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Spanish to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
Cardo ni ortiga cultivo		I won't plant nettles or thistles/I cultivate neither nettles or thorns

caricia que arremete		a thrusting caress

carifresco		cocky/fresh/overconfident/sassy/brassy/brazen/forward

carnadura		incarnation	patinba
Entered by: patinba
carnet de croquis		sketchbook	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
casa de poesia		poetry salon

casa solariega		family seat

casa tomada		A House Occupied

casi muerto		Close to death	Ruth Hill
Entered by: Ruth Hill
Castillete		tower/turret

Catálogo de los Manuscritos de la Biblioteca Nacional con poesía española de l		Manuscript catalogue of the National Library with/including/coverin 16th-17th century Spanish poetry

cánon estético		aesthetic canon/ideals

círculo de comercio		business association	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
cómicos de revista		vaudeville-style comedians

Cómo has podido fijarte en mi humilde persona?		How is it that you have taken notice of my humble self?

Cómo quisiera arrancarte la enfermedad con el calor de mis manos		If only I could deliver you from this disease with the warmth of my hands....

cómo se entregaba a esta gran labor		because of her dedication to this great work	Richard Hill
Entered by: Richard Hill
Cómo te pones		You're making a hell of a fuss (about...)

cebo		hook

cedidos		lent

Cenicera		the corner of the kitchen where the ash buckets were stored

cercanas		familiar OR accessible

cercano ya el día		with day drawing near

cesura triemímera		triemimeral caesura; triemimeral cesura	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
cf.		cf.

Chacharero		Junk dealer

CHANTA		charlatan

charneles		pieces of shrapnel

chichi		chick (slang)/a young girl	Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Entered by: Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
chichonazo		nasty bump	Steven Huddleston
Entered by: Steven Huddleston
chiflones helados		icy drafts	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
chingüengüenchón		rascal

chinilla		joint/reefer/spliff	Daniel Coria
Entered by: Daniel Coria
chiquillada		childish behaviour

chiringuito		bars (on terraces)

chocho loco		nutter /crazy chick (with possible sexual overtones, dep. on context)

Chocolate caliente con nata		Hot chocolate with whipped cream

chole / Niña Chole		Chole girl / Chole children

chorrear café		to brew coffee

chupaletrinas		bullshitter

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