culta
learned
trasladarse
to move, to transfer
destacarse
to stand out
heredados
inherited
el medio ambiente
environment
pintoresco
colorful, picturesque
s�rdido
squalid
la rapaza
young girl
cargada
loaded
le�a
firewood
navaja
jackknife
la u�a
fingernail
soltar
to drop, let go of
Unas jud�as
beans
troceadas
pieces
novid�
novelty
gastar
to spend, to waste
nacer
to be born
esperanza
hope
la frente
forehead
las medias
socks
la moza
young girl
el rostro
face
el cacho
piece
las cejas
eyebrows
el aro de la criba
ring of a sieve
la edad
age
lejanos
far away
el cachete
slap
terciopeloso
velvety
viudo
widow
el regato
puddle
lastimado
wounded
labriegos
laborers
la ense�anza
teaching
traductor
translating
innovador
inventor
los sue�os
dreams
perplejo
perplexed
juguetona
playful
dorralito para ni�os
playpen
saborear
to savor
villas
houses
de golpe
suddenly
bruscamente
quickly
gusto
taste
alentar
to encourage
lucidez
lucidity
tenderse
to lie down
gotear
to drop
quieto
still
camilla de ruedas
stretcher
olor
smell
una l�pida
tombstone
la calzada
street
las marismas
marshes
tembladerales
quagmires
guerra
war
inesperado
unexpected
agacharse
to squat down
resplandor
gleam, flash
enderezarse
to straighten up
tinieblas
darkness
entornados
half-closed
de cuando en cuando
from time to time
frotar
to rub
arrastrar
to drag
blandamente
softly
a la vez
at the same time
el puerro
leaks
el perejil
parsely
suspirar
to sigh
hundir
to sink
el mango del pu�al
handle of the dagger
insoportable
can't stand it, intolerable
tobillo
ankle
penumbra
semi-darkness
pesadilla
nightmare
fiebre
fever
un hueco
hollow
alzar
to lift
alivio
relief
piedra
stone
lejanamente
far away
calabozo
dungeon
atabales
kettle drums
mazmorras
dungeons
ronco
hoarse
rebotar
to bounce
sacudir
to shake
ceder
to cease
sudados
sweaty
sogas
ropes
ac�litos
altar boys
p�rpados
eyelids
sue�o
dream
gemir
to groan
menguante
waning
cielorraso
ceiling
intrigas
plots
partidarios
supportive
en medio de
in the midst of
hallar
to find
escudero
shield bearer
adelanto
advance
conde
count
ayo
tutor
provechosa
beneficial
a patir de
starting from
los novios
newlyweds
temer
to fear
malherido
badly injured
airadamente
furiously
enfadarse
to become angry
las patas
paws
la faz
face
porf�as
resist/disagree
desenga�aos
don't fool yourself
ensangrentado
bloody, covered with blood
despedazada
torn apart (cut into pieces)
mandaba
commanded
granujas
malicious people
majaderos
fools
yerno
son-in-law
suegro
father-in-law
acordado
agreed (decided)
aconsejar
to advise, to counsel
el principio
beginning
portarse
behave themselves
rudimentaria
rudimentary
periodista
newspaper writer
influyentes
influential
turbulenta
turbulent
principal
main
mundana
worldly
finisecular
turn of the century
g�nero
human species
revivir
to live again
tempestades
storms
martillo
hammer
cesar
to cease
el canto
song
sacro
sacred, holy
p�jaro
bird
huevo
egg
armon�a
harmony
encarna
to embody
cisne
swan
escalera
stairs/ladder
subir
to go up
gitanos
gypsies
desenclavar
to uncrucify - to take the nails out
andaluz
Andalucian town
echar
to give
madero
wooden
presta
to lend
clavos
nails
apoy�
supported
onnomatopeyas
onomatopoea
demuestra
demonstrates
el lenguaje
langauge
la culebra
snake
se enreda
to roll up
el palo
stick
el vidrio
glass
la yerba
grass
las patas
feet
el hacha
axe
muerde
to bite
silbar
to whistle/hiss
morder
to bite
respirar
to breathe
enigm�ticas
puzzling
pol�micas
controversial
cine
movie theater
p�stumamente
after death
hogares de tr�nsito
halfway houses
caser�os de baja renta
income housing
t�cnica
technique
sin embargo
however
obreros
workers
descamisados
shirtless, shabby
desfilar
to parade
dispuestos
willing
oligarqu�a
Oligarchy
embajador
ambassador
andamiaje
framework
actualmente
currently
illusiones
dreams
lealtad
loyalty
patr�n
boss
pruebas
proof
gremial
social issues
plenipotencia
plenipotency
desesperada
desperate
acudir
to ask for help
retratan
depicted
mal disfrazados
ill disguised
conocimiento
knowledge
infundi�
injected
casqivanos
irresponsible
tener gana
to feel
tembl�n
trembling
ha de
should
herrer�a
steel shop
pico
pick
afilar
to sharpen
desazonarnos
to make nervous
cacho
piece
te doy
give it to you
voluntad
will
amargo
bitter
caridad
charity
faltar
to lack
buenas almas
good souls (people who are generous)
arroyo
stream
murmurando
muttering
sordo
deaf
gastar
to spend
gru�endo
grumbling
faltar
to lack
dispensar
to forgive
arrinconado
cornered
achaques
aches from old age
holgazanes
lazy bones (people)
cuchareteras
busy bodies
cazuela de bario
clay pan
escudilla de madera
wooden soup plate
desesperar
to exasperate
atrev�o
dare
atemorizar
to terrorize
pegar
to hit
crianza
upbringing
consuelo
comfort
extra�os
strangers
nidos
bird nest
nidadas
cletch of birds
consentir
to consent
clavos
nails
apa�ar
to fix
al contrario
on the contrary
beso
kiss
jaulas
cage
merecer
to deserve
pedagogo
educator
promover
to promote
el mestizo
mixed race
la tiran�a
tyranny
cholo
someone who has mixed races (Indian and European blood)
fundir
to fuse
fijar
to fix
ethn�logo
ethnology
p�mulo
cheek bone
saliente
prominent
aguile�a
hooked nose
cabellera
head of hair
raza
race
sienes
temples
contorno
contour
abrumada
oppressed
coloniaje
colonization
desamparada
abandoned
cuesti�n
issue
porvenir
future
abatida
defeated
candor
honest
dejar
to cease
padecer
to suffer
el deber
duty
deber
to owe