vocab - un día de estos, la prodigiosa tarde de baltazar Flashcards
el gabinete
small office; cabinet
postizo
false; fake
enjuto
skinny; lean
rodar
to roll
resorte
spring (object)
pulir
to polish
el caballete
easel; bridge
retirar
to remove
operar
to operate on
el cartón
cardboard
el puente
bridge
apresuarse
to hurry up
umbral
threshold
hinchada
swollen
marchito
withered; faded
apoyar
to support; rest on something
el pomo de loza
clay/porcelain jar/handle
el cancel de tela
mesh/cloth divider
el talón
heel
dañar
to damage
el absceso
abcess; accumulation of puss
la cacerola
saucepan
las pinzas
tweezers
el cordal
wisdom teeth
el gatillo
tweezers (dentist)
aferrar
to grab
el riñon
kidney
rencor
resentment; bitterness
crujir
to creak
jadear
to pant
desabotonar
to unbutton
a tientas
blindly grabbing/reaching
displicente
unpleasant; disdainful
prodigio
prodigy
el alero
eave (roof part)
tumulto
tumult; turmoil
el crin
horsehair
arduo
hard; difficult
descuidado
careless
tumbos
stumble; jolt
disparates
nonsense; gibberish
planchar
to iron
yacer
to lie; sit
pito de chicharras
cicada whistle; chirp
odio
hatred
cúpula de alambre
wire dome
pasadizo
passage
recreo
play time; recess
fijo
permanent
tierno
tender; gentle
bastar
to be enough
turpiales
troupial (bird)
rodear
to circle around
medir
to size
nudillos
knuckles
soldar
to weld
encargo
order
abanicarse
to fan one’s self
cuadras/bloque
blocks
atiborrar
to cram
decoroso
decorous; polite
candor
honestness
agalopar
to gallop
gallera
rooster fighting ring
eficacia
effectiveness
piedad
piety
perpleja
perplexed
en vano
in vain
morder
to bite
palmada
to clap
rogar
to pray
roncar
to snore
apaciguar
to appease; soothe
cachorro
puppy; cub
la tanda
billiards
embadurnar
to smear; coat
compromiso
commitment; compromise
despatarrado
sprawled; spread eagle
