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Vocabulario: “La abeja haragana” por Horacio Quiroga. Uruguayo

Colmena

hive

Abeja

bee

Recorrer

run around

El jugo

juice

En vez de

in stead of

Conservar

preserve

Convertir

change/convert

La miel

honey

Haragana

lazy

Apenas

hardly

Calentar

to warm

Asomarse

to come near

Volar

to fly

Lindo,a

pretty

La mosca

fly

Zumbar

buzz

Matar

to kill

El alimento

food

Alimentar to nourish,feed

Recién

recent(ly)

Nacer

to be born

Cuidar

to take care of

Bichos

bugs

El lomo

back (animal)

Pelado

hairy

shedding (animal)

Rozar

brush against

Contra

against

Detener

to stop

Cansar

to get tired of

Sino

but (rather)

Advertencia

warning

Corregir

to correct

Acordarse

to remember

El anochecer

nightfall

Siguiente

next, following

Gota

drop

Siquiera

at least

Apartar

move away

En vano

in vain, just because

Descomponer

separate, split up

Soplar

to blow

Apresurada

hurried

Hacia

to/towards

Sin falta

by all means, without fail

Empujar

to push

Cogerse

to sieze

El suelo

ground, floor, land

Entumecido

entumbed

Arrastrar

to drag

Palos

sticks

Piedras

stones

Astillas

splinters

Piedad

pity

Ganado

cattle

El descanso

rest

Echar

to toss

Alas

wings

Mojadas

wet

Tropezar (con)

to stumble, bump in to

El agujero

hole

Rodando

tumbling

Al fondo

bottom, end

Al fin

finally

Hallar

to find

Víbora

viper

Culebra

snake

Ladrillo

brick

Prestar

to lend

Lanzar

to throw

El hueco

hole, space

La culpa

fault

Agregar

to add

Burlar

to slip past, evade

Burlarse de

to make fun of

Quitar

to take from/away, to snatch

Enroscar

to wind, to coil