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level: Part 1

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Part 1

Question	Answer
birth certificate	el acta de nacimiento
atmosphere	el ambiente
brothel	el burdel
punishment	el castigo
leader (of a revolution)	el caudillo
gossip	el chisme
to gossip	chismear
behaviour	el comportamiento
to court	cortejar
politeness	la cortesía
female servant who grows up with a family	la criada
Latin American of European Origin	criollo/a
to disown	desheredar
dowry	la dote
herb tea	el epazote
era	la época
slave	el/la esclavo/a
social rank/class	el estrato social
delicious	exquisito/a
to matchmake	hacer de casamentero/a
historic landmark	el hito histórico
orphan	el/la huérfano/a
bond	el lazo
ancestry	el linaje
social framework	el marco social
of mixed race	mestizo/a
manners	los modales
Nahuatl (language of the Aztecs)	el náhuatl
beating	la paliza
rich	pudiente
public opinion	el "que dirán"
to kidnap	raptar
rules	las reglas
to ransack	sacquear
historical backdrop	el trasfondo histórico
to leave an aftermath of	dejar un saldo de
to display the rank of	lucir el grado de
entitled (book)	intitulado/a
slightly chauvinistic	de tinte machista
to the letter	a pie juntillas
coriander	el cilantro
mint	la hierbabuena
spices	las especias
parsley	el perejil
flag	la bandera
iron fist	la mano férrea
close male friends who acts as a godfather and protects one's interests and family	el compadre
to harvest	cosechar
poultry	las aves de corral
to gather firewood	juntar leña
to address formally	tratar de "usted"
to address informally	tutear
asking for a girl's hand in marriage	el pedido de mano
old-fashioned	anticuado/a
la receta	recipe
cook	el/la cocinero/a
to be in love with	estar enamorado/a de
to ask for someone's hand	pedir la mano
to look after	cuidar de
to get angry	enojarse
cake	el pastel
lie	la mentira
to go near	acercarse a
to punish	castigar
feeling	el sentimiento
to relieve	aliviar
burning	ardiente
to embrace	abrazar
to forbid	prohibir
baptism	el bautizmo
birth	el parto
to breastfeed	amamantar
to feed	alimentar
to move away	alejar
rebel	el/la rebelde
to face (up to)	enfrentarse a
sadness	la tristeza
memory	el recuerdo
to go mad	volverse loco/a
blow	el golpe
to recover	recuperarse
native	indígena
matchbox	la caja de cerillos
broth	el caldo
to light	encender
misfortune	la desgracia
to poison	envenenar
to taste	probar
pregnant	embarazada
to be born	nacer
to prevent	impedir
to make a mistake	cometer un error
sullen	hosco/a
dinner guest	el/la comensal
ghost	el fantasma
to become fat	engordar
to reject	rechazar
crossroads	la encrucijada
to sully	ensuciar
anguish	la angustia
to say goodbye to	despedirse de
to leave alone	dejar en paz
relieved	aliviado/a
scorned	despreciado/a
to advise	aconsejar
jealous	celoso/a
annoyed	molesto/a
to have the right to	tener derecho a
pain	el dolor
to boil	hervir
meaning	el significado
to fight	pelearse
happiness	la felicidad
curse	la maldición
lustful	libidinoso/a
wedding	la boda
match	el cerillo
passionate	apasionado/a
captivated	embelesado/a
to continue	proseguir
relationship	la relación
pleasure	el placer
homely	casero/a
to be interwoven	entrelazarse
link	el vínculo
to become infected	contagiarse
to marry someone	casarse
single	soltero/a
custom	la costumbre
wealthy class	la clase pudiente
good manners	los buenos modales
behaviour	el comportamiento
to choose	elegir
to lead a free life	llevar una vida libre
freedom	la libertad
wild	desenfrenado/a
background	el trasfondo
instability	la inestabilidad
deed	la hazaña
promotion	el ascenso
burning	abrasador(a)
well-off	acomodado/a
to threaten	amenazar
fate	el destino
to free	liberar
to obey	obedecer
powerful	poderoso/a
tasty	sabroso/a
suffering	el sufrimiento
sensitive	sensible
long-suffering	sufrido/a
submerged in	sumido/a en
his/her entire being	todo su ser
to transmit (to pass on an illness)	contagiar
challenge	el reto
insensitive	insensible
to reject	repudiar
to harass	acosar
yearning	el anhelo
rage	la ira
to fall madly in love with	enamorarse perdidamente
(long) lasting	duradero/a
to harbour feelings towards	albergar sentimientos hacia
sister in law	la cuñada
joy of life	alegría de vivir
faithful	fiel
to be worthy of	ser merecedor(a) de
rejection	el rechazo
to rely on	apoyarse en
bad breath	el mal aliento
to acknowledge	darse por enterado/a de
to oppress	oprimir
sensitivity	la sensibilidad
lust	la lujuria
gift for leadership	el don de mando
illiterate	analfabeto/a
raising (of a child)	la crianza
ups and downs in life	los avatares de la vida
wisdom	la sabiduría
deaf	sordo/a
unwillingly	de mala gana
chatterbox	parlanchín
affable	bonachón
well-meaning	bienintencionado/a
bandit	el/la bandolero/a
funny sayings	los dichos graciosos
birth	el parto
sweetness	la dulzura
dovecote	el palomar
lunatic asylum	el manicomio
to give advice	aconsejar
lover	el/la amante
to risk	arriesgarse
to come to terms with	asumir
cowardly	cobarde
to win over	conquistar
distraught	consternado/a
selfish	egoísta
elated	exultante