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Conversational Spanish 4
Exam 4
47
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
12/19/2007
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Term
el acontecimiento
 Definition
event
Term
el alboroto
 Definition
commotion, racket, stir
Term
alcanzar
 Definition
to attain, reach
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aprovechar
 Definition
to take advantage, make good use of
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atragantarse
 Definition
to choke
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el/la consejero/a
 Definition
advisor
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la exigencia
 Definition
demand
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levantar
 Definition
to raise, lift, cause
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la picardía
 Definition
craftiness, wiliness
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tal
 Definition
such
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la ventaja
 Definition
advantage
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pretender
 Definition
to intend, try
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fingir
 Definition
to pretend, feign, fake
Term
el orden
 Definition
order = disposition of things, succession, sequence
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la orden
 Definition

order = command, mandate

 

religious order 
Term
el chiste
 Definition
joke = a funny story
Term
la broma
 Definition
a practical joke, trick, prank
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gastar bromas
 Definition
to play practical jokes
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arremetió contra
 Definition
criticó
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revuelo
 Definition
alboroto = commotion, stir
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matizaciones
 Definition
aclaraciones = clarification (of a statement)
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gestores
 Definition
creadores = facilitators, managers
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se abatió
 Definition
cayó = fell
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se atrincheró
 Definition
se defendió
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los yugos y las flechas
 Definition
las acusaciones
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al mandatario autonómico
 Definition
al presidente de la junta
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recabar
 Definition
ganar
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menesteres
 Definition
tareas = tasks, jobs
Term

ideólogos en nómina

 

 Definition
intellectuals on the payroll
Term
se soliviantaron
 Definition
se rebelaron = to rebel
Term
dimisiones
 Definition
resignations
Term
aportaciones
 Definition
contribuciones
Term
se arma
 Definition
se causa
Term
turrón y mazapanes
 Definition
dulces típicos navideños
Term
las campanadas y las uvas
 Definition
bell strokes and (the eating of) grapes
Term
consistorio
 Definition
ayuntamiento = town hall
Term
advenimiento
 Definition
llegada
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cava
 Definition
champán
Term
centralitas
 Definition
switchboards
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mancillar
 Definition
ensuciar = to sully, to besmirch
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se atascaba con
 Definition
se atragantaba con = to become obstructed, to choke
Term
sonotone
 Definition
auricular = telephone receiver
Term
conferencia episcopal
 Definition
la Iglesia católica
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mariana
 Definition
en la Virgen Maria
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empeñada
 Definition
prometida = determined, commited
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acierto
 Definition
shrewd decision
Term
sucursal
 Definition
branch
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