La Sombra del Viento 7 Flashcards
ignoto
unknown, obscure
el/la adalid
champion, leader
el/la pelagatos (keep s in singular)
nobody, unimportant person
manosear
to handle, to touch
el pergamino
parchment
musitar
to mumble, to mutter
cortés
polite, courteous
acechar
to stalk, to watch, to spy on
la índole
nature; kind, sort, type
decoroso
decent, decorous
el efebo
youth (literary)
el lumpen
underclass (n.)
el escepticismo
skepticism
el sucedáneo
substitute
garabatear
to scribble, to scrawl
pasmoso
astonishing, amazing
plasmar
to give expression to, to capture (i.e. in writing)
la sintaxis
syntax
accidentado
rough, uneven, rugged
el razonamiento
reasoning
en ciernes
budding (musician, writer, etc.)
desvanecerse
to faint; to disperse/vanish/fade
el artilugio
gadget, contraption
el latón
brass
lucir
to wear, to sport, to show off; to shine, to look; to show (progress)
la derrota
defeat
el anhelo
desire, longing
degustar
to taste
hábil
skillful, clever, competent
meditabundo
pensive
dilatar
to dilate, to expand, to prolong
sorber
to sip
sangrar
to bleed
la trampa
trap, snare
la mazmorra
dungeon
la fosa
pit, ditch
pegajoso
sticky; catchy (song); clingy (person)
a lo mejor
maybe, perhaps, might
las entrañas
entrails, bowels
apurar
to finish off (food)
inmutarse
to get upset, to bat an eyelid
hacer caso
to take notice of (someone); to listen to (what someone says)
retirar
to remove, to clear away
el aliento
breath
el empedrado
paving, pavement
inerte
inert
ámbar
amber
la telaraña
spiderweb
cojear
to limp, to hobble
insinuarse
to emerge, to become apparent
