Doft - Spanish 3H - Quiz May 5

umbroso

dark, shady

las campanas

bells, chimes

el cura

priest

el responso

prayer for the dead

desmayarse

to faint, pass out

fastidiarse

to get annoyed/bothered

el chorizo

chorizo (classic Spanish food)

el puñado

fistful

las vueltas de llave

key turns

la tranca

sliding bolt

relucientes

shining/glowing

arrancar

to uproot, pull out

maldita

cursed/damned

fregar

to scrub

aseada

clean

cesar

to cease, stop

odiar

to hate

sobrar - sobras

to be left over - leftovers

el techo

roof/ceiling

toser

to cough

portarse

to behave

azuzar

to urge, sic

hartar - harto

to get tired of - fed up with

encerrar

to lock up

escupir

to spit

el lagarto machacado

crushed lizard

el hoyo

hole/pit

el sacristán

person who looks after a church

retumbar

to resound, echo, boom

el acero

steel

los suelos barnizados

varnished/polished floors

la alacena

cupboard

tieso

stiff/rigid

la enagua

petticoat, skirt

el corral

animal pen, yard

el duelo

mourning gathering, funereal gathering, shiva call

el plomo

lead

la cabecera

headboard (of a bed)

la copa

glass, cup

el aguardiente

liquor

el bastón

cane, walking stick

el sudor

sweat, perspiration

el veneno

venom, poison

el pozo

well

el luto

period of mourning

el abanico

fan

tapiar

to wall in/up

el ladrillo

brick

la arca

chest, ark

los sacos

sacks

hilo y aguja

thread and needle

látigo y mula

whip and mule

varón

male

la hembra

female

bordar

to embroider

el roble

oak

desahogarse

to vent, let off steam

el anzuelo

fish hook

blancas

white

el piropo

catcall

gañán

farmhand/laborer

pesebre

manger, nativity scene (religious)

el olivar

olive grove

la grupa de un caballo

the hindquarters/back of a horse

el pelo suelto

hair down/loose

el forastero

stranger/foreigner

el monte

hill/mountain

merecer

to merit, be worthy of

blanquear

to whiten, launder money

el botón

button, badge

el pañuelo

handkerchief

delatar

to betray, inform on

sumiso

submissive

la gallina

hen, chicken

el emisario

emissary, messenger

enfermizo

unhealthy, sickly

la esquina

corner (outer side)

la orilla del mar

seashore

rabiar

to rage, be furious

el celo/esmero

care, zeal

morboso

morbid

las acotaciones

stage directions

tener sed

to be thirsty

el telón

theater curtain

los difuntos

the dead

vidriado

glazed

fingir

to feign, fake

la señal

sign, signal

el ataúd

coffin

los clamores

cries

la choza

hut, shack

sollazar

to sob