Fortaleza da Juromenha Flashcards
se defronta
faces, confronts
se emaranha
gets tangled
escombros
rubble, wreckage, rubbish, havoc
perecer
perish, lose
sobranceira
overlooking, towering
impoẽ
imposes
convidativo
inviting, tempting
cobiçados
coveted, desired, lusted
aliciando
enticing, encouraging
ténue
tenuous, thin
profícuos
profitable
patrícios
patricians, aristocrats, nobleman
empurrados
pushed, shoved, thrust, jostle
cunhais
wedges
taipa
rammed earth
cunho
imprint, stamp, seal
silhares
large square cut stones
argamassa
mortar (building)
mestria
mastery, artistry, prowess
espressura
thickness, depth, density
destemido
fearless, undaunted, Hardy
sem pudor nem pavor
without shame or fear
apetecida
appetizing
famigerado
infamous
ferrolho
bolt, latch
mimos
treats, caresses, mocking bird
reais graças
real thanks
arrojadas, audacioso
bold
apego
attachment (group of soldiers), addiction
almejada
desired, craved, longed for
rompante
outburst
fez
He did
opuserem
opposed, countered, blocked
chacinar
slaughter, slay, massacre
desbravou
pioneered
aguerrido
fierce
foral
charter, organization chart
pendendo
hanging, tilting, falling
ameias
battlements
grilhões
shackles
prendiam
arrested, secured, fastened, pinned
delitos
offenses, crimes, misdeeds
régio
regal
malograda
failed
hiato
gap, hiatus, chasm, yawn
sucumbido
succumbed, gave in
menagem
message
esquissos
weird
arrabaldes
suburbs
tarefa
task, job, stint
sonegou
evaded
assolaram
devastated, ravaged, infested
teimavam
they were stubborn, insisted, persisted
préstimos
services
chumbar
Fail, pluck, fire at
aguardada
awaited, looked forward, expect
vistoriou
inspected, overhauled
doar
donate, endow
temido
feared, dreaded
feriu
wounded
engrossar
thicken, congeal, coarsen
ceifou
mowed down, reaped
redigida
redacted, wrote, composed
fosso
moat, pit, ditch
famintas
hungry, ravenous
fulcral
central
geri-lo
manage it
patente
Open, manifest, overt, rank
acudido
helped
atempadamente
timely, in time
ressentia
resented
seguimento
follow-up
assinalável
notable, remarkable
jugo
yolk, subjection
saudosa
nostalgic, homesick, wishful, wistful
hastear
raise
descuradas
neglected
não se poupando a esforços
not sparing the effort
recinto
enclosure, precinct, circuit
preces
prayers
petitions
guarita
security cabin
apurar
investigate, find out, canvass
vetusto
old
confrontos
clashes, confrontations, approach, comparison
destacamento
detachment
riste
laugh, burst into laughter
impotente
powerless, impotent
maus ventos
bad winds
embriagado
drunk
dispunha
Dispor
had
Dispose
Afford
farda
uniform
a seu dispor
at your disposal
degredo
exile, transportation
abalo
shake, concussion, shock, quake
fustigada
whipped
agonizante rumo
agonizing course
assolada
devastated, destroyed
sezões
sessions
afastada
away, removed, remote, secluded
no derrer da sangrenta
in the course of the bloody
esperançosos
hopeful, promising, up-and-coming
foragidos
fugitives
coniventes
conniving
padroeira
patron saint
auge
peak, height, heyday, pinnacle
amontoam
heap, pile, cram
ruir
crumble, collapse, topple
casebres
huts
muro
wall
água benta
holy water
figura avulsa
single figure
arcaz
chest, ark, trunk