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Spanish term ("translation") actual (current), actualmente (currently) asistir (to attend) atender (to pay attention) basamento

(base of a column) billn (trillion) (when given on the long scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000,000) bizarro (brave, noble) boda (wedding) campo (countryside) carpeta (folder) chocar (strike) cita (appointment) complexin (physical constitution) compromiso (commitment) condescender (to comply, agree) constipacin (cold (sickness)) contestar (answer) corresponder (to correspond to) decepcin (disappointment) delito (crime)

English term that seems to be a cognate but is not Spanish translation of English term actual, actually Spanish: real (es), existente (es) assist Spanish: ayudar (es) attend Spanish: asistir (es) basement Spanish: stano (es) billion (when given on the short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) Spanish: millardo (es), mil millones bizarre Spanish: extrao (es) body Spanish: cuerpo (es) camp Spanish: campamento (es) carpet Spanish: alfombra (es) choke Spanish: sofocar (es), estrangular (es) city Spanish: ciudad (es) complexion Spanish: tez (es) compromise Spanish: acuerdo (es), arreglo (es) condescend Spanish: creerse superior constipation Spanish: estreimiento (es) contest Spanish: contender to correspond with Spanish: escribir (es) (with con) deception Spanish: engao (es) delight Spanish: deleite (es)

despertar (to awake) disgusto (annoyance) destituido (fired) dormitorio (bedroom) embarazada (pregnant) enviar (send) xito (success) fbrica (factory) ftbol (soccer) ftil (insignificant) ganga (bargain) inconsecuente (inconsistent) introducir (insert) largo (long) molestar (annoy) once (eleven) pariente (relative) pie (foot) pretender (woo) rapista (barber) realizar (carry out)

desperate Spanish: desesperado (es) disgust Spanish: asco (es) destitute Spanish: indigente (es) dormitory Spanish: residentia estudiantil embarrassed Spanish: avergonzada (es) envy Spanish: envidiar exit Spanish: salida (es) fabric Spanish: tela (es), tejido (es) American football Spanish: ftbol americano futile Spanish: intil (es) gang Spanish: pandilla, mara (es) inconsequential Spanish: de poca importancia (es) introduce someone Spanish: presentar (es) large Spanish: grande (es) molest Spanish: abusar (es) (sexualmente) once Spanish: anteriormente (es), una vez (es) parent Spanish: padre (es) pie Spanish: pastel (es) pretend Spanish: fingir (es) rapist Spanish: violador realize Spanish: darse cuenta

recordar (remember, remind) ropa (clothes) revolver (revolve) sano (healthy) sensible (sensitive) sopa (soup) soportar (put up with) suceso (event) tuna (prickly pear) ltimamente (recently) vaso (drinking glass)

record

Spanish: grabar (es)

rope Spanish: cuerda (es), soga (es) revolver Spanish: revlver (es) sane Spanish: cuerdo sensible Spanish: sensato (es) soap Spanish: jabn (es) support Spanish: apoyar (es) success Spanish: xito (es) tuna Spanish: atn (es) ultimately Spanish: al final vase Spanish: jarrn (es)

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