Machado Vocab Flashcards

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con el tambor de doña Chuy me vuelve el aspasmo en la pantorrilla

A

With Doña Chuy’s drum the cramps in my *calf** return

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se apoya en mi cabeza como si fuera un bastón y saltá de la auriga

A

He leans on my head as if it were a staff and jumps off the truck(?).

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3
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será una palmada en la cadera

A

it will be a slap on the hip

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de nuevo se prenden pero se vuelven apagar por un un último intento logra el cometido

A

They turn on again but turn off again for a last attempt and achieve the goal.

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aquí todo huele a humedad caliente a palmeras a sudor fresco

A

Here everything smells of hot humidity, palm trees, fresh sweat.

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estuches

A

cases

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el resplandor me deslumbra me amodorra. el ojo del dragón guiña mientras los mios se vuelven pesados el interior de mis párpados están rosados como del dragón

A

The glare dazzles me, it makes me drowsy. the dragon’s eye winks while mine grow heavy the inside of my eyelids are pink like the dragon’s

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8
Q

qué ganas de meterme al agua

A

I really want to get into the water

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bomberos

A

firefighters

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10
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si ando por las azoteas no me salpica

A

If I walk on the rooftops it doesn’t splash me

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cuando estoy atrás del suelo mis hermanos pueden derramar sobre mí sus pendejadas

A

When I’m behind the ground my brothers can spill their bullshit on me

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