| A | B |
|---|
| Había una vez | Once upon a time |
| una liebre | a hare |
| estaba siempre presumiendo de (presumir de) | S/he was always bragging about |
| los demás | the rest |
| retar | to challenge |
| ahorrar | to save (money) |
| presunción | bragging |
| lanzarse a correr | to take off running |
| perderse de vista | to vanish from sight |
| casi al instante | almost instantly |
| a paso lento y parejo | a slow, steady (even) step |
| detenerse | to stop oneself |
| echar una siesta | to take a nap |
| aun | still; even |
| mirar hacia delante | to look forward |
| la carrera | the race |
| despacio y seguro | slow and steady |
| la meta | the goal |
| la tortuga | the turtle |
| la tela | fabric |
| un olor | a smell |
| la recámara | the bedroom |
| apresurarse | to hurry up |
| guardar | to put away; to keep |
| colgar (o-ue) | to hang |
| dar(le) ganas (a una persona) de (+ infinitivo) | to feel like (doing something) |
| la tina | the bathtub |
| el bigote | the mustache |
| planchar | to iron |
| encerrar (e-ie) | to lock up; to shut up (in a room, etc.) |
| un dibujo | a drawing |
| la mugre | filth; grime |
| acabarse | to finish; to end; to come to an end; to run out |
| se acabó | that's it; that's all |
| uno se niega a... (negarse a) (e-ie) | one refuses to... |
| el trayecto | the route |
| fijarse en | to notice; to pay attention |
| la reja | the railing |
| un cajón | a drawer |
| tenderse | to stretch out |
| arrullar | to lull; to sing to sleep |
| hornear | to bake |
| la azotea | flat roof one can walk on |
| la alfombra | carpet; rug |
| la piedra | the stone; rock |
| saborear | to taste |
| saber a | to taste like/of |
| quejarse | to complain |
| soltar (o-ue) | to let go; to let loose |
| los muebles | the furniture; the furnishings |
| humillado | humiliated |
| sentirse | to feel |
| avergonzado | ashamed; embarrassed |
| en aquel entonces | at that time, back then |
| suceder | to happen |
| burlarse de | to make fun of |
| el sarcasmo | sarcasm |
| reírse de | to laugh at |
| pretender | to intend to; to try to |
| carecer | to lack |
| trivializar | to trivialize |
| ridiculizar | to riducule |
| bromear | to joke |
| el autoestima | self esteem |
| la ironía | irony (use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning) |
| estar enfadado | to be angry |
| ser capaz de | to be capable of |
| adivinar | to guess; to foretell |
| caritativo | charitable |
