, quizás

Question 37

to fix (to put) to set, establish, fix (to determine) to fix, focus (to concentrate) to pay attention (to concentrate) to notice (to become aware of)

Answer 37

fijar fijarse

Question 38

to order, command, tell (to give commands to) to send (to dispatch) to be in command of, be in charge of (to lead) to send, send for (to order to go) to prescribe (to write a prescription for) to send, hit (sports) to throw (to hurl) Regionalism used in Latin America to be in command, be in charge (to lead) to come out with (to concoct) (South America) to finish off food, finish off drink, down drink (to finish off) (Caribbean) (River Plate) to take advantage (colloquial) (to abuse; often used with "con") (Mexico) to get around by oneself (to move without help)

Answer 38

mandar mandarse

Question 39

Phrase again (one more time) back (at a place previously left) return (back to the place of origin)

Answer 39

de vuelta

Question 40

the courage, guts (bravery) the anger, mad (ire)

Answer 40

el coraje

Question 41

unbearable, intolerable (unendurable)

Answer 41

insoportable

Question 42

to miss, not turn up, be absent from, to be off (to not attend; used with "a") to be missing (to be absent) to break, to not keep (to default on; used with "a") to be rude to (to insult; used with "a")

Answer 42

faltar

Question 43

to crush, squash (to smash) to crush, squash, overwhelm (to defeat) to get squashed (to become squashed) to flatten oneself (to lie flat) to flop (to collapse) (Central America) (Colombia) (Ecuador) (Mexico) to tire oneself out, wear oneself out (to get tired) (Southern Cone)

Answer 43

aplastar aplastarse

Question 44

the jaws, maw (literary) (animal's mouth)

Answer 44

las fauces

Question 45

to alter, modify, change, distort (to transform) to make anxiout, fluster (to make anxious) to make go off, spoil (to ruin) to upset, disrupt, disturb (to affect) to get agitated, flustered (to get nervous) to go off, go bad (to be ruined) to falter (voice) (to break) to be upset, be shaken (to get upset)

Answer 45

alterar alterarse

Question 46

the beetle (animal) the scribles (scrawl)

Answer 46

el escarabajo los escarabajos

Question 47

to escape (to get away) to break away (sports) to escape, run away (to get away) to leak (to go out through a hole) not to remember, to forget (to fail to recall) to pass by, miss (to slip by) to let out (to release)

Answer 47

escapar escaparse

Question 48

to put, stick, get, fit (to place) to score (sports) to bring into, involve, get into, drag into (to implicate) to take in, take up (sewing) to go into, put (automobiles) to get a job (to employ) to take on (to use on) to give, make (to cause) to go in, go down, get into (to enter; used with "en" or "por") to get to (to be placed) to get involved, get into (to take part in) to interfere, meddle, stick one's nose into (to intervene; often used with "en") to pick on (to bully; used with "con") to become, get a job as (to devote oneself to)

Answer 48

meter meterse

Question 49

the pity, shame (sympathy) the sorrow (sadness) the problem (trouble) the sentence (legal) the trouble (effort) the embarassment (humiliation) (Caribbean) (Central America) (Colombia) (Mexico)

Answer 49

la pena

Question 50

the crying, weeping (general)

Answer 50

el llanto

Question 51

the ant (insect) the hard worker (person)

Answer 51

la hormiga