4.2.5 Vocab Enrichment Flashcards

This deck covers varied topics and includes advanced nature and agriculture terms, advanced crime and hair vocab, and very advanced food words. This roughly covers cards 8850-9000 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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birdwatching

e.g. Birdwatching is a very popular hobby worldwide

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la observación de aves

ej. La observación de aves es un pasatiempos muy popular en el mundo

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hay

e.g. The horse is eating hay

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el heno / la paja

ej. El caballo está comiendo heno

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a haystack / a bale of hay

e.g. There are haystacks scattered around the farm

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un pajar / un almiar / una pila de heno

ej. Hay pajares por toda la granja

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a maple / a maple tree

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un arce / un sácere / un maple

i.e. un tipo de árbol

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a nature preserve / a nature reserve

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una reserva natural / una reserva ecológica

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a fern / a fern tree

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un helecho

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a hedge

e.g. There are two big hedges on either side of the field, so nobody can see in

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un seto vivo / un seto

ej. Hay dos enormes setos a cada lado del campo, para que nadie pueda ver hacia adentro

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ivy

e.g. There’s ivy growing all along the side of this building

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una hiedra / una yedra

ej. Hay hiedra creciendo por el muro de este edificio

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an oak / an oak tree

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un roble

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an orchard

e.g. an apple orchard

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un huerto

ej. un huerto de manzanas

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a pine / a pine tree

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un pino

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a scarecrow

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un espantapájaros

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an acorn

e.g. The squirrel collected acorns for the winter

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una bellota

ej. La ardilla juntó bellotas para el invierno

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a mill

e.g. a windmill

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un molino

ej. un molino de viento

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residue

e.g. The substance left a thin residue on the surface of the machine

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el residuo

ej. La sustancia dejó una delgada capa de residuo en la superficie de la máquina

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a shepherd

e.g. The shepherd rounded up his sheep

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un pastor

ej. El pastor juntó sus ovejas

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a thorn / a spine

e.g. a rose’s thorns

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una espina

ej. las espinas de una rosa

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to wilt / to droop / to shrivel

e.g. The rose wilted as it began to die

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marchitarse / flaquearse

ej. La rosa se marchitó cuando comenzó a morir

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aerosol

e.g. an aerosol spray can

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un aerosol

ej. una lata de espray en aerosol

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to beat around the bush

e.g. Don’t beat around the bush. Get to the point!

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dar rodeos / irse por las ramas

ej. No te vayas por las ramas. ¡Llega al punto!

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to beat oneself up over / to dwell on

e.g. OK, so you forgot it was her birthday. Don’t beat yourself up over it

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comerse la cabeza por / darle vueltas a / mortificarse por

ej. OK, así que se te olvidó que era su cumpleaños. No te comas la cabeza por eso

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unbeatable / invincible

e.g. Mike Tyson was unbeatable until he met Buster Douglas

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insuperable / inmejorable / invencible

ej. Mike Tyson era invencible hasta que se enfrentó a Buster Douglas

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to not miss a beat

e.g. The teleprompter suddenly turned off, but the president continued his speech without missing a beat

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sin perder el ritmo / sin perder un paso

ej. El apuntador electrónico se apagó de repente, pero el presidente continuó su discurso sin perder un paso

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to throb

e.g. My finger is throbbing

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pulsar / palpitar

ej. Mi dedo está pulsando

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to blow over / to be forgotten

e.g. Don’t worry, this whole scandal will blow over in a few weeks

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pasar a segundo plano / pasar / ser olvidado

ej. No te preocupes, todo este escándalo pasará a segundo plano en unas semanas

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to blow off steam / to vent / to relieve

e.g. I’m so stressed out at work. I need to leave the city to blow off some steam

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desahogarse / aliviarse

ej. Estoy tan estresado en el trabajo. Necesito irme de la ciudad para desahogarme

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a briefing

e.g. The president attended the press briefing

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una sesión informativa

ej. El presidente asistió a la sesión informativa para la prensa

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to brief / to inform

e.g. Brief the president

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informar brevemente / informar

ej. Informar al presidente

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to cancel out / to neutralize

e.g. The sleeping pills canceled out the effect of the caffeine

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neutralizar

ej. Las pastillas para dormir neutralizaron el efecto de la cafeína

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to waive

e.g. I’ll waive the fee on your purchase

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eximir / dispensar / exonerar

ej. Voy a eximir el impuesto de su compra

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to relinquish / to forego

e.g. He relinquished his right to own a firearm

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renunciar / ceder / privarse de

ej. Él renunció a su derecho de poseer un arma de fuego

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to refrain from / to abstain

e.g. He refrained from eating the chocolate cake, although it looked delicious

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abstenerse / contenerse

ej. Él se abstuvo de comer el pastel de chocolate, aunque se veía delicioso

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abstinence / self-restraint

e.g. Abstinence is a common trait of many deeply religious individuals

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la abstinencia / el autocontrol

ej. La abstinencia es una característica común de muchos individuos profundamente religiosos

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a waiver / a release

e.g. The skydiving company makes you sign a waiver before boarding the airplane

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exención / dispensa

ej. La compañía de paracaidismo te hace firmar una exención

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undercover

e.g. an undercover police officer

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encubierto / infiltrado

ej. un policía infiltrado

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to be a fugitive / to be on the loose / to be at large

e.g. The fugitive is on the loose

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ser un prófugo / estar suelto

ej. El fugitivo está suelto

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a casualty / an innocent victim

e.g. When the military bombed the school, there were hundreds of civilian casualties

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una víctima accidental / una baja / una pérdida

ej. Cuando el ejército bombardeó la escuela, hubo cientos de víctimas accidentales

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to frame / to set up

e.g. I’m not guilty. I was framed!

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tenderle una trampa a / hacer una encerrona

ej. No soy culpable. ¡Me tendieron una trampa!

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a mercenary

e.g. His military forces were largely made up of paid mercenaries

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un mercenario

ej. Sus fuerzas militares estaban formadas, en gran medida, de mercenarios pagados

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a child molester / a pedophile

e.g. Child molesters are the worst type of criminals

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un pederasta / un agresor infantil / un pedófilo

ej. Los pederastas son el peor tipo de criminales

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a pickpocket / a thief

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un carterista / un pillo / un ladrón

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to pickpocket

e.g. I got pickpocketed on the street today

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carterear

ej. Me carterearon en la calle hoy

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to rape

e.g. He tried to rape her, but she kicked him in the groin and ran away

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violar

ej. Intentó violarla, pero ella lo pateó en la ingle y huyó

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rape

e.g. Most rapes unfortunately go unreported

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la violación

ej. Desafortunadamente, la mayoría de las violaciones no son reportadas

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a rapist

e.g. The police captured the rapist

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un violador

ej. La policía capturó al violador

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a shooting

e.g. There was a shooting at a school

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un tiroteo / una balacera

ej. Hubo un tiroteo en una escuela

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to hijack

e.g. The terrorists hijacked the airplane

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secuestrar

ej. Los terroristas secuestraron el avión

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to kidnap / to abduct / to take hostage

e.g. Our mother was kidnapped

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secuestrar / abducir / agarrar de rehén

ej. Nuestra madre fue secuestrada

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a hostage / a captive / a prisoner

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un rehén / un secuestrado / un prisionero

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an intruder

e.g. The alarm sounded to alert us of the intruder

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un intruso

ej. La alarma sonó y nos avisó de la presencia del intruso

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to convict

e.g. He was convicted of fraud

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condenar

ej. Fue condenado por fraude

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to condemn / to sentence

e.g. They sentenced him to life in prison

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condenar / sentenciar

ej. Lo sentenciaron a cadena perpetua

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a sentence / a decision / a judgment

e.g. The judge will give the sentence tomorrow

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una sentencia / una condena

ej. El juez dictará sentencia mañana

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parole

e.g. He’s on parole

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la libertad condicional / la libertad bajo palabra

ej. Está en libertad condicional

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to commit perjury / to lie under oath

e.g. He was put in jail for committing perjury

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cometer perjurio / mentir bajo juramento

ej. Lo metieron a la cárcel por cometer perjurio

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a ransom

e.g. The kidnappers charged her parents a large ransom

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un rescate

ej. Los secuestradores pidieron un gran rescate a sus padres

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to persecute

e.g. They persecute minority groups

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perseguir

ej. Persiguen a los grupos minoritarios

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to prosecute

e.g. The government will prosecute you for your crimes

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procesar

ej. El gobierno lo procesará por sus crímenes

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to vandalize

e.g. I can’t believe he vandalized a church. That’s low

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vandalizar

ej. No puedo creer que haya vandalizado una iglesia. Eso es caer bajo

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vandalism

e.g. Graffiti is a form of vandalism

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el vandalismo

ej. El graffiti es un tipo de vandalismo

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the mafia

e.g. Apparently Tony’s dad is in the mafia

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la mafia

ej. Aparentemente, el papá de Tony está en la mafia

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contraband / illegal products

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el contrabando / los productos ilegales

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a smuggler / a trader in contraband

e.g. a smuggler of illegal weapons

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un contrabandista / un traficante de contrabando

ej. un contrabandista de armas ilegales

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an accomplice

e.g. He got a sentence of 10 years in prison, and his accomplice got 5 years

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un cómplice

ej. Él fue sentenciado a 10 años en prisión, y su cómplice a 5 años

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a conspiracy

e.g. a conspiracy theory

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una conspiración

ej. una teoría de conspiración

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a gravestone

e.g. There was a large gravestone over his grave

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una lápida

ej. Había una gran lápida sobre su tumba

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a massacre

e.g. A crazy gunman killed 50 people at the mall. It was a massacre

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una masacre

ej. Un loco armado mató a 50 personas en el centro comercial. Fue una masacre

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a morgue

e.g. Her body was kept in the morgue for several hours until it was transfered to the funeral home

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una morgue / un depósito de cadáveres

ej. Guardaron su cuerpo en la morgue durante varias horas, hasta que lo transfirieron a la funeraria

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in mourning

e.g. She’s in mourning

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de luto

ej. Ella está de luto

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to mourn

e.g. He’s currently mourning the recent death of his grandfather

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estar de luto / lamentar

ej. Él está de luto ahora por la muerte reciente de su abuelo

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a mummy

e.g. There are lots of mummies buried in the pyramids in Egypt

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una momia

ej. Hay muchas momias enterradas en las pirámides en Egipto

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an obituary

e.g. She wrote a beautiful obituary for her father in the newspaper

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un obituario

ej. Ella escribió un precioso obituario para su padre en el periódico

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a mortician / an undertaker

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un empleado de funeraria

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to die off / to go extinct

e.g. The elephants in Africa are slowly dying off

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desaparecer / extinguirse

ej. Los elefantes en África se están extinguiendo lentamente

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a coffin / a casket

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un ataúd / un féretro / un cajón

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to kill off / to exterminate / to wipe out

e.g. The evil settlers tried to kill off all the native tribes

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acabar con / exterminar

ej. Los malvados colonos intentaron acabar con todas las tribus nativas

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the remains

e.g. In the woods, they found the remains of a person

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los restos

ej. En el bosque, encontraron los restos de una persona

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dyslexia

e.g. Your son is not dumb. He just suffers from dyslexia, making it hard to read

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la dislexia

ej. Su hijo no es tonto. Sólo tiene dislexia, por lo que le cuesta trabajo leer

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dyslexic

e.g. a dyslexic student

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disléxico

ej. un estudiante disléxico

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an electrician

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un electricista

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a fuse / a circuit breaker

e.g. an electric fuse

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un fusible

e.g. un fusible eléctrico

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a generator

e.g. an electricity generator

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un generador

ej. un generador de electricidad

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a volt

e.g. a 12-volt light bulb

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un voltio

ej. una bombilla de 12 voltios

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voltage

e.g. What is the voltage of this electrical charge?

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el voltaje

ej. ¿Cuál es el voltaje de esta carga eléctrica?

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a flare / a sparkler

e.g. We used flares to alert the helicopters of our presence

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una bengala

ej. Usamos bengalas para alertar a los helicópteros sobre nuestra presencia

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a fire drill

e.g. We have to do a fire drill at school today

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un simulacro de incendio

ej. Tenemos que hacer un simulacro de incendio en la escuela hoy

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an SOS / (Save Our Ship)

i.e. a signal for help

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un SOS

i.e. una señal de auxilio

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to evacuate

e.g. There’s a fire in the basement. Please evacuate the building

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evacuar

ej. Hay un incendio en el sótano. Por favor evacúen el edificio

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to vacate

e.g. We have to vacate the premises within 30 days

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desocupar / desalojar

ej. Debemos desalojar las instalaciones dentro de 30 días

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a clove of

e.g. a clove of garlic

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un diente de

ej. un diente de ajo

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clove

i.e. a type of spice

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el clavo

i.e. un tipo de especia

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a cooperative / a co-op

e.g. My wife and I belong to a food co-op

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una cooperativa

ej. Mi esposa y yo pertenecemos a una cooperativa de comida

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a cutting board

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una tabla de cortar

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to deep-fry

e.g. These potatoes are deep-fried and seasoned with extra salt

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freir en aceite abundante

ej. Las papas están fritas en aceite abundante y sazonadas con sal extra

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to sauté

e.g. Please sauté the onions while I prepare the chicken

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saltear / sofreir

ej. Por favor saltea las cebollas mientras yo preparo el pollo

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formula / infant formula

e.g. She stopped breastfeeding and switched to formula

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la fórmula infantil / la leche maternizada / la fórmula para bebés

ej. Dejó de amamantar y comenzó a usar fórmula infantil

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cilantro / coriander

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el culantro / las semillas de culantro / el cilantro

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cumin

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el comino

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fennel / fennel seeds

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el hinojo / las semillas de hinojo

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ginger

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el jengibre

101
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nutmeg

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la nuez moscada / la mirística

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oregano

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el orégano

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paprika

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pimentón / pimentón dulce

104
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parsley

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el perejil

105
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rosemary

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el romero

106
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saffron

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el azafrán

107
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thyme

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tomillo

108
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wheat bran / bran

e.g. a bran muffin

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el salvado de trigo / el salvado

ej. un panecillo de salvado

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cornmeal / cornflour

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la harina de maíz

110
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a crayfish / a crawfish / a crawdad

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un ástaco / un cangrejo de río

111
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horseradish

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el rábano picante

112
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gelatin / jelly

e.g. Jell-O is a popular snack made of gelatin

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la jalea / la gelatina

ej. Jell-O es un refrigerio conocido hecho de gelatina

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a kebab

e.g. a chicken kebab

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un pincho / una brocheta

ej. un pincho de pollo

114
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a kettle

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una tetera

115
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a ladle

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un cucharón

116
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rye

e.g. rye bread

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el centeno

ej. el pan de centeno

117
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a colander / a strainer

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un colador / un escurridor

118
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a turnip

i.e. the vegetable

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un nabo

i.e. la legumbre

119
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a wafer

e.g. A wafer is a very thin type of cookie

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un barquillo / una oblea

ej. Una oblea es un tipo de galleta extremadamente delgada

120
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the lining / the liner

e.g. the lining of a container

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el revestimiento interno / el forro

ej. el forro de un recipiente

121
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a bun

e.g. She put her hair in a bun and went out for a jog

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un moño / un chongo / un rodete

ej. Puso su cabello en un moño y salió a trotar

122
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dandruff

e.g. Eew, he has dandruff all over his shoulders

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la caspa

ej. Ay, tiene mucha caspa sobre los hombros

123
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extensions / hair extensions

e.g. Her extensions look so fake

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extensiones / extensiones de cabello

ej. Sus extensiones de cabello se ven muy falsas

124
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hairspray

e.g. He always puts a lot of hairspray in his hair

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la laca para el pelo / el spray para el pelo / el fijador

ej. Él siempre pone mucho fijador en su cabello

125
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a hairband / a headband / a hair tie

e.g. She uses a hairband to keep her hair out of her face while she cooks

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una diadema / una balaca / una vincha

ej. Ella usa una balaca para quitarse el cabello de la cara mientras cocina

126
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a hair clip / a bobby pin / a barrette

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una horquilla / un pinche

127
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a perm

e.g. She got a perm, and now her hair is really curly

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una permanente

ej. Se hizo una permanente, y ahora tiene el cabello rizado

128
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pigtails

e.g. The little girl had pigtails

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dos colitas / dos coletas

ej. La niñita llevaba dos colitas

129
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a braid

e.g. The little girls put braids in each other’s hair

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una trenza

ej. Las niñas se hicieron trenzas la una a la otra

130
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bangs

e.g. She got a haircut and has bangs now

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el fleco / el flequillo / el cerquillo

ej. Ella se hizo un nuevo corte de cabello, y ahora tiene fleco

131
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a mohawk

e.g. Many of my friends have mohawks

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un corte estilo mohicano / un mohicano / un mohawk

ej. Muchos de mis amigos tienen cortes estilo mohicano

132
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an afro

e.g. Julius Erving was famous for having a huge afro in the 1970s

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un peinado afro / un afro

ej. Julius Erving era famoso por tener un enorme peinado afro en los setenta

133
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dreadlocks

e.g. I want to grow dreadlocks like Bob Marley

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las rastas

ej. Quiero dejarme crecer rastas como Bob Marley

134
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a toupee / a hair piece

e.g. A gust of wind blew off his toupee, and now he is very embarrassed

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un peluquín / un bisoñé

ej. Una ráfaga de viento le voló el peluquín, y ahora está muy avergonzado

135
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a wig

e.g. That’s not her real hair. That’s a wig

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una peluca

ej. Ese no es su verdadero cabello, es una peluca

136
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hands-free

e.g. a hands-free phone

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manos libres

ej. un teléfono con manos libres

137
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second-hand

e.g. She heard the second-hand account of the murder, from the witness’s friend

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de segunda mano

ej. Escuchó la historia del asesinato de segunda mano, se la contó la amiga del testigo

138
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to take something off your hands

e.g. If you have too many dishes in your cabinet, I can take some off your hands. I need some

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quitarse algo de las manos / sacarse algo de las manos

ej. Si tienes demasiados platos en el gabinete, yo te puedo quitar algunos de las manos. Necesito unos

139
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to get out of hand / to get out of control / to be out of hand

e.g. This situation is getting out of hand

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estar fuera de control / salir de control

ej. esta situación se está saliendo de control

140
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to have the upper hand

e.g. The larger company had the upper hand in the negotiation

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tener el sartén por el mango / tener la sartén por el mango

ej. La compañía más grande tenía el sartén por el mango en las negociaciones

141
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a boiler

e.g. The heat stopped working. Let’s check the boiler in the basement

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una caldera / un calentador

ej. La calefacción dejó de funcionar. Vamos a revisar la caldera en el sótano

142
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sweltering

e.g. sweltering heat

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sofocante / abrazador / bochornoso

ej. el calor sofocante

143
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stuffy / poorly ventilated

e.g. a stuffy room

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sofocante / bochornoso / mal ventilado

ej. un cuarto sofocante

144
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a jeweler

e.g. I need to see the jeweler to get my watch fixed

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un joyero

ej. Necesito ir al joyero para que arregle mi reloj

145
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a jewelry store / a jewelry shop

e.g. Argh, honey, do we have to stop at EVERY jewelry store that we walk past?

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una joyería

ej. Joder, querida, ¿tenemos que detenernos en CADA joyería que pasamos?

146
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a locket

e.g. She wore a heart-shaped locket around her neck, with a picture of her grandfather

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un medallón / un relicario

ej. Ella llevaba en el cuello un relicario en forma de corazón, con una foto de su abuelo

147
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a bead

e.g. She likes to make necklaces with beads

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una cuenta / un abalorio

ej. Ella hace collares con cuentas

148
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a carat

e.g. 14 carat gold

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un quilate

ej. oro de 14 quilates

149
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to kick out / to force out / to expel

e.g. They got kicked out of the bar for fighting

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sacar a alguien por la fuerza / echar / expulsar

ej. Los echaron del bar por pelearse

150
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to kick the bucket / to croak / to keel over

e.g. The old man kicked the bucket last night. The funeral is tomorrow

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estirar la pata / colgar los tenis

ej. El viejo estiró la pata anoche. El funeral es mañana

151
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to kick off / to begin / to launch

e.g. The candidate kicked off his campaign on Monday

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comenzar / inaugurar / lanzar

ej. El candidato lanzó su campaña el lunes

152
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a launch

e.g. Brainscape had a party to celebrate the launch of our new app

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un lanzamiento

ej. Brainscape organizó una fiesta para celebrar el lanzamiento de nuestra nueva aplicación

153
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to kick down

e.g. The cop kicked down the door

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derribar / echar abajo a patadas

ej. El policía echó abajo la puerta a patadas

154
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to kick in / to set in

e.g. The drug takes about an hour to kick in

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empezar a hacer efecto

ej. La droga tarda como una hora en empezar a hacer efecto