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el embrollon
el embrollon vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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alegre | happy-go-lucky |
bastante | enough, very, quite (adv.) |
el defectillo | defect |
informal | late, unreliable |
el cumplir | completion |
la cámara de comercio | the Chamber of Commerce |
la puntualidad | punctuality |
asistir | to attend |
la escopeta | the rifle |
cazar | to hunt |
el papel (not paper) | role |
el personaje | the character |
los bienes | goods, belongings |
los conocidos | aquaintances |
en seguida | right away |
contar con | to count on |
enfáticamente | emphatically |
el crédulo | the believer |
acudir | to come to the aid of |
la estación | the station |
roto,a | broken |
marchita | withered, aged |
flaca | thin |
chata | flat-nosed |
espantosamente | frighteningly |
bizca | cross-eyed |
a pesar de | in spite of |
ponerse a la moda | to become in fashion |
lindo,a | pretty, precious |
hechicera | bewitching |
la conquista | the conquest |
fracasar | to fail |
instar | to insist |
porfiar | to persist |
denuedo | valor |
volverse loco | to go crazy |
casamiento | marraige |
rendirse | to give up |
señalar | to point out |
retratos | portraits |
seco,a | dry |
el cabello | hair |
la mariposa | butterfly |
las alas | wings |
volar | to fly |
el cura | the priest |
repleto,a | replete |
inexpugnable | impregnable |
pensativo,a | thoughtful |
extraño,a | strange |
atrevido,a | daring |
asombrado,a | astonished, amazed |
el suceso | the event |
el asunto | the issue |
la solterona | old maid |
abominable | abominable |
la gente | people |
sensata | sensible |
recobrar | to recover |
el ultraje | insult |
el fondo | background |
arrepentirse | to repent |
el daño | damage |
volver al altar | return to the altar |
el amor propio | self-esteem |
le pareció a él | it seemed to him |
la boda | the wedding |
fingir | to pretend |
sonoro | sonorous, rich, resonant |
retumbar | to boom, to thunder |
desmayarse | to faint |
la venganza | the revenge |
el gozo | enjoyment |
entristecerse | to become depressed |