Vocabulario de Literatura Hispanica

alejarse

to move away, to withdraw

charlar

to chat

presentar

to introduce

el apellido

family name

la arena

stand

el cura

priest

la gana

desire

el gorrión

sparrow

la marea

tide

la ola

wave

el provecho

benefit; profit

la tontería

foolish; foolish act

la víctima

(male or female) victim

en seguida

immediately, at once

no me da la gana

I don’t feel like it

tener ganas de

to feel like

cobrar

to charge

disminair

to decrease

lazos

ties

ardientes

fiery, burning

mostrar

to show

trozo

excerpt

adivinar

to guess

roca, piedra

rock, stone

fijar

to set, to fix

cubrir

to cover

murmurar

to mutter, to murmur

finca

property

arruinar

to ruin

guisos

stews

Tribus

Tribes

Complejas

Complex

Hallar

To find

Vinculado

Bound, linked

Anglosajona

Anglo-Saxon

Esconder

To hide

Negar

Deny

Evitar

To avoid

Enfrentar

To face

Calaveras

Skulls

Tales

Such

Experimentar

To experience

Veranear

To spend the summer

El atardecer

Dusk, twilight

El capítulo

Chapter

El hallazgo

Discovery

La huelga

Strike

La taza/tacita

The cup/little cup

El techo

Roof

El trueno

Thunder

Cerrar con llave

To lock

Alejar

To remove

Sumamente

Extremely

Deleite

Delight

Gozar

To enjoy

Fama

Fame

A través

Through

Doble

Double

Orden

Order

Caos/Caótica

Chaos/Chaotic

Lucha

Struggle

Rodear

To surround

Dirigido

Directed/addressed

Occidental

Western

Indicios

Clues

Digno

Worthy

Dignos de nota

Noteworthy

Merecer

To deserve

Bondad

Goodness

Atraer

To attract

Rezar

To pray

Librepensador

Free thinker

Señal

Sign

Quebrado

Broken

Forzar

To force

Huelga

A strike

Abundar

To abound, to be abundent

Aquiesencia

Acquiescence

Gauchos

Cowboy (Argentinian)

Llanura

A plain/flatness

Sospechar

To suspect

Galopar

To gallop

Andar a caballo

To ride a horse

El alba

Dawn

Gota

Drop

Galería

Balcony

Pampa

Prairie or flatland (Quechua word, used especially in Argentina)

Cubrir

To cover

Amenazar

To threaten

Galpón

Shed

Engendrar

To engender/to beget (Give birth)

Liviano

Light

Sido tropero

Been a trooper

Peon

Pawns/peons/laborer

Narrar

To narrate

La barba

Beard

Buzón

Mailbox

Cesar

To cease

Rastros

Traces

Casi

Almost/nearly