Spanish vocabulary
| a brazo partido | at arm's length | |
| a duras penas | hardly | |
| a trancas y barrancas | in fits and starts | |
| a voces | out loud, loudly | |
| a capas | layered (hair) | |
| a fondo | thoroughly | |
| a oscuras | in the dark | |
| a la perfección | perfectly | |
| a la francesa | in the French style | |
| a la marinera (cocina) | à la marinière | |
| a lo loco | quickly, without thinking | |
| a lo grande | on a large scale | |
| a lo tonto | awkwardly, inadvertently | |
| al revés | upside down | |
| al derecho | right way up | |
| con el corazón en la mano | with heart in hand | |
| con mucho gusto | with pleasure | |
| cuerpo a cuerpo | hand to hand, close combat | |
| de frente | head on, frankly | |
| de par en par | totally | |
| de punta en blanco | all dressed up (smart) | |
| en rigor | strictly speaking, really | |
| mano sobre mano | twiddling one's thumbs, doing nothing | |
| por fuerza | necessarily | |
| por todo lo alto | in style, no expense spared | |
| punto por punto | point by point, in detail |
