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asediar
asediar
to lay siege to
la mesura
la mesura
moderation
el sosiego
el sosiego
calm
el embudo
el embudo
funnel
ínfimo
ínfimo
negligible
la pepita
la pepita
seed
la divisa
la divisa
foreign currency
el huso
el huso
spindle
la zozobra
la zozobra
sinking
pésimo
pésimo
terrible
fastuoso
fastuoso
lavish
la tregua
la tregua
respite
el usurero
el usurero
loan shark
el añil
el añil
indigo
el llano
el llano
plain
las baratijas
las baratijas
junk
encaramarse
encaramarse
to climb up onto
el paludismo
el paludismo
malaria
la leva
la leva
levy
asolar
to devastate
brotar
to arise
el mayoral
farm manager
el cimarrón
runaway slave
el asedio
siege
trasvasar
to decant
los víveres
provisions
la herradura
horseshoe
la aguja
needle
el candado
padlock
el/la orfebre
silversmith
el pagaré
promissory note
lucir
to show off
cebar
to fatten up
el andrajo
rag
el hacinamiento
overcrowding
la aleta
fin
erizado
bristling with
en un santiamén
in a flash
el cañaveral
sugarcane plantation
el embalse
reservoir
el sometimiento
subjugation
acribillar
to pepper
hinchado
swollen
el grillo
cricket
el plantío
vegetable patch
engendrar
to give rise to
el soborno
bribery
el desalojo
eviction
crispado
tense
la palanca
lever
la tolva
chute
la compuerta
sluice gate
baldío
uncultivated
las ancas
behind
la sucursal
branch
el abono
fertilizer
la cotización
value
el astillero
shipyard
zarpar
to set sail
el vertedero
garbage dump
el desperdicio
waste
el tasajo
dried beef
la mandioca
cassava
el ingenio
refinery
el litoral
coast
penosamente
arduously
arrebatar
to snatch
el henequén
agave
la zafra
sugar harvest
el minifundio
small farm
irrisorio
laughable
arrasar
to raze to the ground
la dote
dowry
el regocijo
joy
el retoño
sprout
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