Define las siguientes palabras - Help

Define las siguientes palabras - Help

I need to translate these words. There's a lot, and some I can't find in the dictionary, so those I need your help with. as for the rest, check them if they are right. Some have multiple meanings, and I'm not sure which ones to use. It's for a video called La Catrina.

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conocer - to know/meet people
pasar - to pass/happen
misterioso - mysterious
sorprenderse - ?
esperar - to wait
el espía - ?
informar - to inform
investigar - to investigate
aprender - to learn
seguir - to continue
el político - politics??
el candidato - candidate
la campaña - crusade
según - after
poderoso - powerful, forceful
el testamento - testament, will
el retiro con pensión -
la ecología - ecology
las pesticidas - ?
encontrar - to encounter
los bombones - candy
embarazada - pregnant? embarrassing?
embarazoso - cumbersome
el juez - critic
la propiedad - ownership
pertenecer - to apply
el ladrón - robber
la heredera - heiress
la herencia - heritage
la copia - copy?
acerca / sobre - about
el campesino - farmer
el jefe - boss
el guardaespaldas - bodyguard
esconder - to conceal
válido - valid
los impuestos - taxes
el corte - ?
sorprendido, a - ?
nervioso, a - nervous
confundido, a - confused?
emocionado, a - emotional
contento, a - content
triste - sad
enojado, a - angered
preocupado, a - preoccupied
deprimido, a - depressed

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Originally Posted by jchen (Post 49348)

sorprenderse - get surprised
esperar - to wait/hope
el espía - spy
el político - politics
la campaña - bell/campaign
según - according to
el retiro con pensión - retirement (paid)
las pesticidas - pesticides
encontrar - to encounter/meet/find
embarazada - pregnant
embarazoso - embarrassing/awkward
el juez - judge
la propiedad - property/ownership/correctness
pertenecer - to belong to
el ladrón - robber/thief
la heredera - heiress
la herencia - inheritance/heritage/heredity
la copia - copy
esconder - to conceal/hide
el corte - cut/Court (King's or Supreme)
sorprendido, a - surprised
confundido, a - confused
contento, a - happy/pleased
triste - sad
enojado, a - angry
preocupado, a - busy/preoccupied

Hope that helps. There are good dictionaries online that can help you find all of these words.

thanks, that will help a lot and may I ask how you unitalicize the quote? Because normally it would be italicized

So out of curiosity, you couldn't look up the words in the dictionary?

:confused::thinking::confused:

One correction:
El político is the politician.
Politics is la política.

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Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 49422)

One correction:
El político is the politician.
Politics is la política.

Correct you are.

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Originally Posted by Elaina (Post 49421)

So out of curiosity, you couldn't look up the words in the dictionary?

:confused::thinking::confused:

I did but some I couldn't find because there wasn't any. some I figured out myself, some there were translations

Thank to everyone for the words.

They will be to great useful to me.

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Originally Posted by jchen (Post 49843)

I did but some I couldn't find because there wasn't any. some I figured out myself, some there were translations

Your sentence sounds a bit strange to me :thinking: . What do you want to say?

Lo hice, pero no pude encontrarlas todas :?: :confused:

some words I could not find a translation in the dictionary

how about now? :thinking:

OK, now I understand you ;) :D