Vocabulario Esencial de Inglés: Cosméticos, Expresiones y Falsos Amigos
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Vocabulario de Cosméticos y Cuidado Personal en Inglés
- Eyeshadow → Sombra de ojos
- Make-up → Maquillaje
- Eye liner → Delineador de ojos
- Lipliner → Delineador de labios
- Eyebrow liner → Delineador de cejas
- Highlighter → Iluminador
- Mascara → Máscara de pestañas
- Kohl → Lápiz negro para ojos
- Lipstick → Pintalabios
- Lip gloss → Brillo de labios
- Concealer → Corrector
- Brushes → Juegos de brochas
- Make-up foundation → Base de maquillaje
- Hand cream → Crema de manos
- Exfoliating cream → Crema exfoliante
- Self-tan cream → Crema autobronceadora
- Body lotion / milk → Loción / leche corporal
- Moisturizing cream → Crema humectante / nutritiva
- Hydrating cream → Crema hidratante
- Anti-wrinkle cream → Crema antiarrugas
- Brush → Cepillo
- Nail cutter → Cortauñas
- Q-tips → Bastoncillos de algodón
- Powder → Polvos fijadores
- Scrunchy → Coletero (tipo tela)
- Eye contour cream → Contorno de ojos
- Night/day cream → Crema de noche / día
- Shampoo → Champú
- Hair conditioner → Acondicionador
- Body oil → Aceite corporal
- Nail enamel → Esmalte de uñas
- Nail remover → Quitaesmalte
- Make-up remover → Desmaquillante
- Tonic lotion → Loción tónica
- Aftershave → Loción para después del afeitado
- Cologne → Colonia
- Perfume → Perfume
- Hair mist → Bruma para el pelo
- Hair blisters → Sellador de puntas
- Gel → Gel de ducha
- Soap → Jabón
- Toothpaste → Pasta de dientes
- Dental thread → Hilo dental
- Blade → Cuchilla
- Comb → Peine
- Stretchy scrunchy → Coletero elástico
- Sun tan (bronzer) → Bronceador
- Menses / Periods → Menstruación / Periodo (Ej. "I'm on my period")
- The curse → Menstruación, de forma coloquial ("La maldición")
Apuntes de Clase y Expresiones Idiomáticas
- On me house → Invita la casa
- Doormat → Pelmudo / Felpudo
- Home office → Oficina en casa (cuidado con las traducciones erróneas)
- Domestic terminal → Terminal nacional
- Spare key → Llave de repuesto
- Castaway → Náufrago
- Close-up → Primer plano
- Pick-me-up → Tentempié
- Hand-me-down → Ropa heredada
- To look down on someone → Despreciar
- To be up to → Mirar por encima del hombro / Qué has hecho (este finde)
Nacionalidades: Sustantivos y Adjetivos
- Nouns (Sustantivos): Serb, Croat, The Danes, Briton, Spaniard, Finn, Swede.
- Adjectives (Adjetivos): Serbian, Croatian, Danish, British, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish.
Verbos y Vocabulario Variado
- To take off (Present) / Off-take (Past/Contextual) → Despegar / Retirar.
- Dying (To die) → Morir.
- Dyeing (To dye) → Teñir.
- Washing up → Fregar los platos (Nota: Doing the laundry es hacer la colada).
- To be cold → Hace frío.
- Constipation → Estreñimiento.
- Useless → Inútil.
- Pointless → Sin sentido.
- Useful → Útil.
- Launch party → Fiesta de lanzamiento.
- Word of mouth → El boca a boca.
Expresiones Relacionadas con la Visión y el Trabajo
- To catch sight of
- To keep out of sight
- To come into view
- To take a close look at something
- To have poor vision
- Being in the public eye
- To work around the clock / To work all hours
- Vigorous
- To work your way
- Work ethic
Vocabulario del Libro y Conectores
Términos Clave
- Advantage, purpose, point, use
- Home comforts → Things that make your domestic life easier.
- Get on like a house on fire → Have a warm and friendly relationship.
- Home vs. House
- Eye, look, sight, view, vision
- Work out → Be successful.
- Groundwork → Prepare for something.
- It's all in a day's work → Is normal.
- Clock, dirty, ethic, hours, knowledge, order, vigorous, way
Conectores y Adverbios
Conectores: So that, otherwise, in case, however, whereas, although, by contrast, despite this, on the contrary, by that time, from that time on, in the meantime, as, for, from, in, of, on, to.
Adverbios de opinión / Modalidad: Obviously, hopefully, surprisingly, strangely, apparently, presumably, fortunately, disappointingly, conveniently, believably, miraculously, predictably, understandably, astonishingly, curiously.