todo4 Flashcards
el lecho
the bed
azuzar
to tease, stir up
despedazar
to tear
dentelladas
bites
el espectro
the spectrum
deambular
to wander around
sosiego
composure, tranquility
mudanzas
removals, changes
sobrecama
bedspread, coverlet
acartonar
to stiffen
cebar
to prime
estancado
stagnant
los frescos
the frescoes
conversado
conversed
antorchas
torches
contiguo
adjacent
insomne
insomniac, sleepless
el péndulo
the pendulum
las enredaderas
the vines
la cornisa
the cornice
tubos rizadores
curling tubes (cabello)
un notario
a notary
sesgado
slanted
el rellando
the landing
el murciélago
the bat
facha
look, face
encarnizar
to enrage, make fierce
la pureza
the purity
bucle
loop
esbelta
slender
vivaz
vivacious
deslumbrado
dazzled
la esterilla
the mat
yute
jute
resplandor
radiance
un anticuario
an antique dealer
cotidiano
daily
certero
accurate
pliegues
creases, folds
marear
to feel dizzy
panteón
pantheon
chapalear
to lap
mausoleo
mausoleum
una ciénaga
a swamp, bog
el ataúd
the coffin
una grieta
a crack
el tablero
the board
la lápida
the tombstone
pintura
paint
esmalte
enamel
los celadores
the wardens
los mármoles
the marbles
sobrepopulado
overpopulated
gaveta
drawer
enterramientos
burials
un infundio
an infusion
perverso
perverse
novedosa
newfangled
plazo
term
alborozo
joy
estropear
to spoil
resbalar
to slide off
nítida
sharp, clear cut
hocico
snout
ruborizar
to blush
porquerías
crap, filth, junk, rubbish
jerarca
hierarch
la cartera
the briefcase, portfolio
acierto
right guess
descalabrar
to derail, wreck
mimar
to pamper
la repartición
the distribution
póstuma
posthumous
atesorada
treasured
amargos
bitters
el entresuelo
the mezzanine
arenques
herrings
el salitre
the saltpeter
peldaños
rungs
forrar
to line, cover, sheath
colgaduras
hangings
biselar
to bevel
primoroso
exquisite
los arcones
the chests, bunkers
remates
auctions
la honra
the honour
repartido
distributed
los herederos
the heirs
regar
to water
tijera
scissors
la alcaldía
the town hall
el carmín
the carmine
presenciar
to witness
la sepultura
the grave
diestro
skillfull
albedrío
will, whim, pleasure
la parvada
the flock
peatones
pedestrians
dolientes
mourners
un bramido
a bellow
la bandera
the flag, banner
babear
to drool
descifrar
to decipher
agudizar
to sharpen, make more accurate
la cháchara
the chatter
el susurro
the whisper
los lisiados
the cripples
pavor
dread
tiros
shootings
la brocha
the brush
titubear
to hesitate
la selva
the jungle
trufas
truffles
relleno/a
filled, stuffed
linaje
lineage
ascendencia
ancestry
surtida
assorted
oporto
port
un sedimento
a sediment
azorado
taken aback
el óxido
the rust
reliquias
relics
burdel
brothel
la travesia
the crossing, traverse
vascos
basques
fusilar
to shoot
cobra
cobra
las antiparras
the goggles
rapiña
rapine
híbrido/a
hybrid
retozar
to romp (play)
guarecer
to take shelter
repleto
packed, full
crepuscular
twilight
escampar
to escape
tablero de mandos
dashboard
rizado
curly
labriego
labourer
el zaguán
the hallway
oblicuo
oblique
portazo
bang
reventar
to burst, break
valido
valid
envenenar
to poison
atiborrar
to cram
desembarco
disembarkation
túnica
tunic
pardo/a
brown
basto
coarse, vulgar, rough
el cordón
the cable, cord
un pago adelantado
an advanced payment
conceder
to grant
temporal
temporary
macaco
ape, big shot
la jaula
the cage
comportar
to behave
resuello
wheeze
la fortaleza
the fortress
altamar
high seas
voluble
fickle
los vestigios
the vestiges
charol
patent leather
cúbico
cubic
agarrotar
to squeeze tight
la cinta
the tape
lazo
bow, ribbon
la bahía
the bay
faldón
skirt, long dress, tail
ondular
to wave
ondulaba
billowed
la estela
the wake
bravo
brave, courageous, rough, wild
nave
ship
oxidado
rusty
barracas
barracks
apelotonar
to roll into a ball
apelotonadas
huddled together
removido
removed
el cangrejo
the crab
aspavientos
fussings
matrona
midwife
flamante
brand new, brilliant, luxurious, high class
algarbaría
hubbub
sobretodo
overcoat
polluelo, pollito
chick
piar
to tweet, churp
la pasarela
the runway
vapulear
to whack
aullido
howl
un abordaje
a boarding, approach
el tufo
the smell, stink
vapuleada
thrashed
las cuadrillas
the gangs
latón
brass
desmantalar
to dismantle
los trámites, las formalidades
the formalities
baldazo
blow
inmutar
to get perturbed, worked up
la escafandra
the diving suit
un rosario
rosario beads
la índole
the nature, disposition, sort, kind
aduana
customs
azarosa
venturesome
carroza
float
carroza fúnebre
hearse
tumbos
jolts, lurches
vistoso
colourful
sombrear
to shade
redes
netting
el hueco
the hollow
vetusto
ancient
alucinar
to hallucinate
estentóreos
stentorian, booming, sterling, strident
calzoncillos
underpants
eructo
burp, belch
rombo
rhombus, diamond
plegar
to fold
galante
gallant
los helechos
the ferns
hilera
row
una carnicería
a butchery
gancho
hook
cercana
nearby
las persianas
the blinds
la fresura
the freshness
orinar
to urinate
manantial
spring
manantial incontenible
unstoppable spring
dos indias
two indians
chivo
goat
el aparato
the apparatus
fuelle
bellow, blower
reabastecer
resupply, refuel
la humareda
the smoke
la baranda
the railing
la viuda
the widow
afligida
afflicted
el hábito
the habbit
grato
pleasing
propicio
conducive
bañistas
bathers
el vericueto
the intricate
cuadrito
checkered
sirvientes
servants
suscitar
to stir up, arouse, provoke
un ápice
an iota, little
ápice
apex
aplazada
postponed
la zozobra
the anxiety
