La Guerra de Tres Años

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el regocijo
el regocijo
delight
hondamente
hondamente
deeply
emprender camino
emprender camino
to hit the road
guardar
guardar
to keep
el descalabro
el descalabro
disaster
aun así
aun así
even so
destilar
destilar
to exude
rehusarse a
rehusarse a
to refuse to
el frenesí
el frenesí
frenzy
sanguinario
sanguinario
bloodthirsty
la fiera
la fiera
wild beast
disponerse
disponerse
to prepare
agradecer
agradecer
to appreciate
desagradar
desagradar
to displease
infringir
infringir
to infringe
equívoco
equívoco
equivocal
arrebatado
arrebatado
enraged
atizar
atizar
to stoke
el facultativo
el facultativo
doctor
desenfrenado
insatiable
la soldadesca
soldiers
espeluznante
horrifying
aplastante
crushing
expiar
to atone for
el patíbulo
gallows
lancear
to spear
resguardar
to protect
despuntar
to dawn
el alba
daybreak
verter
to spill
la barbarie
barbarism
converger
to converge
robustecer
to strengthen
ensancharse
to swell with pride
malograr
to spoil
estrellarse
to crash
acertado
appropriate
acertado
good
crecido
big
la pólvora
gunpowder
sitiado
besieged
amagar
to threaten
la retirada
retreat
sucumbir
to succumb
el médano
sand dune
cernirse
to hover
envolvente
encircling
la cordillera
mountain range
resistirse
to resist
resistir
to take
posarse
to settle
el genio
spirit
el fuerte
fort
contrastar
to contrast
extramuros
outside the town
el lirismo
lyricism
contradictorio
conflicting
el morador
inhabitant
el abastecimiento
supply
acechar
to lie in wait for
dificultar
to hinder
adueñarse de
to take over
la atrocidad
atrocity
la letanía
litany
desalojar
to abandon
más bien
rather
acrecentar
to increase
ingeniar
to think up
aducir
to adduce
el desacierto
mistake
solventar
to resolve
arrancar
to uproot
arrancado
broke
el proceder
behavior
en contraste con
in contrast with
vejar
to vex
la desamortización
confiscation
la expoliación
plundering
recaer
to fall on
dizque
so-called
asiduo
regular
el socorro
help
guarnecer
to garrison
acuartelar
to billet
el/la cómplice
accomplice
allegado
close
la intentona
failed attempt
ejercer
to exert
hiriente
hurtful
rayar
to verge on
pecuniario
pecuniary
quintar
to conscript
volverse en contra de
to turn against
volverse atrás
to turn back
volverse a conectar
to reconnect
atropelladamente
hastily
procurarse
to obtain
las alhajas
jewelry
el estrago
ruin
el torbellino
whirlwind
endurecido
hardened
denodado
indefatigable
toparse con
to come up against
apremiante
pressing
la baja
casualty
suplir
to substitute for
mancillarse
to be sullied
consentir
to tolerate
el trámite
process
la sangre fría
sangfroid
decimonónico
nineteenth-century
entrante
coming
el empréstito
loan
surtir efecto
to take effect
el grillete
shackle
el cobre
copper
la imprenta
printing house
malhechor
criminal
reponer
to replenish
el manto
cloak
rebasar
to overtake
acorralar
to corral
trepar
to climb
palmo a palmo
inch by inch
el despeñadero
precipice
desprevenido
off guard
la abnegación
self-denial
cercenar
to cut down
desmentir
to refute
el alegato
plea
la estratagema
stratagem
abarcar
to take on
temerario
reckless
el ideario
ideology
el conciliábulo
secret meeting
beato
devout
escudriñar
to scrutinize
amedrentar
to frighten
implacable
ruthless
la destreza
skill
vencedor
victorious
encarnizado
bloody
a la par de
at the same time as
la conducta
behavior
el patrocinio
patronage
granjearse
to gain
deslumbrar
to dazzle
estrecho
tight
tronar
to thunder
el atolladero
tight spot
el embate
onslaught
cundir
to go a long way
la descarga
shots
hacerse de la vista gorda
to turn a blind eye
hacerse de rogar
to play hard to get
el/la centinela
guard
avasallador
overwhelming
impertérrito
unmoved
encarar
to confront
atropellado
hasty
perecer
to perish
certero
sound
amagar
to show signs of
consultar
to discuss with
la médula
essence
venidero
to come
el pariente
relative
inmiscuirse
to meddle
apartarse de
move away from
alardear de
to boast about
dispar
disparate
contundente
conclusive
el/la cabecilla
leader
la dicotomía
dichotomy
la plaza
stronghold
el intervalo
interval
el vaivén
swaying
denotar
to show
sendos
each
la entelequia
pipe dream
lamentarse
to grumble
el citadino
city dweller
insolentarse
to be insolent
amonestar
to admonish
restituir
to restore
apaciguar
to appease
depuesto
toppled
percatarse de
to realize
descaradamente
shamelessly
arremeter
to attack
trastocar
to disrupt
el plumazo
pen stroke
apresar
to catch
tildar de
to brand
el don nadie
a nobody
la hazaña
feat
amañado
rigged
encumbrarse
to rise
la proclama
proclamation
imperante
prevailing
eso sí
mind you
previsto
expected
la desgracia
misfortune
el arrojo
fearlessness
el populacho
plebs
ponderar
to speak highly of
enaltecer
to praise
imperar
to prevail
rondar
to be about
acotar
to delimit
el recinto
enclosure
alentado
encouraged
medroso
fearful
el ultraje
insult
el fanatismo
fanaticism
abusar de
to take advantage of
la amonestación
reprimand
prevenir
to prevent
el acta
record
tramitar
to process
conquistar
to win over
prestarse
to offer to
la desamortización
seizure
arrogarse
to arrogate to oneself
el escaño
seat
el desenfreno
debauchery
el desmán
abuse of power
el energúmeno
lunatic
la hueca
great place
la maraña
tangled web
abrogar
to abrogate
la mejora
improvement
procedente de
coming from
contraer
to contract
aclamar
to applaud
la cerrazón
stubbornness
la semejanza
similarity
distar
to be away from
partir de
to use as a starting point
el súbdito
subject
desmentir
to belie
enarbolar
to raise
intempestivo
untimely
escupir
to spit
la potestad
legal authority
convenir
to agree on
consuetudinario
customary
el resorte
responsibility
la vilipendio
vilification
prescindir de
to do without
carecer de
to lack
campechano
good-natured
disponer
to stipulate
concurrir
to take part
ausentarse
to be away
comprometer
to compromise
regatear
to haggle
empeñarse en
to insist on
el aliciente
incentive
coincidir con
to agree with
enternecer
to touch
resignarse
to resign oneself
manifestar
to express
replicar
to answer back
el eslabón
link
mañoso
crafty
cuerdo
sensible
marchar
to go
la calidad
status
en consonancia con
in line with
la conveniencia
interest
el libertinaje
licentiousness
el protectorado
protectorate
escasamente
barely
imponente
impressive
propugnar
to advocate
la chusma
riffraff
acaudillar
to lead
la desavenencia
disagreement
la política exterior
foreign policy
dar por sentado
to take for granted
la paga
wages
socavar
to undermine
atenerse
to confine oneself to
recrudecer
to get worse
recrudecerse
to intensify
véase
see
extraviado
lost
el precepto
precept
el llamamiento
call
consecuente
consistent
labrar
to cultivate
el embate
pounding
presagiar
to presage
rugir
bellow
vitorear
to cheer
el repique
ringing
el cuartel
barracks
de ahí que
hence
desconfiar
to mistrust
la disyuntiva
dilemma
el verdugo
executioner
el bando
faction
fundarse
to be based on
desconocer
to disown
aborrecible
loathsome
el aturdimiento
bewilderment
procurar
to make sure
el extravío
loss
el vertido
spillage
constituirse
to become
la mofa
mocking
menguado
diminished
faccioso
rebellious
los fastos
annals
aledaño
neighboring
secundar
to second
asimismo
likewise
atónito
astonished
la posdata
postscript
la conjura
plot
estimar
to consider
la dureza
toughness
reprimir
to suppress
corroer
to corrode
llano
straightforward
embargar
to overwhelm
mostrarse
to seem
dar a entender
to imply
sondear
to sound out
tramar
to plot
el desasosiego
unease
sacar a relucir
to bring up
comprometido
awkward
enrevesado
complex
acantonar
to station
reacio
reluctant
mancillar
to sully
en cuanto que
insofar as
en cuanto a mí
as for me
dotar
to endow with
la tez
complexion
el polaco
Polish
la nobleza
nobility
hasta qué punto
to what extent
el populacho
rabble
afianzar
to strengthen
el cruzado
crusader
sacar adelante
to bring up
sacar adelante
to make a success of
en aumento
increasing
el malestar
uneasiness
para colmo
to top it all off
el títere
puppet
ponderar
to praise
postularse
to run for
irreverente
irreverent
acaloradamente
heatedly
iracundo
irate
calificar de
to describe as
odioso
hateful
entrañable
dear
darse
to happen
enterrar
to bury
acuciante
pressing
la magistratura
judiciary
disimular
to conceal
azaroso
hazardous
resentirse
to be weakened
a nombre de
addressed to
el trastorno
disruption
recobrar
to get back
asegurarse de
to ensure that
aquejar
to trouble
entrever
to make out
detenidamente
at length
el dictamen
opinion
arrebatar
to captivate
arrebatar
to snatch
facilitar
to provide
ajusticiar
to execute
de otra manera
otherwise
el baldío
uncultivated land
la enajenación
alienation
sujetarse
to abide by
cualquiera que sea
whatever
el titubeo
hesitancy
sobresaliente
outstanding
de todos modos
in any case
de todas maneras
in any case
que
that
plasmar
to reflect
intacto
intact
reagruparse
to regroup
apresurarse
to hurry
aprisa
hurriedly
el anhelo
desire
tal como
just like
de ahí que
that's why
a cargo de
in the care of
el asiduidad
assiduousness
acertar
to hit the target
sentir cariño por
to care for
el prurito
itching
impulsar
to drive
erigir
to erect
acotar
to fence in
el trasfondo
undertone
el estandarte
standard
es más
what's more
avecinarse
to draw near
la mecha
fuse
desprenderse
to come off
el desaire
snub
el oficio religioso
religious service
el cabildo
city council
plantar cara
to stand one's ground
el martillo
hammer
el campanario
bell tower
tirar la basura
to take out the trash
penetrar
to get into
repicar
to ring
enarbolar
to hoist
el enfrentamiento
confrontation
el añadido
addition
la jura
swearing in
disimulado
hidden
acalorado
heated
el reo
criminal
proseguir
to proceed
postrarse
to prostrate oneself
el consuelo
consolation
el resorte
spring
la alocución
speech
la capilla
chapel
refractario
opposed
la osadía
audacity
osar
to dare
el impreso
form
partir de
to depart from
tajante
categorical
nutrido
considerable
pecaminoso
sinful
morar
to dwell
consumar
to carry out
agrícola
agricultural
la alcabala
sales tax
inmobiliario
real estate
la parroquia
parish church
el arrendatario
tenant
el postor
bidder
envolver
to cloak
el despojo
plundering
el destierro
exile
la movida
move
instar
to urge
así pues
so
el convite
banquet
excitarse
to get worked up
la reliquia
relic
reparar
to take heed of
el menoscabo
damage
arremeter
to lunge at
delante de
in front of
enfrente de
in front of
frente a
against
frente a
in front of
por encima de
above
por delante de
by
conciliador
conciliatory
la señoría
Honor
tenazmente
tenaciously
pecar
to be too
pecar
to sin
suprimir
to abolish
el fuero
code of laws
entretanto
in the meantime
concerniente a
pertaining to
la desavenencia
quarrel
de pasada
passing
en tanto
as long as
erigirse
to set oneself up as
dar por hecho
to take for granted
tardo
slow
beneficiarse de
to benefit from
la revuelta
revolt
la prestación
benefit
dar de baja
to dissolve
despojar
to strip
si bien
while
aborrecer
to abhor
el ademán
gesture
el indulto
pardon
a base de
consisting of mainly
congraciarse
to ingratiate oneself
verse obligada
to be forced
la senda
path
la finura
politeness
prendido
captivated
complaciente
obliging
las entradas
receding hairline
rechoncho
chubby
marcharse
to leave
augurar
to augur
hacerse tarde
to get late
hacerse cargo de
to take charge of
expedir
to draw up
los inmuebles
real estate
el amanecer
dawn
radicar en
to lie in
ahora bien
having said that
ahora, si
then again, if
virulento
virulent
sucesivamente
successively
impeler
to drive
tener a bien
please
revolcarse
to roll around
el reparo
reservation
poner freno a
to put a brake on
aparentar
to appear
constatar
to state
afligir
to afflict
suspirar por
to yearn for
el pendón
banner
la reseña
review
surtir
to supply
el paisano
compatriot
la capa
layer
el predicador
preacher
el dispositivo
presence
transcurrido un tiempo
after some time
desmentir
to deny
arrasador
devastating
drenar
to drain
acaparar
to monopolize
desenfrenar
to unbridle
retachar
to return
cuadrar
to add up
la coladera
strainer
reventar
to burst
desembocar en
to end in
el arancel
tariff
volcarse
to bend over backwards
deficitario
negative
el hito
milestone
agrandarse
to get bigger
la asimetría
asymmetry
abordar
to tackle
determinante
determining
en suma
in short
suceder a
to succeed
aconsejado
advised
quebrantado
frail
aflorar
to surface
metido
involved
perpetuar
to perpetuate
perpetuarse
to perpetuate
tan pronto como sea posible
as soon as possible
lo antes posible
as soon as possible
el denuedo
valor
espiral
spiral
impeler
to impel
irrumpir
to burst into
el mocho
goody-goody
mocho
sanctimonious
el pescuezo
neck
revolcarse
to wallow
inmolar
to sacrifice
el/la hereje
heretic
las cercanías
outskirts
la robustez
robustness
sacar
to remove
fincar
to build
el retroceso
backward step
aniquilar
to annihilate
el partidario
supporter
el freno
check
el nombramiento
naming
ineficaz
ineffective
defraudar
to let down
el atropello
abuse
perjudicar
to malign
abatir
to bring down
hondo
deep
calar
to soak
calar
to catch on
perseguidor
persecuting
impío
impious
el demagogo
demagogue
no cabe duda
there's no doubt
desconocer
to not recognize
sumiso
submissive
la crispación
tension
sobradamente
all too well
a modo de
as
el escarmiento
punishment
el bienio
two-year period
agudo
acute
hasta tal punto
so much so
sustentar
to sustain
el alzado
insurgent
consensuado
agreed
encauzar
to channel
sumo
supreme
antaño
in the past
alucinante
fantastic
embolsarse
to collect
la plétora
plethora
por las buenas o por las malas
by any means possible
fungir
to serve
sumar
to add
al frente de
at the head of
recortar
to cut down on
precisado
impatient
hallarse
to find oneself
proponerse
to set out to
perenne
perennial
en ese entonces
at that time
polarizado
polarized
el alza
rise
la posguerra
postwar period
accidentado
rough
en plena
in the middle of
en un principio
in the beginning
fúnebre
gloomy
abogar por
to stand up for
las riendas
control
los millares
thousands
a fin de cuentas
after all
la clase media
middle class
el/la terrateniente
landowner
afligir
to upset
estancado
stagnant
la mengua
decline
menguar
to dwindle
el orden público
public order
costear
to finance
tarde o temprano
sooner or later
de paso
while one's at it
descarrilar
to derail
humillante
humiliating
quedo
quiet
inquieto
restless
comportar
to involve
el pensador
thinker
la constancia
record
el feligrés
parishioner
laico
secular
el patronato
patronage
retrógrado
reactionary
pernicioso
pernicious
arremeter contra
to tear into
para empezar
for one thing
perdurar
to endure
acabar con
to put an end to
férreo
determined
obstaculizar
to hinder
ser testigo de
to witness
el fracasado
failure
estallar
to break out
el lazo
bond
ligar
to tie
íntimamente
intimately
desastroso
disastrous
el menester
duty
prevalecer
to prevail
ilusorio
illusory
desacertado
unfortunate
conllevar
to lead to
ocasionar
to cause
el influjo
influence
el conservadurismo
conservatism
desatar
to trigger
acérrimo
staunch
el/la interrogante
question
dar pie
to give rise to
el erario
treasury
asimismo
also
rechazar
to drive back
aun cuando
even though
destituir
to dismiss
clausurar
to close down
sublevarse
to rise up
el colono
settler
poner en práctica
to put into practice
atropellado
rushed
el pronunciamiento
military revolt
presenciar
to witness
para cuando
by the time
en consecuencia
consequently
el patronato
board of trustees
perjudicial
damaging
dar paso
to give way
la decepción
disappointment
amargo
bitter
desempeñar
to carry out
concernir
to concern
la discordia
discord
desencadenar
to unleash
por un lado ... por otro lado
on the one hand ... on the other hand
sumergirse
to immerse oneself
replegarse
to withdraw
encomendar
to entrust
demoler
to demolish
ultrajar
to offend
la vecindad
neighborhood
ahorcar
to hang
la trifulca
row
desabotonarse
to come undone
empedernido
heavy
empedernido
cruel
atenderse
to see
desterrar
to banish
a muerte
to the death
cebarse
to take one's anger out on
a la fuerza
by force
la pajarita
bow tie
para entonces
by that time
el fragor
clamor
empecinarse
to insist on
entre sí
to each other
fratricida
fratricidal
apropiarse de
to appropriate
igualitario
egalitarian
aparentar
to feign
depravado
depraved
inicuo
wicked
proponerse
to aim to
medrar
to thrive
la gavilla
gang
agraviado
offended
los víveres
provisions
proliferar
to proliferate
abarcar
to extend over
evidenciarse
to be obvious
tal y como
just like
absorto
absorbed
de igual modo
likewise
atestiguar
to testify
contrapuesto
opposing
aproximarse a
to approach
la prerrogativa
prerogative
cada quien
each one
darse
to take to
vilipendiar
to vilify
pretender
to intend
legar
to hand down
atenerse
to stick to
el espejismo
mirage
amarrar
to tie
obedecer
to be due to
el/la cabecilla
ringleader
la renuencia
reluctance
tropezar
to trip
propiciar
to create a favorable atmosphere for
la coyuntura
situation
hacer hincapié en
to emphasize
la desesperación
desperation
la falencia
bankruptcy
la quiebra
bankruptcy
la bancarrota
bankruptcy
acarrear
to lead to
polémico
polemical
la polémica
controversy
cruento
bloody
de principio a fin
from start to finish
a ultranza
at all costs
practicante
practicing
sangriento
bloody
el retorno
return
el historiador
historian
constatar
to confirm
el motín
mutiny
abolir
to abolish
tramposo
cheat
el preludio
prelude
espinoso
thorny
del mismo modo
in the same way
la hora de la verdad
moment of truth
tender
to tend
a modo de
by way of
el/la contendiente
contender
notoriamente
obviously
la epopeya
epic
la contienda
conflict
restar
to minimize
de alguna manera
in some way
la carroza
carriage
polvoriento
dusty
invasor
invading
someterse
to bow to
el soberano
sovereign
tercamente
stubbornly
itinerante
traveling
aunar
to unite
el oropel
glitz
la encarnación
incarnation
por ello
for that reason
la lid
fight
el fuero
privilege
decretar
to decree
atrincherado
entrenched
asediar
to besiege
factible
possible
factible
feasible
conmemorar
to commemorate
conmemorativo
commemorative
el lema
slogan
suscitar
to give rise to
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