Vocabulario - Clarisa 1 - 2
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Vocabulario - Clarisa 1 - 2
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Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 aún | todavía (still) |
| el asombro | astonishment, amazement |
| disfrazado | dressed up as (in costume...) |
| la monja | nun |
| el candil | oil lamp |
| estrafalaria | eccentric, outlandish |
| la joroba | hump |
| el quiste sebáseo | sebaceous cyst |
| traviesa | mischievous |
| recóndita | remote |
| a pesar de que | in spite of the fact that |
| el índole | type, kind or nature |
| la embriaguez | inebriation, drunkenness |
| el acecho | something lurking, prowling, lying in wait |
| aparatoso | flamboyant, showy |
| el curandero | Persona que, sin ser médico, ejerce prácticas curativas empíricas o rituales. |
| Solía (vbo. soler) | tener el hábito o costumbre de |
| hurgar | to rummage through, to dig through |
| el propósito | the purpose |
| descalabrar | to open the head (es metáfora) |
| la recompensa | reward, compensation |
| frente a frente | face to face (lit - forehead to forehead) |
| tracionar | to betray |
| el rigor | severity (un oxímoron, una contradicción) |
| interpusieron (vbo. interponer) | impedir o poner obstáculos |
| aun | even (like even though or even if) |
| la vejez | estar viejo |
| antaño | yesteryear, in days gone by... |
| socorrer | dar ayuda urgente |
| la voluntad | the will |
| la arenga | discurso público apasionado |
| el afán | eagerness, effort |
| redimir | redeem |
| se desprendía (vbo. desprenderse) | to give away |
| llevar puesto | to have on, to wear (ropa) |
| destartalado | ramshackle, run down |
| el caserón | casa muy grande |
| ácida | bitter |
| la pestilencia | smell, stink |
| la herencia | inheritance |
| el abolengo | lineage, ancestry |
| enterrado (vbo. enterrar) | to bury |
| lejana | lejos |
| el oficio | job, occupation |
| ejercer | practicar la profesión, (carrera o trabajo) |
| arrebató (vbo. arrebatar) | to shatter (fig) |
| se refugió (vbo. refugiarse) | to take refuge/shelter) |
| el socavón | hole, cave |
| maloliente | mal olor (smell) |
| huidiza | evasive, elusive |
| la bacinilla | potty pot |
| el carraspeo | clearing of the throat |
| las palabrotas | palabras malas, palabras groseras |
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