PABLO NERUDA

2   "Galope muerto"

4	campanadas	peals (ringing) of bells
9	ciruelas	plums
10	se pudren	pudrirse: to rot, decay
12	polea		pulley
14	puntadas	stiches
14	costuras	seams		
18	rodeo		long way round, evasion
20	buey		ox
23	aleteo		flapping of wings
25	abarcar		include (take in, embrace)
32	surgir		arise, emerge
33	barranca	gully, ravine
35	listando	listar: to list, enter  on a list
37	sin tregua	without letup, respite
39	zapallos	gourds, pumpkins
40	estirando	estirar: to stretch, extend, draw out

2   "Arte poética"

1	guarniciones	tack (saddles/bridles); garrisons
1	doncellas	maidens
2	funestos	disastrous, terrible
6	acojo		accept, admit, take in			
10	cáscara		shell, peel
13	predidamente	should be:  perdidamente
21	sin tregua	relentless

2   "Sólo la muerte"

9	pegajosa losa	sticky tombstone/flagstone
16	a vela		under sail
17	zarpar		weigh anchor (set sail)
17	trenzas		braids
19	notarios	notary public	
21	morado		purple
22	hinchadas	filled out
37	escoba		broom
38	lame		licks
42	catres		cot
43	colchones	mattresses	
43	frazadas	blankets

2   "La calle destruida"  

1	yeso			plaster
4	ásperas		coarse 
4	crines			horsehair
18	cornisas		cornices
23	céfiro			zephyr
26	royendo			roer: to gnaw
27	aullar			to howl (lobo/viento)
28	florones		ceiling roses (rosettes)
28	baluartes		bastions
30	ampliaciones		enlargements
32	carteles		posters
37	a retroceso		backwards
38	anudadas		anudar: to tie (reanudadas = resumed)
38	roce			brushing together
43	la cal			lime
47	se derraman		spill, pour out, scatter, spread
48	ejes			axles
48	tambalean		wobble, stagger, totter
55	azotado			azotar: to whip, lash, batter

2   "Alberto Rojas Jimémez viene volando"   

21	diputaciones		delegations
26	se destrenzan		take their braids out
31	azucenas		lilies
34	desventura		misfortune
42	se extravían		lose their way
47	médula			marrow
49	te derrites		derretirse: to melt
54	notarios		notaries public
57	deudo			relative
65	Valparaíso		principal puerto de Chile
70	silbatos		whistles (that one blows)
75	peldaños		step, stair

Update  Apr 7 1999