Tú me quieres Blanca
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el alba
daybreak/dawn
la castidad
chastity
la doble moral
double standard
el estrago
(in context of poem) self-ruin
la expectativa
expectation, hope
el nácar
mother-of-pearl
la perdición
ruin (noun)
la pureza
purity
gozar
to enjoy, to take pleasure in
lavarse
to wash (oneself)
levarse
to get up (poetic language)
pretender
(in context) to expect
purificarse
to purify oneself
significar
to mean
tornarse
to become
albo/a
white (poetic language)
casto/a
chaste
arrojarse
to throw, to fling oneself
poemarios
collections of poems
el/la poetisa
poet
cobrar
to take, to become
el habitual
“the norm”
la filosofía
philosophy
femenino/a
feminine
el voto
the vote
retrógrado/a
reactionary, or referring to a backward or outdated viewpoint that resists progress or change.
las virtudes
virtues
puestos
positions
la hipocresía
hypocrisy
denuncia
denouncement
las espumas
foam
azucena
white lily
pámpanos
grapevines
la escarcha
frost
alcobas
bedrooms
nívea
snow white
salitre
salt residue
magisterio
teaching
discreto/a
discrete
el/la virgen
virgin
ni siquiera
not even
el esqueleto
skeleton, framework
la lujuria
lust
el/la hipócrita
hypocrite, hypocritical
sufrir
to suffer
huir
to escape, to flee
quitarse la vida
to take one’s own life
Hedonismo
Hedonism (pleasure or happiness is the highest good)
hedonista
hedonist(adj)
la raíz
root
amargo/a
bitter
tejidos
tissues (in context)
arcaico/a
archaic
enojo
anger or annoyance
ira
ire
el opuesto/a
opposite
los excesos
excesses
blando/a
soft
lamer
to lick
la huella
footprint
recostarse
to lie back
arrullar
to lull to sleep
requebrar
to break (again)
la alga
seaweed
la ronda
patrol
pena
pain
mudo/a
muted
la conjetura
conjecture
canto
chant
caracola
conch (shell)
angustia
anguish
fosforescentes
phosphorescent(adj)
el reflejo
reflection