Literary Terms from Translations Flashcards by elena broerse

clergy

pastor

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clerk

empleador de banco

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mourner

doliente

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doornail

clavo de la puerta

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coffin

ataúd

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business partners

socios

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an assign (legal representative)

cesionario

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executor (person who carries out the will)

albacea

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bargain

ganga

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ironmongery

ferretería

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crowds

algomeraciones de personas

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bishop

obispo

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buque

ship

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pormenores

details

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ingrato

unpleasant

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fasts

ayunas

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augurio/presagio

omen

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estragos

injuries

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soñoliento

drowsy

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benighted

ignorante

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sopor

stupor

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bell tolls

dobles

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respiración pedregosa/áspera

heavy breathing (with difficulty)

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difunto

departed

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Sexton (someone who looks after church and graveyard)

sacristán

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morose/sullen

taciturno/malhumorado

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undertaker

director de funeraria

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gross-grained (meaning difficult, uncooperative, unaccomodating)

poco cooperativo/difícil/ poco complaciente

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abbey

abadía

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implicitely/unquestioningly (believed)

incondicionalmente

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gravedigger

sepulturero(a)/ enterrador(a)

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graveyard

cementerio

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surrounded by

rodeado por

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emblem

emblema

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surly

hosco

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wicker

mimbre

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waistcoat

chaleco

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scowl

el ceño fruncido

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malice

malicia

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to fling

lanzar/arrojar

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snorting

resoplar

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to miss (a throw)

errar

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apron

delantal

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let drip

derramar

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dió crédito a la acusación

believed it

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lock away (someone)

condenar/encarcelar

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The sun filled him with gladness

El sol le alegró

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devoid of

deprovista de

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betwitchment/charm

embrujo

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hills

colinas

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cigarettte butts

colillas

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organised group/party (travel)

una comitiva

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barren (landscape)

baldías

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prejudice/bitterness

prejuicio

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ugliness

fealdad

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(information) helpdesk

ventanilla

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apprehension

aprensión

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wariness

recelo

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friendly/comforting/welcoming

acogedor/a

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resentment

resentimiento

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shortage

escasez

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take over

apoderar

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pastures

pastos/dehesas

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hedges

matorrales/setos

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mountain slope

ladera

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unknown

ignoto

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complexion (face)

tez

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lattice

celosía

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to see (beginning with D)

devisar

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I had the time to see

a_______ a ver

alcancé a ver

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She looked happy

Se la veía alegre

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mutter

mascullir/murmurar

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wither

marchitar

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bestow

conferir

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stalls (theatre)

gradas

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parchment

pergamino

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beg

rogar

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resonate

resonar

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intermission (e.g. in a play)

intermitencia

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uproot

desarraigar

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shore

orilla

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cast (throw)

arrojar

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‘pull’ something over

arrasar

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door hinges

goznes/bisagras

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dispair

desesperación

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handmuffs/mittens

manguitas/manoplas

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attorney

albacea

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miller/mill

molinero/mill

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upset

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molesto

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surrounding something

sobre

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draw/brandish (weapon)

desenfundar

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arrange/plan/organise (people)

Beginning with D

disponer

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event

formal beginning with A

acontecimiento

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continue

formal beginning with P

proseguir

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by default

por defecto

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bell tower

campanario

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off-white/milky colour

blanquecino

dismount (animal)

apear

La ponzoña

poison

aniquilar

annihilate

señuelo

bait/lure

rendir

give up/surrender

la alberca

pool

destonar

be off key

el zumbido

rumble

estar sin un duro/sin blanca

be broke

una cómoda

dresser

torpemente

clumsily

destallar

to flash

hacerse añicos

to break into pieces

toparse con

fall into/stumble

la casera

land lady

el nudillo

knuckles

raspado

scraped

smeared with blood

manchado de sangre

inservible

broken beyond repair

Inclinado

slanted

andrajos

rags

las plantillas de zapato

sole of shoes

STD

ETS

desgarrado

ripped/torn

Asset

recurso

advent (of something)

llegada de (algo)

make a profit of

sacar provecho de

Sharing economy

Economía colaborativa

velar

watch over

dique

dyke/dam

impreciso

e.g al fondo a los objetos los veía impreciso

elusive

hereje

non-believer

unas alforjas

saddlebags

los cántaros de leche

pitchers of milk

el terraplén

slope/bank

los juncos

reed/cane

el vaho

steam/cloud

Un morrión/casco

helmet

El coraza/peto

breastplate

los pliegues

folds

las tocas/la toquilla

headdress/veil

recortar en el horizonte

outline the horizon

una alabarda

pike

el puente levadizo

drawbridge

estar de bruces

to be face down

spread

extender

cáñamo

hemp

acaparar

hog/hoard/accumulate

shrivelled

encojido

risueño

smiling/beaming

sagaz

clever

reposado

soothing

avariento

greedy

mezquino

stingy/tight-fisted

endiablada

nasty

una argolla

shackle

deal with

tratar

incidentally

secundariamente/parcialmente

planners

organizadores

devote to

dedicar a

a decir verdad

admittedly/truthfully

threat

amenaza

slackening

aflojamiento

suspicion

desconfianza

betray

traicionar

to revoke (a law)

revocar

enthusiasts

aficionados

insurrectionary (somebody who rebels violently)

inserreccional/ revolucionario

in light of

ante

el ruiseñor

nightingale

ivory

marfil

encina

holm oak/evergreen oak

terreno

land

teniente

lieutenant

un coronel

a colonel

military regiment

regimiento

infantry/on foot soldier

infantería

under the comand

bajo el mando de

what became of me

lo que fue de mi

a broom

una escoba

doorframe

marco de la puerta

resurrect

resucitar

through

a través de

complejidad

complexity

subsistir

survive

nimiedad

triviality

stir

remover

matorral

thorn bush

brillo/resplandar

gleam

blossom

floración

to bear

aguantar/ soportar

to be stretched

estar estirados

sullen ( d_______)

deprimente

murmur

murmullo

madreselva

woodbine/honeysuckle

bullicio

racket/noise/din

rosado

pink coloured

tejer

weave

guirnalda

wreath

aflicción

sorrow

nefasto/adusto

grim

encender/prender

to light a fire

a bordo

on board

aborrecimiento

loathing/hatred

injured

heridos

pirómanos

pyromaniacs

hazard

riesgo

remolcar

to tow

fiordo

fjord

engulfed

envuelto

in flames

en llamas

encierro

running of the bulls

corrida de toros

bullfighting

embody

encarnar

eclipse/embody/surpass

eclipsar

dejar mucho que desear

leave much to be desired

poner en tela de juicio

put into question

panzudo

pot-bellied

bujía

wax candle

veguero

cigar

con disimulo

discreetly

tinder/fuel

leña

scurry

apurarse

crumble (food/wood)

desmenuzarse/desmigajarse

sodden

empapado

fechoría/felonía

misdeed/crime

anidar

dwell/nest

secuela

consequences

(practicando la) mendicidad

begging

apenas

hardly/barely

empeño

determination/tenacity

carestía

lack of

endeble

unstable/wobbly/rickety

comedimiento

control/restraint

una barraca

shack

adobe

sun-dried brick

un dispensario

pharmacy

asentamiento

settlement

cauce

riverbed

cochambroso/a

filthy

merodear

prowl/lurk

contratiempo

setback

continencia

moderation

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