Vocabulario de Acto 1 de La Casa de Bernarda Alba

telón

curtain

campanas

bells

sien

temple

chorizo

sausage

cura/párroco

priest

iglesia

church

desmayarse

to faint

mandona/dominanta/tirana

bossy, dominant, tyrant

fastidiarse

to put up with

tranca

stick/bar/dick

arrancar

to pull out (hair)

sonrisa

smile

fregar (ie)

to scrub

aseada

clean

parientes/parentela

relatives

hacer la cruz

to cross oneself

odiar

to hate

sobrar

to be left over

portarse

to behave

sábanas

sheets

sobras

leftovers, scraps

(noches en) vela

veil, wake, sleepless nights

toser

to cough

rendija

crack

vecinos

neighbors

clavo

nail

pinchar

to poke

perra

*****/female dog (BITCH)

ladrar

to bark

morder (ue)

to bite

talón(es)

heels

limosna

charity, handouts

azuzar

to put pressure on

hartarse

to be fed up/get tired of

escupir

to spit

lagarto

lizard/sly fox/scoundral

machacado

squished

envidiar

to envy

herencia

inheritance ($)

hoyo

hole

alacena

cupboard

cristal

glass, crystal, window pane

cura

priest

cántaro/jarra

vase/jug

paredes/muros

walls

hacer polvo

to tear apart

bastón

cane

mendigo/a

beggar

criada

maid

perdonar

to forgive

alabar

to praise, worship

tieso/rígido

stiff, rigid

traje

suit

paño

cloth

enaguas

petticoat

corral

corral, pen, farmyard

(de) luto

(in) mourning

pañuelos

handkerchiefs

faldas

skirts

abanicos

fans

marchar/partir

to walk, to march, leave

obras/trabajos

works

duelo

mourning, grief

procurar/tratar/intentar

to try

sustancia/elemento

substance

penas/dolores

pains, sorrows

plomo

lead/weight

bandeja

serving tray

limonada

lemonade

viuda/o

widow(er)

reposo/descanso

rest

siervo/sirviente

servant

corona

crown

salud

health

rogar (ue)

to beg/pray

alma

soul

desfilar

to file, parade

trigo

wheat

copa

wine glass

aguardiente/licor

liquor

arco

arch

queja/lamento/descontento

complaint/moan

sudor

sweat

veneno

venom

lengua

language, tongue

pozo

well (water)

envenenar

to poison

manada

herd

cabras

goats

viento

wind

tapiar

to wall in, to seal

ladrillos

bricks

bordar

to embroider

(el) arca

chest

hilo

thread

molino

windmill

aguja

needle

hembra

woman

látigo

whip

mula

mule