Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

crossroads, crossing, intersection (a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads); crossing, (action of crossing or traversing (a room, street, sea, etc.), or time elapsed for it); crosswalk; crossing (action of causing to cross); crossbreeding (action, effect or product of producing (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize)

Noun

madera

wood; wooden plank, board; makings

Noun

lápida

tombstone, gravestone

Noun

mortuorio

mortuary

Adjective

inscripción

inscription; registration, signup

Noun

confuso

confused; confusing

Adjective

sencillo

plain; simple, straightforward

Adjective

únicamente

only, uniquely

Adverb

desgreñado

shaggy; seedy, untidy, unkempt

Adjective

atentamente

attentively; politely; best regards (polite closing of a letter)

Adverb

anciano

an elderly person

Noun

obligar

to force, to compel, to make (someone do something); to oblige, to obligate, to bind; to be bound, to be obliged, to be obligated; to force oneself or make oneself (do something); to commit oneself

Verb

extravío

misplacement; loss; wrong way

Noun

boda

wedding

Noun

pagué

cinchweed

Noun

entierro

burial, interment; buried treasure

Noun

cruz

cross; torture; misery; tails (side of a coin)

Noun

vacío

vacuum, void; empty space; gap

Noun

recientemente

recently

Adverb

remover

to stir (a liquid); to remove, to take away, to move; to dismiss; to disturb, to upset

Verb

plazo

period, phase; deadline, term (time limit); installment, payment

Noun

renovar

to renovate; to renew

Verb

infamia

infamy

Noun

renovación

renovation, renewal; makeover

Noun

consentir

to consent; to endure; to pamper, indulge, spoil

Verb

desposado

a newlywed; a betrothed person

Noun

muerto

a dead person, deceased; dummy; mooring block

Noun

adiós

farewell; goodbye

Noun

extrañar

to miss (someone or something); to cause to find odd/strange; to find something strange

Verb

juventud

youth; a youth, young person

Noun

detalle

detail; nice gesture, beau geste, attention; small gift

Noun

tía

girl, woman, chick

Noun

futuro

future (occurring in the future)

Adjective

madrina

godmother; bell-mare

Noun

esquina

corner

Noun

agradar

to please, to agree with

Verb

delgado

thin, slender, skinny; delicate

Adjective

gris

grey / gray; boring, dull; overcast, cloudy; morally ambiguous

Adjective

barba

beard; chin; beardy, bearded man; the part of an old man (in a play); the villain (of a play)

Noun

puntiagudo

sharp-pointed

Adjective

suplicar

to beg; to supplicate

Verb

molestia

trouble, nuisance, inconvenience, bother; discomfort (health-related or bodily pain)

Noun

corto

short (having a small distance from one end to another); short (having little duration); dim-witted, slow; cut; A type of coffee made out of roughly 70% milk and 30% coffee

Adjective

penoso

tough, difficult; painful; awful, pitiful; timid, easily embarrassed

Adjective

numeroso

numerous

Adjective

obstinado

stubborn, obstinate, willful; tired/bored of something

Adjective

prometida

fiancée (woman engaged to be married)

Noun

temporada

season, period, span of time; season, series (group of episodes of a television broadcast)

Noun

visita

visit; visitor, visitors; view; chapel at the center of a barrio

Noun

huérfano

orphan

Adjective

educar

to educate, instruct

Verb

retener

to retain, to remember; to withhold, hold, to keep; to hold back; to catch, to detain; to sequester

Verb

constante

constant

Adjective

desconocer

to not be familiar with, to not know, to not recognize; to ignore, to disregard

Verb

totalmente

totally

Adverb

estudio

study; studio

Noun

aceptar

to accept, to take up, to take up on; to agree; to come to terms with

Verb

inundar

to flood, to inundate

Verb

corresponder

to correspond to (be similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.); to respond to; to love to one's back, return someone's love; to reciprocate (to love somebody in response); to behoove, to be suitable; to reward

Verb

repulsivo

repulsive; repulsive, gross

Adjective

cariñosa

prostitute

Noun

tolerante

tolerant

Adjective

pintoresco

picturesque; quaint

Adjective

casita

diminutive of casa; small house; house; mother-in-law apartment; house (children's activity of pretending to be a family)

Noun

habitante

inhabitant

Noun

simpático

nice, pleasant, likable; sympathetic (related to the sympathetic nervous system)

Adjective

saludar

to greet; to wave

Verb

afecto

fondness, affection

Noun

caza

hunting, hunt (act of finding and killing a wild animal; art of hunting); persecution, hunting (act of pursuing in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict); game (wild animals hunted for food; meat of these animals); prey (animal hunted by another animal); hunting ground (area used for hunting); hunting party (group of people gathered to hunt together)

Noun

estudiar

to study; to examine, look into

Verb

botánico

botanical, botanic

Adjective

reconciliar

to reconcile

Verb

morador

dweller, inhabitant