El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - H

Question 1

habíl

Answer 1

capable, skillful, able, clever

Question 2

halagar

Answer 2

to flatter

Question 3

hallazgo

Answer 3

find, discovery, scoop

Question 4

harina

Answer 4

flour

Question 5

hartar(se)

Answer 5

to have enough, have one’s fill, gorge (one-self)

Question 6

harto

Answer 6

enough, much, many, full, tired; (adv.) very

Question 7

harto mejor

Answer 7

much better

Question 8

hazaña

Answer 8

deed, act, prank

Question 9

habilla

Answer 9

buckle, clasp

Question 10

hebra

Answer 10

hair

Question 11

helar

Answer 11

to freeze

Question 12

hembra

Answer 12

female

Question 13

hender

Answer 13

to split, break

Question 14

herbario

Answer 14

herbarium

Question 15

heredad

Answer 15

f. piece of ground

Question 16

herida

Answer 16

wound

Question 17

herir

Answer 17

to wound

Question 18

herir en el alma

Answer 18

to wound to the quick, hurt deeply

Question 19

herradura

Answer 19

horseshoe

Question 20

herrería

Answer 20

blacksmith shop

Question 21

hidalgo

Answer 21

hidalgo (Spanish nobleman of the lower class)

Question 22

hidrófrugo

Answer 22

waterproof

Question 23

hielo

Answer 23

ice

Question 24

hierático

Answer 24

hieratic, sacerdotal, priestly

Question 25

higo

Answer 25

fig

Question 26

higuera

Answer 26

fig tree

Question 27

hilandera

Answer 27

spinner (woman)

Question 28

hilo

Answer 28

wire, linen, thread, yarn

Question 29

papel de hilo

Answer 29

rag paper

Question 30

inchar

Answer 30

to swell

Question 31

historial

Answer 31

m. file, record

Question 32

hogar

Answer 32

m. home, residence, dormitory, officers’ quarters

Question 33

hojarasca

Answer 33

dead leaves, trash, rubish

Question 34

jojear

Answer 34

to turn the leaves or pages of. leaf through, glance at a (book)

Question 35

jolgadamente

Answer 35

comfortably

Question 36

holgar(se)

Answer 36

to enjoy (oneself), be delighted

Question 37

holgazanería

Answer 37

laziness

Question 38

holcausto

Answer 38

offering

Question 39

en holocausto de

Answer 39

as an offering to

Question 40

al hombro

Answer 40

on one’s shoulder

Question 41

hombrón

Answer 41

m. (aug. of hombre) big man

Question 42

hondo

Answer 42

deep

Question 43

hondas escaleras

Answer 43

steep stairs

Question 44

hontra

Answer 44

f. honor, exaggerated pride

Question 45

honradez

Answer 45

f. honesty

Question 46

horda

Answer 46

horde, herd

Question 47

hormiga

Answer 47

ant

Question 48

hormiguero

Answer 48

anthill

Question 49

horno

Answer 49

over, furnace

Question 50

hortelano

Answer 50

gardener

Question 51

hosco

Answer 51

dark-colored, sever, awesome, gloomy

Question 52

hueco

Answer 52

shutter

Question 53

huelgo

Answer 53

breath

Question 54

huella

Answer 54

rail, track, impression, trace, vestige, line

Question 55

huérfano

Answer 55

orphan

Question 56

huerta

Answer 56

vegetable garden

Question 57

huesecillo

Answer 57

(dim. of hueso) little bone

Question 58

huerta

Answer 58

vegetable garden

Question 59

huestes

Answer 59

f. pl. armies

Question 60

humareda

Answer 60

smoke, a great deal of smoke, mist

Question 61

humillarse

Answer 61

to curtsy

Question 62

hundir

Answer 62

to sink

Question 63

hurtadillas

Answer 63

by stealth

Question 64

hurtar

Answer 64

to steal, rob

Question 65

hurto

Answer 65

theft, stealing