El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - D Flashcards
Damasco
damask hanging
damita
(dim. of dama) little lady, damsel
danzón
m. (cuba) slow dance and its tune
defunción
f. death
dehesa
grassy
delantal
m. apron
delator
m. informer
delgado
fine, slender, thin
demediar
to share (even), help, to be half over
demogréfico
demographic, civl
denegar
to refuse
dependencia
appurtenance
deportivo
sports (adj.)
derramar
to gush, pour
derredor: en derredorde
around, about
derretir
to melt, ebb
derribar
to throw back, knock down, melt
desabotonarse
to unbutton
desabridamente
indifferently
desabrochar
to unbutton
desafío
defiance
desafortunado
unfortunate
desafuero
infraction
desahucio
dispossession, eviction
desalmado
soulless
desalmado hombre
heartless wretch
desamparar
to abandon, leave unsheltered, let go of
desarrapado
ragged
desastrado
ill-fated
desatentamente
unconsideringly, injudiciously
desatinar
to daze
desbocado
mouthless, neckless, dashing headlong, runaway, wild
desbordar
to overflow
descalabrar
to break one’s head, beat soundly, bruis
descalbrarse
to crack or fracture one’s skull, to be ruined (killed)
descatado
showing little natural affection to whom it is due, mongrel (used in figurative sense)
descifrar
to figure out, interpret
descolgar
to unhook, take down
desconfiar (de)
to distrust
descorrer: descorrer el cerrojo
to unbolt, draw the bolt
descortezar
to strip the bark of
descoser
to rip open