ANTONIO MACHADO


"Hacia un ocaso radiante"

2, 8   estío, estival         summer, summer (adj)
5      sempiterna             everlasting
6      cigarra                cicada 
10     noria                  animal-driven water wheel
19     rizada                 choppy
21     fanal                  bell glass
23     arreboles              red, red glow in sky
30     desamarrar             untie
40     asordado               deafening, deafened
44     fulgurar               shine, gleam
45     lucero                 bright star (morning/evening)
46     soplar                 to blow
47     alborotar              stir up

   "La plaza y los naranjos encendidos"

6      algazara               clamour

2   "El limonero lánguido suspende"

8      tibia                   tepid
9      hálito                  breath
11     cándido                 innocent, ingenuous
13     pretil                  railing, bench
25     hierbabuena             mint
26     albahaca                basil
27     maceta                  flower pot

7   "Las moscas"

2      golosas                 greedy 
5      voraz                   voracious
7      pertinaz                persistent
9      hastío                  boredom
13     aborrecido              hateful
14     raudo                   swift
21     da en no creer          falls into the habit of...
32     yerto                   stiff
35     labrar                  work, fashion, shape
37     revoltoso               unruly

11 "Es una tarde cenicienta y mustia"

1      mustio                  withered, depressed
2      destartalado            dilapidated
12     naufragio               shipwreck
14     huella                  footprint, track, trace
14     yerra = forma de errar
19     atónito                 amazed, astounded
20     asombrar                amaze, casta a shadow on


12 "Tal vez la mano, en sueños"

2       sembrador              sower

14 "A orillas del Duero"

2      quiebras                cracks, fissures
2      pedregal                stony ground
3      recodos                 turns, bends
4      enjugar                 wipe (brow)
5      jadeante                panting
6      ahincar                 hurry
7      apoyado                 resting, leaning
8      cayado                  staff
9      trepar                  climb
10     hollar                  tread, trample
10     montaraz                mountain, wild
12     agrio                   rough, uneven
13     buitre                  vulture
16     recamado                embroidered
16     escudo                  shield
17     cárdenos alcores        purple hills
18     harapos                 rags
18     esparcido               scattered
18     arnés                   armor
19     serrezuelas             form of "sierras"
20     ballesta                cross bow
20     arquero                 archer
21     barbacana               defensive outpost
25     peñascales              rocky hills 
26     merino                  famous Span. sheep
28     álamo                   poplar
30     arrieros                muleteers
37     yermos                  waste land
38     arados, regatos         plows, ponds
40     atónitos parludos       open-mouthed rustics
44     andrajos                rags, tatters
44     desprecia               despises
47     discurrir, girar        flow, turn (rotate)
51     fecundo                 fertile, fecund, fruitful
55     ufano                   proud
59     indianos                of the new world
60     adalides                chieftains
61     regios                  royal, majestic
62     presa, cuervos, lid     prey (spoils), crows, battle
66     mercaderes              merchants
66     muelles                 docks
66     Levante                 eastern Spain
67     acudirán		       vendrán
73     enlutadas               dressed in mourning
74     comadrejas              weasels


18 "A un olmo seco"

1      hendir                   split
2      podrido                  rotted
6      lamer                    lick
6      el Duero                 major NW river
6      musgo                    moss
7      corteza                  bark
8      carcomido                wormy, decayed
9      cantor                   singing
10     ribera                   bank
11     ruiseñores               nightingales
12     hilera                   string, row
13     entrañas                 insides
14     urdir                    weave
14     araña                    spider
15     derribar                 fell
18     lanza de carro           cart pole
18     yugo de carreta          yoke for horse-drawn cart
22     descuajar                uproot
22     torbellino               whirlwind
23     tronchar                 split, smash, bring down
25     barrancas                ravines


9 "Parábolas" (III)

1       Erase de un..          There once was a...
3       se metió a j...          took up gardening

Last Updated: Feb 18, 1999