La casa de Bernada Alba

alusion simbolica a

symbolic illusion to

 adelantada

advanced

miel

honey

armarga

bitter (character quality too)

blanquisima

very white

puertas en arco

arched doors

cuadros

paintings

inverosimiles

implausible

ninfas

nymphs

silencio umbroso

shady silence

telón

curtain

las campanas

the bells

las sienes

temples (on the head)

desmayo

faint or dejection

gorigori

funeral chant

responso

prayer for the dead

mandón/a

bossy

ansioso

anxious or eager

punado

handful

garbanzos

chickpeas

vueltas de llave

key turns

tranca

club(weapon)/bar(barrier)

ganzúas

lockpick

arrancar

to pull out/start

reluciente

shining/glowing

rodear

to surround

vidriado

glazed

maldita cara

damn face

fregar

to wash

asear

to clean

sobrar

to be left over/not needed

dominio

control

maldita sea

damn it

portar

to carry

sobras

leftovers

en vela

awake

larendija

crack

tierras

lands

hartar

to get tired of

un día

one day

ese

that

escupir

to spit

parentela

relations

los talones

heels

morder (muerdo)

to bite (i bite)

puntilla bordada

frills

camisas de hilo

underskirts

alacena

cupboard

motas

speck

jabón

soap

sonar (suenen)

to ring

bayeta

cloth

cristal

glass

vaso de agua

glass of water

quitar

to remove/take away

párroco

parish priest

gallo

rooster

sacristán

sacristan/verger

lobo

wolf

toser

to cough

polver

powder

albadado sea Dios

may god be praised

alabado

praised

barnizar

to varnish

de acero

steel

clamor

roar/toll

de seda

silk

enaguas

petticoats

enaguar

to drench

abanicos

fans

panuelo

handkerchief

cortejar

to court / woo

terrtemientes

land owners

reparto

cast

vanguardista

avant-garde (radical or unorthodox)

transcurrir

takes place

epónima

eponymous (character has same name as the title)

de luto

in mourning

mendigar

to beg

la sabiduría

wisdom

escenografía

scenery

gruesos

thick/prisonlike

virginidad

virginity

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