2666 - Bolaño Flashcards
smoothed pleasantly disposed towards
abocado
impávido
intrepid cheeky insolent
elusive
escurridizo
poking out
asomado
campiña
countryside
pulcritud
neatness
despiste
absent-mindedness
foreman
el capataz
absent-mindedness
despiste
morador
inhabitant
one-armed
manco
difuminarse
to blur
Outcropping
saliente
el capataz
foreman
feto
fetus
bizquear
to squint
thorough, through and through, proper
en toda regla
awning
el toldo
P 28 &29 sin ambages ornar
without ambiguity, directly decorate
rechinar
to grind
manada
herd
amedrentar
intimidate threaten
Swollen To swell up Babbles on key
P 100 abotargado Abotagarse balbuceos en clave
storm
el temporal
come to blows
emprender a golpes
arbitrio
discretion
crowded together
apelotonado
pasmo
amazement
meekness
mansedumbre
amazement
pasmo
putrefacto
putrid
bushes Thicket
los matorrales
somnífero
Sleeping pill
P 27 bulo cotilleos
Hoax, false rumor gossips
capotar
To nosedive
vulture
buitre
striated
estriado
platino
platinum
to blur
difuminarse
withered leaf
hojarasca
rezagado
straggler
(Muted) mute
P 95 (En) sordina
la hondonada
hollow
bristle
erizar
computer
ordenador
huddle around to pack
apiñarse
sheathed, wrapped in
enfundado
Day’s run, course, direction
P 111 Singladura
regazo
lap
P 70 Desabrido
Tasteless
Puta Pimp
P 102 Perra Zorra Cerda Chulo Macarra Macro Cafiche (Peru)
higo
fig
escurridizo
elusive
omen
augurio
reposado
relaxed
crown
coronilla
P 115 tapujo magrebie morbo añadido
Deceit, secrecy, dodge Maghrebi Additional, tacked-on morbid curiosity
alisarse
to smooth down
nape
nuca
to squint
bizquear
Hoax, false rumor gossips
P 27 bulo cotilleos
platinum
platino
remanso
Quiet place
refuge, haven
backwater
brown
marrón
budding
en ciernes
mechero
lighter
P 111 Singladura
Day’s run, course, direction
escenografía
scenery
vasija
pot Container
countryside
campiña
los lindes
boundaries
vecinal (adj)
neighborhood
lameculo
ass-licker Brown-noser
pottery
la alferraria
Spine
espinazo
instruct train
aleccionar
bashing, beating up
madriza
Rail or railing
barandilla
bow
arco
apodo apodado
nickname nicknamed
ostrich
una avestruz
ojeras
Bags under the eyes
guiñar
To wink
asomado
poking out
tradition
character
vintage (wine)
sediment (wine)
solera
hostel
albergue
la alferraria
pottery
P 34 quinqué suavo
oil lamp ——-
inusitado
unusual
Defenseless, unarmed
inerme
environment setting
entorno
body of a car
bodywork
carrocería
el tropel
Troop
spark
centella
Shakes jolts
sacudidas
neighborhood
vecinal (adj)
mental, mentally State of mind
P 114 anímico estado anímico
estriado
striated
surreptitiously
subrepticiamente
azabache
jet black
hojarasca
withered leaf
estragado
ruined depraved
spiral
voluta
agonico
dying
jet black
azabache
aducir
to adduce, offer as proof
coronilla
crown
los matorrales
bushes Thicket
apiñarse
huddle around to pack
ass-licker Brown-noser
lameculo
otear
scan
casucha
hovel, kennel
dote
Gift, dowry
grava
gravel
only-begotten
unigénito
great man
prohombre
renquear
to limp
vexation
vejación
bandada
flock
entorno
environment setting
compungido
contrite Remorseful
madriza
bashing, beating up
flake
hojuela
vejación
vexation
waves Pyrenees cattle breed Furies of Greek mythology sorcery, witchery
P 62 Ondas Pirenaicas Las erinias hechicería
el toldo
awning
unwillingly, reluctantly
a regañadientes
Juice
zumo
molondra
bonce
To wink
guiñar
lean, meager, poor
magro
prick
polla
bony
ósea
sealed with wax
lacrado
emprender
Undertake embark on
attic toilet lock
P 17 buhardilla retrete esclusas
P 35 Holgada hilera tenderete Tesitura
Loose, baggy, comfortable row stall, goods display Attitude, frame of mind
el berrinche
tantrum
ups and downs
altibajos
espinazo
Spine
el delantal
Apron
Undertake embark on
emprender
buitre
vulture
tamer
domador
to adduce, offer as proof
aducir
candy
golosina
liguero
garter belt
yeso
plaster
Apron
el delantal
arco
bow
intimidate threaten
amedrentar
erizar
bristle
To nosedive
capotar
lap
regazo
glove compartment
guantera
Puffing and panting
P 101 Resollante
agolpamiento
throng, crush
gravel
grava
mote
nickname
subrepticiamente
surreptitiously
haversack
morral
reseñista
reviewer
rendija
crack
homónima
namesake
golosina
candy
to shine
relucir
P 62 Ondas Pirenaicas Las erinias hechicería
waves Pyrenees cattle breed Furies of Greek mythology sorcery, witchery
boulder
peñasco
fuss
aspaviento
Reseña
review
pure spotless unblemished
impoluto
porte
demeanor behavior conduct carriage