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Quiroga, Horacio EL HIJO

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The definitioins in this list are sometimes limited to only those that will serve readers of the story EL HIJO by Horacio Quiroga. For many of the words in this list, additional definitions (acepciones) exist.
Link to the story on the Internet: http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/cuentos/esp/quiroga/hijo.htm

A	B
el zumbido	Buzz, buzzing.
echar una ojeada	To glance at.
el porvenir	The future.
deparar	To provide, present with.
la escopeta	Shotgun
la caza del pelo	Hunting for game other than birds ("la caza de pluma" for bird-hunting). (I have not found this expression in any other source than "El hijo.")
la garza	Heron.
el fusil	Rifle, gun.
el surucuá	A tropical bird found in northeastern Argentina.
cinegético	of or pertaining to hunting
costear	To sail along the coast.
encaminarse	To set out for, to take the road to.
el vacío	Void, emptiness, space, gap, hollow.
la linde (also: el linde)	Boundary.
en procura de	in procurement of
el casal	[Latin Amér.] Pareja de macho y hembra (a couple, male and female).
el cachorro	Puppy. Cub.
el yacútoro	Red-ruffed fruitcrow (South American bird of the sparrow family)
la amenaza	Threat, menace.
amenguar	To lessen, to diminish.
parabellum	automatic pistol
el banco	Bench.
limar	To polish.
el taller	Workshop. Studio. Workroom.
la hebilla	Buckle, clasp.
el viudo	Widower.
el ámbito	The confines.
alzar	To raise, lift.
abstraerse	To be absorbed. To do without.
el acontecimiento	Event; happening.
detenerse	To stop, to linger.
transcurrir	To elapse, go by.
la demora	Delay.
el alumbrado de púa	Barbed wire fence.
el pedregullo	[Cono Sur] Gravel.
la cabida	Space, room, capacity.
hallar	To find, discover, come across.
el hilo	Thread; wire (alambre)
apoyar	To lean, to rest (on). To support.
la bala	Bullet.
el fondo	Bottom.
el estallido	Report; crash.
el estampido	Stampede.
engañar	To cheat, trick, beguile.
la senda	Footpath, track, lane.
el bañado	[Latin American] Wetland, marsh.
proseguir	To continue.
la tez	Complexion, skin.
la angustia	Anguish.
clamar	to cry out
la misericordia	Mercy.
descargar	To unload; discharge, shoot.
desembocar	To open into; to end in.
ceñir	To bind, encircle; to gird.
emprender	to undertake
el espartillo	esparto grass
yacer	To lie (to lie dead).
el alambre	Wire
la púa	barb
empapar	To saturate, drench.
enredar	To entangle.
quebrantar	to break, shatter
el centelleo	Sparkling, flashing.

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