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Latin American Short Story
La Insolacion
63
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
01/26/2009
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Term
La linde
 Definition
boundary
Term
el pasto
 Definition
pasture, lawn
Term
estirar
 Definition
to stretch
Term
la chacra
 Definition
small farm
Term
extender en abra
 Definition
extending in a clearing
Term
ineludible
 Definition
inevitable
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el confín
 Definition
the horizon
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ofuscante
 Definition
dazzling, blinding
Term
un quejido
 Definition
a whine
Term
la vera
 Definition
the edge
Term
un pique
 Definition
a prickly thing
Term
las pavas
 Definition
the female turkeys
Term
la charanga
 Definition
brass band
Term
el molicie
 Definition
mollycoddling, spoiled, pampered
Term
irguieron
 Definition
raised up
Term
una velada
 Definition
an evening
Term
límpido
 Definition
limpid, calm
Term
calcinante
 Definition
burning, scorching
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resquebrajar
 Definition
to crack, split
Term
la carpicíon
 Definition
hoeing
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el yuyo
 Definition
weeds
Term
el algodonal
 Definition
cotton plantation
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el arado
 Definition
the plow
Term
la azada
 Definition
the hoe
Term
un vaho
 Definition
a vapor
Term
un páramo
 Definition
a high plateau
Term
la greda
 Definition
clay soil
Term
erizado
 Definition
hair standing on end
Term
displicente
 Definition
disdainful
Term
el palmar
 Definition
palm grove
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el piso de tablas
 Definition
board floor
Term
uncir
 Definition
to yoke
Term
la carpidora
 Definition
drag harrow
Term
rastreado
 Definition
dragged
Term
las rejas
 Definition
bars, teeth
Term
armar
 Definition
to put together
Term
el obraje
 Definition
work camp
Term
asoleado
 Definition
been out in the sun
Term
fundente
 Definition
melting
Term
pesar
 Definition
weigh heavily
Term
las quemazones
 Definition
the burns
Term
deslumbrar
 Definition
to dazzle
Term
el raigón
 Definition
thick root
Term
arquearse
 Definition
to arch, venid
Term
los ijares
 Definition
the sides, flanks
Term
el rebenque
 Definition
riding crop
Term
jesuísticas
 Definition
logically argumentative
Term
el algarrobo
 Definition
carob tree
Term
el ceño
 Definition
the frown
Term
contraído
 Definition
contradicted
Term
el riacho
 Definition
small river, stream
Term
internarse
 Definition
to go deeply into
Term
el pajonal
 Definition
scrubland
Term
retoñar
 Definition
to sprout
Term
las matas
 Definition
the bushes
Term
macizo
 Definition
clump of bushes
Term
bracear
 Definition
to move one's arms around
Term
restallante
 Definition
cracking, crackling
Term
las crecientes
 Definition
the growing ones
Term
un espartillo
 Definition
bunch of esparto grass
Term
correr de costado
 Definition
to run sideways
Term
sarnoso
 Definition
mangy
Term
el siglio
 Definition
stealth
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