La casa de Bernarda Alba
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74 Terms
Un drama de mujeres
A drama of women
Un documental fotográfico
A photographic documentary
Una trilogía trágica
A tragic trilogy
Andalucía
Andalusia
Andaluz/andaluza (adj.)
Andalusian
Acto primero/segundo/tercero
Act one/two/three
La escena
The scene
La criada
The servant
La mendiga
The beggar women
Pedir limosna
To beg (for money, food)
Espiar (a alguien)
To spy on (someone)
Velar
To keep watch
Estar / ir de luto
To be in mourning
El duelo
The (group of) mourners
Un abanico
A fan
Abanicarse
To fan oneself
El bastón
The walking stick
Dar un golpe de bastón
To beat with the stick
Criticar (a alguien)
To criticise (someone)
El veneno
The poison
Respetar el luto
To respect the mourning
Durar
To last
Coser
To sew
Bordar
To embroider
Hilo y aguja
Thread and needle
Látigo y mula
Whip and mule
Una tirana
A tyrant
Mandona (adj.)
Bossy
Dominadora (adj.)
Domineering
La herencia
The inheritance
La debilidad
The weakness
La castidad
The chastity
La libertad
The freedom
La represión
The repression
La opresión
The oppression
La segregación
The segregation
La pureza
The purity
La riqueza
The wealth
La honradez
The honour
El folclore
The folklore (customs and traditions)
insinuar
to imply
inferir
to infer
hermético
impenetrable/secretive
esta enmarcada
it is framed by
clasista
snobbish/class conscious
cristalizar
to solidify, take form
imponer
to impose
implacable
relentless/merciless/ruthless
despótico
despotic/tyrannical
capaz de
capable of
el poder irracional
irrational power
la destrucción
destruction
estructurado
organised
la autoridad impuesta por
the authority imposed by
pone en cuestión
puts in question
consolidar
to strengthen/consolidate
machista
sexist (against women)
las pasiones humanas
human passions
una fuerza
a force
la locura
madness
los juguetes
toys or puppets
las fuerzas todo poderosas
all powerful (almighty) forces
las normas y reglas
rules and regulations
el desarrollo
development
significativo
significant
representado/a por
represented by
presagiar
to foreshadow
la etapa
time/period
enfatizar
to emphasise
minar
to undermine
la estructura cíclica
cyclical structure
negar
to deny (stem changing)
la sumisión
submission
encarnado/a en
embodied in
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