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Spanish to English Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
fe como un grano de mostaza		faith the size of a mustard seed / mustard seed sized faith

fermento francés		"intellectual ferment" in France	patinba
Entered by: patinba
fija		favorite

finde		weekend

foco de desarrollo		source of development

folletín de sangre e hígado		blood and guts drama

Formación de bolsa de trabajo		Creation of a job bank

fotografía “autoral”,		auteur photography	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
fuelle respirante		breathing bellows (yoga: bellows breathing)

fuleros (IN THIS CONTEXT)		fakes

fututo		Fotuto

Gancho ciego		unwitting cover / blind

gatopardismo		a situation where change is more apparent than real / gatopardism	Gary Raymond Bokobza
Entered by: Gary Raymond Bokobza
Güero de rancho		Blue-eyed peasant

Genio y figura		Incredibly/ remarkably admirable/talented ever since...

gente de buen vivir		bon viveurs	Simon Bruni
Entered by: Simon Bruni
gestión del local		management of the facility

giros negros		seedy joints	fionn
Entered by: fionn
golpe a la cátedra		shock the Establishment

gríngolas		open-minded	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
guardarse consideración		treat each other with respect and consideration

ha lechado el pasillo del primer piso con brow de cemento		[he or she] (has) cement-grouted the first floor hallway/corredor	Marcelo González
Entered by: Marcelo González
ha sabido salir al frente de		has been able to come out ahead despite

ha tomado mayor distancia		distanced themselves	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
hacer camarones		doing odd jobs

hacer de alguien cualquier cosa		walk all over someone

Hacer economias		make savings, tighten our belts, cutback

hacer el bestia		go wild and get away with it

hacer huelga de		don't fall asleep at the wheel (on the xxx project/with respect to xxx)	Marcelo González
Entered by: Marcelo González
hacer la judía		to cheat

hacer la vista gorda, hacerse de la vista gorda		to turn a blind eye

hacer las pases		to call it quits

hacer pie frente		overcome /withstand	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
hacer punta		led the way	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
Hacer un pase		To pass one's hand

hacer una frase		No pun intended	Debora Blake
Entered by: Debora Blake
hacer una media		kill time

hamacar		worked our butts off

hay alguien al otro lado		(that) someone's listening

hay demasiada gente para un solo pastel		too many people want a slice of the cake	Simon Bruni
Entered by: Simon Bruni

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