Cajas de cartón Flashcards
Ni siquiera
Not even
Yo ni siquiera sabía exactamente qué cosa era California.
I did not even know. I never knew.
¡Ya basta! Ni siquiera sabes lo que estás diciendo.
Enough already! You don’t even know what you are saying.
Enclavado/a
Set deep (situated) Buried (embedded
La pelona
Baldnes
Brillar
To shine
Erguido/a
Upright, straight, erect
Mentado/a
Aforementioned
Mentar. To mention
Aún menos
Even less
Aún
Still, yet. Even.
Aun. Even.
Pozo
Well
Madrugar
To get up early
Ordeñar
To milk
Acarrear
To carry, to bear
Aun
Even
Recoger
To pick up, to gather
Ni tenía que
I did not have to
Alumbrar
To light up
Soler
(With infinitive)
To use to (in past tense)
La fogata
Bonfire
El estiércol
Manure, dung
Desgranar
To shell
La mazorca
Ear, cob
Ansiado/a
Longed for. Long awaited.
Ansiar. To long for.
Empacar
To pack
El montón
Mountain, pile, loads
Ensartado/a
Strung
Ensartar. To string.
Choza
Hut, shack
Chocita. Little shack.
Parado/a
Standing, stopped (adj.)
Parar. To stop. To stand up.
Asustar
To frighten, to scare
A punto de
About to, on the point of
Agarrar
To grab
Coger. To grab.
Soplar
To blow.
Silbato
Whistle
Silbar. To whistle.
Rechinar
To creak, screech
Los frenos
Breaks
Mijo
My son, dear,honey
Me fijé
Fijar
Fijarse
I noticed
To fix
To pay attention, to notice
Dirigir
To manage, run, lead
Dirigirse
To walk toward(to move towards) To address(to talk to)
Locura
Madness
Asegurar
To assure
Agregar
To add
Añadir. To add.
Asomarse
To look (to check), to stick out (to peep out), to peer
Regañar
To scold
Fruncir
To gather, bundle
Fruncir
(To wrinkle) to furrow (one’s brow) to knit (one’s brow) to purse (one’s lips)
El entrecejo
Space between the eyebrows
La ceja
Eyebrow
Detener
To stop
Aclarar
To clarify. To explain. To make clear
La migra
Immigration
Asegurarse
To make sure. To check
Arrimar
To move closer
La orilla
Edge (boarder)
Shore, bank (geography)
El hoyo
Hole
arrodillarse
To kneel down
Agrandar
To make bigger
Arrastrar
To drag.
Cajuela
Trunk
Nomás
Just. Only.
Moderse
To bite
Apretar
To press, squeeze
El capataz
Foreman
Apilar
To pile up
El rumbo
Course, direction
Espeso/a
Thick
El chorro
Stream, spurt
Desconocido/a
Unknown
Prestar
To lend
Armar
To assemble
Quedar
To be left. To stay.
Frotar
To rub.
Arreglar
To fix
Andar
To walk. To go. To take.
Encogerse
To shrink
Retirarse
To retire. To move back.
Arreglar
To fix
Cazar
To hunt. To catch.
una mirada
A look, gaze, glance
Soledad
Solitude, loneliness
Así que nos sentamos
So we sat down
Así. Like this, like that. Just like that. So. Thus. Thereby. (Adverb)
Así. So. In order that. (Conjunction)
Así que. So. Immediately. (Adverb)
Justamente
Exactly, precisely. Justly.
La pizca
The harvest
¡Ya ves!
You see!
Internarse
To go into (to penetrate into)
Puntillas
Tiptoes
Tan pronto
As soon as. So soon. So early.
Sollozar
To sob. Sollozando. Sobbing.
Tapar
To cover
Cobija
Blanket
Aguzar
To sharpen
Parpardear
To blink
Procurar
To make sure, to try
Lo más que
As much as. The most that. More than.
Latir
To beat
Encuentro
Meeting
Derribar
To knock down
Cerciorarse
To make sure. To make certain. To assure oneself.
Extender
To spread out
Coger
To take, grab
Mandado
Shopping
Madrugada
Dawn
Durar
To last
Cargar
To carry. To load.
Amamantar
To nurse,suckle
El pañal
Diaper
El costal
The sack
Echarse
To put. To throw oneself.
Echar. To throw
Nuevamente
Again
Empeñarse
To mist up, to well up
Recostar
To lean
Asegurar
To assure
A la vez
At the same time
Sujetar
To hold, fasten
La cáscara
Shell, covering
Apilar
To pile up
Arañar
To scratch
Enterrar
To bury
Recargarse
To lean against
Recargar. To recharge.
Empujar
To push
Pararse
To stand up
Agacharse
Agachar
Los soldados se agacharon detrás de los arbustos.
To crouch down, bend down, duck
Agachar. To lower, lower, bend, duck
The soldiers crouched down behind the bushes.
Quitar
To remove. To take away.
Puesto que
Since
Puesto que está lloviendo. Since it’s raining.
Enderezar
To straighten
Golpear
To hit
A tiempo
On time. In time.
Decepcionado
Disappointed
Ensuciar
To dirty
Quebrar
To break
De reojo
Askance (disapprovingly).
Sideways. Out of the corner of one’s eyes. (Discreetly).
Mamá miró de reojo la pila. Mom looked askance at the pile.
Juntar
To put together, gather
Ligeramente
Slightly
Pedazo
Piece
Arrojar
To throw
Despedir
To say goodbye. To fire.
Colocar
To place
La hebilla
Buckle
Herido
Hurt, wounded
El consuelo
Comfort
Acercar
To move closer
Susurrar
To whisper
Conseguir
To get
Entonces jamás. Nunca jamás.
Jamás.
Jo no vuelvo a esre sitio nunca jamás.
Te amaré siempre jamás.
Then never. Never ever.
Never (not ever). Ever (an undefined time).
I’ll never come back to this place.
I’ll love you forever and ever.
Asentir
To agree
Regla
Ruler
Pulgada
Inch
Adivinar
To guess
Peor todavía
Even worst. Worse still.
Hubiera querido
I would have liked
Retirarse
To retire, more back, leave
Ansioso/a
Anxious
Establecer
To establish, settle
Granjero
Farmer
Arrastrar
To drag
El overol
Overall
Tirante
Strap
Camisa de franela a cuadros
Plaid flannel shirt
Mala educación
Bad manners
Ya que esperaba otro bebé
Ya que
Since she was expecting another baby
Since, now that
La carretera de doble sentido
Two way road
Acompañar
To go with, to accompany
El ruido que hacían los niños se volvía cada vez más fuerte
Se volvía. It became.
Volverse. To become. To turn into.
Volver. To return. To come back.
El fruncía el ceño.
He frowned his brow.
Fruncir. To furrow (one’s brow).
Ladrillo
Brick
Cejas poblados.
Bushy eyebrows
Polado/a. Bushy. Thick. (Hairy).
Manos velludas
Hairy hands
Velludo/a. Hairy (hair covered)
Logró inscrbirme en el primer año
He managed to enroll me
Lograr. To reach (achieve). To be able to (to make happen).
Me gustó tan pronto como la vi.
I liked it as soon as I saw it.
Tan pronto como. As soon as.
Calefacción
Heating
Mancha
Stain
Grueso/a
Thick
Unas tijeras
Scissors
Una tijera. Scissors.
Gaveta
Drawer
Cajón. Drawer.
Oruga
Caterpillar
Frasco
Bottle, jar
Guasanillo
Bug
Amarillento
Yellowish
Estaba un punto de meter la mano
I was about to put my hand
Meter. To put, place
Campana
Bell
Avergonzado/a
Ashamed
Volteé la cabeza
I turned my head
Voltear. To turn (change position)
Yo dirigí la mirada
I looked. I directed my gaze/the look
Ya que
Since, now that
Pensé que a lo mejor
I thought maybe
A lo que. Maybe, perhaps, may, might (indicating possibly)
A lo mejor
Tal vez
Quizás
Quizá
Maybe, perhaps,
may, might (indicating possibly)
No fue así
It was not so
Hasta que
Until
Falta de respecto
Disrespectful. Lack of respect. Disrespect.
La gente major
Older people
Soñar despierto
Daydreaming
Sostener
To hold
El que escuchaba más y por lo tanto aprendí primero, fue el de “Curtis”
Por lo tanto
The one I heard the most and therefore I learned first was “Curtis”
Por lo tanto. Therefore,so, thus, hence
For the so much, so many
El recreo
Recess
columpiar
To swing
El limpiaparabrisas
Windshield wiper
Confundir
To confuse
Confundirse
To become mixed up. To blend. To disappear into.
El ciprés
Cypress
En lo alto
High up, on top, overhead, up above
En lo alto de
On top of
Además
Besides. Also. Furthermore. Moreover. As well as.
Además de
In addition to, as well as, besides (along with)
Bosquejo
Sketch
Me volví buen en dibujar mariposas
I became good at drawing butterfies
Volver
To return, come back, go back
Volverse
(To turn into) to become, to get, to turn into
Incluso
(In addition to) even
(Also) even
Pegar
To hit, to stick
Desaparecer
To disappear
Chamarra
Jacket
Me lo puse, pero me quedaba muy grande
I put it on, but it was to big
Quedar
To be left, to stay
To look) fit (size), to suit (appearance
Arremangar
To roll up, tuck up
Tirantes
Suspenders
Maybe
Tal vez.
Quizás.
A lo mejor.
Quizá
Además de
En su última película, además de bailar también canta
Apart from
In her last move apart from dancing she also sings
