Cajas de Cartón vocab

Question 1

recoger

Answer 1

pick up, gather

Question 2

disminuir

Answer 2

diminish

Question 3

esconderse

Answer 3

hide

Question 4

señalar

Answer 4

signal

Question 5

entristecer

Answer 5

to sadden

Question 6

toser

Answer 6

to cough

Question 7

mudar

Answer 7

change, switch homes

Question 8

cosecha

Answer 8

harvest

Question 9

braceros

Answer 9

a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.

Question 10

volante

Answer 10

adv.,a
moving lightly and quickly.

Question 11

polvo

Answer 11

dust, powder

Question 12

chocita (choza)

Answer 12

a hut

Question 13

natal

Answer 13

of or pertaining to a person’s birth, hometown

Question 14

ansiosamente

Answer 14

anxiously

Question 15

callado

Answer 15

silent

Question 16

empacado

Answer 16

packed

Question 17

caerse bien

Answer 17

to feel well, to get along well

Question 18

aùn mas

Answer 18

even more

Question 19

amanecer

Answer 19

dawn

Question 20

detector

Answer 20

to detect

Question 21

estacionar

Answer 21

to place, to park, to station

Question 22

acarrear

Answer 22

to haul

Question 23

amarrar

Answer 23

to tie up, to tie down

Question 24

derramar

Answer 24

to shed, to spill

Question 25

suspirar

Answer 25

sigh

Question 26

alejarse

Answer 26

to move away

Question 27

mudanza

Answer 27

move

Question 28

madrugada

Answer 28

dawn, early morning

Question 29

ruido

Answer 29

noise, typically loud

Question 30

sonido

Answer 30

sound

Question 31

dueño

Answer 31

owner, landlord

Question 32

colchòn

Answer 32

mattress

Question 33

olla

Answer 33

a pot

Question 34

abolladuras

Answer 34

dents

Question 35

orgulloso

Answer 35

proud

Question 36

cariñosamente

Answer 36

kindly, lovingly

Question 37

orgullosamente

Answer 37

proudly

Question 38

palmo a palmo

Answer 38

bit by bit, inch by inch

Question 39

de todas maneras

Answer 39

anyway

Question 40

un nudo en la garganta

Answer 40

to have a lump in your throat (to find it hard to speak because you are nervous)