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Unit C2.2 words: Conceding and insisting
The words of unit C2.2 (Conceding and insisting), most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4199 | el callejón | noun · m | alley | C1 |
| 6935 | concernir | verb | to concern; to affect | C2 |
| 7056 | inclusive | adverb | even; including | C2 |
| 7208 | relatar | verb | to recount; to relate | C2 |
| 7292 | el dialecto | noun · m | dialect | C2 |
| 7494 | contradecir | verb | to contradict; to contradict oneself (contradecirse) | C2 |
| 7613 | desgraciadamente | adverb | unfortunately | C2 |
| 7615 | confrontar | verb | to confront; to face; to compare; to collate | C2 |
| 7734 | omitir | verb | to omit; to leave out | C2 |
| 7739 | asimismo | adverb | likewise; also | C2 |
| 7754 | la negación | noun · f | denial; refusal; negation (grammar, logic) | C2 |
| 7791 | el pretexto | noun · m | pretext; excuse | C2 |
| 7812 | verbal | adjective | verbal; oral; verbal (grammar) | C2 |
| 8002 | malinterpretar | verb | to misinterpret; to misunderstand | C2 |
| 8074 | el énfasis | noun · m | emphasis; stress; focus; specialisation (of a programme) | C2 |
| 8087 | disculparse | verb | to apologise; to excuse oneself; to ask to be excused | C2 |
| 8121 | el verbo | noun · m | verb (grammar); eloquence; gift of the gab (verbo fácil) | C2 |
| 8135 | la polémica | noun · f | controversy; heated debate; polemic; public dispute | C2 |
| 8137 | el orador | noun · m | speaker; orator; keynote or guest speaker | C2 |
| 8149 | quejarse | verb | to complain; to groan; to moan (in pain) | C2 |
| 8197 | la anécdota | noun · f | anecdote; short true story; mere detail; passing incident | C2 |
| 8209 | el vocabulario | noun · m | vocabulary; language; way of speaking (cuida tu vocabulario) | C2 |
| 8216 | abreviar | verb | to abbreviate; to shorten; to cut short; to hurry along | C2 |
| 8233 | el sinónimo | noun · m | synonym; synonym (figurative: ser sinónimo de) | C2 |
| 8249 | concretamente | adverb | specifically; to be precise | C2 |
| 8262 | replicar | verb | to retort; to answer back; to replicate; to reproduce | C2 |
| 8273 | reconsiderar | verb | to reconsider; to rethink | C2 |
| 8286 | el dardo | noun · m | dart; barbed remark; dig | C2 |
| 8448 | la contradicción | noun · f | contradiction; contrariness (espíritu de contradicción) | C2 |
| 8514 | el torrente | noun · m | torrent; mountain stream; flood; stream (of words, people) | C2 |
| 8517 | susurrar | verb | to whisper; to murmur; to rustle (wind, water, leaves) | C2 |
| 8583 | acuñar | verb | to mint; to coin (money); to coin (a word, a phrase) | C2 |
| 8605 | el consenso | noun · m | consensus; agreement; broad agreement; prevailing view | C2 |
| 8721 | unánime | adjective | unanimous; shared by everyone; general | C2 |
| 8821 | la indirecta | noun · f | hint; veiled remark | C2 |
| 8892 | enfatizar | verb | to emphasise; to stress; to accentuate; to highlight (features) | C2 |
| 8894 | la retórica | noun · f | rhetoric (the art of persuasion); mere rhetoric; empty words | C2 |
| 8900 | censurar | verb | to censor; to censure; to reproach | C2 |
| 9034 | bla | interjection | blah (empty talk) | C2 |
| 9121 | la sinceridad | noun · f | sincerity; frankness | C2 |
| 9304 | deletrear | verb | to spell (out) a word; to sound out; to read haltingly | C2 |
| 9307 | instar | verb | to urge; to press (to do something) | C2 |
| 9343 | entablar | verb | to start; to strike up (a conversation, friendship); to bring; to file (a lawsuit) | C2 |
| 9404 | curiosamente | adverb | curiously; interestingly enough | C2 |
| 9447 | comprensible | adjective | understandable; clear; understandable (reasonable, excusable) | C2 |
| 9487 | el chisme | noun · m | gossip; piece of gossip; gadget; thingamajig (informal) | C2 |
| 9497 | retractar | verb | to retract; to take back (retractarse de); to back out; to go back on one's word | C2 |
| 9510 | burlarse | verb | to mock; to make fun of (burlarse de); to flout; to make a mockery of | C2 |
| 9580 | típicamente | adverb | typically; usually; characteristically; as one would expect | C2 |
| 9692 | secretamente | adverb | secretly | C2 |
| 9729 | literal | adjective | literal; word-for-word (translation, copy) | C2 |
| 9752 | magnificar | verb | to exaggerate; to blow out of proportion; to extol; to praise highly | C2 |
| 9835 | afirmativo | adjective | affirmative; positive; affirmative (grammar) | C2 |
| 9893 | la sigla | noun · f | acronym; abbreviation (made of initials) | C2 |
| 9915 | desacreditar | verb | to discredit; to damage the reputation of | C2 |
| 10039 | externar | verb | to express; to voice (an opinion, a feeling) | C2 |
| 10055 | reprochar | verb | to reproach; to blame (someone for something); to reproach oneself (reprocharse) | C2 |
| 10103 | desvelar | verb | to reveal; to unveil (a secret, a truth); to keep awake (desvelarse: to lose sleep) | C2 |
| 10128 | casualmente | adverb | by chance; accidentally; as it happens; coincidentally | C2 |
| 10140 | la ortografía | noun · f | spelling; orthography (a spelling system) | C2 |
| 10173 | la mayúscula | noun · f | capital letter; upper-case letter | C2 |
| 10182 | tachar | verb | to cross out; to strike out; to label; to brand (tachar de + adjective) | C2 |
| 10185 | el sobrenombre | noun · m | nickname; added name; epithet (title given to a ruler) | C2 |
| 10201 | el monólogo | noun · m | monologue (theatre, film); monologue (one-sided talk) | C2 |
| 10210 | rumorear | verb | to rumour (se rumorea que: it is rumoured that); to murmur (water, wind) | C2 |
| 10218 | el cliché | noun · m | cliché | C2 |
| 10234 | descalificar | verb | to disqualify; to discredit; to dismiss (someone's opinion) | C2 |
| 10254 | cuan | adverb | how (before an adjective or adverb); cuan largo era: at full length | C2 |
| 10407 | disuadir | verb | to dissuade; to talk (someone) out of; to deter (crime, an enemy) | C2 |
| 10432 | percatar | verb | to realise; to become aware (percatarse de); to notice (percatarse de algo) | C2 |
| 10474 | aventurar | verb | to venture (aventurarse a/en); to hazard; to risk (a guess, an opinion) | C2 |
| 10563 | mu | interjection | moo (sound of a cow) | C2 |
| 10651 | la sílaba | noun · f | syllable | C2 |
| 10679 | subrayar | verb | to underline; to stress; to emphasise | C2 |
| 10733 | la alusión | noun · f | allusion; indirect reference; reference; mention (en alusión a: in reference to) | C2 |
| 10766 | aleluya | interjection | hallelujah (praise to God); thank goodness! (relief) | C2 |
| 10798 | el matiz | noun · m | nuance; subtlety; shade; tint (colour) | C2 |
| 10849 | shh | interjection | shh! (be quiet) | C2 |
| 10913 | irónicamente | adverb | ironically; ironically (in an ironic tone) | C2 |
| 10993 | sarcástico | adjective | sarcastic | C2 |
| 11007 | excusar | verb | to excuse; to justify; to apologise; to make one's excuses (excusarse) | C2 |
| 11008 | mismísimo | adjective | very same; himself, herself (emphatic); very (emphasising a place or moment) | C2 |
| 11117 | el dictado | noun · m | dictation (school exercise); dictates (los dictados de) | C2 |
| 11176 | la jerga | noun · f | jargon (technical language); slang (informal group language) | C2 |
| 11246 | quienquiera | pronoun | whoever; anyone who (quienquiera que) | C2 |
| 11401 | bum | interjection | boom! bang! | C2 |
| 11406 | enumerar | verb | to list; to enumerate; to go through point by point | C2 |
| 11491 | ridiculizar | verb | to ridicule; to mock; to make (someone) look ridiculous | C2 |
| 11514 | aludir | verb | to allude to; to refer indirectly; darse por aludido: to take it personally | C2 |
| 11615 | modular | verb | to modulate (voice, tone, signal); to adjust; to regulate (intensity, power) | C2 |
| 11663 | disimular | verb | to hide; to conceal (feelings); to pretend not to notice; to feign | C2 |
| 11679 | clamar | verb | to cry out for; to clamour for; clamar al cielo: to be outrageous | C2 |
| 11749 | la enhorabuena | noun · f | congratulations (dar la enhorabuena); ¡enhorabuena!: congratulations! (as an exclamation) | C2 |
| 11761 | el alegato | noun · m | plea; closing argument (law); case; impassioned argument (for something) | C2 |
| 11763 | antemano | adverb | de antemano: beforehand; in advance; de antemano: already (decided, known) | C2 |