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Domestic Violence 2: Vocabulary

English Spanish Spanish Pronunciation
angry enojado

(eh-noh-HAH-doh)

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to hit/to strike pegar

(peh-GAHR)

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to grab agarrar

(ah-gahr-RAHR)

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explain to me explíqueme

(ehks-PLEE-keh-mee)

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slower/slowly más despacio

(mahs deh-SPAH-see-oh)

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drunk borracho

(bohr-RAH-choh)

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I don't know no sé

(noh SEH)

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dangerous peligroso

(peh-lee-GROH-soh)

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to weigh pesar

(peh-SAHR)

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describe him describirlo

(deh-skree-BEER-loh)

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shelter refugio

(reh-FOO-hee-oh)

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