Vocab

un rasgo

a trait

Un sapo

a toad

un ladrillo

a brick

desvelado

sleepless

llevarse a la rastra

to haul you along by force // drag someone along

arañar

to scratch/scrape

agacharse

to crouch down

acalambrarme

to get a cramp

hacer caprichos

“to throw tantrums” or “to act spoiled / be capricious.”

Impensable

Unthinkable

Formentar

To promote, encourage, boost

las exigencias

The requirements, demands

El analfabetismo

Illiteracy

la instauración

The establishment

contratiempos

setbacks

derrame

spill

desinformadamente

misinformed

accion de contencion

containment action

bitacoras

logbooks

que coraje
los corajes

how frustrating/annoying (mexico)

the brave ones (spain)

alud

avalanche

plaga de insectos

bug infestation

apatrida

no tiene nacionalidad

patera

type of migrant boat

el gentilicio

the denonym

ondas

waves

homologación / convalidacion

approval / recognition

el corazón latiendo

heart beeting

Luciendo

Showing off

indagar

investigate

estas en conforme

you are in agreement

rencor

bad blood or nastiness

un pergamino

a scroll

remendar la ropa

to patch / repair clothes

su historia se remonta a

Its history dates back to

viendo escaparates

window shopping

por aquel entonces

at that time

imprescindible / indispensable

essential / indispensable

teñir

to dye / stain

las golosinas

the sweets

los deberes

homework

hacer manualidades

to make crafts

acudir

to go / to turn up

El lienzo

the canvas

varado (adj)

stranded

reclutas

recruits

tripulantes

crew members

la nave

the ship

de doble filo

double-edged sword

el colmo

the last straw

los reproches

the disapproval of something

aniquilar

annihilate / wipe out

desafiar

to challenge

concebir

to conceive

la costilla

the rib

apareamiento / aparearse

mating / to mate

hembras

females

experimentada

experienced

mortificado

mortified

rociar

spray

grapas

staples

costurero

sewing box

obsolescencia programada

planned obsolescence

bombillas

light bulbs

una estafa

a scam

desahogarte

let off steam

aferrarse

hang on

perserverancia

perseverance

el jarron

the vase

los rincones

corners

tosco

course / rough

en pelotas

naked

lucir

to shine / stand out

resplandecer

To glow / glitter

Achacar a

to blame it on

el cortejo

the courtship

el atrezo

the props

el naufragio

the shipwreckLos sirvientes

Los sirvientes

servants

perchero

coat/clothing hanger

vasija

vase

hallar

to find

gozar

to enjoy

en auge

booming

Tararear

to hum

refrán / dicho

saying

rindar

to yield

vengarse

take revenge

apabullante

overwhelming

renombre

renown

Pese que

Although (aunque)

fofo

flabby

estrellarme

crash

estribillo

chorus / refrain

ladrar

to bark

engorrosa

cumbersome

agravios

grievances

escarcha

frost

estrofa

stanza / verse

el cajón

the drawer