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perder aceite: to be gay; to have sugar in one's tank
perder el culo: to be in a rush; to bust one's balls
perder el hilo: To lose the thread
perder el norte: to lose the plot
perder el oremus: to lose one's mind
perder el tiempo: to waste time; dilly-dally
perder el último tren: to miss the boat
perder fuelle: to run out of steam
perder gas: to run out of steam
perder la brújula: to lose one's way; to lose one's mojo
perder la cabeza: to become crazy, to lose one's mind, to lose one's head
perder la chaveta: to go nuts; to lose one's head
perder la cuenta: to lose count
perder los estribos: to lose one's temper, to fly off the handle, lose one's head, blow one's top
perder los papeles: to lose it; to lose one's mind; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see perder, los, papeles.
perder peso: to lose weight, to shed weight, to reduce weight, to cut weight, to drop weight
perder un tornillo: to lose one's mind
perdicero: partridge
perdicero: partridge farmer
perdición: doom, ruin, downfall, undoing, destruction, bane; perdition, damnation
perdidamente: helplessly, hopelessly; head over heels
perdido: lost
perdidoso: easily lost
perdigallo: snowcock
perdigar: to fry lighty; to roast lighty
perdigonada: an instance of shooting birdshot; a wound caused by birdshot
perdigonazo: Shot by a pellet gun
perdiguero: pointer (dog)
perdigón: a young partridge; a small lead pellet used as ammunition
perdimiento: loss; perdition
perdiz: partridge; great tinamou (Tinamus major); tinamou
perdiz chilena: Chilean tinamou
perdiz coluda: long-tailed wood partridge (Dendrortyx macroura)
perdiz negra: black partridge Melanoperdix niger
perdiz pardilla: grey partridge
perdonable: forgivable, pardonable
perdonar: to pardon, excuse, forgive
perdonavidas: arrogant person
perdudilla: certain globe amaranths (Gomphrena spp.)
perdulario: forlorn, dissolute
perdulario: ne'er-do-well
perdurabilidad: perdurability
perdurable: durable, lasting
perdurablemente: durably
perduración: perduration
perdurante: enduring
perdurantismo: perdurantism
perdurar: to linger, persist; to endure, last
perdí mi mochila: I lost my backpack
perdón: sorry, pardon me (excuse me); sorry, pardon (I didn't hear you)
perdón: pardon; mercy
pere: wait
perecear: to postpone, waste time, retard or defer something due to one's laziness, negligence, or sloth
perecedero: perishable
perecer: to die, to perish (cease to live); to long for, to crave
perecible: perishable, spoilable
peregrina: female equivalent of peregrino; hopscotch
peregrinación: pilgrimage; voyage; journey
peregrinaje: pilgrimage
peregrinar: to peregrinate; to travel abroad