| A | B |
|---|
| el afecto | affection |
| el cariño | tenderness, care |
| el alma | the soul |
| el ataúd | the coffin |
| el bracero | the manual laborer, blue collar worker |
| la bruja | the witch |
| los caramelos | the candies |
| el collar | the necklace |
| la confianza | the confidence (often used with tener) |
| el corazón | the heart |
| los cuentos de locos | the crazy stories |
| el ejército | the army |
| el excusado | the toilet |
| la finca | the ranch, large farm |
| los gastos | the expenses |
| el helicóptero | the helicopter |
| el jefe/la jefa | the boss |
| la lavadora | the washing machine |
| la llanta | the tire |
| la madrina | the godmother |
| el/la mesero/a | the waiter, the waitress, the server |
| el/la camarero/a | the waiter, the waitress, the server |
| el payaso | the clown |
| "el pisto" | slang for money |
| el "pocho" | American citizen with family in Mexico |
| el chicano | immigrant with family in Mexico |
| la rata | the rat |
| la salida | the exit |
| el soborno | the bribe |
| el tifus | typhus |
| la torta | the cake |
| la vela | the candle |
| los ahorros | the savings (e.g. money) (related to ahorrar = to save) |
| las armas | the weapons |
| el barranco | the ditch, gully, ravine (also figuratively, the obstacle) |
| un brote | a rash |
| "una racha" | a rash (slang) |
| la calavera | the skull; in Mexico, the taillight of a car |
| la casucha | the hut, shack |
| el conductor | the driver |
| el consejo | the advice; (related to aconsejar = to advise and el/la consejero/a = advisor) |
| el coyote | someone who smuggles people |
| el curandero | the natural healer |
| el esqueleto | the skeleton |
| la fábrica | the factory |
| la frontera | the border (e.g. between Canada or Mexico and the U.S.) |
| las groserías | dirty or four letter words |
| las palabrotas | dirty or four letter words |
| el hogar | the home (literally, the hearth) |
| "la lana" | slang for money |
| la linterna (eléctrica) | the flashlight |
| el foco | the spotlight; also the light bulb |
| el machete | a machete (large traditional knife used for cutting down vegetation) |
| la mariposa | the butterfly |
| la "migra" | the immigration services/ Homeland Security |
| la pesadilla | the nightmare |
| la pobreza | the poverty |
| la protección | the protection (related to proteger = to protect) |
| la reunión | the meeting; (related to reunir = to meet, to get together) |
| la secadora | the dryer |
| el soldado | the soldier |
| el tiro | the shot (e.g. from a gun) |
| el tubo de drenaje | the drainage pipe |
| la zona de guerra | the war zone |
| agarrar | to grab (typical in Latin America as a synonym for coger) |
| cambiar de parecer | to change one's mind |
| cosechar | to harvest |
| degollar | to behead |
| desmayarse | to faint |
| encender (e-->ie) | to light |
| extrañar el nido | to miss one's home (literally to miss the nest) |
| llevar(se) | to carry (someone) away |
| pintarse | to put on make-up |
| maquillarse | to put on make-up |
| planchar | to iron |
| proteger | to protect |
| rezar | to pray (synonym for orar) |
| atacar | to attack |
| colgar | to hang up (picture, phone, etc.) |
| dejar atrás | to leave behind |
| denunciar | to denounce |
| echarle a alguien la culpa | to blame someone (literally to throw on someone the blame) |
| esconder(se) | to hide(oneself) |
| gatear | to crawl |
| arrastrarse | to crawl |
| morder | to bite |
| perder la fe | to lose faith |
| promover | to promote |
| recurrir | to resort (to doing something one wouldn't normally do) |
| robar | to steal, to rob |
| sobrevivir | to survive |
| tener celos | to be jealous |
| traicionar | to betray |
| sonreír | to smile |
| tentar | to attempt |
| volverse loco | to go crazy |
| a mano | by hand |
| desinflado/a | "flat", e.g. una llanta desinflada = a flat tire, un inflated |
| seguro de si mismo/a | sure of one's self |
| orgulloso/a | proud |
