Spanish | English |
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iraquí noun | Iraqi(person from Iraq) |
iraquí adjective | Iraqi(from or pertaining to Iraq) |
irará noun {m} | tayra(Eira barbara) |
irascibilidad noun {f} | irascibility(proneness to anger) |
irascible adjective | hot-tempered(easily angered) irascible(prone to anger) peppery(having a fiery temperament) |
Irawadi proper noun | Irrawaddy(river that flows through Burma) |
agredir a un homosexual verb | gay bash(physically assault someone believed to be homosexual) |
dormir a pierna suelta verb | sleep like a log(to sleep well, without disturbance) |
dormir al raso verb | sleep rough(to sleep outdoors) |
dormir al sereno verb | sleep rough(to sleep outdoors) |
es mejor encender una sola vela que maldecir a la penumbra phrase | better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness(in bad times it is worthwhile to do good) |
escribir a verb | write [wrote, written, writing, writes](to send a letter to) |
escribir a máquina verb | type [typed, typing, types](to use a typewriter) |
no venir a cuento adjective | beside the point(irrelevant) neither here nor there(having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) |
no venir al caso adjective | beside the point(irrelevant) neither here nor there(having no influence or significance on the issue at hand) |
pedir aventón verb | hitchhike [hitchhiked, hitchhiking, hitchhikes](to try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road) |
pedir ayuda verb | reach out(to ask for help) |
quiero ir al baño phrase | |
recurrir a verb | draw on(to use as a source) |
reducir a la mitad verb | halve [halved, halving, halves](to reduce to half of original) |
reducir a polvo verb | powder [powdered, powdering, powders](to reduce to fine particles) |
salir a borbotones verb | gush [gushed, gushing, gushes](to flow forth suddenly) |
salir a cuenta verb | pay [paid, paid](to be profitable) pay off(to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit) |
salir a la luz verb | come out(to be discovered, be revealed) come to light(become known) |
servir a Dios y al diablo verb | run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(support both sides of an argument) |
sin venir a cuento phrase | apropos of nothing(without reference to anything) |
sin venir al caso phrase | apropos of nothing(without reference to anything) |
subsistir a duras penas verb | eke out(to obtain with difficulty) |
traducir a japonés verb | nipponize(to translate into Japanese) |
venir al pelo noun | what the doctor ordered(exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation) |