Unit 15: Vocabulario - Spanish 104

autor / autora

author

cuento / microcuento

short story / very short story

escena

scene

justicia poética

poetic justice

metáfora

metaphor

narrativa

narrative

novela

novel

parodia

parody

párrafo

paragraph

personaje

character

propósito

purpose

protagonista

protagonist

punto de vista

point of view

símil

simile

suceso

event

tema

theme

trama

plot

clave

key

irónico

ironic

polémico

controversial

retórico

rhetorical

significativo

significant

simbólico

symbolic

describir

to describe

exponer

to explain

informar

to inform

narrar

to narrate

opinar

to believe

presentar

to present

relatar

to relate

fray

friar

el indígena

indigenous person

opresor

oppressor

selva

jungle

conocimiento

knowledge

dominio de lenguas

command of languages

esperanza

hope

incredulidad

disbelief

muerte

death

pensamientos

thoughts

temor

fear

prisa / con prisa / sin prisa

hurry / with hurry / without hurry

rostro

face

aislado

isolated

apresado

captured

arduo

arduous

impasible

apathetic

perdido

lost

rodeado

surrounded

chorrear

to drip

confiar

to trust

disponer

to decide

disponerse a + infinitive

to get ready to

engañar

to trick

florecer

to flourish

morir

to die

oscurecerse

to get dark

sacrificar

to sacrifice

salvar

to save