El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - C Flashcards
(178 cards)
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cabalgadura
A
mount
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caballeriz
A
stable
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caballón
A
m. clod
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cabaña
A
cabin
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cabecear
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to nod (in sleep), to shake one’s head, move one’s head up and down
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cabecera
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headrest
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cabelludo
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hairy
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cabestro
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halter, bridle
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cabezal
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m. headrest
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babézon
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m. (aug. of cabeza) big headed
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cabo
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corporal, end, tail, side, quarter, district
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al cabo (de)
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at the end (of)
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cabo de
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near
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cabrón
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m. goat, buck
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caja
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paymaster’s box
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cajón
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m. box drawer
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cal
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f. lime
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calabacero
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pumpkin-grower
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calabaza
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pumpkin, gourd
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calabazada
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blow on the head
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calabozo
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prison, cell, jail, guardhouse
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calafatear
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to calk, plug up
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calcetín
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m. sock
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calcinar
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to scorch
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calinarse
to become powder by actoin ofheat
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caldeado
warmed, welded
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caldero
cauldron, kettle, boiler
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calzarse
to put on (shoes, gloves, etc.)
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cámara
chamber, room, parlor
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camarero
valet
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camareta
(dim of cámara) small room
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campamento
basic training
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bajar de campamento
to finish basic training
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cansar
to tire, weary, harass
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cansino
weary
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cantante
singing, sing song
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candado
padlock
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candela
candle
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carcajada
peal of laughter
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caña
reed, rum
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cap
m. swig
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hasta el cansancio
to the point of exhaustion, time and again, again and again
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caramba
well! goodness! gee!
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capote
m. raincoat
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carcajada
peal of laughter
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cardíaca
sufferer of heart disease
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cargar (de)
to charge, load (with)
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carpeta
portfolio
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carrera
career
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casco
helmet, hoof
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caserón
(aug. of casa) mansion
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casona
(aug. of casa) house, mansion
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casona solariega
manorial house
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casta
breed
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castigo
punishment
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por casualidad
by chance
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caudal
welath, capital, funds
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cavilación
f. caviling, meditation
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caza
hunt
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andar a caza
to go hunting
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cazo
tin plate
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cazurro
taciturn, sullen, sulky
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cebada
barley
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cegar
to bling, cut off
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ceguera
blindness
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hasta la ceguera
enough to blind you
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ceja
eyleid
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celarse (de que)
to be watchful or suspicious (lest)
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cencerro
cow bell, tinkling of cow bells
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centellar
to flash
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centeno
rye
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ceñir
to gird
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ceño
frown
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ceniza
ashes
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de ceniza
ash-colored
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cera
wax
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cercenar
to pare, shear, clip
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cerco
fence
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cerdo
pig
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cerebro
brain, head
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cernir
to sift, to sieve
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cernir(se)
to soar
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cerval
mortal (lit: deer-like)
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cerro
hill
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cerrojo
bolt
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césped
m. grass, sod
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cimitarra
scimitar, curved sword
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cinc
m. zinc
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cinura
waist, sash, belt
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claraboya
skylight, transom
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claustro
cloister
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comisario
sheriff
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compadecer (con)
to pity
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cómico
actor
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oficio de cómico
acting job
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compadecer (con)
to pity
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compás
m. bearing, carriage, pace
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al compás del trote
at a trot
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comportarse
to behave
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compostura
mending, repair
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comprometer
to jeopardize
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compuesto
decked, outfitted
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compungido
remorseful
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comportarse
to behave
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comprometer
to jeopardize
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conminación
f. threat
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conmovido
filled with emotion
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consagrar
to dedicate
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consonante
m. rhyme word, rhyme
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conciliar el sueño
to get to sleep
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conejo
rabbit
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confeccionar
to make
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conferir
to check
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conformarse
to resign oneself
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en voz confusa
in a feigned voice
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congoja
trouble, affliction
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dinero contante y sonante
ready money, cash
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continente
m. carriage, bearing, air, expression, countenace, teetotaler
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contiuado
perpetual
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contraer
to contract
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contraer las cejas
to frown
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contraminar
to counteract, foil, outwit, work against
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convenir
to suit, be advisable, desirable, fitting
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convenir que
to had best
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conventual
conventual, of the convent
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copa
top
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copo
flake, puf
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coraje
m. anger, wrath
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cornada
old copper coin, butting
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correaje
m. belting
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llevaba el correaje
he had onhis belting
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coscorrón
m. bump on the head
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cosecha
harvest, crop
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coser
to sew, mend
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costado
side, flank
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costear
to go along the edge of the border
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se arrastraba costeando los bamúes
he dragged himself along the edge of the bamboo trees
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costilla
rib
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manga de costillas
accordion-like hood
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costura
seam
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cotidiano
quotidian
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cráneo
skull
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crepúsculo
dusk, twilight
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cría
brood
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cribar
to sifter, sieve, pour down, screen
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cruce
m. crossing, crossroads
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crujido
crack, creak, cracking, rustle
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cuartel
m. barracks; headquarters
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cuclillas
crouching, squatting
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cuchichear
to whisper
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cuenca
basin of a river
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cuenta
count, account, reckoning, calculation, bead
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darse cuenta (de)
to realize, be aware, bear in mind
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echar la cuenta
to cast up the account
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caer en la cuenta
to see the point
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hacerse cuenta de
to realize, to imagine
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cuerda
cord, rope, string
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cumplidísimo
very large, huge
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cumplir
to comply, fulfill, grant, keep, perform, carry out, discharge, complete, end, behoove, be important
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cumplir el deseo
to satisfy the desire
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no cumplir lo concertado
to break the agreement
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cumplir
to comply with
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cumple con su deer
he does with duty
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cuña
wedge
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cuñada
sister-in-law
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cuñado
brother-in-law
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chacota
noisy mirth, wise-crack
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chacra
farm
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chapa
plate, sheet (of metal)
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pasar el charco
to cross the big pond
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chaza
f. point (in the game of pelota)
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chicuelo
(dim. of chico) boy, kid
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chifladura
fad, whim, fancy
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chiquilín
(dim. of chico) boy, kid
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chupar
to suck
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chispear
to sparkle
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chucho
cur
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chusco
bread ration, roll, "G.I. bread"
