| A | B |
|---|
| la escopeta | the shotgut |
| puntería | aim; "shot" |
| una ramada | shelter; hut |
| bramar | to roar; to howl (the wind) |
| un atado | a bundle |
| un mate | a gourd |
| parada de canto | upended; standing on end |
| arrastrar | to drag |
| una soga | a rope |
| vendar | to bandage |
| tiras de género | strips of cloth |
| arrimada | close to |
| arrimar(se) | to move or bring closer |
| una cáscara | a shell |
| tendido (tender) | layed out; hung over |
| remedios | medicine; cures |
| enredaderas | creepers; climbing plants |
| piotas | chekc meaning |
| el lomo | back; loin; fillet steak |
| emprender | to start; to embark; to set out |
| atravesar | to cross |
| cruzar a nado | to cross swimming |
| moribundo | dying |
| pantanos | march, swamp; reservoir |
| la leña | firewood |
| la zona | the zone; region, etc. |
| embarrada | blunder; blundering |
| los sapos | toads |
| los yacarés | alligators; caiman (S. Am.) |
| asomados | check |
| el pescuezo | the neck |
| las escamas | the scales (of fish) |
| menearse | to wiggle one's hips |
| hacer burla de | to make fun of |
| un farolito | little headlamp; light house |
| una luciérnaga | a firefly |
| colorado | red |
| gasas | gauze; chiffon |
| narigudos | sharp beaks??? |
| la escoba | the broom |
| encomeinda postal | parcel post |
| la lechuza | the owl (la buha) |
| cazar | to hunt |
| el cuero | leather; skins |
| agacharse | to crouch down; to duck |
| (des)enroscarse | to coil up; to uncoil (des) |
| hallarse | to bu situated; also "encontrarse" |
| encoger | to shrink (cloth); to tuck in (legs) |
| estirar(se) | to stretch |
| peludo | hairy |
| en balde | in vain |
| el talón | the heel |
| renguear | to limp |
| agradecidos | grateful; thankful |
| el barro | mud |
| un zorro | fox |
| ligero(a) | fast (has many other meanings as well) |
| apenas | hardly; barely |
| las ramas | branches |
| herido | wounded |
| amontonadas | piled; heaped |
| la arena | the sand |
| desmayarse | to faint |
| conforme | as soon as |
| conforme con | in keeping with |
| compadecer | to sympathize with; to comiserate |
| un rugido (rugir) | a roar (to roar) |
| lanzarse | to hurl oneself |
| una flecha | an arrow |
| echarse | to throw oneself |
| clavar | to nail |
| el aguijón | spike; sting; spur |
| aguijonear | to goad; to spur |
| roncando | bellowing |
| turbia | cloudy; muddy |
| enturbiar | to make cloudy or muddy |
| remover | to stir; to dig up; to turn (dirt) |
| tenderse | to stretch out; to lie down |
| retroceder | to go back; to back up; to move back |
| el ejército | the army |
| precipitar(se) | to hurl oneself |
| engañar | to trick |
| picar | to bite; to sting (of insect, etc.) |
| una picadura | a bite or sting |
| puñaladas | tabs |
| acribillar | to riddle; to pepper (with holes, etc.) |
| un alarido | a yell; a shriek |
| de costado | on his/her side |
| la barriga | the belly |
| vencer | to conquer; to defeat; to overcome |
| una cola | a tail |
| apoderarse | to seize; to take hold of (fear took hold of him) |
| surcos | wakes |
| abalanzarse | to rush; to pounce on |
| manotear | to slap (with paw) |
| a / por centenares | by the hundreds |
| hichar (hinchados) | to swell (swollen) |
| inquieto(a) | restless; anxious |
| enternecerse | to be moved; touched |
| un carpincho | a capybara |
| dicho y hecho | said and done |
| tinta | ink; dye |
| una espina | a fish bone (thorn) |
| mojarse | to get wet |
| a todo trance | at all costs |
| la batalla | the battle |
| el vientre | the belly |
| el rayo | lightning |
| desgarradas | ripped; torn |
