Capítulo 7 - Semana 4 Flashcards
Cayo Hueso
Key West
Cayo Hueso
Key west
El humo
Smoke
La mezcla
The mix
El vínculo
Link, connection
El tabaco
Cigar
La vivencia
Lived experience
Criollo/a
Original y típico del país
Disminuir
To diminish
No quedar más remedio (que)
To not have any other choice
Partagás
Famous brand of Cuban cigars (tabacos cubanos)
Quejarse
Se quejó
Quejarse de vicio
To complain, moan
He complained
To be a whiner
Unirse
Join, marry, merge
no cabe duda
There is no doubt
atraer
to attract
asolar
to destroy, devastate
impalable
impalpable, intangible, imperceptible
ubicua/o
omnipresent, ubiquitous
Salir / dejar / quedar
To leave a place vs to leave something or someone behind, vs to stay
maldición
curse
despegar vs el despego
to detach, remove, take off, un-glue vs detachment, indifference, disinterest
agradar
to affirm
vivencia
experience, life lesson
no han hecho mala
They had not done anything wrong
dosis de cubanía
dose of cuban-ness
rescatar / rescatado
to save, rescue / rescued
forjados por las vivencias de sus padres
forged from the experiences of their parents
prender
to light, spark, turn on, power up
enloquecer
to drive crazy
placer
v) to enjoy, get pleasure from
n) enjoyment, pleasure, recreation
embriagador
intoxicating
acabar
to finish
prender / aprender
to grasp, hold, clutch, spark, light, ignite / to learn
ardiente
burning, scalding
n) llama
flame
que acaba por prender la llama ardiente del amor
which ends up lighting the burning flame of love.
Al estar arraigado tanto en Cuba como en Estados Unidos
Being both rooted in Cuba and the United States
arriagado
rooted
retroceso
regression
El programma
El clima
El mapa
El sistema
Alberca vs piscina
Water tank, pool
Vs
Swimming pool
Estandar
Standard, normal
Gracioso vs gracias
Funny, amusing
Vs
Thank you
Estoy Actuando vs la actuación (la actuación está bien)
I am acting vs the acting (the acting is good)
Que une
That join
Cláusula vs oración vs párrafo
Clause vs sentence vs Paragraph
Me gustaría vivir en un mundo donde sirva comida
Id like to live in a world that serves food
Engordar
To put on weight
Vestirse vs vestir
Get dressed vs to wear something
A menos de
Less than
Malabarismo vs hacer malabares / hacer juegos malabares
N: juggling
V: to juggle
Sepa hacer malabares
Knows how to juggle
Sepa maquillar
Knows how to put on makeup
Reunir vs reunirse
To meet vs to get together