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cabal
cabal
full
cabal
cabal
complete
cabal
cabal
thorough
cabal
cabal
exact
cabal
cabal
honest
cabal
cabal
upright
pertinaz
pertinaz
pertinacious
pertinaz
pertinaz
obstinate
pertinaz
pertinaz
persistent
la ganancia
la ganancia
gain
la ganancia
la ganancia
profit
espantosamente
espantosamente
shockingly
espantosamente
espantosamente
alarmingly
espantosamente
espantosamente
frighteningly
espantosamente
espantosamente
frightfully
espantoso
espantoso
hideous
espantoso
espantoso
horrific
espantoso
espantoso
horrifying
el promontorio
el promontorio
headland
el promontorio
rise
distar
to be a long way off
distar
to be away from
distar
to be far from
poblarse
to fill
poblarse
to fill up
holgadamente
easily
holgadamente
loosely
holgadamente
comfortably
holgazán
idle
el holgazán
idler
holgazán
lazy
holgazanear
to laze around
holgazanear
to loaf about
avecinarse
to approach
avecinarse
to come near
avecinarse
to draw near
rendirse
to give oneself up
rendirse
to surrender
rendirse
to give up
rendirse
to quit
brotar
to break out
brotar
to well up
brotar
to bud
brotar
to flow
brotar
to sprout
el caudal
riches
el caudal
wealth
el caudal
flow
el caudal
flow of water
el caudal
wealth
copioso
abundant
copioso
copious
copioso
plentiful
regar
to water
regar
to flow through
risueño
bright
risueño
cheerful
risueño
smiling
engrandecer
to enlarge
engrandecer
to increase
engrandecer
to magnify
sobrepujar
to outdo
sobrepujar
to surpass
sobrepujar
to outbid
templar
to cool down
templar
to get warmer
templado
calm
templado
composed
templado
brave
templado
lukewarm
templado
temperate
templado
mild
amurallado
fortified
amurallado
walled
amurallar
to build a wall around
amurallar
to wall
agudamente
ingeniously
pedregoso
rocky
pedregoso
stony
el cortijo
country house
el cortijo
farmhouse
el arrabal
suburb
el arrabal
slums
el derroche
fine display
el derroche
squandering
el derroche
waste
orar
to make a speech
orar
to speak
orar
to pray
ora
sometimes
ora
now
tejer
to weave
el/la sabelotodo
know-all
el/la sabelotodo
know-it-all
radicalizar
to radicalize
retratar
to depict
retratar
to do a portrait of
retratar
to portray
repelente
obnoxious
el nacionalismo
nationalism
añorar
to miss
añorar
to yearn for
añorar
to long for
columbrar
to glimpse
columbrar
to guess
columbrar
to make out
la tienta
test
la tienta
trial
el semblante
look on one's face
el semblante
countenance
el semblante
face
lúgubre
somber
lúgubre
gloomy
lúgubre
dismal
lúgubre
mournful
retratar
to paint a portrait of
retratar
to photograph
retratar
to take a picture of
recto
upright
recto
straight on
recto
straight
recobrar
to get back
recobrar
to recover
recobrar
to recover
desposeído
deprived
desposeído
dispossessed
caritativo
charitable
caritativo
generous
incontenible
uncontainable
incontenible
uncontrollable
incontenible
unstoppable
la honradez
honesty
la honradez
integrity
reprocharse
to blame oneself for
reprocharse
to reproach oneself for
la finca
country estate
la finca
country house
la finca
property
indescriptible
indescribable
la congoja
anguish
la congoja
grief
la congoja
distress
atenerse
to obey
atenerse
to abide by
atenerse
to follow
amorrar
to sulk
amorrar
to hang one's head
el espejismo
illusion
el espejismo
mirage
el furor
frenzy
el furor
fury
abrumador
overwhelming
abrumador
great
abrumador
overwhelming
la desigualdad
disparity
la disparidad
disparity
la renta
income
el prójimo
neighbour
el prójimo
fellow man
momentáneo
momentary
momentáneo
temporary
momentáneamente
for a moment
momentáneamente
momentarily
sobar
to finger
sobar
to handle
sobar
to massage
sobado
shabby
el sobado
sponge cake
sobado
worn
la tajada
cut
la tajada
share
la tajada
slice
el estropajo
scourer
el estropajo
scouring pad
rijoso
quarrelsome
el mármol
marble
el mármol
marble
asiduo
frequent
asiduo
regular
desencantar
to disillusion
el desencanto
disappointment
el desencanto
disenchantment
el desencanto
disillusionment
irremediablemente
inevitably
ocioso
idle
el ocioso
idler
ocioso
pointless
ocioso
useless
el/la ganapán
odd-job man
el ganapán
lout
la clientela
clientele
la clientela
customers
el tugurio
dive
el tugurio
hovel
el tugurio
shack
restante
remainder
restante
remaining
restante
rest
sórdido
dirty
sórdido
sordid
sórdido
squalid
vacilón
jokey
vacilón
swanky
vacilón
teasing
la ciénaga
bog
la ciénaga
marsh
la ciénaga
swamp
cimbreante
swaying
cobardear
to act in a cowardly way
cobardear
to be a coward
la grima
disgust
a la vez
at once
a la vez
at the same time
borroso
smudgy
borroso
blurred
desgranar
to shell
desgranar
to spell out
el mendrugo
crust of bread
el mendrugo
dimwit
cerciorar
to convince
cerciorarse
to assure oneself
cerciorarse
to make certain
cerciorarse
to make sure
escasear
to be in short supply
escasear
to be scarce
escasear
to skimp on
gemir
to groan
gemir
to whine
gemir
to moan
gimotear
to whimper
gimotear
to whine
áspero
rough
áspero
rough
áspero
uneven
el duende
imp
el duende
spirit
el duende
elf
el duende
goblin
la calabaza
dummy
el puchero
cooking pot
codicioso
greedy
bogar
to row
entablar
to start
entablar
to start up
entablar
to strike up
crepuscular
dawn
crepuscular
dusk
crepuscular
twilight
embellecer
to make more attractive
embellecer
to beautify
embellecer
to embellish
la morcilla
blood sausage
la morcilla
black pudding
embobar
to be crazy about
embobar
to fascinate
la boina
beret
mordisquear
to chew
mordisquear
to nibble
mordisquear
to nibble at
calarse
to pull down
calarse
to get drenched
calarse
to get soaked
calar
to penetrate
calar
to soak
calar
to soak through
tramontar
to cross
tramontar
to go over
ardiente
burning
ardiente
burning
ardiente
scalding
antojarse
to have a craving for
antojarse
to feel like
antojarse
to seem
los gajes del oficio
comes with the job
los gajes del oficio
part of the job
los gajes del oficio
occupational hazard
el gaje
hazard
contemporizar
to be accommodating
contemporizar
to compromise
el privilegio
privilege
abonarse
to buy a season ticket for
abonarse
to subscribe
el tiovivo
carousel
el tiovivo
merry-go-round
el moretón
bruise
remachar
to drive home
remachar
to hammer home
remachar
to stress
el amo
master
el amo
owner
el arrimo
protection
el arrimo
support
la patria
country
la patria
motherland
la patria
homeland
el cínico
cynic
cínico
cynical
saquear
to plunder
saquear
to sack
saquear
to loot
el saqueo
plundering
el saqueo
looting
el saqueo
pillaging
el retroceso
retreat
el retroceso
setback
el retroceso
backward step
ejecutar
to implement
ejecutar
to carry out
ejecutar
to execute
la tentativa
attempt
el afán
desire
el afán
eagerness
el afán
effort
cobre
copper-colored
el cobre
copper
gruñir
to grumble
descorrer
to open
descorrer
to draw back
descorrer
to slide back
el cerrojo
latch
el cerrojo
bolt
el hocico
muzzle
el hocico
snout
la pista
clue
rastrear
to comb
rastrear
to drag
rastrear
to trail
apedrear
to stone
apedrear
to throw stones at
encumbrarse
to rise
encumbrarse
to become conceited
encumbrar
to elevate
encumbrar
to extol
encumbrar
to raise
cuchichear
to whisper
a la husma
snooping around
a la husma
prying
a la husma
on the lookout for
el bullicio
din
el bullicio
hustle and bustle
el bullicio
racket
el aturdimiento
confusion
el aturdimiento
daze
el aturdimiento
bewilderment
aturdido
in a daze
aturdido
dazed
aturdido
stunned
aturdir
to bewilder
aturdir
to deafen
aturdir
to stun
el asilo
sanctuary
el asilo
home
el asilo
refuge
internarse
to advance deep
internarse
to penetrate
internar
to commit to
internar
to put in
la covacha
hovel
la grifa
dope
el petardo
firecracker
el petardo
joint
vidrioso
glassy
vidrioso
glassy
la sortija
curl
la sortija
ring
la sortija
ringlet
el biberón
baby bottle
el biberón
bottle
las estadísticas
figures
las estadísticas
statistics
esclavizar
to be a slave to
esclavizar
to enslave
el deleite
delight
el regodeo
delight
el regodeo
gloating
el regodeo
pleasure
regodearse
to gloat over
regodearse
to take delight in
regodearse
to delight in
desparramar
to spill
desparramar
to scatter
desparramar
to spill
la nuez
Adam's apple
achantar
to frighten
achantar
to intimidate
la roncha
lump
la roncha
swelling
el matiz
subtle difference
el matiz
nuance
matizar
to tinge
matizar
to explain
matizar
to qualify
el meteoro
meteor
renegar
to grumble
renegar
to disown
renegar
to renounce
arrumbar
to dump
arrumbar
to put aside
terciar
to mediate
terciar
to take part
terciar
to tilt
abrumar
to get down
abrumar
to overwhelm
abrumar
to weigh down
abrumarse
to feel overwhelmed
la súplica
plea
ininteligible
unintelligible
consternado
distraught
consternado
dismayed
la consternación
dismay
consternar
to upset
consternar
to appall
consternar
to dismay
arrear
to drive
arrear
to spur on
arrear
to urge on
orientarse
to find one's way around
orientarse
to orient oneself
orientarse
to get one's bearings
raquítico
puny
raquítico
paltry
raquítico
rickety
engolosinar
to entice
engolosinar
to tempt
rocoso
rocky
humanizar
to humanize
humanizar
to make more human
endeble
weak
endeble
feeble
endeble
weak
susurrante
rustling
susurrante
murmuring
susurrante
whispering
susurrar
to murmur
susurrar
to murmur
susurrar
to whisper
mimoso
affectionate
mimoso
affectionate
¡Sanseacabó!
That's it!
¡Sanseacabó!
That's that!
torpemente
awkwardly
torpemente
clumsily
torpemente
clumsily
enjugar
to dry
enjugar
to wipe off
enjugar
to wipe away
el estimado
estimate
estimado
dear
estimado
esteemed
aguzar
to prick up
aguzar
to sharpen
aguzar
to sharpen
aguzar
to whet
resguardar
to shield
resguardar
to protect
el resguardo
receipt
el resguardo
slip
el solejar
sunny spot
ironizar
to be ironic
ironizar
to say ironically
ironizar
to speak ironically
la lacha
shame
el chusco
bread roll
migar
to crumble
la gachas
porridge
estorbar
to bother
estorbar
to be in the way of
estorbar
to be in the way
estorbar
to get in the way of
el petate
gear
el petate
things
la melena
long hair
la melena
mane
escurrirse
to drip
escurrirse
to slide
suspirar
to yearn for
suspirar
to give a sigh
suspirar
to sigh
aferrarse
to cling to
aferrarse
to hang onto
aferrarse
to hold onto
respaldar
to endorse
respaldar
to back
respaldar
to support
el respaldo
backing
el respaldo
support
ensortijar
to curl
ensortijado
in ringlets
desatinar
to perplex
desatinar
to act foolishly
desatinar
to bewilder
desatinar
to talk nonsense
socorrer
to come to the aid of
socorrer
to help
escudriñar
to examine
escudriñar
to scan
escudriñar
to scrutinise
plantarse
to stop dead
plantarse
to plant oneself
plantarse
to stop short
demudar
to alter
demudar
to change
demudado
distorted
demudado
distraught
centellear
to glitter
centellear
to sparkle
centellear
to twinkle
la complacencia
indulgence
la complacencia
pleasure
la complacencia
satisfaction
zampuzar
to put
el cuñado
brother-in-law
la lona
canvas
la lona
canvas
enjabonarse
to soap
la vasija
jar
la vasija
pot
espantar
to frighten
espantar
to frighten away
espantar
to scare
el fogón
wood-burning stove
el fogón
stove
improvisar
to ad-lib
improvisar
to improvise
improvisar
to rustle up
deprisa
quickly
deprisa
fast
deprisa
quick
la vereda
lane
la vereda
path
la amabilidad
courtesy
la amabilidad
kindness
la amabilidad
pleasantness
espabilar
to open someone's eyes
espabilar
to wake up
espabilar
to wake up
¡Hala!
Go!
¡Hala!
Come on!
¡Hala!
Let's go!
atontar
to daze
atontar
to stun
atontado
dazed
atontado
dumb
atontado
stunned
indefinido
vague
la cuna
cot
la cuna
cradle
la cuna
crib
el trapillo
recycled fabric
el trapillo
savings
la pelambrera
mop of hair
el lebrillo
bowl
el lebrillo
basin
cucharear
to spoon
cucharear
to spoon out
el/la mimbre
wicker
el/la mimbre
willow
el rótulo
heading
el rótulo
label
el rótulo
sign
sortear
to negotiate
sortear
to avoid
sortear
to dodge
el badén
ditch
el badén
speed bump
el alquitrán
tar
el lavadero
washhouse
el lavadero
laundry room
el lavadero
utility room
alborotar
to agitate
alborotar
to disturb
alborotar
to unsettle
legañoso
full of sleep
horadar
to bore through
horadar
to perforate
horadar
to pierce
la lumbrera
genius
la lumbrera
whiz
la lumbrera
skylight
el páramo
bleak upland
el páramo
moor
el páramo
wasteland
mugriento
dirty
mugriento
filthy
contonear
to wiggle
el collarín
collar
el collarín
surgical collar
la comisura
corner
la colilla
cigarette butt
la colilla
cigarette end
la colilla
cigarette stub
espeso
dense
espeso
thick
el chiringuito
beach restaurant
el chiringuito
stall
el chiringuito
beach bar
bifurcarse
to diverge
bifurcarse
to divide into two
bifurcarse
to fork
el moscón
bluebottle
apestar
to reek
apestar
to stink
apestar
to stink up
concurrido
busy
concurrido
crowded
concurrido
popular
concurrir
to agree
concurrir
to attend
concurrir
to go
el retrete
lavatory
el retrete
toilet
la barbería
barber shop
el arrimón
deadbeat
el arrimón
loiterer
la cuesta
hill
la cuesta
slope
la garrafa
decanter
la garrafa
bottle
el carromato
covered wagon
el carromato
wagon
solemne
solemn
dar vuelta
to turn round
dar vuelta
to turn around
dar vuelta
to turn over
el mostrador
bar
el mostrador
desk
el mostrador
counter
acodado
angled
acodado
bent
acodado
leaning
el granizado
slush
el granizado
slushy
desprender
to detach
desprender
to give off
desprenderse
to become detached
desprenderse
to come away
desprenderse
to come off
la galga
boulder
el peñasco
crag
el peñasco
large rock
escarpar
to scarp
escarpar
to rasp
la chabola
cabin
la chabola
hut
la chabola
shack
descarnado
gaunt
descarnado
brutal
descarnado
stark
descarnar
to erode
descarnar
to eat away
descarnar
to remove the flesh from
el tajo
steep cliff
el tajo
cut
el tajo
slash
desdentado
toothless
desdentar
to draw teeth
las fauces
jaws
bostezar
to yawn
el colmenar
apiary
despejarse
to clear up
despejarse
to clear one's head
despejarse
to wake oneself up
despejar
to clear
despejar
to find
despejar
to unblock
el mesón
counter
el follaje
foliage
el follaje
waffle
encorvado
hunched
encorvado
stooped
marrajo
sly
curiosear
to poke around in
curiosear
to browse through
curiosear
to nose around
demacrado
drawn
demacrado
gaunt
demacrado
haggard
encandilar
to dazzle
encandilar
to dazzle
encandilar
to stir up
mosquear
to annoy
mosquear
to make suspicious
mosquear
to shoo the flies away from
mosquear
to swat the flies off
embrujar
to bewitch
embrujar
to put a spell on
embrujar
to bewitch
la calina
haze
la calina
mist
el cenit
zenith
atrancar
to block
atrancar
to block up
atrancar
to clog
la lata
can
la lata
tin
la lata
tin
rehusar
to refuse
rehusar
to deny
rehusar
to refuse
rehuir
to run away from
rehuir
to avoid
rehuir
to shy away from
penoso
pitiful
el penoso
shy person
la recua
drove
la recua
drove
enlamar
to cover in mud
resbalar
to slide
resbalar
to slip up
resbalar
to slip
la jarra
jug
la jarra
mug
la jarra
pitcher
gruñir
to grunt
gruñir
to snarl
gruñir
to growl
el cráneo
cranium
el cráneo
skull
hinchar
to blow up
hinchar
to exaggerate
hinchar
to inflate
corretear
to loiter
corretear
to run about
corretear
to run around
el mechero
cigarette lighter
el mechero
burner
el mechero
lighter
ahuecar
to cup
ahuecar
to fluff
ahuecar
to plump up
ahuecar
to hollow out
el murmullo
murmur
el murmullo
whisper
clavar
to drive
clavar
to hammer
clavar
to pin
encorvarse
to stoop
encorvar
to bend
el alicate
pliers
martillar
to hammer
martillar
to torment
el martillo
hammer
el destornillador
screwdriver
el destornillador
screwdriver
el latón
brass
potar
to puke
el pote
jar
el pote
pot
el pote
pot
grasiento
greasy
grasiento
oily
colmado
full
enfoscar
to render
regañar
to tell off
regañar
to quarrel
regañar
to scold
espesar
to make thicker
espesar
to thicken
espesar
to thicken
el rodete
bun
el vano
opening
parpadear
to twitch
parpadear
to blink
parpadear
to twinkle
la pisada
footprint
la pisada
footstep
el rumor
murmur
el rumor
rumor
el umbral
threshold
detenerse
to stop
entreabierto
ajar
entreabierto
half-open
la escopeta
shotgun
tosco
coarse
tosco
rough
tosco
crude
el/la transeúnte
pedestrian
el/la transeúnte
passerby
ametrallar
to bombard
ametrallar
to machine-gun
el cometa
comet
la cometa
kite
arrastrar
to drag
arrastrar
to sweep
encaminarse
to head for
encaminarse
to set out for
encaminarse
to head toward
encaminar
to aim
encaminar
to direct
encaminar
to guide
alisarse
to brush out
alisarse
to smooth out
alisarse
to straighten
resaltar
to highlight
resaltar
to jut out
resaltar
to stand out
la camada
litter
la cántara
pitcher
inaguantable
intolerable
inaguantable
unbearable
heder
to reek
heder
to be annoying
heder
to stink
el albañal
sewer
arrojar
to throw out
arrojar
to produce
el borrico
donkey
la hilera
line
la hilera
row
imponente
imposing
imponente
impressive
imponente
terrific
la mole
block
la mole
bulk
la mole
mass
la mole
pile
la persecución
persecution
la persecución
pursuit
el tendido
building
el tendido
wires
el rastrillo
jumble sale
el rastrillo
rake
la púa
sharp point
la púa
barb
el lecho
layer
el lecho
bed
el lecho
floor
la inquietud
anxiety
la inquietud
worry
la desazón
anxiety
la desazón
unease
estrujarse
to get creased
estrujarse
to get crumpled
estrujar
to squeeze
estrujar
to wring
rezar
to read
hozar
to root
hozar
to root in
indagar
to investigate
indagar
to enquire into
la lápida
stone plaque
la lápida
gravestone
la lápida
tombstone
el muelle
dock
el muelle
wharf
el muelle
pier
hacinado
piled up
hacinado
crowded together
hacinado
stacked up
omitirse
to be left out
omitirse
to be omitted
omitir
to leave out
omitir
to omit
omitir
to omit
la modestia
modesty
el pudor
modesty
la rambla
avenue
la rambla
boulevard
la resolana
glare of the sun
la resolana
suntrap
desmedrar
to decline
desmedrar
to deteriorate
desmedrar
to waste away
paladear
to taste
paladear
to savor
paladear
to savour
la indiscreción
indiscreet remark
la indiscreción
indiscretion
mechar
to throw into
rascar
to scrape
rascar
to scrape off
rascar
to scratch
la cajetilla
packet
chascar
to click
chascar
to crack
chascar
to snap
orejudo
with big ears
orejudo
big-eared
el agujero
hole
el agujero
hole
el delantal
apron
el delantal
apron
el delantal
smock
la lombriz
earthworm
la lombriz
worm
tintar
to dye
cantonear
to loaf around
el malecón
breakwater
el malecón
seawall
lustroso
glossy
lustroso
shiny
la penumbra
half-light
la penumbra
semi-darkness
acodarse
to lean on
acodar
to bend
descabezar
to behead
descabezar
to top
quebrado
bankrupt
quebrado
rough
quebrado
uneven
engastar
to mount
engastar
to set
trepar
to climb
trepar
to climb
trepar
to scale
sobrecogedor
moving
sobrecogedor
breathtaking
sobrecogedor
horrific
sobrecogedor
imposing
sobrecogedor
shocking
agazaparse
to crouch down
agazaparse
to hide
agazaparse
to crouch
escombrar
to clean out
escombrar
to clear out
el piquete
picket
orillar
to get around
orillar
to skirt
orillar
to avoid
el recinto
enclosure
el recinto
grounds
el recinto
place
escalonarse
to be phased in
escalonar
to spread out
escalonar
to stagger
hachar
to cut
hachar
to cut down
el hacho
hill
el hacho
beacon
estancado
bogged down
estancado
at a standstill
estancado
stagnant
incorporarse
to sit up
el escondrijo
hideout
el escondrijo
nook
el escondrijo
hiding place
oliváceo
olive
oliváceo
olive-green
ceñir
to be tight on
ceñir
to cling to
ceñir
to hug
rasgar
to tear up
rasgar
to rip
rasgar
to tear
la solapa
lapel
alzar
to elevate
alzar
to raise
alzar
to lift
lamentarse
to grumble
lamentarse
to complain
la avidez
eagerness
la avidez
greed
la faena
job
la faena
task
la faena
work
orinar
to pee
orinar
to urinate
pillarse
to catch
pillar
to catch
pillar
to get
pillar
to catch
untar
to grease
untar
to smear
untar
to spread
hipar
to hiccup
la proeza
feat
la proeza
heroic deed
la proeza
exploit
el nene
kid
arrodillar
to bring someone to his knees
arrodillar
to make kneel
zumbar
to make a whining noise
zumbar
to ring
zumbar
to whizz
zumbar
to buzz
zumbar
to hum
el rabillo del ojo
corner of one's eye
redicho
pretentious
veraniego
summery
veraniego
summer
achuchar
to pester
achuchar
to pressure
achuchar
to set on
achuchar
to hug
el embaucador
con artist
el embaucador
trickster
el embaucador
swindler
la prédica
preaching
la prédica
sermon
soltarse
to break free
soltarse
to come off
soltar
to drop
soltar
to let go of
soltar
to loosen
tarado
defective
incondicional
wholehearted
incondicional
unconditional
repercutir
to have an effect on
repercutir
to affect
repercutir
to have repercussions on
dar abasto
to be enough
dar abasto
to be enough to get by
dar abasto
to keep up
dar abasto
to cope
la suspicacia
mistrust
la suspicacia
suspicion
resentirse
to suffer
resentirse
to be offended
resentirse
to be weakened
la concurrencia
public
la concurrencia
audience
la concurrencia
turnout
malva
mauve
el malva
mauve
la manta
blanket
la manta
rug
la manta
throw
engominar
to put gel on
engominar
to put hair cream on
engominado
slicked-back
arengar
to give a pep talk
arengar
to harangue
la hebra
strand
la hebra
thread
la hebra
thread
la calabaza
gourd
la calabaza
pumpkin
la calabaza
squash
arrendar
to lease
arrendar
to let
arrendar
to rent
chapuzar
to dunk
chapuzar
to dip
la chapuza
shoddy work
la chapuza
trick
la chapuza
botched job
la cantinela
old story
salmodiar
to sing psalms
la cicatriz
scar
la cicatriz
scar
diminuto
tiny
vocinglero
screaming
el vocinglero
loudmouth
la invalidez
disablement
la invalidez
disability
desamparar
to desert
desamparar
to abandon
el desamparo
abandonment
el desamparo
neglect
barajar
to consider
barajar
to quarrel
barajar
to shuffle
el zoco
market
bullir
to bubble
bullir
to boil
bullir
to seethe
zángano
lazy
el zángano
lazybones
la quincalla
trinkets
el higo
fig
el surtido
assortment
surtido
mixed
surtido
assorted
surtir
to provide
surtir
to supply
pregonar
to spread around
pregonar
to announce
pregonar
to proclaim
la loza
crockery
la loza
pottery
tejer
to crochet
tejer
to knit
el tejido
material
el tejido
fabric
hojear
to glance through
hojear
to leaf through
vocear
to cry
vocear
to shout
vocear
to shout
el chalán
horse dealer
enlazar
to connect
enlazar
to link
cenceño
gaunt
cenceño
skinny
cenceño
thin
emparejar
to make level
emparejar
to match up
rozar
to brush
rozar
to brush against
la herradura
horseshoe
el candil
oil lamp
entrever
to not see very well
entrever
to see signs of
entrever
to make out
apear
to help down
el trecho
distance
el trecho
stretch
faldear
to skirt
la modorra
drowsiness
la cesta
basket
enlutar
to dress in mourning
monótono
dreary
monótono
monotonous
monótono
tedious
parlotear
to prattle on
parlotear
to chatter
el parloteo
chatter
el duermevela
light sleep
escoltar
to accompany
escoltar
to escort
el crepúsculo
dusk
el crepúsculo
twilight
liso
smooth
liso
even
palidecer
to go pale
palidecer
to turn pale
el gajo
slice
el gajo
broken-off branch
el gajo
segment
la cordillera
mountain range
campear
to go to graze
el semental
stallion
segar
to cut
segar
to cut off
segar
to reap
el almendro
almond tree
desabrir
to give a bad taste to
desabrir
to make tasteless
ajetreado
bustling
ajetreado
busy
ajetreado
hectic
el trigal
wheat field
ensombrecerse
to become gloomy
ensombrecerse
to darken
ensombrecer
to cast a shadow over
ensombrecer
to cast a shadow over
ensombrecer
to darken
el palmar
palm grove
aferrar
to seize
aferrar
to grab
aferrar
to grasp
aferrado
attached
aletear
to flap one's arms
aletear
to flap around
aletear
to flap its wings
amagar
to make as if
amagar
to show signs of
el amago
hint
el amago
sign
encapotado
cloudy
encapotado
overcast
la libreta de direcciones
address book
la libreta
notebook
prevenir
to prevent
prevenir
to warn
apresurar
to hurry
apresurar
to hurry along
apresurar
to speed up
reverberar
to sparkle
reverberar
to reverberate
reverberar
to shimmer
el reverbero
shimmering
desnudo
bare
desnudo
naked
el escritorio
desk
el cajón
crate
el cajón
drawer
ingerir
to consume
ingerir
to ingest
con soltura
fluently
con soltura
with ease
vacilante
hesitant
vacilante
unsteady
torpe
awkward
torpe
clumsy
torpe
dim
torpe
slow
resollar
to pant
resollar
to puff and pant
resollar
to breathe heavily
interminable
interminable
interminable
never-ending
interminable
endless
hermanado
twinned
hermanado
united
transcurrir
to go by
transcurrir
to pass
transcurrir
to take place
el fusil
gun
el fusil
rifle
empuñar
to take up
empuñar
to grasp
medrar
to grow
medrar
to thrive
medrar
to prosper
la miseria
destitution
la miseria
poverty
la iniquidad
iniquity
la iniquidad
injustice
abrigado
protected
abrigado
sheltered
abrigado
wrapped up
abrigarse
to bundle up
abrigarse
to wrap up
abrigar
to bundle up
abrigar
to keep warm
empañar
to steam up
empañar
to tarnish
empañar
to mist up
velludo
hairy
el velludo
velvet
el tacto
tact
el tacto
touch
despintarse
to fade
despintarse
to run
contrariado
annoyed
contrariado
put out
contrariado
upset
contrarrestar
to counteract
contrarrestar
to counteract
embuchar
to gobble up
embuchar
to wolf down
embuchar
to stuff
el embuchado
sausage
el mantel
altar cloth
el mantel
tablecloth
la charla
chat
la charla
talk
humedecer
to dampen
humedecer
to moisten
humedecer
to wet
encarado
-faced
encarado
-faced
encarar
to confront
encarar
to face
encarar
to face up to
recaer
to relapse
recaer
to have a relapse
recaer
to suffer a relapse
imperceptible
imperceptible
la velada
soirée
la velada
evening
el hollejo
peel
el hollejo
skin
arrugado
lined
arrugado
crumpled
arrugado
wrinkled
el fraguado
hardening
el fraguado
setting
el fraguado
forging
recién
only just
recién
just
recién
recently
fraguar
to think up
fraguar
to conceive
fraguar
to forge
fraguar
to harden
sustituible
replaceable
la peregrinación
pilgrimage
la peregrinación
travels
la peregrinación
trip
desembocar
to run into
desembocar
to end in
desembocar
to flow into
arriar
to flood
arriar
to strike
arriar
to lower
el corrillo
huddle
el corrillo
clique
el corrillo
small group of people
la silueta
figure
la silueta
silhouette
la silueta
silhouette
burlar
to evade
burlar
to get past
equivocarse
to be mistaken
equivocarse
to be wrong
equivocarse
to make a mistake
el trabalenguas
tongue twister
el trabalenguas
tongue-twister
insatisfecho
dissatisfied
insatisfecho
unsatisfied
maldecir
to curse
maldecir
to swear
la conversa
chat
la mesilla
side table
la mesilla
nightstand
topar
to bump into
topar
to lie
topar
to come to
topar
to run into
terroso
earthy
terroso
muddy
la facción
faction
acechar
to watch
acechar
to stalk
ahogado
drowned
el ahogado
drowned person
ahogar
to drown
ahogar
to drown
ahogar
to suffocate
melifluo
honeyed
melifluo
sickly-sweet
el hombrecillo
little man
el endurecimiento
hardening
el endurecimiento
strengthening
el endurecimiento
toughening-up
disolverse
to break up
disolverse
to dissolve
disolverse
to break up
el asedio
harassment
el asedio
blockade
el asedio
siege
proscrito
banned
el proscrito
exile
proscribir
to ban
proscribir
to banish
proscribir
to outlaw
feroz
ferocious
feroz
fierce
el acento
emphasis
el acento
stress
el acento
accent
asfixiar
to asphyxiate
asfixiar
to suffocate
asfixiar
to suffocate
acongojado
anguished
acongojado
distressed
acongojar
to cause anguish
acongojar
to distress
estirar
to stretch out
estirar
to crane
estirar
to stretch
la migaja
bit
la migaja
breadcrumb
la migaja
crumb
silencioso
noiseless
silencioso
quiet
silencioso
silent
proseguir
to go on
proseguir
to continue
proseguir
to proceed
desesperar
to drive crazy
desesperar
to exasperate
desesperar
to make lose hope
rayar
to draw lines on
rayar
to rule
rayar
to scratch
la estridencia
shrillness
la estridencia
stridency
la estridencia
raucousness
cesar
to cease
cesar
to stop
melodioso
melodious
melodioso
tuneful
el acorde
chord
acorde
in accordance with
acorde
in compliance with
desenvolver
to disentangle
desenvolver
to unravel
desenvolver
to unwrap
milagrosamente
miraculously
milagroso
miracle
milagroso
miraculous
prensar
to press
la cólera
rage
la cólera
anger
el cólera
cholera
aprisa
hurriedly
aprisa
quickly
latir
to throb
latir
to beat
la ojeada
quick look
la ojeada
glance
la ojeada
quick glance
el/la convaleciente
convalescent
convaleciente
convalescent
revivir
to come back to life
revivir
to revive
revivir
to revive
emborronar
to make blots on
emborronar
to smudge
exasperarse
to get exasperated
exasperar
to exasperate
exasperar
to infuriate
acordar
to agree on
acordar
to agree
la huida
escape
la huida
flight
asediar
to besiege
asediar
to bother
asediar
to pester
la excitación
excitation
la excitación
agitation
la excitación
excitement
excitar
to arouse
excitar
to excite
excitar
to stimulate
intimarse
to become friendly
rectificar
to correct
rectificar
to improve
rectificar
to rectify
penosamente
with difficulty
penosamente
arduously
penosamente
laboriously
cerrarse
to fall
cerrarse
to be closed
cerrarse
to become overcast
la corteza
bark
escarbar
to investigate
escarbar
to pick
escarbar
to dig
escarbar
to dig up
discurrir
to go by
discurrir
to wander
discurrir
to pass
la evasión
evasion
la evasión
escape
saciar
to quench
saciar
to satisfy
saciar
to satisfy
la saciedad
satiation
la saciedad
satiety
consistir
to consist in
consistir
to consist of
el empeño
effort
el empeño
insistence
el empeño
determination
la ética
ethics
la ética
ethics
riguroso
harsh
riguroso
severe
riguroso
strict
presidir
to preside over
nefando
abominable
nefando
odious
nefando
unspeakable
hondo
profound
hondo
deep
el sustrato
substratum
la claridad
brightness
la claridad
clarity
insólito
extraordinary
insólito
extremely unusual
insólito
unusual
allá
over there
allá
there
allá
back in
la veracidad
truthfulness
la veracidad
veracity
fronterizo
bordering
fronterizo
border
fronterizo
frontier
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