Literary Terms from Translations Flashcards
1
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clergy
A
pastor
2
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clerk
A
empleador de banco
3
Q
mourner
A
doliente
4
Q
doornail
A
clavo de la puerta
5
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coffin
A
ataúd
6
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business partners
A
socios
7
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an assign (legal representative)
A
cesionario
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executor (person who carries out the will)
A
albacea
9
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bargain
A
ganga
10
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ironmongery
A
ferretería
11
Q
crowds
A
algomeraciones de personas
12
Q
bishop
A
obispo
13
Q
buque
A
ship
14
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pormenores
A
details
15
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ingrato
A
unpleasant
16
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fasts
A
ayunas
17
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augurio/presagio
A
omen
18
Q
estragos
A
injuries
19
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soñoliento
A
drowsy
20
Q
benighted
A
ignorante
21
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sopor
A
stupor
22
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bell tolls
A
dobles
23
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respiración pedregosa/áspera
A
heavy breathing (with difficulty)
24
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difunto
A
departed
25
Sexton (someone who looks after church and graveyard)
sacristán
26
morose/sullen
taciturno/malhumorado
27
undertaker
director de funeraria
28
gross-grained (meaning difficult, uncooperative, unaccomodating)
poco cooperativo/difícil/ poco complaciente
29
abbey
abadía
30
implicitely/unquestioningly (believed)
incondicionalmente
31
gravedigger
sepulturero(a)/ enterrador(a)
32
graveyard
cementerio
33
surrounded by
rodeado por
34
emblem
emblema
35
surly
hosco
36
wicker
mimbre
37
waistcoat
chaleco
38
scowl
el ceño fruncido
39
malice
malicia
40
to fling
lanzar/arrojar
41
snorting
resoplar
42
to miss (a throw)
errar
43
apron
delantal
44
let drip
derramar
45
dió crédito a la acusación
believed it
46
lock away (someone)
condenar/encarcelar
47
The sun filled him with gladness
El sol le alegró
48
devoid of
deprovista de
49
betwitchment/charm
embrujo
50
hills
colinas
51
cigarettte butts
colillas
52
organised group/party (travel)
una comitiva
53
barren (landscape)
baldías
54
prejudice/bitterness
prejuicio
55
ugliness
fealdad
56
(information) helpdesk
ventanilla
57
apprehension
aprensión
58
wariness
recelo
59
friendly/comforting/welcoming
acogedor/a
60
resentment
resentimiento
61
shortage
escasez
62
take over
apoderar
63
pastures
pastos/dehesas
64
hedges
matorrales/setos
65
mountain slope
ladera
66
unknown
ignoto
67
complexion (face)
tez
68
lattice
celosía
69
to see (beginning with D)
devisar
70
I had the time to see
a_______ a ver
alcancé a ver
71
She looked happy
Se la veía alegre
72
mutter
mascullir/murmurar
73
wither
marchitar
74
bestow
conferir
75
stalls (theatre)
gradas
76
parchment
pergamino
77
beg
rogar
78
resonate
resonar
79
intermission (e.g. in a play)
intermitencia
80
uproot
desarraigar
81
shore
orilla
82
cast (throw)
arrojar
83
'pull' something over
arrasar
84
door hinges
goznes/bisagras
85
dispair
desesperación
86
handmuffs/mittens
manguitas/manoplas
87
attorney
albacea
88
miller/mill
molinero/mill
89
upset
| Beginning with M
molesto
90
surrounding something
sobre
91
draw/brandish (weapon)
desenfundar
92
arrange/plan/organise (people)
Beginning with D
disponer
93
event
| formal beginning with A
acontecimiento
94
continue
| formal beginning with P
proseguir
95
by default
por defecto
96
bell tower
campanario
97
off-white/milky colour
blanquecino
98
dismount (animal)
apear
99
La ponzoña
poison
100
aniquilar
annihilate
101
señuelo
bait/lure
102
rendir
give up/surrender
103
la alberca
pool
104
destonar
be off key
105
el zumbido
rumble
106
estar sin un duro/sin blanca
be broke
107
una cómoda
dresser
108
torpemente
clumsily
109
destallar
to flash
110
hacerse añicos
to break into pieces
111
toparse con
fall into/stumble
112
la casera
land lady
113
el nudillo
knuckles
114
raspado
scraped
115
smeared with blood
manchado de sangre
116
inservible
broken beyond repair
117
Inclinado
slanted
118
andrajos
rags
119
las plantillas de zapato
sole of shoes
120
STD
ETS
121
desgarrado
ripped/torn
122
Asset
recurso
123
advent (of something)
llegada de (algo)
124
make a profit of
sacar provecho de
125
Sharing economy
Economía colaborativa
126
velar
watch over
127
dique
dyke/dam
128
impreciso
| e.g al fondo a los objetos los veía impreciso
elusive
129
hereje
non-believer
130
unas alforjas
saddlebags
131
los cántaros de leche
pitchers of milk
132
el terraplén
slope/bank
133
los juncos
reed/cane
134
el vaho
steam/cloud
135
Un morrión/casco
helmet
136
El coraza/peto
breastplate
137
los pliegues
folds
138
las tocas/la toquilla
headdress/veil
139
recortar en el horizonte
outline the horizon
140
una alabarda
pike
141
el puente levadizo
drawbridge
142
estar de bruces
to be face down
143
spread
extender
144
cáñamo
hemp
145
acaparar
hog/hoard/accumulate
146
shrivelled
encojido
147
risueño
smiling/beaming
148
sagaz
clever
149
reposado
soothing
150
avariento
greedy
151
mezquino
stingy/tight-fisted
152
endiablada
nasty
153
una argolla
shackle
154
deal with
tratar
155
incidentally
secundariamente/parcialmente
156
planners
organizadores
157
devote to
dedicar a
158
a decir verdad
admittedly/truthfully
159
threat
amenaza
160
slackening
aflojamiento
161
suspicion
desconfianza
162
betray
traicionar
163
to revoke (a law)
revocar
164
enthusiasts
aficionados
165
insurrectionary (somebody who rebels violently)
inserreccional/ revolucionario
166
in light of
ante
167
el ruiseñor
nightingale
168
ivory
marfil
169
encina
holm oak/evergreen oak
170
terreno
land
171
teniente
lieutenant
172
un coronel
a colonel
173
military regiment
regimiento
174
infantry/on foot soldier
infantería
175
under the comand
bajo el mando de
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what became of me
lo que fue de mi
177
a broom
una escoba
178
doorframe
marco de la puerta
179
resurrect
resucitar
180
through
a través de
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complejidad
complexity
182
subsistir
survive
183
nimiedad
triviality
184
stir
remover
185
matorral
thorn bush
186
brillo/resplandar
gleam
187
blossom
floración
188
to bear
aguantar/ soportar
189
to be stretched
estar estirados
190
sullen ( d_______)
deprimente
191
murmur
murmullo
192
madreselva
woodbine/honeysuckle
193
bullicio
racket/noise/din
194
rosado
pink coloured
195
tejer
weave
196
guirnalda
wreath
197
aflicción
sorrow
198
nefasto/adusto
grim
199
encender/prender
to light a fire
200
a bordo
on board
201
aborrecimiento
loathing/hatred
202
injured
heridos
203
pirómanos
pyromaniacs
204
hazard
riesgo
205
remolcar
to tow
206
fiordo
fjord
207
engulfed
envuelto
208
in flames
en llamas
209
encierro
running of the bulls
210
corrida de toros
bullfighting
211
embody
encarnar
212
eclipse/embody/surpass
eclipsar
213
dejar mucho que desear
leave much to be desired
214
poner en tela de juicio
put into question
215
panzudo
pot-bellied
216
bujía
wax candle
217
veguero
cigar
218
con disimulo
discreetly
219
tinder/fuel
leña
220
scurry
apurarse
221
crumble (food/wood)
desmenuzarse/desmigajarse
222
sodden
empapado
223
fechoría/felonía
misdeed/crime
224
anidar
dwell/nest
225
secuela
consequences
226
(practicando la) mendicidad
begging
227
apenas
hardly/barely
228
empeño
determination/tenacity
229
carestía
lack of
230
endeble
unstable/wobbly/rickety
231
comedimiento
control/restraint
232
una barraca
shack
233
adobe
sun-dried brick
234
un dispensario
pharmacy
235
asentamiento
settlement
236
cauce
riverbed
237
cochambroso/a
filthy
238
merodear
prowl/lurk
239
contratiempo
setback
240
continencia
moderation
