Spanish - unknown words from El Intermediario, John Grisham
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thumpaholden Plus on February 20, 2012
Subjects:
español, De La Pava, el intermediario
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73 terms
Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 el amanecer | the dawn |
| amanecer | to become light, to appear in the morning |
| la cinta | the ribbon, the tape (as in cassette) the tape (as in stickytape) |
| los timbrazos | the rings (as in bells) |
| acechando allí | lurking there |
| acechar | to lie in wait |
| asió | she seized |
| asir (ie) | to seize, to grasp |
| descolgar | pick up (to open the telephone line), to take down (a picture) |
| el auricular | the handset (of telephone) |
| los auriculares | the headphones, earphones |
| el brebaje | the potion, the concoction, the brew |
| depurar | to purify, to treat, to debug |
| las pilas | the batteries |
| tosco (a) | crude, basic, unrefined |
| tambalear | to stagger, to totter |
| el borrón | the blot, the smudge |
| borrón y cuenta nueva | to start again (dicho) |
| aferrarse | to hang on, to clutch, to cling |
| el pellejo | the skin, the hide |
| una docena de veces | a dozen times |
| gélido (a) | icy (adj) |
| impertérrito | unmoved, unshaken, impassively |
| envoltura de paja | wrapping a straw |
| presteza | promptness |
| la nómina | the roster, the payroll |
| el tamaño | the size |
| el adiestramiento | the training (no el entrenamiento, no la capacitación) |
| empapé | I soaked |
| empapar | to soak (mojar mucho), to become imbued with (something) |
| o sea | ie (colloq) |
| mojar | to wet, to make wet |
| desviar | to divert, to alter the course |
| desviarse | to branch, to turn off, to stray off (the point) |
| el cuenco | the hollow, the bowl |
| el reto | the challenge, the telling-off |
| retar | to challenge, to tell off |
| compungido | contrite, remorseful, sad (adjective) |
| compungir | to be contrite, to be remorseful, to be sad |
| tropiezo | the trip, the setback, the mistake, the slip |
| tropezar | to trip, to stumble |
| tropezarse con | to run into, to bump into (not as in encontrarse con) |
| el transcurso | the course (of time), the passage (of time) |
| el anfitrión (a) | the host |
| abarrotada | crowded, packed, crammed |
| mezquino | petty |
| amistoso | friendly |
| el bollo | the bun |
| el cruasán | the croissant |
| el rellano | the landing (of stairs, of a shelf) |
| repentinamente | all of a sudden |
| aguantarse | to endure |
| la tacita | the little cup (no la taza pequeña) |
| agotado | exhausted |
| el alivio | the relief |
| echar pulso | to armwrestle |
| escudriñar | to scrutinize, to scan |
| otroro (a) | once, formerly |
| desmoronando | crumbling |
| abrigar | to shelter, to protect |
| lisiado | crippled |
| furgoneta | van, small truck |
| las balas | the bullets |
| escanciado | poured |
| cuero | leather, hide |
| el taburete | the stool |
| de vez en cuando | now and then; once in a while |
| el indulto | The pardon, reprieve |
| bledo | damn |
| indultar | to pardon, to exempt |
| salpicado | splashed, sprinkled |
| harto | fed up with |
| siquiera | por lo menos, even if (conjunction) at least (adverb) |
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