LA Short Stories

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en aprietos
en aprietos
struggling
dar la vuelta
dar la vuelta
to go around
la compresa
la compresa
sanitary napkin
el devenir
el devenir
transformation
borroso
borroso
blurred
el desmedro
el desmedro
deterioration
el aplomo
el aplomo
composure
la comicidad
la comicidad
humor
aferrarse
aferrarse
to cling to
el asalto
el asalto
robbery
recrudecer
recrudecer
to get worse
en ciernes
en ciernes
budding
el salto
el salto
leap
retornar
retornar
to return
el reencuentro
el reencuentro
reunion
la desenvoltura
la desenvoltura
self-confidence
aferrar
aferrar
to grasp
acortar
acortar
to shorten
la riña
la riña
argument
pretextar
to use as an excuse
pretextar
to claim
añorar
to long for
ahuecarse
to show off
escampar
to clear up
atolondrado
scatterbrained
desmitificar
to demythologize
superponer
to superimpose
decaer
to decline
antaño
in days gone by
inacabable
endless
cerciorarse
to make sure
hurgar
to dig around in
la penuria
hardship
la penuria
poverty
al tanto de
up to date with
el contorno
outline
estorbar
to get in the way of
el sesgo
bias
manso
meek
desvelado
wide awake
amordazar
to muzzle
el jacal
hut
la ensoñación
daydream
frotar
to rub
la vereda
path
sobresalir
to stand out
truncar
to cut short
remitir
to refer
el azar
chance
entibiar
to cool down
la disyuntiva
dilemma
enseguida
immediately
irrumpir
to burst into
magistralmente
brilliantly
rozar
to brush against
el despistado
scatterbrain
retachar
to return
el atajo
shortcut
el bastimento
provision
bostezar
to yawn
arrimarse
to come closer
resecar
to dry out
desperdigar
to scatter
escueto
concise
despiadado
ruthless
la cordillera
mountain range
desquitarse
to get even
descabalar
to leave incomplete
el desgano
lack of enthusiasm
el porvenir
future
amenguar
to lessen
el trasfondo
background
vincular
to link
el/la latifundista
owner of a large estate
interpelar
to question
aflojarse
to loosen
arremolinarse
to crowd around
el reborde
rim
esparcir
to scatter
lúgubre
dismal
apretar
to press
la despreocupación
lack of concern
ahuyentar
to frighten off
descifrar
to decipher
la cavilación
pondering
el sobresalto
fright
la avidez
eagerness
el jornal
day's wage
la repugnancia
disgust
rehuir
to avoid
la flojedad
weakness
someterse
to undergo
la faz
countenance
ostentar
to show off
yermo
uninhabited
evadirse
to escape
de antemano
beforehand
dulcificar
to sweeten
erguir
to raise
la faena
task
de sobra
spare
jadear
to pant
de cuando en cuando
from time to time
achacoso
sickly
huesudo
bony
pecoso
freckly
el ademán
gesture
presuroso
quick
la ojeada
quick glance
vigilar
to watch
de turno
on shift
hacer hincapié
to emphasize
el hincapié
emphasis
dar a conocer
to make known
la aportación
contribution
agrupar
to group
deseoso
eager
recopilar
to collect
el/la portaestandarte
standard-bearer
la contienda
conflict
tardar
to take too long
la algazara
uproar
el semblante
countenance
aguardar
to wait for
la bocina
horn
la cosecha
harvest
caviloso
thoughtful
la pujanza
strength
el aprieto
predicament
abstraído
preoccupied
afanarse
to do everything one can
descollar
to stand out
reconcentrar
to bring together
el umbral
threshold
entregarse
to surrender
funesto
ill-fated
adormecido
sleepy
la atonía
sluggishness
el cautiverio
captivity
tomar en cuenta
to keep in mind
el saqueo
looting
retomar
to resume
el idilio
romance
el cura
priest
el cacique
chief
la derrota
defeat
horrorizado
terrified
la imprenta
printing house
fallecer
to pass away
la afición
fondness
retratar
to portray
el suceso
event
ajusticiar
to execute
arrodillarse
to kneel down
la carcajada
guffaw
el duelo
mourning
ultrajar
to offend
amparar
to protect
el oidor
judge
abnegado
self-sacrificing
el desconsuelo
grief
el arranque
fit
dotar
to equip with
empeñarse
to insist on
conciliador
conciliatory
desventurado
unfortunate
sollozar
to sob
estremecerse
to shake
la joya
piece of jewelry
la zozobra
anxiety
sobresaltarse
to be startled
la recogida
collection
la terneza
tenderness
el precipicio
abyss
esforzar
to strain
el capricho
whim
la hacienda
estate
mermar
to diminish
los dados
dice
brotar
to sprout
la doncella
maiden
el amparo
refuge
el amparo
protection
ennoblecer
to ennoble
la merced
mercy
el repartimiento
distribution
la prenda
pledge
pendenciero
quarrelsome
barruntar
to suspect
el esmero
care
resaltar
to highlight
si bien
although
repudiar
to condemn
mordaz
scathing
convenir
to be advisable
soez
dirty
inédito
unpublished
a partir de
beginning in
a partir de
from
plasmar
to give expression to
el acontecimiento
event
la modalidad
form
inesperado
unexpected
retratar
to photograph
el desenlace
ending
la trama
plot
ligero
light
el giro
expression
el desdén
disdain
engañar
to deceive
valerse
to use
disponer
to set out
arduo
arduous
florecer
to blossom
impasible
unmoved
el redentor
redeemer
implacable
relentless
el fray
friar
acercar
to move closer
el lecho
bed
el celo
zeal
la crónica
chronicle
el relato
story
el fantasma
ghost
el hada
fairy
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