Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

treble guitar, a small plucked stringed instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations; treble guitar player; soprano, treble (voice, singer); single-piece mast

Noun

porción

portion; part (fraction of a whole)

Noun

florecer

to flower (to put forth blooms); to flourish, to prosper, to burgeon; To have carbon build up on the end.

Verb

domiciliar

to set up a standing order or direct debit payment in a bank; to reside in a place permanently

Verb

comparar

to compare

Verb

flamenco

Flemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky

Adjective

estampar

to stamp; to hurl, fling; to crash into

Verb

francés

French (as in French food, clothing, etc.)

Adjective

genio

genius; temper, mood (normally a bad temper); jinn, genie

Noun

guirnalda

garland; wreath; worm (something helical, especially the thread of a screw); globe amaranth, Gomphrena globosa

Noun

serie

series (a number of things that follow one another); series (a television or radio program with several episodes); series; set

Noun

íntimamente

intimately

Adverb

gratitud

gratitude

Noun

abuela

grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo; old woman

Noun

facultad

school, college, department; power, authority, right; ability, gift; strength

Noun

lozanía

lushness, verdancy (of plants); healthiness, healthfulness

Noun

corporal

body; corporal; bodywide or systemic

Adjective

gorjeo

tweet, twirp (bird song); gurgle, gurgling (sound)

Noun

algarabía

hubbub, uproar; gibberish; Arabic (language)

Noun

nieto

grandchild; grandson

Noun

cigüeña

stork (large wading bird belonging to the Ciconiidae family); redstem filaree (Erodium cicutarium); scavenger's daughter (torture device)

Noun

machacar

to pulverize, crush; to dunk

Verb

gazpacho

gazpacho

Noun

chica

gal, chick; A spice made from the Sobralia orchid.

Noun

categoría

category; standing, regard

Noun

gordura

fatness

Noun

sobrenombre

nickname, sobriquet

Noun

albóndiga

meatball

Noun

rana

frog

Noun

atolondrar

to fluster, to confuse

Verb

uds

ustedes

Pronoun

acertijo

riddle

Noun

ejército

army

Noun

disciplina

discipline (control); discipline, subject (area of study); disciplina (a hemp whip similar to the cat-o'-nine-tails)

Noun

ninguno

nobody; no one; none; neither, any

Pronoun

erguir

to elevate, lift up, erect; to tower over, stand

Verb

carrillo

cheek, jowl

Noun

jorobado

humpbacked

Adjective

enredador

prone to cause trouble; naughty; cheeky

Adjective

predicador

preacher

Noun

pilongo

baptized

Adjective

desatino

lack of tact, moderation, or prudence; nonsense (an act of madness)

Noun

parra

grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)

Noun

sarmiento

vine shoot

Noun

uva

grape

Noun

albondiguilla

dry boogerball

Noun

cucú

demented, crazy

Adjective

cucú

cuckoo; burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

Noun

descastado

outcast

Adjective

nido

nest; edible bird's nest (commonly found in El Nido, Palawan and usually made into nido soup in Chinese restaurants); daycare or daycare center

Noun

comilón

gluttonous

Adjective

pajarita

an origami (piece of art made by folding paper); bowtie, bow tie

Noun

voraz

voracious, greedy; devouring, destructive

Adjective

cunero

of unknown or unstated origin; non-native; from a different district or area

Adjective

alcaraván

stone curlew

Noun

zorra

slut, prostitute; bitch (despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman); an attractive woman; a cunning woman; the female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina.; drunkenness

Noun

sabor

flavor; taste; seasoning

Noun

oyente

listener; hearer, hearing person; auditor, unregistered student, student who sits in lectures despite not being an official student

Noun

palomita

(piece of) popcorn; popcorn; check mark, tick; Codonorchis lessonii; diving header; penis

Noun

moscón

nuisance; blowfly (insect)

Noun

cata

tasting; bite, sample; budgerigar

Noun

recado

message; errand; a tomato-based sauce

Noun

aporte

contribution

Noun

gobierno

government

Noun

miguel

synonym of mí (me)

Pronoun

barajar

to shuffle (to put in random order); to consider, to weigh up; to quarrel; to explain (something) again to someone

Verb

mae

dude, guy, man; girl, gal, sis; dude, you

Noun

retama

Spanish broom, Spartium junceum

Noun

macho

male; dude; person with blond hair; sledgehammer; anvil

Noun

librar

to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve; to free, to exempt; to place, to put (hope, trust); to issue (a check, a decree); to make (an appointment); to wage, to engage (battle, war); to give birth; to expel the placenta; to be free; to be off (from work, school, etc.)

Verb

des

synonym of desde

Preposition

tontuna

stupidity; folly

Noun

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