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el embrollon
el embrollon vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |