Glosario

Glosario

abarcar: (v.) to include.

acaso: (adv.) perhaps.

actualidad: (f.) present time.

aficionado: (m.) fan.

aglutinar: (v.) to bring together.

agudo: (adj.) high-pitched.

ahondar: (v.) to dig deeper into

ala: (f.) wing.
alcanzar: (v.) to reach; to obtain.
alguacil: (m.) constable.
alimentar: (v.) to feed, nourish.
alojarse: (v.) to room.

alternativa: (f.) act of promoting a novice bullfighter (from matador de novillos to matador de toros).
amar: (v.) to love.

ámbito: (m.) environment.

amplio: (adj.) ample; wide, large, roomy.

anciano: (m.) elderly person.

anticarismático: (adj.) anti-carismatic.

antorcha: (f.) torch.

aparentar: (v.) to appear to be. no aparentar 'not appearing'

apertura: (f.) opening.
aportación: (f.) contribution.

aportar: (v.) to contribute to.

apreciar: (v.) to evaluate, to appraise, estimate; to appreciate. se aprecia: one appreciates or sees.

arista: (f.) sharp edge; salient angle.

arrogar: (v.) to adopt (a law)

arrullar: (v.) to coo.

atribución: (f.) the act of attributing something to another.

atribuir: (v.) to attribute.

atropellar: (v.) to run over, run down, knock down; to trample upon.
atún: (m.) tuna fish.

auge: (m.) supreme height; culmination

ave: (m.) bird.

bandurria: (f.) mandolin.

barrio: (m.) neighborhood.

beca: (f.) scholarship.

bienes: (m.) goods.

bocanada de aire fresco: breath of fresh air.

boceto: (m.) drawing, rough outline.

caballete: (m.) easel (for use in painting).

calzada: (f.) route.

campanario: (m.) bell tower.
capote de brega: (m.) bullfighter's cloak worn while fighting the bull.
capote de paseo: (m.) bullfighter's cloak worn during the paseíllo.
caridad: (f.) charity. (limosna)

carroña: (f.) dead and decaying flesh; decaying animal carcass.
cata: (m.) from Old Spanish catar: "to look".

catarata: (f.) waterfall.

catarsis: (f.) catharsis; releasing pent-up emotions.

cautiverio: (m.) captivity.
cedro: (m.) cedar
charanga: (f.) musical group that involves just wind instruments.

cisne de cuello negro: (m.) black-necked swan.

ciudadano: (m.) citizen; resident of a city.
clave: (f.) key, code, clef.

comitiva: (f.) group of attendants.
compartir: (v.) to share.

componer: (v.) to compose.

comprometido: (adj.) socially committed.

cóndor andino: (m.) andean condor.

conjunto: (m.) group.

conmoción: (f.) commotion.

conseguir: (v.) to get, obtain. no consigue ver levantada: is not able to see raised up.

contradecir: (v.) to contradict.

contar (con): (v.) to count (on).

copla: (f.) verse.

cordillera: (f.) mountain range.
coronar: (v.) to crown; to top; (fig.) to finish a work of art.
costearse: (v.) to afford.

costero: (adj.) coastal.
crear: (v.) to create.

criar: (v.) to breed.
cuadrilla: (f.) the group in charge of helping the matador in the development of the bullfight.
cuyo: (rel. poss. adj.) whose, of whom, of which.

deber: (m.) duty, obligation. (v.) to owe; to have to (must, should, ought).
debido: (adj.) due, owing; just, appropriate.

dejar: (v.) (abandonar) to leave.
denominar: (v.) to name, call, entitle.

derecho: (adj.) right; straight; (m.) law; duty.

desamparar: (v.) to abandon, forsake.
despectivo: (adj.) contemptuous.

despedir: (v.) to say good-bye to.

destacar: (v.) to stand out.

disensión: (f.) dissension, dissent, disagreement.
disponer: (v.) to have available.

doliente: (adj.) sorrowful; suffering; aching; (m.) sick person, patient.

durillo: (m.) change, coins.

efectivo: (m.) effective; cash, in coin.

eje clave: (m.) pivotal point.

ejemplar: (m.) copy; specimen.
ejercicio libre del periodismo: (m.) the exercising of free press; the absence of censorship.

embalsamar: (v.) to embalm.

emblemático: (adj.) symbolic.

empresario: (adj.) manager; empresarial managerial.

en sí misma: in and of itself.

encabezar: (v.) to head; to lead from the front of.
encargar: (v.) to put in charge.
encargo: (m.) task, assignment.

ende: por ende hence, therefore.

engendros de la machacona: repetitive (media) creations (monsters)

enterrado: (adj.) burried.

envergadura: (f.) wingspan.
equipo: (m.) group; team.
escepticismo: (m.) skepticism.

escultor: (m.) sculptor.
espada: (f.) sword. (m.) bullfighter that uses a sword to kill the bull.
espectáculo: (m.) stage, showbiz.

especulativo: (adj.) speculative.

estatuto: (m.) statute, law, ordinance.

éste: (dem. pron.) in this case, it refers to the latter of two items.
estilo: (m.) style.

estrechamente: (adv.) closely.

estrofa: (f.) stanza.

eterno: (adj.) eternal.

éxito: (m.) success.

exponer: (v.) to expose.
factura: (f.) make; workmanship; form

fachada: (f.) façade, wall.

férreo: (adj.) pertaining to or derived from iron; la línea férrea 'the railroad'.

festejo: (m.) festival, celebration.
fila: (f.) row; tier; rank. formar fila 'to line up'
filantropía: (f.) philanthropy, good nature.

flamenco: (m.) flamingo.

fonda: (f.) inn.

fragosidades: brush; undergrowth.

fuera de serie: in a class by himself.

gen: (m.) gene.

gótico: (adj.) gothic. el gótico: the gothic period.

gratuito: (adj.) gratuitous, free, free of charge.

guanaco: (m.) mammal related to the llama.

habitar: (v.) to inhabit; to live, reside.

hacia: (p.) towards; near, about (referring to the hour or the year).

hegemonía: (f.) hegemony, pre-eminence, leadership.

heráldico: (adj.) heraldic; pertaining to honor, glory, coat of arms.
hogar: (m.) home.

homogeneidad: (f.) homogeneity; being alike.

horario: (m.) schedule.

idóneo: (adj.) fit, suitable; able, competent.

impuesto: (m.) tax.

impulso: (m.) impulse, boost.

inacabado: (adj.) unfinished.

inconfundible: (adj.) unmistakable.

iniciativa: (f.) initiative.
ingresar: (v.) to enter.

internación: (f.) importation.

interrumpir: (v.) to interrupt.
jacobeo: (adj.) pertaining to St. James; Jacobean.

largo: (adj.) long. a la larga 'at length, slowly; in the long run; in the course of time.'

lidiar: (v.) to bullfight; torear. lidia (f.) bullfight.
limosna: (f.) charity. (caridad)

lograr: (v.) to achieve.

logro: (m.) achievement.
loro tricahue: (m.) a very large species of parrot found in So. Am.

luchar: (v.) to fight.

luto: (m.) mourning; sorrow, grief.

llano: (m.) plain, flatland.

manejar: (v.) to drive; to manage; to use.

manejo: (m.) management; use.

matiz: (m.) literally: tint, color, shade, hue.

mediante: (prep.) by means of.

menester: (m.) corporeal need.

menudo: (adj.) minute, small; insignificant. a menudo often.

merecer: (v.) to deserve.

mesón: (m.) bar.

mestizaje: (m.) the mixing of different racial backgrounds.; mestizo 'a person whose ancestors are from different racial backgrounds'.

mistificadora publicidad: media spin

modelo en yeso: (m.) plaster of Paris model.

monje: (m.) monk.

mono araña: (m.) spider monkey.

monosabio: (m.) person in charge of maintaining the sand in the plaza during a bullfight.
montera: (f.) black velvet and silk hat worn by a torero along with the traje de luces.
moribundo: (adj.) dying.
mulillas: (f. pl.) mule team that drags the dead bull out of the plaza at the end of a bullfight.
musulmanes: (m.) moors.

neogótico: (adj.) neogothic.
Nueva Trova: New (Cuban) Song (of Latin American social protest).

obedecer: (v.) to obey.

obligatorio: (adj.) obligatory; compulsory; binding; .
obra: (f.) building under construction; masterpiece of art.
obisdiana: (f.) obsidian, a hard, black stone used for cutting.

occidental: (adj.) western.

odiar: (v.) to hate.

orgullo: (adj.) pride.

otorgar: (v.) to grant; to promise; to consent to.

paseíllo: (m.) la ceremonia en la que los participantes en el festejo aparecen en el ruedo y solicitan el permiso al Juez de plaza.
patrón: (m.) pattern, standard, model.

pecuniario: (adj.) pecuniary, relating to money.

peregrinación: (f.) pilgramage.

peregrino: (m.) pilgrim.

perplejidad: (f.) perplexity, confusion.

pertenecer: (v.) to belong.
picador: (m.) mounted bullfighter armed with a goad.
pico: (m.) beak.
pie: (m.) foot. a pie de at the foot of.
pimienta: (p.) pepper
poner: (v.) to put; to place. poner un huevo (v.) to lay an egg.
poseer: (v.) to possess.
prado: (m.) meadow, grassland.

preciso: (adj.) precise, exact, accurate, definite. es preciso decirlo: it's important to say.

precolombino: (adj.) pre-Colombian, before Colombus.

pretender: (v.) to pretend to; to court, seek in marriage.

promedio: (adj.) average.

propósito: (m.) purpose, aim, design..

proseguir: (v.) move forward, continue.

proveniente: (adj.) proceeding, originating in.

próximo: (adj.) near.

proyecto: (m.) project; plan.
pudiente: (adj.) powerful; rich, wealthy. (m.) person of means.

pudú: (m.) small South American deer.

puma: (f.) puma, cougar, mountain lion.

puntillero: (m.) bullfighter who uses a small dagger to kill the bull.
quebrar: (v.) to break (something). se le quiebre 'it might break on him'

realizar: (v.) to happen; to fulfill; to complete (a piece of work, such as art)
reclamo: (m.) claim to fame.

recurso: (m.) recourse, resort; -s means, resources, methods.

redimir: (v.) to redeem; to set free.

reflejo: (m.) reflection. encuentra su reflejo is reflected.

rematar: (v.) to finish; to end; to give the final or finishing stroke.
repartir: (v.) to spread around.

rescatar: (v.) to rescue.

residir: (v.) to reside; to live, dwell.
restante: (adj.) remaining.
riesgo: (m.) risk.

risco: (m.) rocky cliff.
saber: (v.) to know; to taste like.

sangrar: (v.) to bleed.

Santiago: St. James

santiaguista: (adj.) jacobeo.

selva: (f.) forest, woods; jungle.

sepulcro: (m.) tomb.

sexteto: (m.) sextet; group of six musicians or vocalists.

soler: (v.) to have the custom of; to be in the habit of. (ej.) Yo suelo estudiar antes de un examen.
subalterno: (m.) a member of the team that helps the torero during el festejo.
subsidio: (m.) subsidy, aid: commonly of money.

sustentar: (v.) to maintain, support, sustain.

tañer: (v.) to play [an instrument] with one's fingers.

tardar: (v.) to delay; to be long (in); to take long (in).
teocrático: (adj.) theocratic, government of priests.

timbre: (m.) voice quality.

toril: (m.) enclosure for bulls.
trajes de época: clothes of the time (in this case the 13th century).

tranvía: (m.) streetcar.
trazado: (m.) pathway. trazado fijo "fixed pathway"

trasladarse: (v.) to transfer oneself; to move oneself (from one place to another).
trazar: (v.) to trace, sketch; to draw, mark out; to plan.

trillado: (adj.) travelled; trodded.

trovar: (v.) to sing in public.

tuno: (m.) a "Tuna" musician.

ubicar: (v.) to be located.
vado: (m.) crossing.

ventajoso: (adj.) advantageous.

velatorio: (m.) wake (vigil over a corpse).

yacimiento: (m.) (rock) bed.