El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - C Flashcards
cabalgadura
mount
caballeriz
stable
caballón
m. clod
cabaña
cabin
cabecear
to nod (in sleep), to shake one’s head, move one’s head up and down
cabecera
headrest
cabelludo
hairy
cabestro
halter, bridle
cabezal
m. headrest
babézon
m. (aug. of cabeza) big headed
cabo
corporal, end, tail, side, quarter, district
al cabo (de)
at the end (of)
cabo de
near
cabrón
m. goat, buck
caja
paymaster’s box
cajón
m. box drawer
cal
f. lime
calabacero
pumpkin-grower
calabaza
pumpkin, gourd
calabazada
blow on the head
calabozo
prison, cell, jail, guardhouse
calafatear
to calk, plug up
calcetín
m. sock
calcinar
to scorch
calinarse
to become powder by actoin ofheat
caldeado
warmed, welded
caldero
cauldron, kettle, boiler
calzarse
to put on (shoes, gloves, etc.)
cámara
chamber, room, parlor
camarero
valet
camareta
(dim of cámara) small room
campamento
basic training
bajar de campamento
to finish basic training
cansar
to tire, weary, harass
cansino
weary
cantante
singing, sing song
candado
padlock
candela
candle
carcajada
peal of laughter
caña
reed, rum
cap
m. swig
hasta el cansancio
to the point of exhaustion, time and again, again and again
caramba
well! goodness! gee!
capote
m. raincoat
carcajada
peal of laughter
cardíaca
sufferer of heart disease
cargar (de)
to charge, load (with)
carpeta
portfolio
carrera
career
casco
helmet, hoof
caserón
(aug. of casa) mansion
casona
(aug. of casa) house, mansion
casona solariega
manorial house
casta
breed
castigo
punishment
por casualidad
by chance
caudal
welath, capital, funds
cavilación
f. caviling, meditation
caza
hunt
andar a caza
to go hunting
cazo
tin plate
cazurro
taciturn, sullen, sulky
cebada
barley
cegar
to bling, cut off
ceguera
blindness
hasta la ceguera
enough to blind you
ceja
eyleid
celarse (de que)
to be watchful or suspicious (lest)
cencerro
cow bell, tinkling of cow bells
centellar
to flash
centeno
rye