viernes, 4 de diciembre de 2009

Vocabulario para el capítulo 2

arisca fierce, rude, wild
espinoso thorny
rozar to brush,rub, border on
desencadenar to unleash, spark off
desollado impudent, insolent
la reticencia insinuation, suggestion
el repliegue withdrawal, retreat
el matiz subtle difference
la hombría manliness
rajarse to crack, reveal
radicar en to lie in, be a part of
el recelo mistrust, suspicion
entrañar to involve
abdicar to abdicate
el desprecio scorn, contempt
cegar to blind
enajenar to alienate
la derrota defeat
la entereza composure, integrity
la esfera sphere
recurrir to turn to/buscar ayuda
a partir de aquí from now on
derramarse to spill (a secret)
vengarse to take revenge
entrometido interfering
el desden disdain
arrebatar to captivate, snatch
escamotear to swindle
procurar to try
imperar to prevail
el pudor shyness
el recato modesty
la presa catch
teñir to dye
el foco center, focal point
la honra honor (feminine)
la impudicia immodesty
anonadar to stun, bewilder
el prójimo fellow human being
trocarse en to change into
la carencia lack, deficiency
piadoso kind-hearted
tener piedad de to have pity on
poner a salvo to put in a safe place
concebir to conceive
disimular to hide, conceal
la cólera anger, cholera
abolir to abolish
comulgar con algo to share something
pulular to swarm
el remordimiento remorse
salvo que unless
agacharse to keep quiet (México)
el capricho whim

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