"Dos Palabras" por Isabel Allende Vocabulario
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el toldo
awning
el lienzo
canvas
pregonar
to proclaim, to announce
aguardar
to wait for
la aldea
small village
el tenderete
(market) stall
fulano/a
guy, so-and-so, somebody
la cosecha
harvest
los promenores
details
la sequía
drought
enterrar
to burry, to cut oneself off from the world
la grieta
crack
sembrado/a
sown (field)
el arbusto
bush
el espejismo
mirage
la carretilla
wheelbarrow
arrastrar
to drag
tozudo/a
stubborn
la manantial
spring (body of water)
el hilo
thread
la raquítica
a person who is emaciated or skinny
el riachuelo
stream
el estero
estuary
el charco
puddle
saciar
to satisfy, to fulfill, to quench
atonito/a
big surprise, shock
noquear
to knock out
enterarse
to find out
la maña
skill, trick, ability
apoderarse
to seize
sobrar
be be left over, to be not needed
estafar
to swindle
envasado/a
packed, bottled, contained
el bullicio
hustle
el jinete
(horseback) rider
irremisiblemente
irremissibly (irremissible: unpardonable, as a sin)
el estropicio
mass destruction (without malice), mess
el rebaño
flock, herd
dirigirse
to walk toward
el látigo
whip
atropellar
to run over
el tintero
inkwell
atravesado/a
fallen across (a tree has fallen across the path),
mean (I can't stand her)
el bulto
bag
emprender
to undertake
desplomarse
to collapse
ofuscado/a
complicated (person), complex (person)
descifrar
to decipher
la cantimplora
canteen
el sobro
leftover, excess
la pólvora
gunpowder
el follaje
foliage
imborrable
undeniable, unforgettable
perdulario/a
careless of one's on person
balbucear
to stammer
la antorcha
torch
la derrota
defeat
la intemperie
the elements
fastidiar
to annoy, to be ruined
ajeno
foreign
harto/a
fed up
el comicio
election
los senos
breasts
descartar
to rule out, to discard
áspero/a
rough, uneven
desteñido/a
faded
la carente
void, the lacking
amarrado/a
tied, attached
la vaina
vein, origin
el botín
riches, treasure, loot
la ñapa
tip (at a restaurant)
obsequiar
to give (presents)
el taburete
stool
montuno/a
of mountains or forests, wild
desprenderse
to come off
el roce
rubbing, brushing
susurrar
to whisper
el chorro
jet, stream
la tarima
platform, stage
la escarcha
frost
deslumbrado
dazzled
la arenga
harangue, violent discussion
el petardo
firecracker, explosive
la estela
trail (figurative), wake, vapor
el catedrático
professor
regarse
to shower
ablandar
to soften
alborotar
to rampage
empuñado/a
grasp
el anca
rump, haunch
latigazo
whiplash
alelado/a
stupid
la hombría
manliness
la nunca
nape (of the neck)
el hechizo
(magic) spell
tornarse
to turn
manso/a
meek, docile, tame