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Week 3 - Macario
Macario by Juan Rulfo
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 4
12/03/2018
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Term
alcantarilla
 Definition
sewer
Term
aguardar
 Definition
to wait for (aguardando a que salgan las ranas)
Term
armar el gran alboroto
 Definition
to kick up a huge ruckus
Term
amanecer
 Definition
to get light, dawn
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la gritería
 Definition
the noise that crickets make
Term
madrina
 Definition
godmother
Term
espantar el sueño
 Definition
to scare away sleep
Term
una tabla
 Definition
a board
Term
apalcuachar a tablazos
 Definition
smash to smithereens
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de todo a todo
 Definition
all over (the frogs)
Term
panza
 Definition
tummy
Term
los sapos
 Definition
toads
Term
dar de comer
 Definition
to feed
Term
perjudicar
 Definition
to harm/ hurt
Term
arreglar la comida
 Definition
to fix/make food
Term
lavar los trastes
 Definition
wash the dishes
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acarrear leña
 Definition
to bring in wood
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prender el fogón
 Definition
to light the fire
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me toca
 Definition
it's my turn/ it's up to me
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oír misa
 Definition
to hear mass
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amarrar
 Definition
to tie
Term
las barbas de su rebozo
 Definition
fringe of her shawl.
Term
ahorcar a alguien
 Definition
to choke someone
Term
apretar el pescuezo
 Definition
wring someone's neck
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pescuezo
 Definition
neck
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nada más por nomás
 Definition
for the sake of it
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apredrear
 Definition
to stone someone/ to throw stones at someone
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tratar bien a alguien
 Definition
to treat someone well
Term
las flores de obelisco
 Definition
hibiscus flowers
Term
leche de chiva
 Definition
goats milk
Term
leche de puerca
 Definition
a pig (female)
Term
recién parido
 Definition
recently born
Term
chupar de esos bultos
 Definition
to suck from those mounds
Term
costilla
 Definition
rib
Term
arrimarse con alguien
 Definition
to snuggle up to someone
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acostarse encima de alguien
 Definition
to lay on top of someone/ to sleep on top of someone
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to stream out (liquid)
 Definition
venir en chorros por la lengua
Term
tragos
 Definition
swig/sip
Term
hacer cosquillas
 Definition
to tickle
Term
apurarse del frío
 Definition
to not worry about the cold
Term
darse mis buenos sustos
 Definition
to scare myself
Term
dar de cabezazos
 Definition
to hit ones head
Term
infierno
 Definition
hell
Term
pecado
 Definition
sin
Term
platicar
 Definition
to chat/ to talk to
Term
maldad
 Definition
evil
Term
confesarse
 Definition
to confess (religion) (se confiesa)
Term
repleto
 Definition
full
Term
demonios
 Definition
demons
Term
chamucos
 Definition
little devils
Term
dar de topes
 Definition
to bang something (his head)
Term
pilares del corredor
 Definition
the pillars in the corridor
Term
quebrarse
 Definition
to break/ to crack
Term
recio
 Definition
harder/ stronger/ toughly/ intense (he's banging his head, starts off slow and then ...)
Term
tambor
 Definition
drum
Term
chrimía
 Definition
a religious bell
Term
tum tum del tambor
 Definition
the bang bang of the drum
Term
chinches
 Definition
bedbugs
Term
cucarachas
 Definition
cockroaches
Term
alacranes
 Definition
scorpions
Term
arder en el infierno
 Definition
to burn in hell
Term
dar de topes
 Definition
to bang something (his head)
Term
pilares del corredor
 Definition
the pillars in the corridor
Term
quebrarse
 Definition
to break/ to crack
Term
recio
 Definition
harder/ stronger/ toughly/ intense (he's banging his head, starts off slow and then ...)
Term
tambor
 Definition
drum
Term
chrimía
 Definition
a religious bell
Term
tum tum del tambor
 Definition
the bang bang of the drum
Term
chinches
 Definition
bedbugs
Term
cucarachas
 Definition
cockroaches
Term
alacranes
 Definition
scorpions
Term
arder en el infierno
 Definition
to burn in hell
Term
seguir con mis mañas
 Definition
carry on my bad habit
Term
pegarle al suelo con mi cabeza
 Definition
hit my head on the floor
Term
lo hondo de la iglesia
 Definition
the depths of the church
Term
el camino
 Definition
the pathway
Term
el señor cura
 Definition
the priest
Term
barrer la calle
 Definition
to sweep the streets (to clean but also to search)
Term
descalabrar a pedradas
 Definition
split your head open by throwing stones at you
Term
remendar la camisa
 Definition
mend your shirt
Term
remendarse las rajaduras
 Definition
the cuts heal
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arrancar la costra del remiendo
 Definition
to pull the scab off
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encerrarse en su cuarto
 Definition
lock yourself in your room
Term
atrancar bien la puerta
 Definition
block the door
Term
prender el ocote
 Definition
light the torch/ turn the torch on
Term
por dónde se me andan subiendo las cucarachas
 Definition
where the cockroaches are climbing on me
Term
quietecito
 Definition
really quiet
Term
acostarse sobre las costales
 Definition
go to sleep on his sacks
Term
patas rasposas
 Definition
scratchy feet
Term
le doy un manotazo
 Definition
to slap it
Term
aplastar
 Definition
to squash, to crush to smithereens
Term
desprevenido
 Definition
unprepared, off guard
Term
debajo de mi cobija
 Definition
blanket
Term
las cucarachas truenan como saltapericos
 Definition
cockroaches pop like firecrackers
Term
destripar
 Definition
to rip them apart (cockroaches)
Term
grillo
 Definition
crickets
Term
espantados
 Definition
scared
Term
estarme con la oreja parada
 Definition
to have your ears peeled (eavesdrop?)
Term
arrugas de las costales
 Definition
the creases in the sacks
Term
alacranes
 Definition
scorpions
Term
sin resollar
 Definition
to hold your breath
Term
hacer su recorrido
 Definition
make their way
Term
el ardor del piquete
 Definition
the sting
Term
picar
 Definition
to sting (a scorpion)
Term
nalga
 Definition
buttock
Term
gritos queditos
 Definition
quiet screams
Term
Virgen Santísima
 Definition
holy virgin
Term
untar
 Definition
to rub, to spread
Term
saliva
 Definition
spit
Term
aliviar el dolor
 Definition
to get rid of the pain
Term
remedio
 Definition
remedy
Term
a gusto
 Definition
at ease
Term
los amantes de aporrear gente
 Definition
people who like to beat people
Term
regañar
 Definition
to tell off
Term
arrayanes
 Definition
myrtles
Term
granadas
 Definition
pomegranates
Term
llenar mis tripas
 Definition
to fill my gut
Term
pellizcando aquí y allá
 Definition
nibbling at things here and there
Term
garbanzo remojado
 Definition
chickpea mulch, mushed up chickpeas
Term
maíz seco
 Definition
corn
Term
amanecerse
 Definition
to become dawn
Term
anochecerse
 Definition
to turn nightfall
Term
espulatorio
 Definition
scapular
Term
toda la hilera de santos
 Definition
all the saints
Term
purgatorio
 Definition
purgatory
Term
probar
 Definition
to try (food)
Term
tragos
 Definition
sips
Term
flores del obelisco
 Definition
hibiscus flowers
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