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Don Quixote Chapter 1
Unfamiliar words (to me) for study
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Language - Spanish
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07/28/2012

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Term
la mancha
Definition
an area in Central Spain
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cuyo
Definition
whose
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hidalgo
Definition
nobleman
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lanza
Definition
lance
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astillero
Definition
lance storage rack
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adarga
Definition
shield
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el cuero
Definition
leather
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rocín flaco
Definition
Skinny workhorse
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galgo corredor
Definition
Hunting dog (literal: greyhound running)
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olla
Definition
pot
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más vaca que carnero
Definition
more beef than ram/mutton
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salpicón las más noches
Definition
mixed the most nights
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hacienda
Definition
estate/ranch
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quebrantos
Definition
sorrows/grief
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duelos
Definition
pains
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lantejas
Definition
lentils
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palomino
Definition
young pidgeon/white horse
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(de) añadidura
Definition
(in) addition
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della
Definition
contraction of del and ella
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sayo de velarte
Definition
tunic of fine cloth
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calzas de velludo
Definition
tights (as in the kind you wear) of felt or hair
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pantuflos
Definition
slippers
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mesmo
Definition
Older Spanish for mismo (I think)
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entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino
Definition
weekdays are honored with their homespun of the finest
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un mozo de campo y plaza
Definition
waiter of field and plaza
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podadera
Definition
small pruning sheers
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Frisaba
Definition
to be around, to be getting on for (a certain age)
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complexión recia
Definition
of a strong constitution
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seco de carnes
Definition
dry meat
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enjuto de rostro
Definition
skinny of face
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gran madrugador
Definition
big early riser
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amigo de la caza
Definition
friend of the hunt
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Quieren decir que tenía el sobrenombre de Quijada, o Quesada,
que en esto hay alguna diferencia en los autores que deste caso escriben
Definition
They want to say that I had the nickname of jaw(bone) or Quesada,
There is some difference in the authors that happened in this case write
Term
por conjeturas verosímiles, se deja entender que se llamaba
Quejana
Definition
by plausible conjectures, is left to understand that it was called
Quejana.
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basta que en la narración
Definition
Enough that the narration
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de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo
Definition
to know that this aforementioned hidalgo
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ocioso
Definition
idle/unnecessary/pointless
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casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la
Definition
he forgot all about hunting
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aun
Definition
even
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Y llegó a tanto su curiosidad
y desatino en esto
Definition
arrived at so much curiosity and folishness in this
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hanegas de tierra de sembradura
Definition
dry measure of land of sowing
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cuantos pudo haber dellos
Definition
few could have theirs
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ningunos le parecían tan bien como
Definition
none seemed as good as those composed (by)
Term
aquellas entricadas razones suyas le parecían de perlas
Definition
those intrícate reasons seemed to be pearls
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