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Tema 3: La Belleza y La Estética Contexto 3 p. 177-179

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Lectura 3.2 Cien años de soledad por Gabriel García Márquez

A	B
los mitos	myths
las leyendas	legends
tras	after, following
corriente	current (adj.)
conocido/a como	known as
el realismo mágico	magical realism; a literary style mixes reality with the fantastic or mythical
la fábula	fable
el coronel	colonel
los gitanos	gypsies
la tropa enemiga	enemy troups
el pelotón de fusilamiento	firing squad
el hielo	ice
la aldea	village
el barro	clay
la cañabrava	reed (wicker-like material)
la orilla	shore, bank (of a river)
diáfano/a	crystal clear
precipitarse	to fall, to plunge
el lecho	bed
pulido/a	polished, shiny
los huevos	eggs
carecer (zc) de	to lack
señalar	to point to, to point out
desarrapado/a	ragged, tattered
la carpa	tent
el alboroto	tumult, disorder, commotion
los pitos	whistles
los timbales	(kettle)drums
dar a conocer	to make known
el invento	invention, fabrication
el imán	magnet; god; imam (Muslim cleric); faith
corpulento/a	heavy-set, stocky, stout
montaraz	coarse
el gorrión	sparrow
truculento/a	gruesome, grisly, horrifying
la maravilla	wonder, marvel
sabio/a	wise
el alquimista	alchemist (one who mixes metals)
arrastrar	to drag
el lingote	ingot (bar of noble metal, i.e., gold)
espantarse	to get frightened, to become scared
el caldero	cooking pot, water bowl; potful, basinful
la paila	large dish
la tenaza	pliers, tongs, pincers
el anafe	portable cooker
crujir	to crackle, to crunch
la desesperación	desperation, despair
el clavo	nail
el tornillo	screw
desenclavarse	to unnail, to displace
aun	even
la desbandada	escape, jailbreak; stampede
el fierro	metal
pregonar	to announce, to proclaim
áspero/a	rough
es cuestión de	it is a matter of
el ánima	soul
cuyo/a + noun	whose
desaforado/a	huge, enormous; boundless, immeasurable
el ingenio	wit, ingenuity, cleverness
más allá de	beyond
el milagro	miracle
la magia	magic
inútil	useless
desentreñar	to extract
prevenir	to warn; to prevent
la honradez	honesty
el mulo	mule
la partida	group
el chivo	goat
imantado/a	magnetic
ensanchar	to widen, to broaden; to expand, to enlarge
desmedrado/a	impaired, reduced, puny
el patrimonio	heritage
disuadir	to dissuade
sobrar	to have left over, in excess
empredrar	to pave
replicar (qu)	to reply, to respond
empeñarse en	to insist on
el acierto	wise choice, good choice
la conjetura	guess
palmo a palmo	inch by inch
el fondo (de)	the bottom (of)
el hierro	iron (metal)
el conjuro	spell
lograr + inf.	to succeed in
desenterrar	to unearth
la armadura	armor
soldado/a	soldier
el cascote	rubble, piece of rubble
el óxido	rust
la resonancia	echo
hueco/a	hollow
enorme	enormous
el calabazo	squash, pumpkin, gourd
el catalejo	telescope
la lupa	magnifying glass
el tamaño	size
el tambor	drum; drummer
los judíos	Jews
mediante	by way of
5 reales	5 reales (old Spanish coin)
asomarse a	to look out, to lean out
al alcance de	within reach of
ardiente	burning
asombroso/a	surprising, astonishing
gigantesco/a	gigantic
un montón de	a pile of
la hierba	grass
seco/a	dry
en mitad de	in the middle of
prenderle fuego a	to set fire to
los rayos solares	sun's rays
aún	still
(no) acabar de + inf.	(not) to have finished (doing something)
consolarse (ue)	to take comfort
el fracaso	failure
concebir (i)	to conceive, to think of
el arma, f.	weapon
la guerra	war
terminar por + inf.	to end up (doing something)
llorar	to cry
la consternación	consternation, dismay
el cofre	coffer, chest, box, trunk
la privación	scarcity, lack of
enterrar (ie)	to bury
en espera de	awaiting
invertir (ie)	to invest
no...siquiera	not...even
entregado/a	dedicated
por entero	completely
el experimento	experiment
táctico/a	tactical (strategic)
la abnegación	self-denial, self-sacrifice, selfishness
a riesgo de	at the risk of
exponerse a	to expose oneself to
la quemadura	burn
la úlcera	ulcer (open wound)
sanar	to heal
la inventiva	inventiveness
estar a punto de + inf.	to be about to (do something)
incendiar	to set fire to, to burn down
largo/a	long
hacer cálculos	to make calculations
la época	epoch, time period, age
adquirir (ie) el hábito de	to acquire the habit of
hablar a solas	to talk to oneself
hacer caso de	to pay attention to
partirse	to break
el espinazo	spine, backbone
la huerta	orchard
el plátano	banana
la malanga	(Cuban) tuber, similar to a potatoe
la yuca	yucca (plant), agave
el ñame	yam
la berenjena	eggplant
de pronto	suddenly
febril	feverish
la especie	type, kind
hechizado/a	cursed, bewitched, enchanted
a sí mismo/a	to himself/herself
el sartal	series, string
la conjetura	conjecture, speculation, guess
el entendimiento	understanding
soltar (ue)	to let go of
de un golpe	in one hit, in one blow
la carga	load, cargo
el tormento	torment, torture
haber de + inf.	to have to (personal)
augusto/a	august, dignified, imposing
la solemnidad	solemnity
la cabecer	head of (table, bed)
temblar (ie)	to tremble
devastado/a	devastated, destroyed
la vigilia	vigil
el encono	spite, bitterness, animosity
revelar	to reveal
redondo/a	round

Sra. Coutu

Spanish Teacher

Medway High School

Medway, MA

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