La Prodigiosa Tarde de Baltazar

el alero

part of a roof; frame; eave

tumulto

uproar; turmoil

crin

mane

arduo

arduous; hard; tedious

descuidado

careless; messy

tumbos

ups and downs

disparates

nonsense

planchar

to iron

yacer

to lie on the floor

pito de chicharras

cicada whistles / noises

odio

hate; dislike; aversion

cúpula de alambre

wired dome

pasadizo

passage

recreo

recess

fijo

fixed; rigid

tierno

tender; loving

bastar

to be enough

turpial

troupial; a type of bird

rodear

to surround

medir

to measure

nudillos

knuckle

soldar

to solder; to join; to amend

encargo

order; command; request

encoger

to shrink

abanicarse

to fan; to make air

cuadras / bloque

block

atiborrar

to stuff full

decoroso

proper; decent; honorable

candor

honesty

agalopar

to push through

gallera

chicken fight

eficacia

efficiency; productivity

piedad

mercy; pity

perpleja

perplexed; confused; shocked

el vano

vain; useless

morder (o:ue)

to bite

palmada

pat; slap

rogar (o:ue)

to beg

roncar

to snore

apaciguar

to calm down

cachorro

puppy

la tanda

turn

el alcaravan

type of bird; plover; curlew

embadurnar

to smear; to spread

compromismo

commitment; engagement

despatarrado

sprawled out; spread out