Spanish Tales for Beginners (Hills, 1909)

step (of a staircase); stands, terraces (of a sports stadium); a sieve used to shred and flatten soil already ploughed; the bars of a window in a convent

Noun

pilar

pillar, pier, mainstay; prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)

Noun

tapiz

tapestry; carpet

Noun

torrente

torrent; stream; flood

Noun

flota

fleet; crowd

Noun

nube

cloud; multitude, or crowd (of people); baby's breath; marshmallow; the cloud; cataract

Noun

incienso

incense; Myrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the Fabaceae family

Noun

cimiento

foundation (the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure); foundation, groundwork (the result of the work to begin something)

Noun

aguja

needle; hand (of a clock); firing pin; spire, steeple; glaive; switch; Venus comb

Noun

tremendo

tremendous; tremendously good; tremendously bad. Depends on tone.

Adjective

reflejo

reflex; reflection

Noun

omnipotencia

omnipotence (unlimited power)

Noun

octavo

eighth

Adjective

dispersar

to disperse

Verb

apagado

switched off, shut down; faint, pale

Adjective

rechinado

chirp, squeak, wheek, creak, chirrup, screak

Noun

gozne

hinge

Noun

toledano

Toledan (of, from or relating to the city of Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)

Adjective

crucero

cruise (a sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure); cruise ship, cruiser (a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience); cruiser (a class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship); crossing (the volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it); crossing, crossroads, intersection (an intersection where roads cross); calvary (a type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine)

Noun

erizado

spiny; spiky

Adjective

temblor

tremor (i.e. involuntary vibration from illness or fear); tremble, trembling, shaking, quivering; tremor, earthquake, quake, temblor (usually a light one)

Noun

sumergido

submerged; underwater

Adjective

murmullo

murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering, mumble, mumbling; a rustling noise, susurrus

Noun

fantasía

fantasy; costume jewellery; make-believe; fantasia

Noun

comprimir

to compress (to make smaller; to press or squeeze together); to zip, compress (to make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits)

Verb

roce

rubbing; contact; friction

Noun

empuñadura

hilt; grip, handle, handgrip

Noun

clavado

precisely!, exactly!

Interjection

pavimento

road surface (British), pavement (US); paving

Noun

erizar

to bristle; to become uneasy, tense, nervous

Verb

losa

flagstone, paving stone, slab, tile (flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone)

Noun

sepulcral

sepulchral

Adjective

descarnar

to flesh (remove the flesh)

Verb

perdido

lost

Adjective

oscilar

to oscillate

Verb

arcar

synonym of arquear

Verb

machón

buttress

Noun

sillería

a store which sells chairs.

Noun

ara

altar; ara (bird)

Noun

trepar

to clamber, to scramble, to scramble up, to shimmy up (using both hands and feet); to climb over (when meaning climb "over", it's usually over something vertical like a wall); to climb, to climb up, to scale; to creep, to climb (e.g. a plant or tree); to climb (the social ladder)

Verb

revestir

to decorate, dress up; to have; to show (a certain quality, especially an abstract one); to summon up; to put on; to don (clothing, especially religious garments)

Verb

quimérico

chimeric

Adjective

dudoso

doubtful (having doubts); dubious, doubtful (inspiring doubt)

Adjective

reina

queen; king

Noun

iluminado

lit, illuminated