Ahogándome en un vaso de agua

[muckefuck]

acezante
agiotista
alboroto
alcanzar
almidonado
alpargata
anhelar
atiborrado
averdecer
bobo/bobería
borrador
beca
callejero
camarote
canche
chaleco
chispa
cotizado
desafío
duelo
en vilo
enganchar
enganche
estante(ría)
forro
fulo
gatear
godo
gotear
luto
mampuesto/mampostería
motín
muelle
pestañear
potra
potro/potranca
regañar
(a) regañadientes
ríspido
ruana
sesgo
sondear
tachar
terciopelo
tobillo
trocar/trueque

Comments

[tisoi.livejournal.com]

I feel better about my Spanish now.. I understand more words than before. But on others I have to guess.

alcanzar - achieve
bobería - stupidity?
bobo - stupid
borrador - eraser
beca - grant?
callejero - street person?
chaleco - a kind of coat?
chispa - spark?
gatear - to act like a cat??
pestañear - to flutter the eyelashes at someone?
terciopelo - sounds familiar.
tobillo - ankle
trocar - I want to think it has to do with Catalan "trucar" but that's "llamar" unless...

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

1. bobería - stupidity? Same relation to bobo as tontería to tonto.
2. borrador - eraser That's one meaning, but Gabo is using it in the sense of "rough draft".
3. beca - grant? Odd word for that, isn't it? I can't relate it to anything; must see what Corominas has to say.
4. callejero - street person? Anything having to do with the street; as a noun, usually "street guide".
5. chaleco - a kind of coat? Yes--a waistcoat!
6. gatear - to act like a cat?? In the specific sense of clambering up something or going about on all fours.
7. terciopelo - sounds familiar Velvet ("three hairs", presumably because it consists of two warps and a weft)
8. trocar - I want to think it has to do with Catalan "trucar" but that's "llamar" unless... One theory call these cognates, but Corominas considers trocar onomatopoetic. The primary meaning is "to exchange, to transact", possibly from the sound of the handshake after business was concluded.

[ursine1.livejournal.com]

I knew more of the words on this list as well.

Carlos