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#21
descentrado - off-center, off-balance, unsettled, disoriented, confused

Spanish example: Mi mejor amigo le compró dos llantas y estaban pinchadas y descentradas.

English example: My best friend bought himself two tires and they were punctured and off-center.

Source: descentrado - off-center, off-balance, unsettled, disoriented, confused
#22
el quid de la cuestión - crux of the matter

Spanish example: Y ya estamos llegando al quid de la cuestión: ¿cómo define usted eso del \"interés general\"?

English example: And now we are arriving at the crux of the matter: How do you define the "general interest"?

Source: el quid de la cuestión - crux of the matter
#23
el fregadero - sink (as in a kitchen)

Spanish example: El consumo de agua potable en el fregadero se acerca al 20% del total.

English example: The use of potable water in the sink is about 20 percent of the total.

Source: el fregadero - sink (as in a kitchen)
#24
Weather Stats & Comments / Re: Monthly weather stats
Last post by Judi_bk - 18 Feb, 2026, 12:35:48 PM
January 2026







#25
Weather Stats & Comments / Re: Weekly weather stats
Last post by Judi_bk - 18 Feb, 2026, 12:00:30 PM
26th January





#26
fabular - to tell or make up a fable, to imagine, to make things up

Spanish example: Desde que los hombres fabularon el relato de Ícaro hasta que el ser humano pudo surcar los aires pasaron muchos siglos.

English example: Many centuries passed from the time  people made up the story of Icarus until the human being could slice through the air.

Source: fabular - to tell or make up a fable, to imagine, to make things up
#27
el uxoricidio - the killings of one's wife, one who kills his wife

Spanish example: El uxoricidio, en la mayoría de los casos, tiene como determinante los celos.

English example: Wife-killing, in the majority of cases, has jealously as a determining factor.

Source: el uxoricidio - the killings of one's wife, one who kills his wife
#28
Weather Stats & Comments / Re: Weekly weather stats
Last post by Judi_bk - 04 Feb, 2026, 04:17:47 PM
From 19th January





#29
Word games and quizzes / Re: news quiz
Last post by Judi_bk - 30 Jan, 2026, 06:54:20 PM
#30
el vagido - cry of a newborn child

Spanish example: Desde el primer vagido empieza la educación

English example: Education begins from the baby's first cry.

Source: el vagido - cry of a newborn child