El Vocabulario de los Cuentos - U&V&Y&Z Flashcards
(96 cards)
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Ubicado
A
located, situated
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ufano
A
proud
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umbría: a la umbría
A
on the shady side
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untar
A
to grease (up)
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uña
A
fingernail, claw
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uña de vaa
A
cow’s heel
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uñas
A
paws
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urdir
A
to brew
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usurero
A
pawnbroker, usurer, moneylender
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uva
A
grape
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vaciar
A
to empty, gouge out (an eye)
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vado
A
ford of river, fording
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vagar
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to roam about, wander, loaf
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vago
A
misty, foggy
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vaina
A
scabbard, sheath
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vaivén
A
m. sway, swing, movement
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valeroso
A
lofty, noble, brave
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válgame dios
A
good god!
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valija
A
valise
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valioso
A
valuable
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valor
A
m. courage
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valladar
A
m. fence, wall
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valle
A
m. valley
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vagueta
A
(sole) leather
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varón
m. male
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varonil
m. masculine
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vasija
vessel, pitcher
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vecindad
f. neighborhood
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tener vecindad con
to be a neighbor of
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vedija
mat, shock (of hair), bunch, smoke ring
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vejez
f. old age
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vela
candle
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vela de cera
wax taper
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velado
veiled, hidden
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velocidad
f. speed
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a toda velocidad
at full speed, swiftly
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veloz
swift
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vendar
to bandage
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vendar los ojos
blindfold
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venedor
m. vendor
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vendimiador
m. vintager
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veneración
reverance
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venidero
coming, future
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ventanilla
(dim. of ventana) window (of ticket office, bank teller, etc.), eye patch
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ventura
fortune, chance
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por ventura
perchance, perhaps
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venturoso
happy
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los venturososdesposados
the happy pair
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vera
edge,border
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a la vera
along the edge, among
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veracidad
f. truth, veracity
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verbigracia
for example
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verde
green
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verdugo
executioner
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verdura
f. p. fresh vegetables
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verada
path, trail
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vergonzoso
shameful
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vergüenza
shame, shameful thing
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vértigo
giddiness, vertigo, fit of insanity, daze, dizziness
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veta
vein
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viajante
traveling salesman
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víbora
viper
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vibrar
to quiver, vibrate
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vientre
m. abdomen, belly
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vigilantísimo
most vigilant
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vigilar
to keep an eye on, watch
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vigilia
vigil
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virre
m. viceroy
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viruela
smallpox
70
picado de viruelas
pockmarked
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visaje
m. visage, grimace
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vocablo
word
73
vociferar
to cry out
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volcar
upset, overturn, empty
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voltear
to turnt he pages
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vórtice
m. vortex, whirlpool
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vuelta
turn, return, change
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dar vuletas
to turn
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dar una vuleta
to wander about
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Yacer
to be lying, reclining
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yedra
ivy
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yegua
mare
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yerba
grass
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yerba mate
paraguayan tea
85
gentiles hombres de yerba
rural gentry
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yerma
totally uninhabited
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yerno
son-in-law
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yeso
gypsum. plaster
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yuyos
m. pl. grass
90
zapatero
shoemaker
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zonzo
stupid, silly; m. simpleton, dunce
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zozobra
anxiety, anguish
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zozobrar
to be in great danger
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zumbar
to buzz, hum
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me zumba la cabeza
my head is buzzing
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zumbido
drone
