2026-08 Aira, César - Las noches de Flores (2004)

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el espesor
el espesor
density
truculento
truculento
horrifying
deparar
deparar
to bring
la pasarela
la pasarela
runway
la redada
la redada
raid
el pasadizo
el pasadizo
alley
cavar
cavar
to dig
la zaga
la zaga
rear
la cartuja
la cartuja
Carthusian monastery
aterciopelado
aterciopelado
velvety
armar
armar
to assemble
complicar
complicar
to involve
sobre la marcha
sobre la marcha
as one goes along
contemporizar
contemporizar
to be accommodating
el pliegue
el pliegue
crease
dar por sentado
dar por sentado
to take for granted
la recopilación
la recopilación
collection
el juicio
el juicio
court case
boquiabierto
boquiabierto
speechless
inenarrable
inexpressible
el asombro
amazement
la sorna
sarcasm
la chanchada
dirty trick
el más mínimo
the least
el adefesio
eyesore
el adefesio
monstrosity
el disenso
disagreement
perorar
to speechify
encarecer
to praise
virar
to veer
lindante
adjoining
el exotismo
exoticism
difundir
to spread
risueño
cheerful
huidizo
elusive
la mecha
fuse
la mecha
wick
intrigado
intrigued
célebre
famous
rastrillar
to rake
la superchería
fraud
inmobiliario
property
el/la albacea
executor
el estaño
tin
encarnizado
fierce
propagarse
to spread
esgrimir
to argue
la finalidad
purpose
la bocina
horn
el graznido
quack
el llamado
call
percatarse de
to notice
despavorido
terrified
vidente
sighted
los buenos modales
good manners
turbado
disturbed
el botín
loot
agolparse
to crowd together
la careta
mask
lanzar
to throw
lanzar
to launch
apremiante
urgent
insólito
unusual
correr la voz
to be rumored
el pasadizo
passage
fichar
to record on a card
el/la testaferro
front man
frondoso
extensive
inmobiliario
real estate
encuadrar
to classify
el victimario
killer
abocarse
to apply oneself
opacar
to detract from
el flanco
flank
el apuro
predicament
encaramarse
to climb up onto
álgido
decisive
calamitoso
disastrous
protagonizar
to be involved in
rutilante
sparkling
accidentado
injured
la bajada
road down
la bajada
slope
el peaje
toll
la radiografía
X-ray
acorazar
to armor-plate
el cauce
riverbed
el sudario
shroud
la estirpe
lineage
acaparar
to monopolize
traspapelar
to misplace
el embrollo
muddle
diestro
skillful
el desplazamiento
trip
retraído
shy
retraído
withdrawn
desprovisto de
lacking in
engorroso
trying
engorroso
tedious
absorto
engrossed
agasajar
to honor
culto
learned
culto
cultured
caluroso
enthusiastic
la antelación
notice
laborioso
hardworking
abrumar
to weigh down
abrumar
to overwhelm
el agotamiento
exhaustion
la calaña
sort
la calaña
ilk
la jerarquía
hierarchy
preciso
necessary
la acusación
charge
interponer
to lodge
interponer
to bring
por lo tanto
therefore
en tanto
while
no bien
no sooner
no bien
as soon as
confluir con
to converge with
dejar de lado
to put aside
estallar
to explode
cuadricular
to draw a grid on
atiborrado
stuffed with
atiborrado
full of
la mezquindad
pittance
la mezquindad
mean thing to do
así sea
whether
así sea
be it
la exigencia
requirement
la exigencia
demand
arremeter
to charge at
el repartidor
deliveryman
menudear
to happen frequently
la saña
cruelty
la saña
rage
el desembolso
expenditure
el hampa
underworld
arreciar
to intensify
pavimentar
to pave
obstruir
to obstruct
provisorio
provisional
el desasosiego
anxiety
el desasosiego
unease
el desaliento
discouragement
vislumbrarse
to come into view
vislumbrarse
to appear in sight
el contragolpe
counterattack
edulcorar
to sweeten
el pudor
modesty
antaño
once
antaño
in the past
antaño
in days gone by
insalvable
insurmountable
el advenimiento
advent
delator
revealing
desmentir
to contradict
desmentir
to refute
de modo que
in such a way that
de modo que
so that
la pesquisa
investigation
disyuntivo
disjunctive
ramificarse
to branch out
el derrumbe
collapse
fichar
to put on file
utópico
utopian
irrecuperable
irretrievable
el espesor
thickness
recortarse
to stand out
pulular
to swarm
en vilo
on tenterhooks
reemplazar
to replace
momentáneo
temporary
momentáneo
momentary
la filtración
leak
la filtración
leak
la irrealidad
unreality
el rasgo
characteristic
curvo
curved
ingenuo
naive
la suspicacia
mistrust
el índice
index finger
fanfarrón
loudmouthed
sentencioso
judgmental
intempestivo
untimely
almidonado
starched
primorosamente
delicately
la azucena
white lily
la azucena
Madonna lily
el desamparado
homeless person
desamparado
helpless
el incomprendido
misunderstood person
la veta
seam
la veta
streak
adjudicar
to award
desaprovechado
wasted
apoderarse de
to seize
ininterrumpido
continuous
negarse a
to refuse to
inenarrable
indescribable
volverse
to become
calzarse
to put on
la humorada
witticism
la humorada
joke
delator
incriminating
coincidir
to agree
refunfuñar
to grumble
el lagunar
puddle
apearse
to get off
rumiar
to ponder
el pedido
order
el mostrador
counter
renovarse
to resume
estrellado
star-shaped
el atajo
shortcut
la desocupación
unemployment
proceloso
stormy
archiconocido
extremely well-known
estrecharse
to reduce costs
irrestricto
unconditional
el elogio
praise
la premisa
premise
escatimar
to skimp on
en un primer momento
at first
las ínfulas
pretensions
las ínfulas
airs
la explicación
explanation
el desfase
gap
la mano
way
regir
to govern
tardíamente
belatedly
la quinta
country house
la cuadrícula
grid
el reducidor
fence
el forajido
fugitive
el forajido
outlaw
la crisálida
chrysalis
provisorio
temporary
albergar
to house
a fin de cuentas
at the end of the day
a fin de cuentas
after all
la vajilla
dishes
sonsacar
to wheedle
sonsacar
to worm
el piano de cola
grand piano
la abertura
gap
la senda
path
el seto
hedge
la deshidratación
dehydration
investir
to grant
arrasador
devastating
acudir
to go to
la tachadura
correction
la tachadura
scratch marks
catastral
cadastral
empollar
to brood
el zorzal
thrush
crocante
crunchy
bienhechor
beneficent
bochornoso
muggy
pertinaz
persistent
pertinaz
obstinate
lacre
bright-red
barrial
neighborhood
ya que
since
ya que
now that
el tableteo
rattle
el comilón
big eater
abombado
convex
replicar
to retort
fundirse
to merge
culposo
culpable
descolocado
confused
el escarnio
ridicule
arremeter
to lay into
el entremetido
busybody
la carambola
carom
corresponder
to be one's job
el desparpajo
self-confidence
el garbo
jauntiness
el garbo
grace
despojar
to strip
la redacción
wording
olvidadizo
forgetful
casual
accidental
acordarse
to remember
el brochazo
brushstroke
el adormecimiento
sleepiness
el tramo
stretch
a eso de
at about
del bracete
arm in arm
seguir de largo
to keep on going
seguir de largo
to go straight past
amedrentar
to scare
la tanda
batch
nato
natural-born
el componedor
bonesetter
dar abasto
to cope
la microscopía
microscopy
el historiador
historian
concebir
to imagine
demencial
mad
la centésima
hundredth
el centésimo
hundredth
la décima
tenth
décima parte
tenth
dificultar
to hinder
el tañido
peal
el recuadro
box
el recuadro
inset
la suspicacia
suspicion
el punto de partida
starting point
convincente
convincing
la perspectiva
outlook
la perspectiva
prospect
dar fe
to testify
el grueso
main body
subrepticio
surreptitious
la brújula
compass
la horda
horde
el/la contrincante
rival
la levadura
yeast
el manto
cloak
la motoneta
motor scooter
verosímil
plausible
emprender
to start
el damero
checkerboard
por poco
almost
arrollar
to run over
retroceder
to back up
atónito
astonished
la comisaría
police station
abigarrado
multicolored
abigarrado
disjointed
exiguo
paltry
la franja
strip
demencial
crazy
rugiente
roaring
en vilo
in suspense
deber
have to
amedrentar
to intimidate
la golosina
sweet
si bien
even though
si bien
although
imprevisor
improvident
derrochador
wasteful
sintonizar
to be on the same wavelength
rebuscado
obscure
el altibajo
ups and downs
mimético
mimetic
el desafío
defiance
eximir
to exempt
terminantemente
strictly
aledaño
neighboring
periódico
periodic
el cariz
aspect
el cariz
look
el trazado
route
determinado
particular
determinado
certain
el trayecto
route
imprevisible
unpredictable
asombroso
astonishing
el desahogo
relief
el apremio
pressure
vapulear
to beat
patente
clear
posterior
subsequent
destacar
to stand out
el destrozo
havoc
plantar cara
to stand one's ground
plantar cara
to confront
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