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los chicos vocab

vocabulary from the story

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el alojamiento lodging
la cueva la caverna; una cavidad subterráneo
la chabola una casa pequeña que no está bien construida
el desgarrón/el andrajo/harapiento palabras que describen la ropa vieja o ropa en malas condiciones
la gentuza viene de "la gente"
el huerto vegetable garden
la huerta an orchard
el jornal el sueldo de un día; dinero ganado en un día
el pantano swamp
el pavor palabras semejantes son "el miedo," "tener miedo," and "temer"
la pena el castigo; jail
el polvo dust
el prado prairie
el preso prisoner
el puño the fist
el terraplén the riverbank
acercarse to move closer to
apedrear to throw rocks
arrastrar tirar algo por el suelo
atrapar to trap
cojear to limp
empapar to drench
esconderse to hide
escudriñar to scrutinize
huir to flee
morder to bite
pisar to step on
revolverse to toss and turn; to turn roughly
trepar to climb
calloso callous
descalzo sockless and shoeless
entrecortado broken, faltering
torcido crooked
dar media vuelta to do an about-face; to turn halfway
la carretera the road, the highway
latir to beat
pillar to catch
silbar to whistle
desnudo naked
echarse encima to throw yourself
entablar relación to establish a relationship
parecer mentira to be hard to believe
tener por to consider, to take for
una nube de polvo a cloud of dust
la cárcel the jail
el cobarde the coward
desconocido stranger
los colmillos incisors (teeth)
el topacio una piedra preciosa
una vergüenza dolorida an aching (painful) shame
el matón the bully
las pezuñas de los caballos horses' hooves
el destacamento penal the penitentiary
Created by: bunnych
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