- 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