Ospina-ElPaísCanela pp 15-54 Flashcards by Scott Otteman | Brainscape

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nodriza

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wet nurse

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encajado/a

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fitted; fit together

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coraza

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armor plating

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daga

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dagger

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fardo

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bald; bundle

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arcabúz

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arquebus = weapon used with a shield

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enrevesado

A

complex; complicated; difficult

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aullido

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howl

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cayena

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cayenne peppers

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reseco/a

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too dry; very thin

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arboledas

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groves, woods

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bermejo/a

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reddish

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remendado/a

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patched, darned

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alcatraz/alcatraces

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gannet/gannets; calla lilly

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bergantín

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brigantine; brig

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rescoldo

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ember

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cadalsos

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gallows

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verruga

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pest; wart

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anidar

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to nest

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rescate

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ransom; rescue

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cundir

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to spread

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las huestes

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the followers

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garra

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claw; talon

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birlar

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to pinch

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socavón

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hole; hollow

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páramos

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moors

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las planicies

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plains

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cuña

A

wedge; chock; bedpan

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mezquino/a

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miserable, mean

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brizna

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strand, blade, trace

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rocio

A

dew

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puna

A

Andean plateau; altitude sickness

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hilar

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to spin, to string together

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cantera

A

quarry; reservoir of talent

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pimiento

A

pepper plant

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guisar

A

to cook, stew

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cresterío

A

rocky cresting

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coya

A

Incan princess

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a cuestas

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carry on the back

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penumbra

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twilight

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tosco/a

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crude

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andrajos

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rags, tatters

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cascos

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hoofs; headphones

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marismas

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salt marshes

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caserío

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hamlet; country house

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polizón

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stowaway

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confabulado

A

to conspire

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cabildo

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town council

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descuajar

A

to melt; to uproot

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confiar

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to entrust

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palúdico/a

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malarial; marshy

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vasija

A

pot

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infundir

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to instill in

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jauría

A

pack of hounds

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enjambre

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swarm

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avieso/a

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evil, twisted, perverse

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venablo

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dart

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cerbatana

A

blowpipe; pea shooter

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salivazo

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spit; gob of spit