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Noche de boca arriba
vocabulario
Term | Definition |
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Estar boca arriba | to be on one's back |
el zaguán | entrance hall |
apurarse | hurry up |
guardar | to keep |
guardó su moto en el garaje | He kept his motorcycle in the garage |
gritar | to yell |
el grito de la mujer | the woman's yell |
chocar | to crash |
el choque | the crash |
le dolía una rodilla | his knee hurt him |
lo alentaban con bromas | they encouraged him with jokes (by joking) |
de una cortadura goteaba sangre | blood was dripping from a cut |
la mujer no tenía más que rasguños en la pierna | the woman had nothing more than scratches on her leg |
una camilla de ruedas | gurney |
lápida | tombstone |
las marismas | marshes |
escondieron | they hid (themselves) |
Se rebela contra todo | She rebels against everything |
el puñal | dagger |
agacharse | to squat |
se agachó para que no lo vieran | he squatted down so that they didn't see him |
oler a + noun | to smell of |
un yeso | cast (on broken arm, leg, etc.) |
hundirse | to sink |
sus pies se hundían en el barro | his feet were sinking into the mud |
calzada | street |
cazar | to hunt |
cazador | hunter |
le seguían el rastro | they followed his sent/tracks (as when hunting an animal) |
una pesadilla | nightmare |
las ciénagas | swamps |
beber del gollete | to drink from the bottle |
sintió un alivio | he felt some relief |
alzar | to lift up, to raise |
lo alzaban del suelo | 'they lifted him up off the ground' |
la almohada | pillow |
la almohada era tan blanda | the pillow was so soft |
enderezarse | to straighten up |
quiso enderezarse | he managed to straighten himself up |
atables | drums |
mazmorra | dungeon |
oyó gritar otra víctima | he heard another victim yell |
estaba inmóvil en la cama | he was motionless in bed |
una huelga | worker's strike |
el asesor | advisor |
las llantas | tires |
los galardones | awards |
el personaje | character in a novel |
el carácter | character, personality |
despiadado | merciless |
el subconsciente | subconscious |
una señal | a sign, indication |
tambalearse | to stagger(person), to wobble(table) |
pescuezo | neck |
se quedó callado | he remained silent |
soltar | loosen, let go |
sollozar | to sob |
un tejabán | Small house |
recostarse | to lean back |
el pretil | railing |