El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - D

Question 1

Damasco

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damask hanging

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damita

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(dim. of dama) little lady, damsel

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danzón

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m. (cuba) slow dance and its tune

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defunción

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f. death

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dehesa

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grassy

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delantal

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m. apron

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delator

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m. informer

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delgado

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fine, slender, thin

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demediar

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to share (even), help, to be half over

Question 10

demogréfico

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demographic, civl

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denegar

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to refuse

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dependencia

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appurtenance

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deportivo

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sports (adj.)

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derramar

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to gush, pour

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derredor: en derredorde

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around, about

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derretir

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to melt, ebb

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derribar

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to throw back, knock down, melt

Question 18

desabotonarse

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to unbutton

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desabridamente

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indifferently

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desabrochar

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to unbutton

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desafío

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defiance

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desafortunado

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unfortunate

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desafuero

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infraction

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desahucio

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dispossession, eviction

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desalmado

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soulless

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desalmado hombre

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heartless wretch

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desamparar

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to abandon, leave unsheltered, let go of

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desarrapado

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ragged

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desastrado

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ill-fated

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desatentamente

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unconsideringly, injudiciously

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desatinar

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to daze

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desbocado

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mouthless, neckless, dashing headlong, runaway, wild

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desbordar

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to overflow

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descalabrar

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to break one’s head, beat soundly, bruis

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descalbrarse

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to crack or fracture one’s skull, to be ruined (killed)

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descatado

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showing little natural affection to whom it is due, mongrel (used in figurative sense)

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descifrar

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to figure out, interpret

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descolgar

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to unhook, take down

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desconfiar (de)

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to distrust

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descorrer: descorrer el cerrojo

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to unbolt, draw the bolt

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descortezar

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to strip the bark of

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descoser

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to rip open

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descuido

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carelessness

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descoser

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to rip open

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descuidarse

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to be careless, be negligent, be off one’s guard, to be at one’s ease

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desdecir

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to be unsuited, ill-suited, to give the lie to

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desdicha

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misfortune, ill luck

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desdén

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m. disdain

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desempeñar

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to perform, fulfill

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desenvainado

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unsheathed

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desenvoltura

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impudence

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desesperado

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frantic, desperate

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desfile

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m. procession, parade

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desgarrado

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torn (up)

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desherrar

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to unshoe (horses, etc.)

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deshonesto

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shameless, immodest, unchaste

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deshora: a deshora

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in an unreasonable hour, suddenly, unexpectedly

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deslustrar

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to dull

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desmandarse

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to indulge oneself, commit an excess, be impertinent

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desmandarse

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to indulge oneself, commit an excess, be impertinent

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desmayo

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swoon, fainting spel

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desmontar

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to dismount

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desnaturalizado

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unnatural

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hijo desnaturalizado

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you freak

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desnudo

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bare, naked, undressed

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despacho

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study

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despavorido

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terrfied, in terror

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desplegarse

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to deploy, spread out

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deslumbrar

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to dazzle

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desenvoluntura

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impudence

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desplomarse

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to fall down, fall over

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desposados

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m. pl. (married) pair, couple

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despreciar

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to despise, hate

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desprecio

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scorn, contempt

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desprender

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to unfaster, loose

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despreocupación

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f. indifference

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desprestigiar

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to bring into disrepute, impair the reputation of

Question 78

desque

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after when

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destacarse

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to display boldly

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destrozar

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to destroy

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desplomarse

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to fall down, fall over

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disentir

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to argue, dispute

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disensión

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quarrel

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disculpar

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to excuse, to have to excuse

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discantar

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to descant, sing, comment

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discantar donaires

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to crack joke

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dictaminar

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to lay down the law

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diluir

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to dillute, dissolve

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dicha

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fortune, luck

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deuda

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debt

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desventirse

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to undress

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destino

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job, appointment

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destacarse

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to display boldy

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desterrar

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to banish, exile

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disfrutar de

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to enjoy

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disparar

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to shoot, pelt, fire, throw

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dispuesto

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arranged, ready

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disyuntiva

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disjunctive proposition, either or

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doblar

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to fold

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don

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m. gift

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dormitar

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to doze off

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dotado (de)

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endowed (with)

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dote

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m. dowry, talent

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dueño

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master, owner, proprietor

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duro

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dollar; hard, harsh

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dormitar

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to doze off