| A | B |
|---|
| disminuir vs. crecer | to diminish vs. to grow/increase |
| una llama ; una llamarada | a flame; a blaze of fire |
| fíjate a ver si no oyes ladrar los perros | Try to see if you can hear the dogs barking. |
| acuérdate (mandato de tú) | remember (tu command) |
| detrás --> destrasito | behind with the L. Am. diminutive (right behind here) |
| No veo rastro de nada. | I don't see anything. |
| cansarse; estar cansado, -a, -os, -as; cansinamente | to get tired; to be tired; tiredly |
| el paredón | here, something serving as a wall for him to lean back on but it's the same word as for the wall that firing squads use |
| la carga; cargar ; descargar | the load; to load; to unload |
| la espalda | the back (body) |
| cada vez menos vs. cada vez más | less and less vs. more and more |
| en ratos | at times |
| como espuelas | like spurs |
| apretar los dientes | to grit one's teeth |
| morderse la lengua | to bite one's tongue |
| Apéame aquí. | Let me down here. |
| reponerse un poco | recover a little |
| ni siquiera | not even |
| colorada | rojo |
| oscurecer; al oscurecer | to grow dark; as it grew dark |
| allá arriba | up there |
| descolorida | pale |
| sin sangre; sangrar; sangriento, -a | bloodless; to bleed; bloody |
| quedarse callado | to remain quiet |
| seguir caminando | to keep on walking |
| volver a + infinitivo | to do something again |
| un camino | a path |
| el cerro | el monte |
| a como dé lugar | no matter what |
| Te he traído cargado desde hace horas... | I have been carrying you for hours... |
| dos o tres pasos de lado | 2 or 3 steps sideways |
| murmurar | susurrar |
| acostarse | to lie down |
| mojada de sudor; sudar | wet from sweat; to sweat |
| llenarse | to fill up |
| agachar | to duck down |
| sus malos pasos | your bad ways |
| con tal que se vaya lejos... | provided that you go far away |
| maldecir | to damn |
| ¡Que se le pudra en los riñones la sangre que yo le di! | May the blood that I gave you rot in your kidneys! |
| compadre; often this person becomes the padrino of the friend's child | mejor amigo |
| bautizar | to baptize |
| sordo | deaf |
| ¡Aguántate! | Hold on! |
| apagar la luz | to turn off the light |
| Haz por oír. (Haz un esfuerzo por oír) | Try to hear. |
| Y aunque la huviera, no te bajaría a tomar agua. (contrary-to-fact structure) | Even if I had any (water), I wouldn't let you down to drink it. |
| acabarse | to finish off X |
| rabioso | tempermental |
| que descanse en paz | may she rest in peace |
| sollozar | to sob |
| el cabello | hair |
| caían gruesas gotas | were falling thick drops |
| llorar | to cry |
| la maldad | evil |
| los tejados | the rooftops |
| las corvas | the backs of the knees |
| el cuerpo flojo | the limp body |
| sostener | agarrar |
| la esperanza | hope |
