Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges Flashcards
1
Q
interrogar
A
to question
2
Q
imponer se
A
to be impressive, to command attention; impose
3
Q
desvarío
A
delirium, raving
4
Q
empobrecedor
A
impoverishing
5
Q
explayar
A
expand, expatiate, write in deatail about
6
Q
haragán
A
lazy, sluggard
7
Q
indagar
A
inquire, investigate
8
Q
inquietar p. 13
A
disturb
9
Q
morosa
A
delinquent
10
Q
se produjo (producir)
A
occurred
11
Q
hará unos cinco años
A
about five years ago
12
Q
incurrir en
A
make, commit, incur, earn, indulge in
13
Q
acechar
A
to stalk, to keep an eye on
14
Q
heresiarca
A
heresiarch
15
Q
azorar
A
taken aback, emarrassed
16
Q
agotar
A
exhaust
17
Q
sin faltar a la verdad
A
in all truthfulness
18
Q
carátula
A
mask, title page
19
Q
en el lomo
A
on the spine of a book
20
Q
remate
A
auction
21
Q
advertir
A
warn, notice
22
Q
amparo
A
refuge, protection
23
Q
a raiz de
A
in the wake of, as a result of
24
Q
epopeya
A
epic
25
menguante, menguar
waning, ebbing; to wane
26
madreselva
honeysuckle
27
padecer de
to suffer from
28
desganado, desgana
indifferent, unenthuesiastic; without appetite; reluctance
29
roble
oak
30
estrechar
to narrow; to become friends
31
de par en par
wide open
32
cántaro
pitcher, jug
33
redactar
to write
34
lámina
sheet
35
somera
shallow, superficial
36
deparar
offer, yield
37
azar
chance
38
barajas
decks of cards
39
pavor
dread
40
propósito
purpose, intent
41
onceno
eleventh
42
aláter p. 20
companion, ( rare) next, on the side of
43
ulterior
subsequent
44
harto
fed up, tired
45
índole
nature, type, kind
46
subalterno
subordinate
47
acometer
undertake
48
macizo
massive, solid
49
Ex ungue leonem
'You can judge a lion from its claw': a Latin phrase meaning that from the sample you can judge the whole.
50
torre
tower
51
atreverse
dare, venture
52
austral
southern
53
boreal
northern
54
tenue
faint
55
agregación
combination, agregation
56
disuelto
dissolved
57
cabría; caber
would fit; to fit
58
asombro
astonishment
59
crepuscular
twilight
60
subalterno
subordinate
61
idear
devise
62
aporía
an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory; aporia
63
hallazgo
discovery
64
herrumbrar
to rust
65
vedar, vedada
closed, hidden,
66
una petición de principio
a begging of the question
67
matiz
hue
68
firmar
to sign
69
abarcar
encompass, include
70
desairar
to reject; underestimate; awkward
71
ánfora
urn, amphora
72
improcedencia
unreliability, inadmissability
73
decaer
decay
74
umbral
threshold
75
propender
to tend
76
mendigo
beggar
77
burlón
mocking
78
desdén
disdain
79
hollar
to tread
80
acometer
to undertake
81
minucioso
detailed
82
arreciar
to ramp up, become more intense
83
ocaso
sunset
84
vajilla de plata
silverware
85
latir
beat, throb, pulse
86
anhelar
to long for
87
esfera
sphere
88
pulpería
grocery store
89
sobrellevar
to endure
90
catre
cot
91
entorpecido
cluttered
92
denuesto
insult
93
racha
streak, snatch
94
tirador
shooter; leather belt
95
reluciente
shimmering
96
dado
dice
97
acertar
to guess coeeectly, to succeed
98
consintir
consent
99
tachadura
deletion, omission
100
abarrotar
glut, flood, cram
101
ceder
give, yield
102
anhelar
long for
103
embelesar
enchant
104
someterse
undergo, submit
105
urdir
weave, cook up
106
tornar a olvidar
forget again
107
yerrar
to err
108
no hago caso
I ignore
109
postergarse
postpone, procrastinate
110
arrojar
throw, cast
111
colgar
to h
112
afán
hard work, toil, eagerness, hard work
113
estrafalario
odd, bizarre
114
agredir
attack, assault
115
anhelar
long for, yearn
116
deshacer
undo, break
117
acechar
watch, lie in wait
118
la falsa carátula
the fake cover p. 19
