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La Barca 1

Vocabulario del Primer Acto

QuestionAnswer
heredar to inherit
apretar to push
la amargura bitterness
el despacho office
el financiero a stock-broker
el lujo luxury
las franjas borders / trimming
las cintas tapes / ribbons
la esfera terrestre globe
acudir to answer the phone
retocar to touch up
el entero a point on the stock market
la cotización mathematical figure
capear el temporal to weather the storm
acobardarse to turn into a coward
las cifras figures (numbers)
con tal de with the end result of
la empresa company, big business
odiar to hate
arrastrar to drag
rendirse to surrender
pactar to compromise
los celos jealousy
la bandeja tray
la coctelera pitcher of cocktails
dichos those already on stage
probar to taste
borrascoso stormy, disorderly
la jauría pack of hounds
aullar to howl
apretujar to press, to squeeze
desprenderse to dump
desplomarse to collapse
apoderarse to empower, to take control
empeñar to persist
la huelga strike
amenazar to threaten
el paro stoppage
los yacimientos deposits of minerals
expropiar to expropriate
atreverse to risk
la maniobra handiwork, trick
hundirse to sink
los accionistas stockholders
la dimisión resignation
el cobarde coward
abismado dejected, absorbed in thought
la carpeta de negocios briefcase
rapaz thievish
perdurable perpetual, continual
traicionar to betray
las estampas prints, portraits
ingenuamente candidly
la tramoya trick
restregar to rub
el manicomio insane asylum
advertir to warn
jurar to judge
estirar to stretch
la facha face, appearance
sutil subtle, airy
tentar to tempt
el pitillera cigarette case
la Bolsa the Stock Market
el negocio a business transaction
el alma soul
la ficha card
conmover to move (emotionally)
el prójimo neighbor
codiciar to covet
ajeno belonging to another
atropellar to trample
el mandamiento commandment
rondar to hang around
los muelles docks
podridos rotten
arrojar to throw, to dump
centenares hundreds
vagones railroad cars
truncada wasted
lindo pretty
toser to cough
engendrar to bring into the world
raquítico sickly, weak
la vergüenza shame
rechazar to refuse
encogerse de hombros to shrug
la voluntad will
encargarse de to take charge of
tentadora tempting
soñar con to dream of
descalzarse to take off
girar to spin
al azar at random
el paisaje countryside
la aldea little town
la cuesta hill
soplar to blow
el silbido whistling
zumbar to buzz
acercarse to approach
el despeñadero cliff
derribar to knock down
al doblar upon reaching the top of
vacilar to hesitate
desgarrador chilling, heart-wrenching
repentinamente suddenly
la ráfaga gust
disponerse a to get ready to
de todos modos anyway
trastornado upset
carmín lipstick
aliviado relieved
el peso weight
el vuelco a turnaround
el alza the rise
agitar to shake
las migajas crumbs
el revuelo a flock
arrancarse to remove, to drag out
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