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el alacrán
scorpion
la alhaja
jewel
el dicho
saying, proverb
el lego
monk, friar
desempeñar
to carry out
el refitolero
meal server
el milagro
miracle
desbocado/a
runaway, on the loose
el jinete
(horse) rider
descalabrarse
to injure one's head
el bullicio
racket, hustle and bustle
la celda
cell, small room
la tinta
ink
la jaqueca
migraine
el virrey
viceroy
el pejerrey
a type of fish
guisar
to stew, to cook
quejumbroso/a
whining, plaintive
desarrapado/a
ragged
mugriento/a
grimy, filthy
el buhonero
peddler, street-vendor
cundir
to grow, to spread, to be profitable
el préstamo
loan
el apuro
predicament
el caudal
fortune, wealth
la sabandija
bug
el usurero
money lender, loan shark
el prendedor
pin, brooch
el brillante
diamond
el plazo
term, period of time
sombrío/a
dark, gloomy
la ansia
anxiety
acechar
to stalk, to threaten
el ambiente
atmosphere, surrounding
cazar
to hunt
el espartillo
tall grass
rendir(i)
to surrender, to yield, to produce
la linde
limit, boundary
la garza
heron
rodar(ue)
to roll
heredar
to inherit
el porvenir
future
alzarse
to rise, to get up, to stand up
el cadáver
dead body
mudo/a
mute
las entrañas
guts
la pesadilla
nightmare
enredado/a
entangled
yacer
to lie, to rest
el alambrado
wire fence
el alambre de púa
barbed wire
desembarcar
to disembark
el estuche
carrying case, box
el daguerrotipo
antique photo
el/la desgano/a
indifference, apathy
fomentar
to promote (an idea)
acontecer
to happen
despiadado/a
merciless, heartless, cruel
el ejemplar
copy, edition of a book
el hallazgo
discovery, find
lograr
to achieve, to manage to
el infierno
hell
la ceguera
blindness
la aguja
needle
vendado/a
bandaged
el arrabal
outskirt, slum
el/la cirujano/a
surgeon
la estancia
country estate, ranch
atravesar(ie)
to cross
vedado/a
prohibited
el andén
(train) platform
vinculado/a
connected, linked, associated
el sembrado
cultivated field
el trébol
clover
el almacén
store, depot
el grabado
engraving, illustration
el patrón
proprietor, boss
engañar
to deceive, to trick
agregar
to add
fijarse en
to notice, to focus on
inútil
useless
leve
light
el roce
caress, touch
ajeno/a
remote, foreign, strange
el disparate
blunder, nonsensical action
imprevisible
unpredictable, unforeseeable
la daga
dagger
el duelo
duel
comprometer
to commit, to oblige
torpe
clumsy, awkward
la esgrima
knife handling, fencing
el umbral
threshold
acometer
to charge, to assail
el rastro
a sign
el pescuezo
neck
la llamarada
blaze, flare-up, burst of light
fijarse
to notice, to watch carefully
cargar
to load, to carry, to charge
agarrar
to hold onto, to grasp
ni siquiera
not even
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