Pérez-Reverte-Falcó Extras

Question 1

Despejarse

Answer 1

To clear one’s head

Question 2

Distar

Answer 2

To be far from

Question 3

Estirado/a

Answer 3

Stuck up, haughty

Question 4

Medrar

Answer 4

To prosper, get ahead, thrive

Question 5

Sarna

Answer 5

Scabies

Question 6

Pajizo/a

Answer 6

Straw-colored

Question 7

Cachear

Answer 7

To frisk, search

Question 8

encina

Answer 8

oak tree

Question 9

carmín

Answer 9

lipstick; carmine

Question 10

torvo/a

Answer 10

baleful

Question 11

Entornar

Answer 11

To half close; to leave ajar

Question 12

Empalmado/a

Answer 12

Joined together; connected

Question 13

en tablas

Answer 13

in a stalemate

Question 14

Tesón

Answer 14

Tenacity; determination; perseverance; persistence

Question 15

Caño

Answer 15

Spout;

Stem of a pipe

Question 16

contera

Answer 16

metal tip or cap

Question 17

el truhan

Answer 17

rogue, crook (colloquial); shameless

Question 18

Hurón

Answer 18

Ferret; hermit-like loner

Question 19

Talón

Answer 19

Heel

Question 20

Despejar

Answer 20

To empty a place; to clear

Question 21

Trepar

Answer 21

To climb, to scale

Question 22

americana

Answer 22

jacket

Question 23

Desprovisto; desproveer

Answer 23

Deprived; to deprive

Question 24

Soportal; soportales

Answer 24

Porch; arcade

Question 25

embrollar

Answer 25

to tangle up, complicate

Question 26

Viruela

Answer 26

Smallpox; pockmarks

Question 27

Badana

Answer 27

Sheepskin; sweatband

Question 28

Penalidades

Answer 28

Troubles, hardships, penalties, punishments

Question 29

Desabotonarse

Answer 29

To unbutton

Question 30

Chaquetilla

Answer 30

Jacket

Question 31

Dehesa

Answer 31

Meadow, pasture

Question 32

osadía

Answer 32

boldness, daring; audacity

Question 33

receloso/a

Answer 33

suspicious, distrustful

Question 34

Dar por saco

Answer 34

To screw

Question 35

Pasarela

Answer 35

Fashion runway, catwalk; footbridge; gangplank

Question 36

Sopesar

Answer 36

To weigh

Question 37

Gabán

Answer 37

Topcoat, overcoat;

Jacket in P.R.

Question 38

Simiente

Answer 38

Seed

Question 39

la hombrada

Answer 39

manly deed; brave act

Question 40

la mayor; el foque

Answer 40

mainsol; jib or genoa

Question 41

Punto

Answer 41

Stitch

Question 42

aro

Answer 42

Hula-Hoop

Question 43

Hacinamiento

Answer 43

Overcrowding

Question 44

ciscar

Answer 44

to dirty, soil or mess up

Question 45

a espuertas; espuertas

Answer 45

by the bucketful or sackful; basket

Question 46

aya

Answer 46

governess

Question 47

Tantear

Answer 47

To feel up; to weigh out; to test;
To swindle (Mex)

Question 48

rizos

Answer 48

curls; ripples; loops (plane); reef (of a sail)

Question 49

Pastillero

Answer 49

Pill box