Vocabulary List: Crime, Law and Environment in English and Spanish

Crime, Law and Environment Vocabulary: English–Spanish

Crime and Law

To ban, to forbid, to outlaw → prohibir

Offender → criminal

To fine → multar

To comply → cumplir

Theft, robbery, daylight robbery → robo

Behind bars → tras las rejas

Shoplifting → robo en tienda

To make sure, to ensure → asegurarse

To enforce → ejecutar

To lock in → encerrar

Jail room, cell → celda

To obey → obedecer

To accuse sb of → acusar a alguien de

To commit a crime → cometer un crimen

Convicted → condenado

Guilty → culpable

Court → tribunal

Trial → juicio

To let sb off the hook → absolver

To defy, to violate → violar las normas

To go straight → enderezarse

To grab → agarrar, coger

Goal, aim, objective → objetivo

To catch sb red-handed → pillar a alguien con las manos en la masa

To crack down on → tomar medidas duras

To be above board → en regla

To turn a blind eye → hacer la vista gorda

To lay down the law → dejar las cosas claras

To mend one's ways → reformarse

To be on the run, to leak → a la fuga

Cover one's tracks → borrar sus huellas

General Vocabulary

Actually, really → realmente

Worthless, useless → sin valor

To release, to liberate → liberar

Mostly, principally → principalmente

To approach → acercarse

To work out → idear

Thoroughly → concienzudamente

To age → envejecer

Tough → difícil

To shrink → reducir

Commuter → persona que viaja al trabajo a diario

To swap → intercambiar

To be likely → ser posible

Youth, teenage → joven

Huge, enormous → enorme

To wipe out → destruir

Woolly → lanudo

Thick → grueso

Rain or shine → lluvia o trueno

Sink or swim → todo o nada

Sick and tired → más que harto

Now and then → de vez en cuando

Sooner or later → tarde o temprano

Tried and tested → de eficacia comprobada

Environment and Climate

Eco-friendly → bueno para el medio ambiente

To download → descargar

Soil → terreno

Flooding → inundación

Thaw → deshielo

Endangered → en peligro de extinción

Greenhouse effect → efecto invernadero

Fossil fuels → combustibles fósiles

Landfill → basurero

Moisture → humedad

To waste → malgastar

Average → medio

Hazardous → peligroso

Crops → cosechas

To melt → derretir

Carbon footprint → huella de carbono

Permafrost → suelo congelado

Reindeer → reno