La Aventura de Said Ch 4-7 | Quizlet

peatonal

pedestrian

bifurcación

fork in the road

camioneta

pickup truck

maletero

trunk

asomarse

to lean out

Vete a hacer puñetas

go **** yourself

quiosco

kiosk

despachar

to sell

mancha

stain

calzada

road

cagada

crap

ceder

to give up

fachada

facade

maceta

flower pot

atreverse

to dare

puño

fist

chilaba

hijab

aguda

acute

zumbido

buzzing

trenzas

braids

rematar

to finish off

mobilario

furniture

cojines

cushions

embriaguez

intoxication

cordero

lamb

redobles

rolls

modulado

modulated (controlled)

embelesado

spellbound

velada

evening, get-together

halagar

to flatter

curtidor

Tanner

estafado

swindled

prestamista

lender

penosa

painful

mayorista

wholeseller

batallón

batallion

chulo

pimp

pringar

baste

caducar

to expire, lapse

sindicato

labor union

desalmado

heartless

hallar

find, discover

abarrotado

crowded

coquetería

flirtation

tartamudear

to stutter

ligar

to hook up

fantoche

puppet

cohibida

inhibited

retroceder

to go back

agarrar

to grab

esquivar

to dodge, avoid

embestida

attack

manotazo

slap

patadar

to kick

rellano

landing (stairs)

tabique

septum

suturar

to stitch

tirantez

tension

canturrear

to hum, sing softly

estremecimiento

shudder, shiver

paloma

dove, pigeon

espadaña

bell gable

bullir

to boil

hinchado

swollen

huida

flight, escape

hembra

female

huidiza

shy

acariciar

to caress, to pet

corretear

to chase

escayolar

to put in a cast

ofuscar

to blind, dazzle

arrebatar

to snatch

clavel

carnation

jornal

daily wage

aguantar

to endure, to tolerate

Bracero/a

farm laborer

hortaliza

vegetable garden

paredes

interior walls

grieta

crack

gotear

to drip

pozo

water well

calorcillo

heat

entablar

to establish

apaciguar

to appease

expoliar

pillage, plunder

plantar a fondo

thoroughly raised

volver la espalda

to turn your back

empredrado

stone pavement

desencadenar

to unleash, trigger

tela de juicio

questioning (ex. put into)

aspavientos

frights

vaqueros

jeans

cazadora

jacket

calzar

to wear shoes

maricones

fags

sordos

deaf people

puntapiés

kicks

atonito

astonished

rapada

a shaved head

frenar

to stop