Cap.8 el vocabulario importante

rascarse                                   to scratch oneself

hinchado                                swollen

escarbar                                  to poke around

garzas                                     herons

frotar                                       to rub/scrub

derrotado                                defeated

cerbatanas                              blowguns

curare                                      veneno mortal

los restos                                 remains

demorar                                  to delay

fallar los nervios                     to lose one’s nerve

cucharaditas                           teaspoonfuls

abúlico                                                apathetic/spineless

carbonizado                           burned

¡paf!                                         ¡zas! (poof!)

muchos renacuajos                          many shrimp (as in little kids)

Lista de vocabulario - Cap.5

una chupada                          a drag/puff

curanderos                             witch doctors

una trampa                            a trap

un bisturí                                scalpel

atónito                                     astonished

bienes                                      posessions

luciérnagas                             lightning bugs

titilar                                       to twinkle

sigilosa                                    stealthy

erguida                                   erect

ponerse en cuclillas                to crouch

Cap.4 Vocabulario

fieras                                      wild animals, beasts

empapado/a                                    soaked

un hombrecillo                     little man

un gesto                                 gesture

garrotazos                             hits with a club

un mono asesino                  a murdering monkey

botín                                       booty

quisquilloso                          fussy

encandilar                             to illuminate

destartalada                          ramshackle

somnoliento                          sleepy

monjas                                   nuns

trastornar                               to disturb

inexpugnable                        impregnable (unable to be reached)

facciones viriles                    manly features

las sangijuelas                      leeches

sanatorio                                sanatarium, nursing home