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Spanish to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
A poem by Byron		it is an excerpt or fragment from The corsair - canto to the first	BristolTEc
Entered by: BristolTEc
a tientas		to grope along / to fumble
A un pecho villano no hay cosa que no le parezca que hará, y al fin no hace nada		To the villein's heart no objective appears impossible though in the end, it will achieve nothing
abanico de un tiempo pretérito		spectrum of a bygone era/bygone times/days
abarcadura		time span/period	Marie Wilson
Entered by: Marie Wilson
abducida		nutter/ loony	Kate Major Patience
Entered by: Kate Major Patience
abrazar con carino		hug with love/affection.
abrir sus puertas		expand their horizons /spread their wings
abrirse camino		make/push their way through | people give/make way
acabado por advertir		eventually made out, eventually came to see
aceceo		puffing and panting
ACLARATORIA		literary detours, drifting, rambling; grasping for words
acobijar		to shroud
acogedor resplandor		comforting glow	EirTranslations
Entered by: EirTranslations
Acontece (ver frase entera)		comes into being every day
acriollado		like a true Argentine
actitud		voice
activarse un maleficio		trigger a curse/hex
active espectator (theater)		(teatro) de espectador activo
acto público literario		public literary event
acuñar		me acuño => made me what I am; (if typo) me acunó => cradled me, nurtured me	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
acuoso del cerebro		in the waters of the mind
ademán probatorio		assertive pose/posture	Diane Kenyon
Entered by: Diane Kenyon
adivinar la hora		No idea what time it was	Silvana Cecotto
Entered by: Silvana Cecotto
Administrador del timbre		Stamp tax administrator [collector]
agarraíta de la mano		holding hands tightly
Agradezco a la Madre Tierra por habitar bajo su morada		Thanks to Mother Earth for providing me with refuge
agrupados y glosados		collected and annotated
agua arena		water (and) sand
agua mona, agualoja		I put on my pants a leg at the time, like everyone else.
aguardiente		liquor, brandy
Ahi tiene		Here you are
Ahogadas por el embozo de la hora		Obscured by the darkness of night
Ahora sí, sonríe		now, at last, she smiles
ahuyentar polillas		to ward off
ajúa		yahoo/yeehaw/yippee!	Edward Tully
Entered by: Edward Tully
Al andar se hace camino...		By walking, you make the path before you...
Al buen comer llaman Sancho		Good eating, thy name is Sancho
al compás de la espera		watching and waiting	Edward Tully
Entered by: Edward Tully
al decir de la crítica		in the words of the critics; according to the critics

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