Tema 3 Flashcards
el agrado
pleasure
la etimología
etymology (The study of the origin of words)
el canon
canon, rule, principle
la pujanza
strength, vigor
paradigmático(a)
paradigmatic (serving as a typical example/model)
plasmar
to express or capture (artistically)
el donaire
grace
menospreciar
to scorn, to despise
morfológico(a)
morphological (relating to the form or structure of things)
sustraerse
to escape (from something), to avoid
radicar (en)
to lie in, to consist of
el (la) mozo(a)
youth
despampanante
stunning
afable
affable
agraciado(a)
graceful; attractive
desplegarse
to unfold, to uncurl
sensible
sensitive
cotidiano(a)
daily
conmover
to move deeply
la queja
complaint
la luca
luca (a type of very expensive metal)
la polera
shirt
lucas
(in some countries) a one-thousand peso bill
la feria americana
yard sale; tag sale
el flequillo
bangs
el jopo
quiff (hairstyle)
tener la posta
(informal) to be right
fiable
reliable
la casilla
box (on a form)
proporcionar
to provide
la prenda de vestir
garment (piece of clothing)
presumir
to brag, to show off
discrepar
to disagree
un vistazo
a glance
o sea
in other words
ajeno(a)
someone else’s
la prestancia
distinction, elegance
rotundamente
emphatically (definitively, in a forceful way)
el capricho
whim
deambular
to wander
el hallazgo
finding, discovery
propiciar
to favor, to win the favor (of)
encogerse
to shrink
el denominador común
common denominator
el patrimonio
heritage
el entramado
grid, framework
vincular
to link
legar
to bequeath, to hand down
carecer de
to lack
el alboroto
fuss, whirl
arrastrar
to drag
crujir
to creak
desentrañar
to pull out, to extract; to figure out, to unravel
empeñarse en
to insist, to persist
asomarse
to look out or through
verse
to see oneself
la privación
deprivation
hacer caso de
to heed
la huerta
vegetable garden
hechizado(a)
bewitched
la mente
(the) mind
dispuesto(a)
ready
encerrarse
to shut oneself away
atroz
terrible, awful
el guión
script
el convenio
agreement
acreditado(a)
accredited, authorized
liberado(a)
free (of charge)
difundir
to spread, to disseminate
la clave
key, code, password
el patrimonio artístico
artistic heritage
resguardar
to protect (against harm or deterioration)
ingresar
to enter (an institution)
la vanguardia
avant-garde
estallar
to break out (to start a conflict)
acogido(a)
welcome, taken in
amalgamar
to amalgamate, to unite, to merge
el malabarismo
juggling
la decalcomanía
decalcomania (a decorative technique by which engravings and prints may be transferred to pottery or other materials)
el fumage
fumage (an artistic technique in which images are created on canvas or paper using smoke from a candle or lamp)
el frottage
frottage (the technique of creating a design by rubbing (as with a pencil) over an object placed underneath the paper)
insólito(a)
unusual, unbelievable
el arcano
mystery
el juramento
oath
el triunfo
triumph
apartar
to separate
el presidio
imprisonment
unirse
to join
precolombino(a)
pre-Columbian
la cerámica
ceramics
el textil
textile
la vitrina
glass cabinet, display case
la cosmovisión
worldview
profano(a)
secular, profane
