General Como Agua Para Chocolate Vocab 🌶️🌮🇲🇽 Flashcards
el ambiente
atmosphere
el argumento
plot
al comienzo/final de la novela
at the beginning/end of the novel
como señala el/la autor(a)
as the author points out/shows
el desarrollo de la intriga
plot development
el desarrollo lineal
linear development
la descripción del paisaje
description of the landscape
el desenlace
outcome, denouement
el entorno
environment
entrelazar las historias
to interweave the stories
la escena retrospectiva
flashback
el estilo
style
un giro inesperado
an unexpected twist
la imagen eficaz
effective image
el marco histórico/social
historical/social setting/background
la metáfora
metaphor
la narración en primera persona
first-person narration
el/la narrador(a) omnisciente
omniscient narrator
la narrativa
narrative, fiction (genre)
la novela por entregas
serialised novel
la obra
work
el personaje
character
presagiar
to foreshadow
el/la protagonista
main character
el punto de vista
point of view
recrear el período/la época
to re-create the period/era
redactar
to write, to edit
el relato
story
el resumen del argumento
plot summary
la secuencia de los sucesos
sequence of events
el sentido de lugar
sense of place
el subtema
sub-plot
el telón de fondo
backcloth, backdrop
la tragedia
tragedy
la trama
plot
se trata (del amor, etc.)
it is a question of love etc.
aconsejar
to give advice
el aliento
breath
el/la amante
lover
anhelar
to yearn for
apoyar
to support
arriesgarse
to risk
asumir
to come to terms with
cobarde
cowardly
conquistar
to win over
consternado/a
distraught
el/la criado/a
servant who lives with a family (lit. raised)
egoista
selfish
enfrentar
to face
exultante
elated
honrado/a
honest
(in)sensible
(in)sensitive
la lujuria
lust
malvado/a
evil
el manicomio
lunatic asylum
merecedor(a)
worthy, deserving
el/la mulato/a
mulatto (of mixed white and black race)
los parientes
relatives
el parto
birth
el personaje
character
el “qué dirán”
the opinion of others/society
los quehaceres
chores
rechazar
to reject
resistente
resilient
la sabiduría
wisdom
secuestrar, raptar
to kidnap
sufrido/a
long-suffering, uncomplaining
sumiso/a
submissive
testarudo/a
stubborn
torpe
awkward
el vientre
womb
What does ‘abrasador(a)’ mean?
burning
What does ‘acomodado/a’ mean?
well-off
What does ‘el ambiente’ mean?
atmosphere
What does ‘amenazar (con)’ mean?
to threaten (with)
What does ‘apasionado/a’ mean?
passionate
What does ‘los buenos modales’ mean?
good manners
What does ‘casarse (con alguien)’ mean?
to marry (someone)
What does ‘casero/a’ mean?
homely, home-made
What does ‘el comportamiento’ mean?
behaviour
What does ‘la costumbre’ mean?
custom
What does ‘cuidar de’ mean?
to look after
What does ‘desenfrenado/a’ mean?
wild, uncontrollable
What does ‘el destino’ mean?
fate, destiny
What does ‘el dolor’ mean?
grief, sorrow
What does ‘elegir’ mean?
to choose
What does ‘embelesado/a’ mean?
captivated
What does ‘indigena’ mean?
native, indigenous (of the Americas)
What does ‘la inestabilidad’ mean?
instability
What does ‘liberar’ mean?
to free
What does ‘la libertad’ mean?
freedom
What does ‘luchar’ mean?
to struggle, fight
What does ‘el marco’ mean?
framework
What does ‘el matrimonio’ mean?
marriage, matrimony
What does ‘obedecer’ mean?
to obey
What does ‘pedir la mano’ mean?
to ask for someone’s hand (in marriage)
What does ‘el placer’ mean?
pleasure
What does ‘poderoso/a’ mean?
powerful
What does ‘probar’ mean?
to taste
What does ‘prohibir’ mean?
to forbid
What does ‘la receta’ mean?
recipe
What does ‘sabroso/a’ mean?
tasty
What does ‘soltero/a’ mean?
single, unmarried
What does ‘el sufrimiento’ mean?
suffering
What does ‘el trasfondo’ mean?
background, setting
What does ‘el vinculo’ mean?
link, bond
What does ‘alejar’ mean?
to move away
What does ‘alimentar’ mean?
to feed
What does ‘amamantar’ mean?
to breastfeed
What does ‘la angustia’ mean?
anguish
What does ‘ardiente’ mean?
burning
What does ‘la boda’ mean?
wedding
What does ‘celoso/a’ mean?
jealous
What does ‘el cerillo (Méx.)’ mean?
match
What does ‘el/la cocinero/a’ mean?
cook
What does ‘cuidar’ mean?
to look after
What does ‘la desgracia’ mean?
misfortune
What does ‘el dolor’ mean?
pain, sorrow
What does ‘embarazada’ mean?
pregnant
What does ‘encender’ mean?
to light
What does ‘la encrucijada’ mean?
crossroads
What does ‘enfrentarse a’ mean?
to face (up to)
What does ‘estar enamorado/a de’ mean?
to be in love with
What does ‘el fantasma’ mean?
ghost
What does ‘la felicidad’ mean?
happiness
What does ‘el golpe’ mean?
blow
What does ‘hervir’ mean?
to boil
What does ‘(el/la) indígena’ mean?
(the native, indigenous (of the Americas)
What does ‘la mentira’ mean?
lie
What does ‘molesto/a’ mean?
annoyed
What does ‘nacer’ mean?
to be born
What does ‘el pastel’ mean?
cake
What does ‘pedir la mano’ mean?
to ask for someone’s hand (in marriage)
What does ‘pelearse’ mean?
to fight, to quarrel
What does ‘probar’ mean?
to taste, to try
What does ‘prohibir’ mean?
to forbid
What does ‘el/la rebelde’ mean?
rebel
What does ‘la receta’ mean?
recipe
What does ‘recuperarse’ mean?
to recover
What does ‘la tristeza’ mean?
sadness
What does ‘volverse loco/a’ mean?
to go mad
What is ‘el acta de nacimiento’?
birth certificate
What is ‘el ambiente’?
atmosphere
What is ‘el burdel’?
brothel
What is ‘el castigo’?
punishment, chastisement
What is ‘el caudillo’?
leader (of a revolution)
What is ‘el chisme’?
gossip
What does ‘chismear/chismorrear’ mean?
to gossip
What is ‘el comportamiento’?
behaviour
What does ‘cortejar’ mean?
to court, to woo
What is ‘la cortesía’?
politeness
What is ‘la criada’?
female servant who grows up with a family (lit. raised)
What does ‘criollo/a’ refer to?
Latin American of European origin
What does ‘desheredar’ mean?
to disown
What is ‘la dote’?
dowry
What is ‘el epazote’?
(Méx.) herb tea
What is ‘la época’?
era
What does ‘el/la esclavo/a’ mean?
slave
What is ‘el estrato social’?
social rank or class
What does ‘exquisito/a’ mean?
delicious
What does ‘hacer de casamentero/a, hacer de celestino/a’ mean?
to matchmake
What is ‘el hito histórico’?
historic landmark
What does ‘el/la huérfano/a’ mean?
orphan
What is ‘el lazo’?
bond
What is ‘el linaje’?
ancestry
What is ‘el marco social’?
social framework
What does ‘mestizo/a’ refer to?
of mixed race (American Indian and white)
What are ‘los modales’?
manners
What is ‘el nahuatl’?
Nahuatl, language of the Aztecs
What is ‘la paliza’?
beating
What does ‘pudiente’ mean?
rich
What is ‘el “qué dirán”’?
public opinion (lit. the what they will say)
What does ‘raptar’ mean?
to kidnap
What are ‘las reglas’?
rules
What does ‘saquear’ mean?
to ransack
What is ‘el trasfondo histórico’?
historical backdrop
