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SPAN 300-Unit 2 Vocabulary: "La mujer del juez"
"La mujer del juez" Vocabulary
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
08/31/2011

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Term
pronosticar
Definition
to predict
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el destino
Definition
destiny
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a lo largo de
Definition
throughout
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el solterón
Definition
old bachelor (aug. de soltero = bachelor)
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complacer
Definition
to give/take pleasure
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ignorar
Definition
to be ignorant of, not to know
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castigar
Definition
to punish
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«un borroso ectoplasma»
Definition
a blurred/fuzzy piece of ectoplasm (In spiritualis, a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance)
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el prostíbulo
Definition
house of prostitution
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las tetillas
Definition
nipples
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el apellido
Definition
last name
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desesperado/a
Definition
desperate
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atreverse (a)
Definition
to dare (to)
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el cebo
Definition
bait
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Review the Hace construction + time + present tense. New material—same idea but in the past: Hacía + time + imperfect tense. "Hacía muchos años que no tenía contacto con Juana La Triste..."
Definition
He hadn't had contact with JLT for many years.
Term
Review how to say "than" in Spanish on the vocabulary sheet.
Definition
l. 116: "unos creían que era mucho más desalmado (soulless) de lo que jamás imaginaron."
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aumentar
Definition
to increase (aumentar la tensión)
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lo único que
Definition
the only thing that
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los cojones
Definition
"balls"
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la jaula
Definition
the cage
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amargo/a
Definition
bitter
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la vergüenza
Definition
shame
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la muerte
Definition
death
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perseguir
Definition
to pursue
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lo ocurrido
Definition
that which occurred or what occurred (by now you should understand the lo + adj. construction)
Term
aunque
Definition
although, even though. Followed by subjunctive if it is something non-factual or hasn't happened yet; indicative if it is something that is known: "aunque me oigan gritar" = even if you hear me scream (implying future).
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No sólo X... sino (que) Y
Definition
Not only X but (also) Y. If Y is a word/phrase, use sino; if followed by a conjugated verb, use sino que.
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por eso
Definition
therefore
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propio/a
Definition
own (adjective)
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cumplir la profesía
Definition
to fulfill the prophesy
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