Avanzada 1 - Lectura 1

cardumen

a school of fish

asombro

admiración

pichón

baby bird

sereno

chill

acantilado

cliff

corona

crown or halo

parir

dar la luz

alucinar

hallucinate

joya

jewel

azar

luck/chance

musgo

moss

guardaparque

park guard

endémico

propio de una región

silueta

silhoette

resbaladizo

slippery

acecho

stalking/spying

escalón

step

acostumbrarse a (infinitivo)

to be accustomed to

sobrecoger

to be amazed, moved

interesarse en (infinitivo)

to be interested in

decidirse a (infinitivo)

to choose to

cumplir con (sustantivo)

to complete something that you have to do

confiar en (sustantivo)

to confide in

atreverse a (infinitivo)

to dare to

buceo

to dive

soñar con (infinitivo y sustantivo)

to dream of

quejarse de (sustantivo)

to express one's disapproval of something

enamorarse de (sustantivo)

to fall in love with (the exact moment, not a process)

insistir en (infinitivo)

to force

obligar a (infinitivo)

to force to

casarse con (sustantivo)

to get married

derrochar

to give abundantly

dirigirse a (sustantivo)

to go to

perecerse a (sustantivo)

to have a similarity to

asistir a (sustantivo)

to help or attend to

permear

to influence, to permeate

empeñarse en (infinitivo)

to insist

acabar de (infinitivo)

to just have finished something

anidar

to nest

asomarse a (infinitivo)

to peek at

precipitar

to precipitate

disponerse a (infinitivo)

to prepare beforehand

prepararse a (infinitivo)

to put in order to

darse cuenta de (sustantivo)

to realize

acordarse de (infinitivo y sustantivo)

to remember something

volver a (infinitivo)

to repeat an action

rayar

to scratch

oler a (sustantivo)

to smell like

echarse a (infinitivo)

to start an action and replace with another

detenerse a (infinitivo)

to stop and begin something else

dejar de (infinitivo)

to stop doing

saber a (sustantivo)

to taste like

pensar en (sustantivo)

to think about

amenazar con (infinitivo y sustantivo)

to threaten with