Essay phrases

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Spanish Flashcards on Essay phrases, created by em3001em on 04/05/2013.
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árabe/arábigo arabic
colarse to seep in/to gatecrash
paradójicamente/ en contra /sin embargo paradoxically/however
cien por cien espaNolas one hundred percent spanish
una queja complaint/worry/issue
un delantal apron
no obstante nevertheless/however
en torno a around/approx
los valores estéticos aesthetic values
inaceptable / inadmisible unnacceptable
la cirugía estética plastic surgery
un sinfín endless amount
uno junto a otro one to the other
guiNar un ojo to wink
para serte franco to be honest/frank
entre unas cosas y otras between one thing and another
con el corazón en un puNo with your heart in your mouth
presionar to put pressure on
ya estar en manos de los... to already be in the hands of...
mediante/por medio de by means of
en este sentido... in this sense...
iba de aquí para allá went from here to there
(se miraron) el uno al otro (they looked) from one to the other
pertenecientes a minorías (étnicas o culturales) people belonging to (ethnic or cultural) minorities
el fracaso disaster
el retraso delay
la medida measure
la desigualdad unequality
una de cada (diez) one out of every (ten)
una meta un objetivo goal/aim
aNo con aNo year upon year
destacar to highlight
Los....se sorprenden de que + SUBJ the....are surprised that
dicho de otro modo in other words
el ser humano la persona la gente la humanidad human/person
degradante / envilecedor / denigrante degrading
el estereotipo stereotype
desnudo naked
la anorexia anorexia
un problema de salud health problem
ser sano/ con buena salud to be healthy
una obra benéfica charitable organisation
otorgabar recibir to receive
aNo con aNo year upon year
sin cesar continuously/without stopping
salvo except/save for
un portavoz spokesperson
Por aNadidura in addition
Por lo general usually/generally
Por poco nearly
Por desgracia unluckily
Por fin finally
Por último lastly
Por lo menos At least
Por cierto by the way
Por si acaso just in case
pese a todo esto despite this in spite of this
al fin y al cabo at the end
Con anterioridad previously
(el problema de).....se centra en ....is central in/ is due to
(el problema).....estriba en lies with/ can be found in
A pesar de que even though
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