Vocabulario- La casa de Bernarda Alba

abanicarse

to fan oneself

abanico

fan

ablandar

to soften

abrazar

to hug

acercarse

to get near

acrecentar

to increase

acto

act

acotación

annotation

agradar

to please

aguantarse

to keep back

ahogarse

to drown

ahorcarse

to hang oneself

ajetreo

hustle and bustle

ajuar

dowry

alabado

praised

alacena

cupboard

alameda

tree-lined avenue

alma

soul

almohada

pillow

alusión

reference

apenas

hardly

arrebatar

to take away

aseado

clean

asomarse

to lean out, to pop out

atar

to tie up

atrovesarse

to get in the way

atraverse

to dare

Ave María

hail mary

barda

wall

bengala

flare

boda

wedding

borrar

to erase

bregar

to slave away

brío

vitality

cadena

chain

caer

to fall

caer algunas gotas

to rain a bit

callejón

alley

carácter

personality

castigo

punishment

chis

shush

chiltón

shush

chocar

to shock

ciego

blind

colmar

to overflow

colorín

goldfinch

concordar

to agree

confianza

trust

conllevar

to lead

corral

yard

coser

to sew

cotilleo

gossip

criada

maid

cubiertos

cutlery

cuchillo

knife

cuello

neck

cuento de hadas

fairy tale

decorado

set

delatar

to speak out

desabrochar

to undo, to untie

desbravar

to tame

descolgar

to take down

desviarse

to turn away

dichosa

happy

difunto

dead

disparo

shot

dominanta

domineering

doncella

virgin, maiden

duelo

group of mourners

embozo

part of the sheet that is folded back

empenañarse

to insist

empujar

to push

empujón

push

enagua

petticoat

encaje

lace

encerrar

to lock up

entregar

to deliver

esconderse

to hide (oneself)

escondrijo

hiding place

escopeta

gun

escupir

to spit

espiga

ear of grain

espina

thorn

era

field, threshing floor

fango

mire, filth

fealdad

ugliness

fijarse

to look

fulgor

glow

fregar

to wash up

gallo (dar un)

to sing the wrong note

ganzúa

picklock

gañán

farmhand

garbanzo

chick pea

gentío

people

guardías (guardia civil)

police

gusto

taste

hacer eco

to echo

hacer la cruz

to make the sign of the cross

hartarse

to get fed up with

herencia

inheritance