| A | B |
|---|
| la materia prima | prime material |
| la madera | wood |
| el oro | gold |
| la plata | silver; slang for ‘money’ |
| el choclo | corn |
| el maíz | corn |
| tejer | to weave, to knit |
| el/la tejedor(a) | weaver |
| el tejido | weaving (as a noun) |
| el/la indígena | indigenous person, native of any country |
| cultivar | to cultivate, to grow (a crop) |
| la papa | potato |
| el quipu | cord with knots used by the Incans to count and record information |
| la cuerda | rope, cord (also string on a guitar) |
| el cordel | string, twine (also shoelace) |
| el nudo | knot |
| contar | to count; to recount a story |
| la época colonial | colonial era (in LA early 1500’s to early 1800’s) |
| situarse | to be situated |
| soler (ue) + infinitivo | to be accustomed or used to (doing something); ”usually” |
| el balcón | balcony |
| el/la criollo/a | a person of Spanish (Spain) origen who was born in the Americas |
| la precipitación | precipitation, rain |
| acomodado/a | well off, comfortable, quite rich |
| agrio/a | bitter (literally and figuratively) |
| bello/a | beautiful |
| caluroso/a | warm |
| escaso/a | scarce |
| lluvioso/a | rainy |
| nevado/a | snow-covered |
| apoyar | to support someone (emotionally, not $) or a cause |
| subyugar | to subjugate, to suppress |
| el piso | floor; floor of a building (2nd, 3rd, etc.) |
