2666 - Bolaño 3 Flashcards
maña
skill; trick
arremangar
to roll up (sleeves)
to clear your throat
carraspear
descampado
clearing
whisper
cuchichear
de reojo
sideways
follower; supporter
adepto
granddad
Nono
haunch
el anca
to praise; to recommend, advise
preconizar
mechona
freshman
discouragement
desaliento
ebrio
drunk
gurgling
gorgoteo
oxherd, drover
boyero
veteado
veined; grained; streaked
sobresalto
scare, fright, sudden shock
to bring, offer, provide
deparar
reptar
to crawl
vidente
seer, clairvoyant
armazón
frame, skeleton
to reprimand, scold
reprender
el marcapasos
pacemaker
job, work
chamba
fencing (the sport)
esgrima
army of followers
los huestes
in the rear, out back
a la zaga
aventón
push, shove
to flutter, to undulate
ondear
earful; spiel
parrafada
parchment-like; dried-up, wizened
apergaminado
fag
joto
deparar
to bring, offer, provide
candelilla
glowworm
to lower before charging; to make nice
encachar
seer, clairvoyant
vidente
sole (shoe)
suela
gorgoteo
gurgling
smelliness
fetidez
condolence
el pésame
gorgorito
warble
clearing
descampado
glowworm
candelilla
pot
marmita
painless
indoloro
ramshackle
destartalado
el contrafuerte
foothill; buttress; heel reinforcement
dashing
gallardo
trino
trill
el anca
haunch
margarita
daisy
wall tile
mayólica
to stun or deafen
atronar
cape, sea rock
farellon
rechistar
to answer back; to complain
rebosar
to overflow; bubble over
los huestes
army of followers
el basural
rubbish dump
to stain or spot
macular
fluttering; flapping of the wings
aleteo
foothill; buttress; heel reinforcement
el contrafuerte
zumbido
buzz, humming
push, shove
aventón
el comensal
fellow diner
el abate
Abbe, Catholic father
rozar
to brush against;kto graze
cuchichear
whisper
suela
sole (shoe)
wooden board hung round neck and used as a percussion instrument
redoba or redova
Chilean wildcat
colocolo
libélula
Dragonfly
encachar
to lower before charging; to make nice
destartalado
ramshackle
pencil-pusher; small-time lawyer
tinterillo
corpachón
big body, big frame
esgrima
fencing (the sport)
Aryan
ario
boyero
oxherd, drover
lost soul
alma en pena
Emborronar
To scribble; to smear, blotch, smudge