【讲西班牙语的加菲猫】第62期

 

enchufar

verb neuter

1. To fit, as the orifice of a tube into another. (n)

verb transitive

2. To join, to connect, to fit together (técnica).

3. (Com, Fin.) To merge. (n)

verb reflexive

4. To wangle oneself a job (puesto).

 

chocar

intransitive verb

1. to crash (colisionar) (contra into), to collide (contra with)

 

chocaron dos autobuses -> two buses crashed o collided

la moto chocó contra un árbol -> the motorbike hit a tree

chocar de frente con -> to have a head-on collision with

 

2. to clash (enfrentarse)

 

mis ideas siempre han chocado con las suyas -> he and I have always had different ideas about things

 

3. to surprise, to puzzle(extrañar)

 

me choca que no haya llegado ya -> I'm surprised o puzzled that she hasn't arrived yet

 

4. to annoy, to bug (informal) (molestar) (Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)

 

me choca que esté siempre controlándome -> it really annoys me how he's always watching me

 

transitive verb

5. to shake(manos)

 

¡chócala!, ¡choca esos cinco! (informal) -> put it there!

 

6. to clink (copas, vasos)