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.