Vocabulario – Visión de los vencidos

• Presagio – omen• Espiga – ear of corn• Llama de fuego – fiery

signal• Gotear – to drip• Punzar – prick• Ancha de asiento – wide

at the base• Angosta de vértice –

narrow at the top/peak

• El año 12 – casa – 1517 in Spanish years

• Alboroto – riot, commotion, noise

• Se daban palmadas en los labios – clapped their hands across their mouths

• Azoro – ghost• Por su propia cuenta – all

by itself

• Se prendió en fuego – it caught on fire

• Casa de mando – house of authority

• Llamas – flames• Llamaradas – flares,

bursts of flame• Maderamen –

woodwork, timber

• Vocerío estruendoso – loud shouting

• Cántaros – water jugs• Se enardecía

flameando – burned with flames

• Lloviznaba – it was drizzling

• Brasa – red hot coal

• En lluvia de chispas – a shower of sparks

• Se cogía algo en redes – something was caught in nets

• Ceniciento – ashen gray

• Grulla – crane• Rodaja de huso –

spindle slice

• Cauda – train• Cascabeles – little

bells• Hirvió – boiled• Rejuego – interplay• Mastelejo – a

constellation identified by the Aztecs as Mamalhuaztli

• En la lontananza – in the far off distance

• Estiradas – spread out

• Se anegaron en agua – were flooded with water

• Dando empellones – jostling

• Los traían a cuestas – they were riding on the back of

• Abusión – superstition• Agüerro – omen• Flamígera – flaming• Centellas – sparks• Espesura - thickness

• Polvoreaba – dusting• Clavada –

nailed/stuck• Do donde – where• Anchor – width• Los naturales –

natives• Alaridos – shouts• Acuitados – afflicted,

grieved

• Repentino – sudden• Presteza –

promptness• Techumbre pajiza –

straw roof• Agua menuda – light

rain• Mullisma – dew• Se alteró – was

altered

• Nautas – boatmen• Una ave parda – a

bird with dark feathers• Diadema – a jeweled

crown or headband• Diáfana – diaphanous• Escuadrones –

squadrons• Despavoridos -

terrorized

• Aderezados – seasoned

• A guisa de – by way of

• Escaramuceando – skirmishing

• Peregrinas – wandering

• Remolino de polvo – whirlwind dust

• Semejan – they act like

• Acedado – become bitter

• Agora – ahora, now• El Dador de la vida –

giver of life, God• Sin recato -

shamelessly