HISP 216 story vocab

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tratarse
tratarse
to be about
desmayarse
desmayarse
to faint
el rostro
el rostro
face
rodear
rodear
to surround
arrodillado
arrodillado
kneeling down
la platea
la platea
orchestra section
improvisado
improvisado
impromptu
sobresaltado
sobresaltado
frightened
el pozo
el pozo
well
el vidrio
el vidrio
piece of glass
arrojar
arrojar
to throw
el conjunto
el conjunto
whole
el pupitre
el pupitre
desk
acomodar
acomodar
to seat
arrastrar
arrastrar
to drag
deslizar
deslizar
to slide
el ala
el ala
wing
el plumero
el plumero
feather duster
los rombos
los rombos
diamonds
el mármol
marble
palparse
to feel
la ráfaga
gust
soplar
to blow
el roble
oak
el zaguán
entrance hall
el pasillo
hall
acordarse
to remember
el comedor
dining room
el erizo
hedgehog
platear
to silver-plate
la aguja
needle
agitar
to shake
la naftalina
mothballs
la cómoda
chest of drawers
el cajón
drawer
la novedad
news
vanamente
in vain
la vuelta
stroll
la canastilla
small basket
tricotar
to knit
la media
stocking
la mañanita
bed jacket
el chaleco
vest
tejer
to knit
matinal
morning
voltear
to turn over
el ladrillo
brick
el terreno
land
enriquecerse
to get rich
echar
to throw
esquivo
evasive
la clausura
closing ceremony
el pretendiente
candidate
rechazar
to reject
bastar
to be enough
grato
pleasant
repasar
to go over
estorbar
to get in the way of
la locura
madness
alzarse
to rise
sacudir
to shake
contradecir
to contradict
desafiante
defiant
desenterrar
to unearth
burlar
to get past
envilecer
to debase
absorto
absorbed
el mugido
mooing
irrumpir
to burst into
acudir
to come
el desparpajo
self-confidence
desaforado
boundless
colgar
to hang
tercamente
stubbornly
el abecedario
alphabet
aplicado
diligent
agotado
exhausted
golpear
to hit
el corcho
cork
el vaivén
swaying
el corpiño
bodice
cerciorarse
to make sure
deprimente
depressing
apelar
to appeal
infatigable
tireless
el rencor
resentment
disimular
to hide
clavado
fixed
condescender
to acquiesce
avaro
miserly
el alcance
reach
menguante
waning
traicionar
to betray
convencerse
to convince oneself
inesperadamente
unexpectedly
el disimulo
craftiness
vigilar
to watch
ubicar
to locate
el sobresalto
fright
asegurar
to assure
el fondo
end
el brindis
toast
la peripecia
incident
el rincón
corner
asombroso
amazing
cobrar
to charge for
el asunto
issue
la copa
glass
descartable
dispensable
el avellanar
hazel wood
la leyenda
legend
el desafío
challenge
alistarse
to enlist
suceder
to happen
el ataúd
coffin
diáfano
translucent
el ruiseñor
nightingale
la cigüeña
stork
la lombriz
worm
el pino
pine
envenenar
to poison
picar
to sting
durar
to last
apenas
barely
el sosiego
calm
herir
to wound
hallar
to find
el latido
beat
apoderar
to authorize
basta
enough
insospechado
unforeseen
la tempestad
storm
despenar
to put down
desatar
to let loose
la cuestión
question
santiguar
to make the sign of the cross over
la antípoda
antipodes
corear
to chorus
la cordillera
mountain range
astillarse
to splinter
estallar
to explode
la hendidura
split
el maremoto
tidal wave
presentir
to have a feeling
el buque
ship
alcanzar
to reach
la dilación
delay
purgar
to purge
retirar
to remove
la indumentaria
clothing
la sastrería
tailoring
tomar medidas
to take action
el agrimensor
surveyor
el procurador
attorney
encantado
delighted
mimar
to pamper
suplicar
to beg
piadoso
pious
la cancillería
Foreign Office
inestable
unstable
divisar
to spot
vano
vain
sujetar
to hold
el entorno
environment
el vacío
void
cundir
to spread
el pavor
dread
el salto
jump
espeluznante
terrifying
el obrero
worker
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