| Term | Definition |
| cuento | short story, una historia corta |
| historia | story, relato |
| enfermizo/a | frequently sick, se enferma amenudo |
| calidad | quality of something |
| cualidad | characteristic |
| bizquear | to squint |
| acudir | asistir, ir |
| enrevesadas | dificil a entender |
| el caracter | la personalidad |
| aparcero | sharecropper, granajero |
| la red | net, hilos entrelazados que se usan para pescar |
| plata | silver |
| rendija | crack |
| codiciar | querer, anhelar, envisionar |
| pedregosa | con muchas piedras |
| piedras | rocks |
| cedido | ceder, dar, to give up |
| relampaguear | to flash |
| aplicado | un adjectivo usaba a describrir un buen estudiante en escuela |
| parecio | acceder, to give in/accept |
| zozobra | anxiety |
| desasosegar | to be in despair |
| embustero | liar, una persona que mienta |
| convertirse | to transform |
| aquella mujer | that woman over there |
| fijarse en | to look at/pay attention to |
| el cajon | drawer |
| petalos | petals |
| la caja | box |
| avergonzarse | to feel ashamed/ embarassed |
| graznar | to quack |
| hierro | iron |
| hucha | piggy bank, alcancia |
| temblar | to shake |
| cegar | to blind |
| moho | mold |
| ciego | blind person |
| crucilla | little cross |
| tristesa | sadness |
| vaciar | to empty |
| vacillo | emptiness |