abanico

fan (hand-held)


agradar

to please


agrietado

cracked


ajado

crumpled; messed up


aleteo

fluttering


algas

algae


almidonado

starched


alocado

crazy; mad


amargo

bitter


arcilla

clay


astilla

splinter


aturdido

stunned; dazed


barbilla

chin


bata

robe


bocina

horn; speaker


brotar

sprout; come forth


calzar

wear on feet


cangrejo

crab


caprichoso

fickle; on a whim


caracola

large shell


cargado

loaded down with


ceiba

a type of tree in the Caribbean that is considered sacred in santería


cenicento

gray, like ash


cera

wax


cicatriz

scar


coco

coconut


colgar (cuelga)

to hang


columpio

swing


condenado

condemned


cuenco

bowl; hollow space


dados

dice


degollado

beheaded; headless


delantal

apron


derrumbar

knock down; demolish


desamparado

helpless; needy


desatarse

untie; disconnect


descomunal

uncommon; noteworthy


deslizarse

to glide; slide


desmayarse

to faint


desplomarse

to collapse


desplumar

to pluck


destello

flash of light; sparkle


desvanecida

dizzy; weak


desvencijada

fallen apart; weakened


dictar

dictate; determine


diente de ajo

clove of garlic


difuminarse

fade away; evaporate


distopia

unsettled feeling


enano

dwarf; very small


encajado

encased; boxed in


encaje

lace


encargarse

to take charge of


enroquecido

hoarse


escarabajos

beetle


escocer

annoy; hurt; sting


escupir

spit


escurrir

wring out; squeeze dry


espolvorear

to dust; sprinkle


esquivar

to avoid; shun


estallido

explosion; crash


estela

wake; trail of water behind boat


estraza

rag


fez
a flat-topped conical red hat with a black tassel on top, worn by men in some Muslim countries

fichar

to sign; make a contract with (as in baseball players)


fieltro

felt


fugaz

fleeting


gasa

gauze


gaviota

seagull


gemido

moan; groan


girarse

to turn around; spin


guinga

gingham (a fabric)


gusano

worm


habichuelas

beans


hacer las paces

make peace with


hembra

female


hocico

muzzle; snout


huida

escape; fleeing


hundimiento

sinking; collapse


ladrillo

brick


lanzador

pitcher (baseball)


las puntas del pelo

ends (tips) of hair


lienzo

canvas (for a painting)


locutor

radio announcer


lunar

mole (on skin)


madurar

to mature; ripen


mantilla

veil


marchito

whithered


marea

tide


maremoto

tidal wave


marfil

ivory


mejilla

cheek


mimbre

whicker


morro

snout


mugriento

dirty


musgoso

mossy


nalgas

buttocks


oculto

hidden


padecer

suffer from


palpar

to touch


papayo

papaya tree


pegajoso

sticky; gummy


perforar

perforate


perjudicar

put at risk; put at a disadvantage; damage


picotear

peck


picotudo

weevil


pretendientes

suitors


rallado

grated


raspante

rough; gravelly


rastro

trace


rebuscar

search out carefully


redes

nets


regazo

lap


relampagueante

lightning-like; with a flash


repentino

sudden


reprimenda

reprimand


rimbombante

resounding; pompous


rociar

to sprinkle (liquid)


rollizo

round; plump


ronchas

rash


rugoso

wrinkled; creased; rough


rulo

roller; hair curler


sideral

referring to stars


sobrepeso

excess weight


sortija

ring


sosegarse

calm down; quiet down


susto

shock; fright


tacones

heels (high heels)


tambaleo

swaying; staggering


tardarse

to be late


tobillo

ankle


torpe

clumsy


torpemente

clumsily


trozo

piece; fragment


veneno

poison


vociferar

shout; proclaim


yerno

son-in-law


yoruba

a person of African heritage from the areas of Nigeria and Benin; also refers to the language spoken there