El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - T

Question 1

tablado

Answer 1

board

Question 2

tablilla

Answer 2

(dim. of tabla) slab

Question 3

tacón

Answer 3

m. heel

Question 4

tajo

Answer 4

meat block, cliff

Question 5

talabarte

Answer 5

m. sword belt

Question 6

talante

Answer 6

m. countenance, dispositio

Question 7

de mal talante

Answer 7

grudgingly, unwillingly

Question 8

talón

Answer 8

m heel, butt (of a gun)

Question 9

talonario

Answer 9

stub

Question 10

libro talonario

Answer 10

stub-book (a kind of receipt book or account book)

Question 11

tallo

Answer 11

stem

Question 12

tanteo

Answer 12

trial, attempt

Question 13

tapar

Answer 13

to cover, stop up

Question 14

tarea

Answer 14

task, job, work

Question 15

tarima

Answer 15

bench, bedstead, cot

Question 16

tasca

Answer 16

tavern

Question 17

techo

Answer 17

roof, ceiling

Question 18

teja

Answer 18

shingle, tile

Question 19

tejado

Answer 19

roof, rooftop

Question 20

tela

Answer 20

cloth

Question 21

temerario

Answer 21

rash

Question 22

temeroso

Answer 22

fearful, afraid

Question 23

templado: comer algo templado

Answer 23

to eat a square meal

Question 24

temporada

Answer 24

season

Question 25

temporal

Answer 25

m. storm, tempest, long rainy spell

Question 26

tender

Answer 26

to stretch out

Question 27

tenedor

Answer 27

to stretch out

Question 28

teniente

Answer 28

m. lieutenant

Question 29

tentar

Answer 29

to feel touch

Question 30

tercianas

Answer 30

f. pl. ague

Question 31

tercio

Answer 31

one third, thierd part of section

Question 32

en su tercio

Answer 32

by one third of its length

Question 33

terciopelo

Answer 33

velvet

Question 34

ternera

Answer 34

calf

Question 35

ternura

Answer 35

tenderness

Question 36

terreno

Answer 36

land, gound; (adj.) earthly, worldly

Question 37

sobre el terreno

Answer 37

off the land

Question 38

terrón

Answer 38

m. clod

Question 39

tesón

Answer 39

tenacity

Question 40

testamentaría

Answer 40

will, last will and testament

Question 41

testigo

Answer 41

witness

Question 42

tez

Answer 42

f. skin, complexion

Question 43

tiento

Answer 43

feeling, touch

Question 44

tientos

Answer 44

strips of leather

Question 45

dar tientos

Answer 45

to feel, grope

Question 46

tiesto

Answer 46

flower-pot

Question 47

timbre

Answer 47

tone, sound

Question 48

timidez

Answer 48

f. timidity

Question 49

tinieblas

Answer 49

f. pl. darkness

Question 50

tiñoso

Answer 50

scurvy

Question 51

tinta

Answer 51

ink

Question 52

las tintas

Answer 52

colors

Question 53

tintero

Answer 53

inkwell

Question 54

tirante

Answer 54

m. brace, stay rod, tie rod

Question 55

tirar

Answer 55

to pull, draw, cast, throw

Question 56

tirarse encima

Answer 56

to jump on top of

Question 57

tiroteo

Answer 57

sound of firing

Question 58

titularse

Answer 58

to be entitled, called

Question 59

título

Answer 59

title

Question 60

tomatero

Answer 60

tomato-grower

Question 61

tontería

Answer 61

silly ting, foolish non-sense, trifle, humbug

Question 62

topar (con)

Answer 62

to encounter, come across, run against

Question 63

tope

Answer 63

m. charge

Question 64

torcer

Answer 64

to twist

Question 65

torcer el gesto

Answer 65

to make a face

Question 66

tomenta

Answer 66

storm

Question 67

torpemente

Answer 67

rather abruptly, rudely

Question 68

torrezno

Answer 68

rasher of bacon

Question 69

tragar

Answer 69

to drink, swallow, gulp

Question 70

traguito

Answer 70

(dim. of trago) sip, little swig

Question 71

tramar

Answer 71

to sketch, outline

Question 72

tranco

Answer 72

gait

Question 73

tranquuera

Answer 73

pasture gate

Question 74

trasera

Answer 74

rear, back

Question 75

traspasar

Answer 75

to pass over, go beyond, cross

Question 76

traspasada esta hora

Answer 76

after this hour

Question 77

trasponer

Answer 77

to pass down

Question 78

trasporte

Answer 78

m. transport

Question 79

trato

Answer 79

treatment, agreement, trade, dealing, contact

Question 80

travesura

Answer 80

prank, mischief

Question 81

trayecto

Answer 81

stretch, section, road, way, trip

Question 82

traza

Answer 82

part of (her) plan, scheme

Question 83

trebejar

Answer 83

to romp, frolic, bounce a child on one’s knee play, dandle

Question 84

tregua

Answer 84

truce, rest, respite, let-up

Question 85

tremendo

Answer 85

terrible, awful, hair raising

Question 86

trenzador

Answer 86

m. (Arg.) (leather) braider; one who braids leatehr

Question 87

trepar (por)

Answer 87

to climb (over)

Question 88

triqueño

Answer 88

dark, brunette

Question 89

trincar

Answer 89

to pick up, nab

Question 90

tripa

Answer 90

tripe

Question 91

tripería

Answer 91

tripery, tripeshop

Question 92

tripode

Answer 92

tripod

Question 93

trocar

Answer 93

to change

Question 94

trompa

Answer 94

trumpet, “beak”

Question 95

tronar

Answer 95

to thunder, pound; m. thundering

Question 96

tronchar

Answer 96

to cut off, chop off, mutilate

Question 97

troncho

Answer 97

stalk

Question 98

tronido

Answer 98

thundering

Question 99

tropel

Answer 99

m. rush, bustle, confusion

Question 100

en tropel

Answer 100

in a throng, tumultuously

Question 101

tropezar

Answer 101

to stumble

Question 102

trozo

Answer 102

piece, fragment

Question 103

trozos de torren

Answer 103

plots of ground

Question 104

trueco

Answer 104

change, exchange

Question 105

a trueque de

Answer 105

in exchange for, accepting the idea of

Question 106

tubería

Answer 106

piping, tubing

Question 107

tuerto

Answer 107

one-eyed

Question 108

tunda

Answer 108

beating, drubbing

Question 109

tunante

Answer 109

scoundrel

Question 110

turbarse

Answer 110

to become confused

Question 111

turbio

Answer 111

unclear, blurred