El Vocabulario de los Cuentos M&N Flashcards
(139 cards)
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Macizo
A
solid, massive, thick, firm
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Maduro
A
ripe
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Maestría
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skill
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Majadería
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foolish speech or act, the absurd
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majestuoso
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majestic
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malaventurado
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miserable
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maldecir
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to curse
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maleta
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valise, suitcase
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malhumorado
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ill-humored, out of sorts
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malsonante
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uncouth, coarse
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maltrecho
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badly injured
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malvado
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ill-fated; m. rascal, wretch
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mamar
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to suck, imbibe
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mando (de)
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deficient, defective, lacking, maimed (in)
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mancha
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blot
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mandarino
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mandarin, mandarin orange tree
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mandil
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m. apron
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mandioca
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manioc, tapioca, casava
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mandón
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m. bossy
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manequí
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m. mannequin
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manga
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sleeve, hood
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manga de costillas
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accordion-like hood
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manjar
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m. dish, food
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manotada: sacudir a manotadas
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to slap with one’s hands
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manso
gentle, tame
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de condición mansa
mild-mannered
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manta
blanket
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manzana
street block, block of house, apple
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maña
skill, trick,artifice
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darse buena maña
to make good use of one's wits
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mañanica: a las maãnicas
in the very early morning
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mañero
clever, shewk, balky, mulish, shy, scary
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mañoso
skillful, tricky, cunning
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máguina de retratar
camera, portrait camera
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marasmo
wasting away
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maravedí
m. old spanish coin
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marcar
to mark, brand
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marcar la hora
to tell time
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marcar el paso
to keep time, keep in step
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marco
frame, door-case, mark (coin)
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marchar
to go
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marchar como la seda
to go smooth as silk
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marcharse
to run off
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marchitar
to wither away
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maridito
(dim. of marido) poor, dear husband
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marqueasa
marquise
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marquesillo
(dim. of marqués) little marquis
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marquesito
(dim. of marqués) little marquis
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marrar
to miss, fail
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marras: de marras
of bygone days, aforementioned
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martillar
to hammer, pound
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mascado
chewed
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mata
plant
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materia
subject
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en materia de
on the subject of
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mayorazgo
rightful heir, firstborn son, entailed estate
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mechón
m. a lock of hair
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media
stocking, sock
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medianamente
toleraby, fairly, moderately
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meditar
to meditate (upon), muse
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mejilla
cheeck
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mejorar
to improve
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mendicante
m. mendicant, beggar
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mendigo
beggar
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menear
to stir, move
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meneo
movement, sway
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menester
need, purpose, trade
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ser menester
to be necessary
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haber menester
to need
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menosprecio
contempt
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menar
old spanish for nombrar to name, mention
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merced
f.mercy, grace, favor, worship
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a merced de
to or at the mercy of
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hacer merced
to be merciful
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mercenario: pecho mercenario
hired breast, wetnurse
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meridiano
noonday
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merienda
light lunch
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meseta
plateau, tablehand
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mesón
. inn
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mesonera
proprietress of an inn, landlady
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metro
meter (about 39 inches)
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mezquino
niggardly, miserly
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miel
honey
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migaja
crumb
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mili
f. militia
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milicia
militia
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mimo
pet, darling
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minio
minimum, red lead
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mirador
m. summerhouse, belvedere
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mirilla
peephole
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misa
mass
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misericordia
mercy
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mitigar
to spare
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mitralleta
submachine gun
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mixto
mixed, composite
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escuela mixta
co-education schol
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mocedad
f. youth
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mocetón
m (aug of mozo) big, robust young fellow, brawny young man
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mohino
dejected, peevish, sullen
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mojar
to wet
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molinero
miller
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mono
overalls
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morador
m. occupant, tenant
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mordisco
bite
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moreno
brown, dark, swarthy
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morisco
Moorish
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moro
Moor, an Arabic-speaking, Spanish Moslem (Mohamedan)
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Morra
head
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morriña
nostalgia, homesickness, blues
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morsa
walrus
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mozuelo
(dim. of mozo) young lad
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buen mozuelo
quite grown up, handsome
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muchachón
m. (aug. of muchacho) big fellow
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muchedumbre
f. crowd
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mudo
mute, dumb, silent, inactive
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mueble
m. piece of furniture; pl. furniture
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mueca
wry face, grimace, mock;
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hacer muecas
to make faces
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muela
molar, tooth
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muelle
f. wharf
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muerto
dead; m. dead person, corpse
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mugriento
dirty, filthy, greasy, stained
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mujercilla
(dim. of mujer) woman, wench
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mullido
soft
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municipal
municipal; m. councilman
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nabo
turnip
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naciente
rising, growing; f. source
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nacimineto
birth
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naja: salir de naja
to scram
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narices
f. pl. nostrils, nose
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necisitado
needy person
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necio
fool, dunce, ninny
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nene
m. baby
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niebla
fog mist
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nieto
grandson
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nimbo
halo, nimbus
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nublarse
to cloud over
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nudo
knot, bond
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nuevas
f. pl. report
