Word+Finder

4/26/10 page 1-86 (Angela Bridges)

pg.7 "What a barbarity!" Barbarity- brutal or inhuman conduct. I chose this word because I had an idea of what it meant but wasn't positive.

pg.11 "This only encourages Uncle to be even more of a payaso." Payaso- spanish for cown. I don't know spanish and thought it sounded like an interesting word.

pg. 22 " In two snips I turn into a pelona." pelona- spanish for bald. I was thinking that she meant turned into a boy because her hair was so short. Not bald.

pg 37 "Hauling a tin basin of wet laundry to the rooftop clothesline, or hunkered in a game we made up..." Hunkered- to hide, to take sheltor. I thought it meant something along the lines of good looking because of the word "hunk".

pg. 60 " Mi vida, mi cielo, muneca, mi nina bonita." My life, my baby, doll, my beautiful girl. I knew what bonita meant, just not the other words that they used to describe a woman.

pg. 72 "Spanish viceroy had to send them back, all the way to the Chinese emperor across the sea, imagine" vicoeroy- a deputy of a sovereign. I thought it was a spanish word or maybe the border patrol.

pg.83 "The Grandmother opens her macaw wings and tries to shield Father from Mother's trancazos." Trancazos- punches Haha I should've known. He almost ran over a breadman on a bicycle. Of course she is going to punch him.

pg. 84 iNo me toques! Mother says. -Sueltame. iAnimal bruto! She screams at the top of her lungs. Do not touch me. Get off me. Gross Animal. The parents started to fight and I wanted to know what she was saying to him.

4-28-10 Pgs 86-173-Ileana Cruz pg. 143 Virgen Purisima- The word refers to the virgin mary, but it carries along with the word pure in spanish meaning "Pure Virgen"

pg 150 Precioso-Meaning like beautiful.

pg 170 Zocalo- It is a place that many people go to walk or buy certain things. (Like a flea Market)

pg 138 Fotonovela- A fotonovela is like a soap opera in Mexico. A way to entertain yourself

pg.145 Fanfarron- a young peaock

Pg.150 ayates: Refers to something about indians called slangs

pg. 150 rebozo- A rebozo is used as an accessory for young babies. It is sometimes even used just as that in Mexico.

pg. 112 escuncila- this is a term used to refer to little brat

pg 121 adinerada- a woman with a lot of money.

pg. 137 lastima- It is a word that refers to pity of sorrow

 Pages 344-430 (Amanda Bazan)  I chose the words below because they are all spanish words so I was curious as to what they mean't because I don't know any spanish.

pg. 344 patchouli- perfume

pg. 349 barbacoa- barbecue

pg. 353 chaparrito- shortie

pg. 353 mitoteros- a smuggler or a trafficker

pg. 354 gabacha- foreign

pg. 361 guacamaya- loudmouth

pg. 363 vieja metiche- meddling old woman

pg. 383 prueba- to test

pg. 405 acabado- to finish

pg. 415 mariachis- mexican band

pg. 430 sinvergiienzas- shameless