redactar
to write up, edit
instruido
educated
la instancia
request, petition
arraigando
rooted
el oficio
trade
plasmar
to express, to capture
el abedecario
alphabet
el obsequio
present, gift
la queja
complaint
el aliciente
incentive
germinar
to germinate
raquítico
emaciated, meagre
erróneo
erroneous, wrong
la reseña
review, outline
el apunte
note
integrar
to integrate
culto/a
educated
el cruce
crossing, overlap
la lucha
struggle
el conjunto
group, set
evitar
to avoid
unificar
to unify, unite
asemejar
to be similar to
en torno a
around
cortesía
politeness
acarrear
to carry, bear
comprobar
to check, verify
la convivencia
coexistence
derivar
to derive
ganar terreno
to gain ground
heredar
to inherit
la raíz
root
reflejar
to reflect
soprendente
surprising
tardío
late
traspasar
to transfer, pass through
el vocablo
term, word
aplaudir
to applaud
recriminar
to reprimand
el payo
non gypsy people (used by gypsies)
el deje
accent (peculiar)
caló
gypsy language
revuelo
stir, commotion
poner puertas al campo
to place limits on something you normally can't control
suspicaz
suspicious
por los cuatro costados
completely (informal)
reivindicar
to reclaim
poner de moda
to come into fashion
sutil
subtle
emular
to emulate
hacerse hueco
to find a space
padecer
to suffer
el mal trago
bitter pill (informal)
el rendimiento
performance
pillar el toro
to miss a deadline/ run out of time (informal)
contraproducente
counterproductive
ponerse manos en la obra
to get stuck in (informal)
la carrera
degree
la beca
grant, scholarship
aportar
to contribute
cursar
to study a degree
aprobar
to pass
trepar
to climb, scale
tamabaleante
staggering, teetering
la llamarada
sudden blaze
el rastro
trail, trace
enderezarse
to stand up straight
el cerro
hill
quedita
whispered
murmurar
to murmur, whisper
recular
to back up
el paredón
thick wall
temblar
to tremble, shake
la sacudida
tremor, jolt
el ijar
flank
la espuela
spur
trabar
to tie or connect
el pezcuezo
neck
zarandear
to shake
la sonaja
rattle
reponerse
to recover
al cabo
in the end
agarrotado
to seize/stiffen up
difunto
deceased
reconvenir
to scold
la mortificación
torment, distress
derrengarse
to break your back
maldecir
to curse
rabioso
furious
el sostén
support
a estas alturas
at this stage of the game
balancear
to rock
sollozar
to sob
balancear
to rock
retacar
to compact, compress
la corva
back of the knee
el pretil
parapet, guard rail
descoyuntar
to dislocate
destrabar
to separate
el beneficio
profit