Spanish | English |
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retirar verb | discontinue [discontinued, discontinuing, discontinues](to stop a process) disengage [disengaged, disengaging, disengages](release, detach) fall back(to retreat) take back(retract an earlier statement) withdraw [withdrew, withdrawn, withdrawing, withdraws](to draw or pull (something) aside, away, or back from its original position or situation) yank [yanked, yanking, yanks](to remove from distribution) |
retirarse verb | call it a day(to cease activity for the day) pull out(to withdraw) retreat [retreated, retreating, retreats](to withdraw military forces) scram [scrammed, scramming, scrams](to leave in a hurry) withdraw [withdrew, withdrawn, withdrawing, withdraws](of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed, see also: retreat) |
rifle de francotirador noun {m} | sniper rifle(long-range rifle) |
sátira noun {f} | lampoon [lampoons](written satirical attack) satire [satires](literary technique) |
semitirado adjective | semi-trailingadjective |
un pelo de concha tira más que una yunta de bueyes phrase | one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen(women have great influence on their male partners) |