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Spanish to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
Al llegar el bautizo se oyó en la plaza vocerío de niños,		voices of children could be heard in the plaza(as usually) as the christening party arrived.
al principio universal del eterno retorno		to the universal principle of eternal return	sandra carrazzoni
Entered by: sandra carrazzoni
al que le caiga el sayo, que se lo ponga		if the shoe fits, wear it
al que parecía que le hacían todos los honores		to which it appeared they were paying homage	Marcelo González
Entered by: Marcelo González
al que se puso tierra		was thrown out
ala imprecisa tejida con		a shadowy wing woven out of
alamud		(square) bolt, iron bar
Alí Babá consiguió salir de su encierro, y fue en busca de su mujer,		Ali Baba escaping his confinement, went in search of his wife,
Alba de los caminos		Dawn on the Road
Alegrar el gaznate		to wet one's whistle
alfombra		carpet
Algo tiene el agua cuando la bendicen		there must be something about him/her (person); there must be something in it (thing)
almácigo de lechugas		lettuce patch	Lynda Tharratt
Entered by: Lynda Tharratt
altilocuencia		grandiloquence	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
alucinante		prodigious/fantastical/surreal/wondrous
Amainar		when the rain let up/abated/died down
Amantes (in this context)		Worshipper(s)
Amantinas		Lover Girls
amé cuanto ellas puedan tener de hospitalario		I loved every nook in them that gave me shelter
Ambos yoes necesitan ser diferenciados		selves // presentations of the self // personas	Noemí Victoria Contartese
Entered by: Noemí Victoria Contartese
Amistad a lo largo		Friendship over Time	Mariana Solanet
Entered by: Mariana Solanet
Amor miom al cerrar esta puerta nocturna te pido		I ask of you, my love, as I close this nocturnal door.....
amor, un viaje por oscuro recinto		love, a journey through a dark quarter
andar		going about
animalako		beast	EirTranslations
Entered by: EirTranslations
ante el regocijo casi infantil de los asistentes		to the childlike delight of those present/audience/public
anteojos de hombre rana		frogman goggles
Antes de emprender su camino a la tierra.		before setting out/forth on her journey to the earth	Ruth Hill
Entered by: Ruth Hill
anticipar		the Gods applied/used in anticipation to dance
antifaz (de un zapato)		vamp or upper	Kate Major Patience
Entered by: Kate Major Patience
Anunciación		Annunciation
anuncio del futuro		glimpse of the future
apartar		take away, leave
Apenas un amago		barely perceptible / fleeting gesture/poor effort/vain attempt	Kate Major Patience
Entered by: Kate Major Patience
apláudame		Cheer for me
aporías arrogantes		arrogant contradictions/paradoxes
apostilla		remark
apreciar vital		gut feeling
apropiación del paisaje		appropriation of the landscape.
Aprovéchalo		Go for it!

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