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6 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ñ O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z acróbata acróbata m. - f. acrobat. acrónimo m. acronym. acta 1 f. minutes. 2 certificate. actitud f. attitude. activar v. to activate. actividad f. activity: un volcán en ~ , an ac- tive volcano. activista m. - f. activist. activo, va adj. active. activo m. asset; assets. acto 1 m. act: ~ seguido , immediately afterwards; en el ~ , immediately. 2 cere- mony. 3 t eatr act. actor 1 m. actor. 2 m. , f. D er plaintiff. actriz f. actress. actuación f. performance. actual adj. present, current. actualidad 1 f. present time: en la ~ , at present; temas de ~ , topical issues; perder ~ , to go out of fashion. 2 actualidades f. pl. news, current events. actualizar v. tobringuptodate;toupgrade. actualmente adv. at the present time. actuar v. to act. acuarela f. watercolor. acuario m. aquarium. acuático, ca adj. aquatic. acuatizar v. to land on water. acuchillar 1 v. to stab. 2 to slash. acudiente m. - f. C oL guardian of a student. acudir 1 v. to present oneself, come, show up: no acudió a la cita, he didn’t show up for the appointment. 2 to resort to, turn to; loc. : acudieron en su ayuda, they rushed to help him. acueducto m. aqueduct, waterworks. acuerdo 1 m. agreement. 2 loc. : estar de ~ , to agree: no quiero que estemos de ~ en todo , I don’t want us to agree on everything; llegar a un ~ , to reach an agreement. 3 : de ~ con , according to: de ~ con lo que informaron en la radio, hoy no va a llover , according to what they said on the radio, there will be no rain today. acumulación f. accumulation. acumular v. to accumulate, amass. acuoso, sa adj. aqueous; watery. acurrucarse 1 v. to huddle up. 2 to crouch. acusación f. accusation. acusado¹, da adj. accused. acusado² m. , f. defendant. acusar 1 v. to accuse; to indict. 2 to de- nounce, give away. 3 (cards) to declare. 4 {en correspondencia} ~ recibo , to ack- nowledge receipt. acusador, dora 1 adj. tb. m. , f. accuser. acuse 1 m. acknowledgement of receipt, notification. 2 {cartas} announcement of winning cards. acústica f. acoustics. acústico, ca adj. acoustic. adaptar v. to adapt, adjust. adecuado, da adj. suitable; adequate. adecuar v. to fit, adapt. adelantar 1 v. to bring forward: ~on el viaje , they brought forward the trip. 2 {información} to disclose; {dinero}: nos ~on dos millones de pesos , they gave us an advance of two million pesos. 3 {ca- rretera} overtake, to get ahead of, pass: nos ~on en la carretera , they passed us on the highway; {un curso} skip a course. 4 {reloj}: su reloj se adelanta , your watch is fast; adelantó el reloj 2 horas , he moved the clock forward 2 hours. 5 to improve, make progress, advance: el alumno ade- lanta poco , the pupil is not making much progress. 6 adelantarse {proyecto} get a head start: necesita ~ en ese proyecto , she needs to get a head start on the project; 7 {ser más rápido} to beat: tu amigo se acurrucarse / to huddle up No confunda la palabra actual en español (que se dice current en inglés) con actual en inglés (que significa real en español).
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