| << Chapter < Page | Chapter >> Page > |
This vocabulary list or glossary was created for use with the excerpt "Historia de Xochitl" from the book Historia Moral de las Mujeres (pp. 433-435). The complete book is freely available on the Our Americas Archive Partnership website. This list can be used alongside the lesson plan, “Historia de Xochitl”: A Cultural Spanish reading passage .
Xochitl
| a la sazón | at that time, then |
| abrasador | burning, very hot |
| acertada | correct |
| afrenta | affront |
| alcázar | fortress, castle |
| alegar | alleged |
| alentar | encourage, animate, comfort |
| anciano | old man, elderly man |
| anegar | flood, drown |
| aprestar | to prepare or get ready |
| arruinar | to ruin |
| avergonzar | to embarrass |
| ceder | to cede, give up, give over |
| colina | hill |
| colmo | the height, to make matters worse |
| comarca | area |
| conculcar | to break, to infringe upon |
| conseguir | to get, to find |
| cosecha | harvest |
| decadencia | decadence |
| delito | crime |
| derrotar | to defeat |
| desarreglar | to disrupt, disorder, disarrange |
| desdicha | misfortune, misery |
| desenfreno | lack of control, debauchery |
| dictar | dictate, pronounce |
| discordia | discord, disagreement |
| diseminar | to spread, disperse, scatter |
| disipación | dissipation, separation of the smaller parts of a whole |
| disoluta | dissolute, lewd |
| doncella | maiden |
| emprender | to undertake, to start |
| encarnizada | fierce, bloody, vicious |
| escudo | shield |
| granero | granary, corn loft |
| halago | flattery |
| heredero | heir |
| hueste | army, followers |
| inaudito | unheard-of, strange |
| infructousa | fruitless, unsuccessful |
| inquirir | to inquire into, investigate |
| llanura | plain |
| maguey | a plant (the American agave) |
| malgastar | to misspend, waste |
| matrona | matron |
| mies | ripe corn, corn fields, harvest |
| mira | intention, to set one's sights on |
| obsequio | gift |
| paradero | whereabouts |
| pesquisa | investigation, search, inquiry |
| recinito | area, place, grounds, district |
| refriega | skirmish, scuffle, encounter |
| refuerzo | reinforcement |
| retirar | retreat, withdrawal |
| rumbo | course, headed for |
| sequía | drought |
| soberano | sovereign, king |
| sobremanera | exceedingly |
| tregua | truce |
| trémula | tremulous, shaking, quivering |
| unos y otros | both, both sides |
| vasallo | vassal, subject |
Notification Switch
Would you like to follow the 'Spanish language/clase de lenguaje' conversation and receive update notifications?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|