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Unit C1.2 words: Counter-arguing
The words of unit C1.2 (Counter-arguing), most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3200 | el crucero | noun · m | cruise; cruise ship | B2 |
| 4004 | la corrupción | noun · f | corruption | C1 |
| 4051 | la cumbre | noun · f | summit, peak; summit (meeting) | C1 |
| 4115 | el mandato | noun · m | term of office; order, warrant | C1 |
| 4159 | el decreto | noun · m | decree | C1 |
| 4222 | el patrimonio | noun · m | heritage; assets, wealth | C1 |
| 4592 | proclamar | verb | to proclaim, to declare; to be crowned (proclamarse campeón) | C1 |
| 4901 | el terrorismo | noun · m | terrorism | C1 |
| 5643 | electo | adjective | elect, elected | C1 |
| 5845 | la candidatura | noun · f | candidacy; ticket, list of candidates | C1 |
| 5986 | el / la dirigente | noun · mf | leader, executive | C1 |
| 6511 | parlamentario | adjective | parliamentary | C2 |
| 6511 | el parlamentario | noun · m | member of parliament; lawmaker | C2 |
| 6529 | el panorama | noun · m | outlook; overall picture; panoramic view; vista | C2 |
| 6544 | reanudar | verb | to resume; to restart | C2 |
| 6572 | revertir | verb | to reverse; to turn around; to revert (to a previous state or an owner) | C2 |
| 6592 | el levantamiento | noun · m | uprising; revolt; lifting; removal | C2 |
| 6652 | abatir | verb | to shoot down; to bring down; to dishearten; to devastate | C2 |
| 6713 | escalonado | adjective | staggered; phased; terraced | C2 |
| 6737 | el proyectil | noun · m | projectile; shell | C2 |
| 6747 | minar | verb | to undermine; to erode; to mine (lay mines) | C2 |
| 6760 | alertar | verb | to alert; to warn | C2 |
| 6767 | conspirar | verb | to conspire; to plot; to conspire (circumstances working against one) | C2 |
| 6770 | el dictador | noun · m | dictator | C2 |
| 6801 | la réplica | noun · f | replica; copy; reply; retort | C2 |
| 6802 | rondar | verb | to prowl; to hang around; to be around (an age, an amount) | C2 |
| 6820 | ucraniano | adjective | Ukrainian | C2 |
| 6853 | reabrir | verb | to reopen | C2 |
| 6887 | el espionaje | noun · m | espionage; spying | C2 |
| 6893 | iraní | adjective | Iranian | C2 |
| 6895 | la rendición | noun · f | surrender; accountability (rendición de cuentas) | C2 |
| 6927 | aniquilar | verb | to annihilate; to wipe out | C2 |
| 7075 | el motín | noun · m | riot; uprising; mutiny (ship, prison) | C2 |
| 7108 | detonar | verb | to detonate; to set off; to trigger; to spark (a crisis) | C2 |
| 7163 | bosnio | adjective | Bosnian | C2 |
| 7170 | el escombro | noun · m | rubble; debris | C2 |
| 7173 | encubrir | verb | to cover up; to conceal | C2 |
| 7180 | la redada | noun · f | raid; round-up (police) | C2 |
| 7187 | revolucionar | verb | to revolutionise; to stir up; to get agitated | C2 |
| 7230 | presunto | adjective | alleged; presumed | C2 |
| 7246 | masacrar | verb | to massacre; to thrash; to demolish (sports) | C2 |
| 7248 | el / la manifestante | noun · mf | demonstrator; protester | C2 |
| 7294 | el estallido | noun · m | outbreak; outburst; bang; burst | C2 |
| 7298 | el fusil | noun · m | rifle | C2 |
| 7358 | el / la nacionalista | noun · mf | nationalist | C2 |
| 7364 | humanitario | adjective | humanitarian | C2 |
| 7389 | intensificar | verb | to intensify; to step up | C2 |
| 7433 | libio | adjective | Libyan | C2 |
| 7471 | iraquí | adjective | Iraqi | C2 |
| 7473 | el asedio | noun · m | siege; harassment; relentless pressure | C2 |
| 7508 | apresar | verb | to capture; to seize; to arrest; to seize (prey) | C2 |
| 7529 | la guerrilla | noun · f | guerrilla warfare; guerrilla group; the guerrillas | C2 |
| 7531 | el convoy | noun · m | convoy | C2 |
| 7545 | sofocar | verb | to suffocate; to put out (fire); to quell; to put down (a revolt) | C2 |
| 7602 | el mafioso | noun · m | mobster; mafioso | C2 |
| 7682 | el destacamento | noun · m | detachment; unit (military) | C2 |
| 7707 | la escalada | noun · f | climbing (rock climbing); escalation (conflict, prices) | C2 |
| 7711 | victorioso | adjective | victorious | C2 |
| 7721 | el despliegue | noun · m | deployment; display; show (of force, talent) | C2 |
| 7738 | la dinamita | noun · f | dynamite; dynamite (explosive matter) | C2 |
| 7806 | la conmoción | noun · f | shock; upheaval; concussion (conmoción cerebral) | C2 |
| 7838 | el desplazamiento | noun · m | movement; travel (getting around); displacement (of people) | C2 |
| 7891 | acechar | verb | to lurk; to stalk; to threaten; to loom (danger) | C2 |
| 7901 | devastador | adjective | devastating; devastating (news, blow) | C2 |
| 7916 | capitular | verb | to capitulate; to surrender; to give in; to yield | C2 |
| 7942 | neutralizar | verb | to neutralise; to counter; to neutralise (an acid) | C2 |
| 7947 | culminar | verb | to culminate; to end (with); to complete; to finish off | C2 |
| 7949 | agravar | verb | to worsen; to aggravate; to get worse (agravarse) | C2 |
| 7958 | conmemorar | verb | to commemorate; to mark (an anniversary) | C2 |
| 7964 | el recuento | noun · m | count; tally; account; summary (of events) | C2 |
| 7969 | el / la ultra | noun · mf | ultra; hardliner (extremist); ultras (hardcore football fans) | C2 |
| 8001 | desmantelar | verb | to dismantle; to take down; to break up (a gang, a network) | C2 |
| 8033 | exterminar | verb | to exterminate; to eradicate (pests); to wipe out (a people, a species) | C2 |
| 8038 | el coyote | noun · m | coyote; people smuggler (Mexico) | C2 |
| 8064 | balear | verb | to shoot (hit with bullets) | C2 |
| 8096 | la retaguardia | noun · f | rearguard; the rear; defence; backline (sports) | C2 |
| 8101 | prevalecer | verb | to prevail; to win out; to be prevalent; to hold sway | C2 |
| 8108 | táctico | adjective | tactical; tactician (person) | C2 |
| 8157 | el desembarco | noun · m | landing; disembarkation; influx; mass arrival | C2 |
| 8159 | sabotear | verb | to sabotage; to undermine; to wreck (plans) | C2 |
| 8183 | arribar | verb | to arrive; to reach port; to reach (a conclusion, an agreement) | C2 |
| 8189 | el pentágono | noun · m | pentagon; the Pentagon (US defence headquarters) | C2 |
| 8194 | perecer | verb | to perish; to die (in a disaster); to cease to exist; to die out | C2 |
| 8204 | el uranio | noun · m | uranium | C2 |
| 8231 | el éxtasis | noun · m | ecstasy; rapture; ecstasy (the drug) | C2 |
| 8244 | el complot | noun · m | plot; conspiracy | C2 |
| 8264 | el auge | noun · m | boom; peak; heyday | C2 |
| 8277 | desertar | verb | to desert (the army); to abandon; to drop out (of) | C2 |
| 8344 | el talibán | noun · m | Taliban (member); Taliban (adjective) | C2 |
| 8374 | la filtración | noun · f | leak; seepage; leak (of information) | C2 |
| 8380 | el guerrillero | noun · m | guerrilla fighter; guerrilla (adjective) | C2 |
| 8385 | el pistolero | noun · m | gunman; gunslinger; hired gunman | C2 |
| 8461 | saldar | verb | to settle; to pay off (a debt); to end in; to result in (saldarse con) | C2 |
| 8482 | el genocidio | noun · m | genocide | C2 |
| 8495 | salpicar | verb | to splash; to sprinkle; to tarnish; to implicate (in a scandal) | C2 |
| 8506 | atentar | verb | to make an attempt on; to attack (atentar contra); to violate; to be an affront to | C2 |
| 8510 | reaparecer | verb | to reappear; to resurface; to return; to recur (symptoms, problems) | C2 |
| 8561 | el desertor | noun · m | deserter; defector; quitter | C2 |
| 8577 | el acorazado | noun · m | battleship; armoured; reinforced (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8612 | la incursión | noun · f | incursion; raid; foray; venture (into a new field) | C2 |
| 8653 | desfilar | verb | to march past; to parade; to walk the catwalk | C2 |
| 8693 | el holocausto | noun · m | the Holocaust; holocaust; massacre; burnt offering | C2 |
| 8779 | el capitolio | noun · m | capitol (legislature building); the Capitol (US Congress) | C2 |
| 8784 | el portaaviones | noun · m | aircraft carrier | C2 |
| 8837 | el / la centinela | noun · mf | sentry; guard; lookout; watchman (figurative) | C2 |
| 8867 | el / la homicida | noun · mf | murderer; killer; murderous; homicidal (adjective) | C2 |
| 8877 | el búnker | noun · m | bunker; bunker (golf) | C2 |
| 8937 | acontecer | verb | to happen; to take place; what happened (lo acontecido) | C2 |
| 8984 | incursionar | verb | to venture; to make inroads (into a field); to raid; to make an incursion | C2 |
| 8994 | el saqueo | noun · m | looting; plunder; plundering (of resources, funds) | C2 |
| 8999 | el allanamiento | noun · m | police raid; search; trespass; breaking in (allanamiento de morada) | C2 |
| 9038 | conmemorativo | adjective | commemorative | C2 |
| 9061 | el hito | noun · m | milestone; landmark event; boundary stone; marker post | C2 |
| 9063 | la oleada | noun · f | wave (of people, events, heat); surge; rush (of emotion) | C2 |
| 9096 | la ráfaga | noun · f | gust (of wind); burst (gunfire, light) | C2 |
| 9101 | colateral | adjective | collateral; side (effect); collateral (damage, relatives) | C2 |
| 9113 | alarmar | verb | to alarm; to get alarmed (alarmarse) | C2 |
| 9142 | la parálisis | noun · f | paralysis; paralysis; standstill (figurative) | C2 |
| 9196 | desintegrar | verb | to disintegrate; to break up (matter); to fall apart (desintegrarse) | C2 |
| 9282 | sucumbir | verb | to succumb; to give in; to succumb; to die (of wounds, illness) | C2 |
| 9488 | el / la insurgente | noun · mf | insurgent; rebel; insurgent; rebel (adjective use) | C2 |
| 9497 | retractar | verb | to retract; to take back (retractarse de); to back out; to go back on one's word | C2 |
| 9511 | antiaéreo | adjective | anti-aircraft | C2 |
| 9541 | drástico | adjective | drastic; severe; sharp; sudden (change, drop) | C2 |
| 9591 | la barricada | noun · f | barricade | C2 |
| 9620 | convulsionar | verb | to convulse; to have convulsions; to shake; to throw into turmoil | C2 |
| 9942 | catastrófico | adjective | catastrophic; disastrous (informal) | C2 |
| 10015 | la contienda | noun · f | contest; competition; conflict; war (literary) | C2 |
| 10081 | el cerco | noun · m | siege; encirclement; cordon; fence | C2 |
| 10121 | bélico | adjective | war; military (relating to war); warlike; belligerent (tone, attitude) | C2 |
| 10184 | la hambruna | noun · f | famine | C2 |
| 10206 | el balazo | noun · m | gunshot; bullet wound | C2 |
| 10255 | la horda | noun · f | horde; swarm (a large unruly crowd); horde (invading warriors) | C2 |
| 10259 | el saldo | noun · m | balance (of an account); outcome; toll (saldo del accidente) | C2 |
| 10314 | reivindicar | verb | to demand; to claim (a right, a cause); to claim responsibility for (an attack) | C2 |
| 10334 | el derrumbe | noun · m | collapse (of a building, a bridge); landslide; rockfall (Latin America) | C2 |
| 10389 | conmocionar | verb | to shock; to shake (deeply); to concuss (medical) | C2 |
| 10453 | la pandemia | noun · f | pandemic | C2 |
| 10507 | radiactivo | adjective | radioactive | C2 |
| 10522 | el / la asaltante | noun · mf | robber; attacker | C2 |
| 10526 | emergente | adjective | emerging; arising (from); daño emergente: actual loss (law) | C2 |
| 10551 | el reo | noun · m | defendant; accused person; convict; prisoner serving a sentence | C2 |
| 10555 | extremista | adjective | extremist; extremist (person) | C2 |
| 10577 | disidente | adjective | dissident; dissenting; breakaway; splinter (group) | C2 |
| 10577 | el / la disidente | noun · mf | dissident; dissenter; breakaway member | C2 |
| 10608 | el tsunami | noun · m | tsunami; flood; wave (figurative) | C2 |
| 10611 | el retroceso | noun · m | setback; step backwards; recoil (of a firearm) | C2 |
| 10667 | el / la simpatizante | noun · mf | sympathiser; supporter (of a party, a cause) | C2 |
| 10680 | la avanzada | noun · f | advance party; vanguard (military); outpost; forward post (puesto de avanzada) | C2 |
| 10682 | el imputado | noun · m | defendant; person charged (formally under investigation) | C2 |
| 10682 | imputar | verb | to charge (with a crime); to bring charges against; to attribute; to blame (imputar algo a alguien) | C2 |
| 10685 | indagar | verb | to investigate; to look into (indagar en, sobre); to enquire; to find out discreetly | C2 |
| 10687 | el detonador | noun · m | detonator; trigger; spark (figurative) | C2 |
| 10735 | el acosador | noun · m | harasser; bully; stalker | C2 |
| 10751 | violentamente | adverb | violently; forcefully; by force; forcibly | C2 |
| 10884 | la extorsión | noun · f | extortion; extortion (figurative: abusive prices or pressure) | C2 |
| 10912 | la avalancha | noun · f | avalanche (snow); flood; surge (of people, messages, criticism) | C2 |
| 10923 | la delincuencia | noun · f | crime (in general); delinquency; criminals as a group; the criminal underworld | C2 |
| 10933 | el altercado | noun · m | altercation; row; disturbance; public disorder | C2 |
| 10961 | inesperadamente | adverb | unexpectedly; out of the blue; suddenly (of a sudden event, a death) | C2 |
| 10996 | preocupante | adjective | worrying; alarming; serious (of a health condition) | C2 |
| 11002 | penitenciario | adjective | prison; penitentiary (adjective) | C2 |
| 11045 | el estrago | noun · m | ravages; havoc (usually estragos); toll; damage (los estragos del tiempo) | C2 |
| 11046 | trascender | verb | to transcend; to go beyond; to become known; to leak out | C2 |
| 11058 | resurgir | verb | to re-emerge; to resurface; to revive; to flare up again (conflicts, trends) | C2 |
| 11061 | el / la narcotraficante | noun · mf | drug trafficker | C2 |
| 11085 | sitiar | verb | to besiege; to surround; to mob (figurative) | C2 |
| 11173 | desplomar | verb | to collapse; to crumble (building, person); to plummet; to crash (prices, shares) | C2 |
| 11225 | el deslizamiento | noun · m | sliding; slip; landslide (deslizamiento de tierra) | C2 |
| 11234 | laborista | adjective | Labour (political party); Labour supporter or member (noun use) | C2 |
| 11255 | mediático | adjective | media (relating to the mass media); high-profile; media-friendly (famous in the media) | C2 |
| 11291 | mutilado | adjective | mutilated; maimed; mutilated; truncated (text, work) | C2 |
| 11333 | ileso | adjective | unharmed; unhurt; unscathed (figurative) | C2 |
| 11374 | la recesión | noun · f | recession (economic); recession (retreat of glaciers) | C2 |
| 11384 | la movilización | noun · f | mobilisation (of troops, resources); mobilisation; protest (public action) | C2 |
| 11437 | el fusilamiento | noun · m | execution by firing squad | C2 |
| 11465 | incautar | verb | to seize; to confiscate; incautarse de: to take possession of (officially) | C2 |
| 11479 | separatista | adjective | separatist (movement); separatist (person, noun use) | C2 |
| 11516 | el filtrado | noun · m | filtering; filtration; leak (of information) | C2 |
| 11519 | el sondeo | noun · m | opinion poll; survey; sounding; probe (drilling, measuring) | C2 |
| 11538 | erupcionar | verb | to erupt (volcano) | C2 |
| 11593 | el mitin | noun · m | political rally; public meeting; rally (union, community) | C2 |
| 11632 | controvertido | adjective | controversial; disputed; contested | C2 |
| 11734 | deformar | verb | to deform; to warp; to distort (facts, an image) | C2 |
| 11748 | radioactivo | adjective | radioactive; radioactive (figurative: toxic, best avoided) | C2 |
| 11765 | sísmico | adjective | seismic; seismic (figurative: huge, far-reaching) | C2 |
| 11783 | incendiario | adjective | inflammatory; incendiary (speech, remarks); arsonist (noun use) | C2 |
| 11795 | el éxodo | noun · m | exodus (mass departure); Exodus (the biblical book) | C2 |