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Harry Potter 1
Mary´s "Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal" Vocabulary, ch 1-6
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el taladro | a drill / a hole |
| rollizo/a | chubby |
| soso/a | bland, boring, lacking flavor |
| el berrinche | a fit |
| el tunante | a rascal, a rogue |
| atigrado/a | tiger-striped |
| el rótulo | a sign, a label |
| el pedido | a request |
| el embotellamiento | a bottleneck (traffic) |
| la hucha | a piggybank |
| la montura | a saddle, a mount, eyeglass frames |
| tieso/a | stiff, upright |
| de soslayo | sideways, in passing |
| el apesadumbrado | sadness |
| azabache | jet black |
| el umbral | a threshold |
| titilante | twinkling |
| el pulcro | a hedge |
| seto/a | tidy |
| latón | brass |
| la repisa | a ledge |
| el tiovivo | a carousel |
| el ordenador | a computer |
| el roce | friction, rubbing, wear |
| la alacena | a cupboard |
| enjuto/a | skinny |
| el flequillo | bangs |
| la prenda | a neckhole of a shirt |
| el gamberro | a hooligan |
| la remolacha | a beet |
| salvo que | except that |
| el tronco | a trunk, a log |
| la vidriera | a stained-glass window |
| estrafalario/a | outlandish |
| la muleta | a crutch |
| el felpudo | a letter slot |
| el pergamino | a parchment, a scroll |
| el tejón | a badger |
| reseco/a | dried-up, parched, skinny |
| el cogote | the nape of the neck |
| la rendija | a gap, a crevice |
| fofo/a | flabby |
| lúgubre | dismal |
| arado/a | ploughed, furrowed |
| la percha | a hanger |
| la choza | a shack |
| desdentado/a | toothless |
| gélido/a | icy |
| el peñasco | a boulder |
| el peña | a rock |
| la maraña | a tangle |
| la pelambrera | a hank of hair |
| el atizador | a candle snuffer |
| agrietado/a | cracked |
| erizado/a | standing on end (hair) |
| el apremio | urgency |
| el respingo | a startle |
| la varita | a magic wand |
| el lirón | a dormouse |
| malva | mauve |
| el escabel | a footstool |
| surtido/a | stocked, supplied |
| el cojín | cushion |
| desteñido/a | faded |
| larguirucho/a | "stringbean" -- tall and skinny |
| madera caoba | mahogany |
| madera sauce | willow |
| madera roble | oak |
| velado/a | blurry |
| chapucero/a | shoddy, amateurish |
| los transeúntes | the passers-by |
| el hongo | a fungus |
| redomado/a | utter |
| destartalado/a | ramshackle |
| el jerez | sherry |
| complacido/a | pleased |
| el hierbajo | a weed |
| un torbellino | a whirlwind, a twister |
| abovedado/a | vaulted, arched |
| la onza | an ounce |
| el escaparate | the shop window |
| el bazo | the spleen |
| carmesí | crimson |
| el taburete | a stool |
| el raíl | the rail |
| recodo/a | twisted |
| sacudido/a | shaken, jerked |
| madera de haya | beech |
| madera de arce | maple |
| el acebo | holly |
| el regazo | the lap |
| el tren arrancó | the train pulled out |
| torvo/a | really scary |
| el andén | the platform |
| la taquilla | the box office, pigeonhole, locker |
| el listón | the bar, the standard |
| el cromo | the trading card |
| la gragea | a pill with a coating |
| callos | callous (noun or adj) |
| agreste | rough, wild, savage, rural |
| la astilla | the splinter |
| tenebroso/a | gloomy, sinister, shady |
| indebido/a | improper, illegal |
| la gentuza | the riffraff |
| ¿te importaría? | would you mind? |
| hacer chiquilladas | to make childish tricks |
| el guijarro | the pebble |
| a ver si cuela que.... | let´s see if they believe.... |
| no, no cuela | no, it won´t wash |