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
calabacines
zucchinis
fideos
noodles
tiras
strips
rancio
rancid
indigna
indignant
astillada
splintered
el establo
stable, barn
la deriva
the drift
ligereza
lightness
sepultar
to bury
calculadora
calculator
los dados
the dice
escandalizar
to scandalize
un pecado
a sin
estridente
strident
los petardos
the firecrackers
culebrear
to wriggle
sandía
watermelon
intempestiva
untimely
macizo
massive
una patrulla de carabineros
a patrol of carabineer (cavalry soldiers)
hombro
shoulder
camilla
stretcher
franela
flannel
rayas
stripes
el escudo
the shield
una excitación
an excitement, arousal
la ostra
the oyster
nudo
knot
infranqueable
impassable
el camisón
the nightgown
acosar
to harass, bully
cadera
hip
rizo
curl
empavonar
to grease
empavondados
greasy
el cutis
the complexion
cetrino
sallow
trastornar
to unsettle
erizar
to bristle
desaforados
outraged
desaforado/a
outrageous
la armonía
the harmony
los forasteros
the outsiders
deseable
desireable
la tramontana
the north wind
escarmentado
wary, cautious
germen
germ
presagio
omen
herramienta
tool
una soga marina
a marine rope
postración
prostration
la cachimba
the hookah
la petanca
petanque
artillero
gunner
un fogoncillo
firebox
deleitar
to delight
gótica
gothic
el inquilino
the tenant
sellar
to seal
carecer
to lack
cólico
colic
creencia
belief
apetecible
appetizing
disolver
to dissolve
una sevicia
a service
las amarras
the moorings
el estado
the state
criar
to rear, breed
el terremoto
the earthquake
estático
static
desamparada
shelterless
abrazar
to hug, embrace
un poste
a post
un agravio
a grievance
alfajores
caramel cookies
la huerta
the vegetable plot
caracoles
snails
abrumado
overwhelmed
aparejar
to rig
los veleros
the sailboats
navegante
navigator
la viga
the beam
convalencia
convalescence
los boliches
the bowling alleys
un burro
a donkey
supercherías`
trickery
patalear
to flounder
debatir
to debate
las rechiflas
the whistles, cat calls
rebozar
to dip in batter
un maleficio
a hex
gitano
gypsy
serrucho
handsaw
los arrecifes
the reefs
el embarcadero
the jetty
acezante
gasping
lívida
livid
recriminando
recriminating
institutriz
governess
pedregoso
stony
los arbustos
the shrubbery
alcaparras
capers
un buzo
a diver
embadurnar
to daub
la murena
the moray eel
cometer
to commit
llanura
plain, flatness
esmero
care
descontar
to discount, deduct
de veras
in earnest, really
pudín
pudding
la campanita
the tinkerbell
la eterna
the eternal
aborrecible
abhorrent
cacarear
to cackle
borboritar
to gurgle
la marmita
the pot
un carrillo
a cheek
urbanidad
urbanity, civility
un filete
a steak
manjar
delicacy
hiel
bile, gall
disputar
to dispute
congenita
congenital
el dintel
the lintel
apremiante
urgent
bocado
mouthful
sacudido
shaken
anular
to cancel
la ciruela
the plum
ruptura
rupture
meridonial
south(ern)
cal
lime
sardinel
sardine
las aspas
the crosspieces
una ristra
a string
encallar
to run aground
guirnaldas
wreaths
rescoldos
embers
una ronda
one round, patrol
soñoliento
sleepy
las algarabías
the gibberish
algarabia
gabble
cesto/a, canasta
basket
acabadas
finished
impuesto
tax
humilde
humble
errante
wandering
una sargenta
a sergeant
empeñar
to pawn
inculcular
to instill, inculcate
un crucero
a cruise
miliciano
militiaman
mico
monkey
atuendo
attire
marcial
martial
el pulpo
the octopus
tinta
ink
natación
swimming
ladrillazo
brick
el príncipe
the prince
baladas
balads
bucear
to dive
teórica
theoretical
comportamiento
behaviour
enterizo
one piece
tornasolado
shimmering
un pellejo
a skin
la foca
the seal
asolear
(put in the) sun
la regadera
the watering can
irrespirable
unbreathable
desahogo
alleviated
mandato
mandate
apuntalar
to shore up, brace
bracear
to brace
los ahogados
the drowned, choked
harina
flour
predicar
to preach
compostura
composure
atragantar
to choke
sollozar
to sob
desdichado
unhappy
prevalecer
to prevail
el trajín
the bustle
extenuar
to exhaust, emaciate, weaken
fragorosa
thunderous
los panecillos
the rolls
la hornilla
the stove
el aparador
the sideboard
las estampillas
the stamps
divagar
to ramble
lombriz, lombrices
earthworm/s
el humo
the smoke
empañar
to fog, tarnish
el desagüe
the drain
el retrete
the privy, toilet
el grifo
the tap, faucet
el lavabo
the sink
la herradura
the horseshoe
negrero
slave driver
en vista de que
in view of the fact that
el carnicero
the butcher
moribundo
dying
campaña
campaign
midir
to measure
revuelto
scrambled
revuelta
revolt
asestar
to aim, fire, deal
asestadas
struck, dealt
soldado
soldier
apretujados
squeezed together
sextante
sextant
brújula
compass
primario/a
primary
reacia
reluctant
deudas
debts
precioso/a
beautiful
los utensilios
the utensils
la escopeta
the shotgun
comprimir
to compress
un capricho
a whim
empaque
packing
la manso
the tame, meek
el tiburón
the shark
la premiación
the awards ceremony
aclamar
to acclaim
agasajar
to regale, entertain
curso
course, grade, class, year
madurez
maturity
raudal
torrent
la fachada
the facade, frontage
encauzar
to channel
los sillones forrados
the upholstered armchairs
mantón
shawl
una mantarraya
a mantaray
la pecera
the fish tank
los preservativos
the condoms
los pomos
the knobs
la dentadura
the denture
la popa
the stern
la proa
the bow (ship)
eternizar
to eternize
geranios
geraniums
el himno
the hymm, anthem
anochecer
dusk
el tricornio
the tricorn
carburo
carbide
la presión
the pressure
la resolana
the glare of the sun
arropar
to clothe
guarnición
garrison
fronterizo/a
borderline
el pelotero
the baseball player
los matones
the thugs
platinado
platinum
contrariar
to contradict, oppose, antagonize
enemistar
to antagonize
pandillero
gangster
el balneario
the health resort, spa
na baraja
a pack of cards
tazón
bowl (comer)
una garita
a sentry box
internar
to intern
la bocina
the horn
un pinchazo
a prick
embriaguez
drunkenness
el volante
the steering wheel
azotar
to whip, flog, lash
el granizo
the hail
la venda
the band
asalto
assault
los vestidores
the dressing rooms
internado
internship
la caseta
the booth, stall, stand
la aldaba
the bandit, doorknocker
astillas
kindling, splinters
bandolero
bandit
palpitar
to throb
la estirpe provinciana
the provincial lineage
arbitrio
discretion
erguido
erect
el desafío
the defiance
astillar
to splinter
podredumbre
rottenness
baldosas ajedrezadas
checkered tiles
una losa
a slab
alcurnia
ancestry
encarnizamiento
fierceness
la cáscara
the shell
soldar
to weld
doncella
maid
el sapo
the toad
la gota
the drop
apaciguar
to appease
disfrazado
disguised
amparo
shelter, protection
malgastar
to squander
franjas
fringes
un ramo
a bouquet
rocío
dew
una espina
a thorn
tallo
stem
adrede
deliberately
la envoltura
the envelope
un tirón
a jerk, pull
tapicería
upholstery
l estacionamiento
the parking lot
congelando
freezing
desamor
heartbreak
cenicienta
cinderella
recóndito
deep down, in the depths of
esforzar
to strain, strive
revolcar
to wallow
la creciente
the growing
el fulgor
the glare
l dique
the dam, dike
a neblina
the fog
despabilado
perky, awake
la embajada
the embassy
la bruma
the mist
las sementeras
the fields
un jabón
a soap
desperdiciar
to waste
núcleos
nuclei
núcleo
nucleus, core
calenticos
warm
florecer
to flourish
segar
to mow down
el boticario
the apothecary
embotellar
to bottle
la glorieta
the gazebo
encapotado
overcast
tenaz
tenacious
despejar
to clear
estacionar
to park
rodante
rolling
antecedentes
background (de salud, etc.)
retrasar
to delay
encinta
pregnant
el escaño
the seat
ingresar
to get into
el noveno
the ninth
desveturado
hapless
fundar
to found
la cicatería
the scarcity
excusar
to excuse
excusado
toilet, lavatory
desangrar
to bleed (out), to drain
desistir
to desist
una multa
a penalty fee
el parabrisas
the windshield
impares
odd
alcalde
mayor
las goletas
the schooners
apetitosa
appetising
lenguaraz
tongue tied
el estorbo
the encumbrance
complicidad
complicity
una mansarda
an attic
infortunio
misfortune
provechoso
rewarding
cadenero
keep, keeper
rabiar
to rage
el escarmiento
the lesson
catadura
tasting, sampling, looks, appearance
huraña
shy, sullen
sobresalir
to protrude
restablecer
to re-establish
paño
cloth
la mansedumbre
the meekness
sobornar
to bribe
tiesto
flowerpot
el alféizar
the windowsill
