Spanish | English |
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perder verb | drain [drained, draining, drains](to lose liquid) forfeit [forfeited, forfeiting, forfeits](to suffer the loss) leak [leaked, leaking, leaks](to allow fluid to escape or enter) lose [lost, losing, loses](cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability) miss [missed, missing, misses](to be late for something) miss out(to miss something that should not be missed) |
perder el balón verb | fumble [fumbled, fumbling, fumbles](To handle nervously or awkwardly) |
perder el hilo verb | lose the threadverb |
perder el norte verb | disorient [disoriented, disorienting, disorients]verb lose the plot(to lose sight of the objective) |
perder el tiempo verb | footer(slang: to meddle) loiter [loitered, loitering, loiters](to stand about without any aim or purpose) waste time(allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner) |
perder el tren verb | miss the boat(fail to take advantage of an opportunity) |
perder fuelle verb | run out of steam(to run out of energy or motivation) |
perder la cabeza verb | lose one's head(behave irrationally or lose self-control) lose one's shit(vulgar: to lose one's temper) |
perder la cara verb | lose face(lose respect of others) |
perder la cuenta verb | lose count(to forget the number of times that something has happened) |
perder la razón verb | lose one's mind(to become insane) |
perder la virginidad verb | lose one's virginity(to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse) |
perder los estribos verb | fly off the handle(become very angry) lose one's temper(to be explosively angry) |
perder los papeles verb | lose it(to lose one's temper) lose one's mind(to become insane) |
perder peso verb | lose weight(to become less heavy or obese) |
perderse verb | get lost(lose one's way) stray [strayed, straying, strays](to wander from company or from proper limits) |
cohete hechado a perder noun {m} | whiskey dick(slang term for narcotic-induced penile flaccidity) |
echar a perder verb | mess up(to make a mess of) spoil [spoilt, spoiling, spoils](ruin) |
echarse a perder verb | break down(to decay) spoil [spoilt, spoiling, spoils](become sour or rancid, to decay) |