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dormirse verb | fall asleep(to pass into sleep) |
dormirse en los laureles verb | rest on one's laurels(rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further) |
escabullirse verb | slip away(to leave a place without being noticed) squirm [squirmed, squirming, squirms](to evade a question, an interviewer etc.) |
evadirse verb | abscond [absconded, absconding, absconds](to flee, often secretly) |
extinguirse verb | die out(to become extinct) peter out(to diminish) |
freírse verb | fry [fried, frying, fries]((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) |
fundirse verb | melt [melted, melting, melts](intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid) |
hundirse verb | go under(to descend into a body of water) |
injerirse verb | meddle [meddled, meddling, meddles](to interfere in affairs) |
inmiscuirse verb | encroach [encroached, encroaching, encroaches](to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory) impinge [impinged, impinging, impinges](to interfere with) meddle [meddled, meddling, meddles](to interfere in affairs) |
inscribirse verb | sign up(to add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something) |
lucirse verb | show off(to exhibit, to demonstrate something for the purpose of bragging) |
morirse de risa verb | laugh one's head off(laugh uproariously) |
ocurrirse verb | strike [struck, striking, strikes](to impress, seem, appear) |
ocurrírsele verb | figure [figured, figuring, figures](to calculate, to solve a mathematical problem) |
para morirse de adjective | sidesplitting(exceptionally funny) |
para partirse de adjective | sidesplitting(exceptionally funny) |
partirse verb | laugh one's head off(laugh uproariously) part [parted, parting, parts](to become divided in two or separated) |
partirse de risa verb | laugh one's head off(laugh uproariously) |
permitirse verb | afford [afforded, affording, affords](to incur, stand, or bear) |
prostituirse verb | importune [importuned, importuning, importunes](to make improper proposals) prostitute [prostituted, prostituting, prostitutes](reflexive: to perform sexual activity for money) whore(to prostitute oneself) |
pudrirse verb | putrefy [putrefied, putrefying, putrefies]verb rot [rotted, rotting, rots]verb |
reabrirse verb | reopen [reopened, reopening, reopens]((intransitive) to open again) |
recluirse verb | frowst(to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) |
redimirse verb | redeem [redeemed, redeeming, redeems](to expiate, atone for) |
referirse verb | allude [alluded, alluding, alludes](refer to something indirectly or by suggestion) refer [referred, referring, refers](to allude to (grammar term)) |
referirse a verb | concern [concerned, concerning, concerns](to be of importance to) |
reírse a carcajadas verb | burst out laughing(suddenly start laughing intensely) |
reírse a mandíbula batiente verb | laugh one's head off(laugh uproariously) |
reírse de verb | laugh [laughed, laughing, laughs](make an object of laughter or ridicule) |
rendirse verb | capitulate [capitulated, capitulating, capitulates](surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) |