- a propósito: by the way
- abertura: opening
- acordarse, recordar: to remember
- alhóndiga de granaditas: granery
- alojarse: to lodge
- apodo: nickname
- ataúd: coffin, grave
- atrás: back
- averiguar: to find out, figure out
- callado: quiet
- cangar: to load
- cerrada con llave: locked
- cerrar con llave: to lock
- charramusca: twisted
- cola: tail
- dar la luz: to give birth
- dientes: teeth
- enterrar: to bury
- entierro: funeral
- entre dientes: grumbling
- envuelto: wrapped
- escalera serpentina: winding staircase
- estar metido en: to be involved in
- guerra: war
- ira: anger
- lastimar: to injure
- llave: key
- menear: to wag
- meter: to meddle, mix
- momias: mummies
- momificar: to mumify
- nene, bebé: baby
- palmada: pat on the back
- panteón: graveyard
- parar: to stop
- pasas: raisins
- pisar: to trample
- prestar: to lend, to loan
- prometer: to promise
- prometerse: to get married
- rascar: to scratch, to dig
- senda: path
- taller: studio
- tener sentido: to make sense
- uvas: grapes
- vale la pena: it's worth it
- vivo: alive