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Un Día de Estos
Vocabulary from the short story by Gabriel García Márquez
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| un gabinete | office |
| madrugador/a | an early riser |
| postizo/a | false, prosthetic |
| un puñado | a handful, fistful |
| los cargadores | suspenders |
| enjuto/a | thin |
| sordo/a | deaf |
| la fresa | dentist's drill |
| el/la alcalde | mayor |
| la muela | molar (tooth) |
| pegarle un tiro | to shoot someone |
| la gaveta | drawer |
| el cráneo | skull, head |
| marchito/a | tired |
| una dentadura | denture |
| frente a | facing |
| de loza | made of porcelain |
| la mejilla | cheek |
| hinchado/a | inflamed |
| apresurarse | to hurry |
| un cancel | curtain |
| acercarse | to approach |
| los talones | heels |
| la mandíbula | jaw |
| la cacerola | cooking pot |
| la escupidera | spittoon |
| el aguamanil | wash basin |
| una cordal inferior | wisdom tooth |
| el gatillo | instrument for pulling teeth |
| los riñones | kidneys |
| las lágrimas | tears |
| un crujido | a crunching noise |
| hacer buches | to gargle |
| estirar las piernas | to stretch one's legs |
| amanecer | to begin a new day, to dawn |
| el amanecer | sunrise |
| tibio | warm |
| la lluvia | rain |
| una vidriera | a glass case |
| el yeso | plaster, cast |
| un molde | a mold |
| dorado | golden |
| sostenido | sustained, supported |
| dispuesto | ready to go, availabe |
| rodar (ue) | to roll |
| un sillón de resortes | a reclining chair for patients |
| pulir | to polish |
| incluso | including |
| gallinazos | buzzards |
| secarse | to dry oneself |
| el caballete | a roof ridge; also an artist's easel |
| una voz destemplada | a shrill voice, like a child's |
| la abstracción | concentration, abstraction |
| guardar | to keep |
| el puente | bridge |
| el umbral | threshold, doorstep |
| el olor | the smell |
| girar | to turn, rotate |
| hervir (ie) | to boil |
| afeitar | to shave |
| cautelosa | cautious, careful |
| la presión | pressure |
| ajustar | to adjust |
| corresponder | to correspond, to return a gesture |
| las pinzas | pinchers, tweezers, tongs |
| la anestesia | anesthesia |
| respirar | to breathe |
| aferrarse a | to grab hold of, to seize |
| descargar | to unload |
| un vacío | a void, an emptiness |
| soltar | to release, let go |
| un suspiro | a breath, a sigh |
| la muñeca | wrist, doll |
| el rencor | rancor |
| amargo, -a | bitter |
| la ternura | tenderness |
| el teniente | lieutenant |
| los huesos | bones |
| a través de | through |
| el dolor | pain |
| la tortura | torture |
| Inclinar | to lean |
| inclinado | leaning |
| sudoroso | sweaty |
| jadear | to pant |
| abotonar | to button |
| desabotonar | to unbutton |
| la guerrera | a soldier's shirt, a female warrior |
| buscar a tientas | to feel around for, to grope |
| el pañuelo | handkerchief |
| un trapo | a rag |
| temblar (ie) | to tremble |
| la telaraña | spiderweb |
| polvoriento | dusty |
| Acostarse (ue) | to lie down or recline |
| la cuenta | the bill |
| es la misma vaina | it's the same @#$% thing |
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South Burlington High School |
| South Burlington, VT |
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