2666 - Bolaño 2 Flashcards
1
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solapa
A
book flap, lapel
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achecar
A
To spy on, to lie in wait for
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Q
mongrel; tipo pesado
A
quiltro
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vein; seam
A
veta
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calm, plácid, even-tempered
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apacible
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peaje
A
toll
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decantación
A
decanting, decantation
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chincuales chinches
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puntitos rojos causados por las picadas de pulgas or bedbugs; Nervous, hiperactiva people; intellectually adventurous people
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erizado
A
bristly
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racket, fuss
A
estrépito
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exiguo
A
meager, paltry; minute
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one-story , ranch-style House
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galpón
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To spy on, to lie in wait for
A
achecar
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book flap, lapel
A
solapa
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spiked walking stick; come down hard
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chuzo; caer a chuzos (lluvia)
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necessary; Job, errand
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menester
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cordel
A
cord, string
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to rub, scrub
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frotarse, rozar, masajear
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tarado
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loony, mad; moron (boba)
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stinging, burning; heartache
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escozor
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tamarack or larch tree
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el alerce
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marrullero
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smooth
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toll
A
peaje
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jirón
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shred, rag
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mota
speck, spot
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gancho Tener mucho gancho
hook have sex appeal
27
baguette
barra de pan
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acuñar
to mint
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mirage
espejismo
30
slice; sliced
rodaja, en rodajas
31
fixed, Tampered with
trucado
32
chuzo; caer a chuzos (lluvia)
spiked walking stick; come down hard
33
decanting, decantation
decantación
34
exvoto
Votive offering
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enclosing wall
barda
36
zafarse
to break free; escape
37
deshilachado
frayed
38
shred, rag
jirón
39
sarcasm
sarna
40
lugareño
local, native
41
turned-up, snub, pert
respingon
42
sarna
sarcasm
43
creeper, climbing plant
enredadera
44
el azogue
Mercury, quicksilver
45
transeúntes
transients, passers-by
46
puntitos rojos causados por las picadas de pulgas or bedbugs; Nervous, hiperactiva people; intellectually adventurous people
chincuales chinches
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spell, string fits and starts
racha a rachas
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fundo
country estate; family farm
49
at ground level
a ras de tierra
50
El arrabal
poor suburb, slum quarter
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meow
maullido
52
to slip away
escabullirse
53
Emery-polished
esmerilado
54
stooped, hunched over
encorvado
55
goal (futbol); reception or guardhouse
portería
56
Vianda
food, lunch(South America), vegetables (Caribbean)
57
slab
laja
58
meaning
acepción
59
(garden) wall
tapia
60
dejadez
negligence; neglect
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hurgar
to poke in, rummage in
62
estrépito
racket, fuss
63
esquilmado
exhausted; over-exploited
64
pillar
to catch, to grasp (understand), to knock down (atropellar)
65
pómulos
cheekbones
66
clothespin; tong
pinza
67
olive, greenish-yellow
cetrino
68
maullido
meow
69
espejismo
mirage
70
Go through, cross
franquear
71
influential, powerful, well-to-do
pudiente
72
franquear
Go through, cross
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pudiente
influential, powerful, well-to-do
74
hermitage
ermita
75
carmelita
carmelite
76
attributable, imputed
achacable
77
imagine
hacer (de) cuenta
78
campechania
geniality, good-natured character
79
acunar
to rock, to cradle
80
blackboard
pizarra
81
hiriente
hurtful, cutting
82
local, native
lugareño
83
pizarra
blackboard
84
to poke in, rummage in
hurgar
85
quartz
cuarzo
86
pesarosa
remorseful, sad
87
encorvado
stooped, hunched over
88
quiltro
mongrel; tipo pesado
89
to break free; escape
zafarse
90
pack up; box up
embalar
91
to fertilize; to pay
abonar
92
racha a rachas
spell, string fits and starts
93
cord, string
cordel
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ermita
hermitage
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abonar
to fertilize; to pay
96
terrones
lumps, clods of earth
97
clothes line
tendedero
98
transients, passers-by
transeúntes
99
horn (car)
el claxon
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wavering, unsteady
errátil
101
apacible
calm, plácid, even-tempered
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hurtful, cutting
hiriente
103
picture window
el ventanal
104
country estate; family farm
fundo
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barda
enclosing wall
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pick up speed
embalarse
107
respingon
turned-up, snub, pert
108
to rock, to cradle
acunar
109
a ras de tierra
at ground level
110
Votive offering
exvoto
111
lumps, clods of earth
terrones
112
errátil
wavering, unsteady
113
patina
patina
114
meager, paltry; minute
exiguo
115
to mint
acuñar
116
embalar
pack up; box up
117
frotarse, rozar, masajear
to rub, scrub
118
grano
pimple
119
sarmentoso
gnarled, twisted
120
poor suburb, slum quarter
El arrabal
121
bristly
erizado
122
carmelite
carmelita
123
veta
vein; seam
124
transpiracion
Perspiration
125
to scatter, disperse
desperdigarse
126
to catch, to grasp (understand), to knock down (atropellar)
pillar
127
to wax, polish
encerar
128
cordura
sanity; good sense
129
tendedero
clothes line
130
enredadera
creeper, climbing plant
131
arista
edge, corner, ridge
132
cetrino
olive, greenish-yellow
133
beam of light
haz de luz
134
bathrobe
albornoz
135
rodaja, en rodajas
slice; sliced
136
hacer (de) cuenta
imagine
137
remorseful, sad
pesarosa
138
lápida , losa
Gravestone, headstone
139
catalejo, telescopio
telescope, spyglass
140
to untie; to clear
zafar
141
escabullirse
to slip away
142
haz de luz
beam of light
143
el ventanal
picture window
144
pinza
clothespin; tong
145
pisotón
stamp (With foot); scoop (journalistic)
146
escama
scale (of a serpent)
147
Mercury, quicksilver
el azogue
148
trizadura, triza
teat, Shred
149
portería
goal (futbol); reception or guardhouse
150
menester
necessary; Job, errand
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negligence; neglect
dejadez
152
hook have sex appeal
gancho Tener mucho gancho
153
encerar
to wax, polish
154
laja
slab
155
galpón
one-story , ranch-style House
156
tapia
(garden) wall
157
embalarse
pick up speed
158
scale (of a serpent)
escama
159
recto
straight; upright; jab
160
cetro
scepter; reign; title
161
rapaz
kid, raptor
162
remolón, remolona
lazy
163
lazy
remolón, remolona
164
trickster, swindler
jimador
165
albornoz
bathrobe
166
Perspiration
transpiracion
167
zafar
to untie; to clear
168
edge, corner, ridge
arista
169
frayed
deshilachado
170
achacable
attributable, imputed
171
acepción
meaning
172
speck, spot
mota
173
exhausted; over-exploited
esquilmado
174
straight; upright; jab
recto
175
loony, mad; moron (boba)
tarado
176
smooth
marrullero
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pimple
grano
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teat, Shred
trizadura, triza
179
gnarled, twisted
sarmentoso
180
to blush
ruborizarse
181
Gravestone, headstone
lápida , losa
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telescope, spyglass
catalejo, telescopio
183
scepter; reign; title
cetro
184
barra de pan
baguette
185
esmerilado
Emery-polished
186
desperdigarse
to scatter, disperse
187
escozor
stinging, burning; heartache
188
geniality, good-natured character
campechania
189
el claxon
horn (car)
190
cuarzo
quartz
191
sanity; good sense
cordura
192
patina
patina
193
el alerce
tamarack or larch tree
194
trucado
fixed, Tampered with
195
ruborizarse
to blush
196
jimador
trickster, swindler
197
cheekbones
pómulos
198
food, lunch(South America), vegetables (Caribbean)
Vianda
199
kid, raptor
rapaz
200
stamp (With foot); scoop (journalistic)
pisotón
