Book Flashcards
Alzar
To raise, lift, hoist, hold up
El escudo
Shield
El halcón
Hawk
El contubernio
Conspiracy
El alcoba
Bedroom
Las trazas
Traces, plot, layout
El galán
Beau, gallant, squire
Los esbozos
Blanks
El esbozo
Outline
Mecanografiar
Type
Las garras
Claws
El cancerbero
Keeper
Lírico
Lyrical, lyric
Embelesado
Spellbound
El duende
Elf, goblin, leprechaun
El pedrusco
The boulder
Embalar
Pack, package, wrap, bale
La contraportada
Back cover
Lirismo
Lyricism, sentimentalism
La faja
Girdle
Los canelones
Cannelloni
Subsanar
To correct
Antojar
To crave
La quartilla
Page
El tambor
Drum
Tregua
Truce
Avispero
Wasps’ nest
Parsimonia
Parsimony, tardiness
Contigua
Contiguous, adjacent
Prender
To catch, turn on, take, arrest, capture
Atronadora
Thunderous, deafening
Bobadas
Twaddle, tripe
Hincar
To sink, drive, thrust
Corretear
Scamper, pursue, run around
Mortecina
Dim
Marchita
Withered
Plomizo
Leaden, sullen
Presagiar
Foreshadow, portend, foretell, forebode, omen
La eclosión
Hatching
La atalaya
Watchtower
Otear
Scan, glimpse, look over, spy on
Varado
Stranded, aground
Losa
Slab, paving stone, flagstone
Obstinada
Stubborn
Letargo
Lethargy
La butaca
Armchair
Escalfado
Poached
Un cosquilleo
Tickling, titillation
Sendos
One each
Rebosante
Overflowing, brimming
Semblante
Face, countenance
Risueño
Smiling
Imperturbable
Imperturbable, unflappable, impassive
Hechizada
Spellbound
La bóveda
Dome
Reclutar
Recruit, enlist, raise, conscript
Sepultar
To bury
Bravata
Bravado
Encoger
Shrink, contract, constrict
Emprender
Undertake, start, launch, take up
El talante
Mood, will
Socarrón
Cunning
Un tramposo
Cheat, trickster, fiddler
Naipes
Cards
Habladurías
Gossip
La tiniebla
Darkness
Harapientos
Ragged
La mugre
Grime
El hollín
Soot
Apretujar
Squeeze, hug
Podrido
Rotten
Un atajo
Shortcut
Represalia
Reprisal
Fantasmal
Ghostly, spooky
Apestoso
Stinky
Rastrear
Track, trace, trail
Fundir
To melt
Noria
Treadmill
Las casetas
Booths
Vidente
Clairvoyant
Guarida
Lair, den, haunt
Lúgubre
Dismal, mournful, dark, forbidding
Rendija
Loophole, aperture
Un quinqué
Oil lamp
El laúdano
Laudanum
Fugazmente
Briefly
Despedazar
Tear, shred
Astilla
Splinter
Catedrático
Professor
La velada
Evening
Elogiar
To praise, command
La barraca
Shack
Tendido
Lying, lay, laid
Una gabardina
Raincoat
Ajado
Tousled
Una asta
Pole
Compinches
Buddies
Embaucador
Trickster
La rapiña
Robbery
Secuaces
Followers, henchmen, minions
Paradero
Whereabouts
El festejo
The celebration
Codicioso
Greedy
El ladrillo
A brick
Onanismo
Self abuse
Labrar
To work, carve, shape, fashion
El obispo
Bishop
Trapecero
Blunderer
El burro
Donkey
Santurrones
Sanctimonious
Sabandijas
Vermin
Matones
Bullies, thugs, goons
Escoria
Slag, scum, dross
Atavío
Attire, dress, apparel
Desempeñar
Play, perform, discharge, act
Fulgurante
Aglow
Morbosidad
Morbidity, incidence
Alumbrar
To light up
Mezquindad
Meanness, pettiness, shabbiness
Longanizas
Sausage
Ventanuco
Small window
Los estertores
Rattles
Pecado
Sin, sinfulness, offense
Las perras
Bitches
Vaivenes
Ups and downs
Afán
Eagerness, toil, hard work
El coro
Choir
El rellano
Landing
Displicencia
Indifference, peevishness
El obsequio
Gift, present
La solapa
Lapel
Paladear
To relish
El amasijo
Tangle
Escalinatas
Staircase
Acaudalado
Wealthy
Alcurnia
Lineage, ancestry
Macilento
Sickly
La mazmorra
Dungeon
Esparcir
Spread, scatter, sprinkle
Acaudalar
To amass
Mear
To piss, pee, piddle
