Vocab Extension

• el faro

  lighthouse
• Voy a suponer que...

  I'm going to assume that...
• asombroso

  amazing
• Me asombra que...

  It amazes me that...
• el desierto

  the desert
• ser ombligo del mundo

  to think you are the centre of the world
• sujetar

  to hold
• a tiros

  by gunfire
• en aquel entonces

  at that time/in those days
• manchar

  to stain
• frenar

  to brake (car)
• escenario

  stage
• despegar

  to take off
• indiginar

  to anger
• sumar

  to add (mathematically & generally)
• recinto

  enclosure/grounds/place/site
• un cubo

  a bucket
• cosecha

  harvest/crop
• veraniega

  summer/relating to summer
• cohete

  rocket
• la víspera

  the eve/day before
• apretar

  to press/squeeze
• burro

  donkey/stupid (slang)
• reventar

  to burst/blow up
• la faena

  task
• el éxodo rural

  people leaving the countryside
• un tesoro

  a treasure
• el cónyuge(s)

  the spouse (plural is married couple)
• pros y contras

  pros and cons
• recurrir a

  to resort to (grandparents with taking care of children)
• el alargamiento

  the extension
• madrino/padrino

  godmother/father
• fiscal

  finance or tax el sistema fiscal = tax system
• Esos les contesto...

  To those I answer...
• perjudical

  harmful
• averiguar

  to find out
• dar a luz


  to give birth
• vigente

  in force
• mudéjar

  related to Muslims
• la tarta municipal/el pastel de boda

  wedding cake