Vocabulario "C"
Terms
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- La cascara
- the peel (of a fruit)
- el chaparro/la chappara
- chubby, short person
- las cifras
- numbers, figures
- el cangrejo
- the crab
- el canal
- the channel
- las calificacciones
- ratings
- la contrasena
- the password
- contratar
- to contract with, to engage, to hire
- la comitiva
- the entourage
- cabeza vacia
- airhead
- la cana
- the gray hair
- criar
- to bring up, to raise
- cabizbajo
- downcast, crestfallen
- el comprobante
- receipt, voucher
- calvo
- bald
-
causioso
cautelsoso - cautious
- el contendiente
- the contender, competitor
- la casualidad
- chance, coincidence
- carecer
- to lack, to be in need of
- la cotizacion
- membership fee, price, quotation
- cinico
- cynical
- la cirugia
- surgery
- la ciudad natal
- city of one's birth
- caber
- to fit inside of something
- la ceja
- the eyebrow
- el conserje
- the janitor
- coto/a
- cut
- las cataratas
- waterfalls
- el criterio
- criteria
- callado/a
- quiet, secretive
- complejo/a
- complex
- el contrario
- the opponent
- contrario/a
- contrary/opposite
- el cazador
- the hunter
- la compania publicitaria
- advertiser
- la cárcel
- jail
- cubrir
- to cover
- el consuelo
- consolation
- contener
- to withhold
- las canicas
- marbles
- el cascarrabias
- grouch
- el cuñado
- brother-in-law
- conseguir
- to get, to attain
- el casco urbano
- the city's boundaries
- la cochera
- el garaje
- la cadena
- the chain
- comprometerse
- to commit oneself to (something)
- concurrir
- to attend, to concur
- conocido/a
- known
- cualificado/a
- qualified
- la cruzada
- the crusade
- convencer
- to convince
- ceder
- to yield, to cede, to grant
- chistoso/a
- humorous, witty
- cometer
- to commit
- la cubierta
- the cover (of a book)
- componer
- to repair
- la colina
- the hill
- el condado
- the county
- los comicios
- the elections
- la cuadrilla
- the team
- el castigo
- the punishment
- castaño/a
- chestnut, brown
- contraer
- to contract (a disease)
- el cloro
- chlorine
- el casco
- helmet; skull; cranium
- chantajear
- to blackmail
- el chantaje
- blackmail
- la chirona
- jail
- el catedrático/a
- professor
- la cineasta
- filmmaker
- la cosecha
- the crop
- el cabo
-
the end, extremity;
also cape (geography) - del cabo a rabo
- from head to tail
- cosechar
- to reap, to harvest
- el contratiempo
- mishap, accident
- los calzoncillos
- underwear
- carmesí
- crimson
- el/la criado/a
- servant
- el comportamiento
- behavior
- convocar
- to summon; to call (for elections)
- constar
- to figure in
- consta en acta
- it is on the record
- me consta que
- I am certain that
- el capó
- the hood (of a car)
- la carcajada
- guffaw
- soltar la carcajada
- to burst out laughing
- el cónclave
- conclave, meeting
- el canciller
- chancelor
- el comensal
- dinner guest
- el cabello
- el pelo
- la caza
- the hunt
- cambiarse
- to change one's clothes
- el crepúsculo
- twilight, dusk
- la costilla
- rib
- el comillo
- fang, (human) canine
- la criatura
- creature
- la ceniza
- ash
- la canasta
- basket
-
con tal que
con tal de que - on condition that; as long as
- la candidatura
- the candidacy
- el obstáculo
- obstacle
- la competencia
- competition between people,nations
- la competicion
- (sports) competition
- canjear
- to exchange
- el canje
- exchange
- el cabildeo
- lobbying
- el cabildero
- lobbyist
- la consigna
- orders; instruction
- la carrera
- (n) a run
- la conveniencia
- convenience
- la comarca
- the region
- la caridad
- charity
- la cera
- wax
- el coraje, la valentia
- the courage, bravery