2666 - Bolaño 2 Flashcards
solapa
book flap, lapel
achecar
To spy on, to lie in wait for
mongrel; tipo pesado
quiltro
vein; seam
veta
calm, plácid, even-tempered
apacible
peaje
toll
decantación
decanting, decantation
chincuales chinches
puntitos rojos causados por las picadas de pulgas or bedbugs; Nervous, hiperactiva people; intellectually adventurous people
erizado
bristly
racket, fuss
estrépito
exiguo
meager, paltry; minute
one-story , ranch-style House
galpón
To spy on, to lie in wait for
achecar
book flap, lapel
solapa
spiked walking stick; come down hard
chuzo; caer a chuzos (lluvia)
necessary; Job, errand
menester
cordel
cord, string
to rub, scrub
frotarse, rozar, masajear
tarado
loony, mad; moron (boba)
stinging, burning; heartache
escozor
tamarack or larch tree
el alerce
marrullero
smooth
toll
peaje
jirón
shred, rag
mota
speck, spot
gancho Tener mucho gancho
hook have sex appeal
baguette
barra de pan
acuñar
to mint
mirage
espejismo
slice; sliced
rodaja, en rodajas
fixed, Tampered with
trucado
chuzo; caer a chuzos (lluvia)
spiked walking stick; come down hard
decanting, decantation
decantación
exvoto
Votive offering
enclosing wall
barda
zafarse
to break free; escape
deshilachado
frayed
shred, rag
jirón
sarcasm
sarna
lugareño
local, native
turned-up, snub, pert
respingon
sarna
sarcasm
creeper, climbing plant
enredadera
el azogue
Mercury, quicksilver
transeúntes
transients, passers-by
puntitos rojos causados por las picadas de pulgas or bedbugs; Nervous, hiperactiva people; intellectually adventurous people
chincuales chinches
spell, string fits and starts
racha a rachas
fundo
country estate; family farm
at ground level
a ras de tierra
El arrabal
poor suburb, slum quarter
meow
maullido
to slip away
escabullirse
Emery-polished
esmerilado
stooped, hunched over
encorvado
goal (futbol); reception or guardhouse
portería
Vianda
food, lunch(South America), vegetables (Caribbean)
slab
laja
meaning
acepción
(garden) wall
tapia
dejadez
negligence; neglect
hurgar
to poke in, rummage in
estrépito
racket, fuss
esquilmado
exhausted; over-exploited
pillar
to catch, to grasp (understand), to knock down (atropellar)
pómulos
cheekbones
clothespin; tong
pinza
olive, greenish-yellow
cetrino
maullido
meow
espejismo
mirage
Go through, cross
franquear
influential, powerful, well-to-do
pudiente
franquear
Go through, cross
pudiente
influential, powerful, well-to-do
hermitage
ermita
carmelita
carmelite
attributable, imputed
achacable
imagine
hacer (de) cuenta
campechania
geniality, good-natured character
acunar
to rock, to cradle
blackboard
pizarra