Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

(Spanish) Banca para hilar

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

mountain of Macuilxochitl

(Spanish) cerro de Macuilxochitl

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it’s late

(Spanish) es tarde

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

I wish that

(Spanish) quisiera que, deseo que

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

little angel, cherub

(Spanish) angelito, querubín

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

crocodile

(Spanish) cocodrilo

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

defame

(Spanish) difamar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

blow

(Spanish) sopla

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

collect/put together (animal)

(Spanish) juntó (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) perro que no se sacia (come gallinas, etc. )

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

short, thick candle with a paper covering

(Spanish) veladora baja y gruesa con una cobertura de papel

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

a native speaker of Zapotec

(Spanish) persona hablante y de origen zapoteco

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

testicle

(Spanish) testículo

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

full moon

(Spanish) luna llena

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) (insecto todo verde)

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

spindle used to make warp yarn

(Spanish) cuñas (malacate para levantar la urdimbre)

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

1. guest (with a culturally defined obligation); 2. guest of the groom (at a wedding); 3. party

(Spanish) 1. invitado (para ayudar), "gasto"; 2. invitado por parte del novio (en una boda); 3. fiesta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ice cream

(Spanish) helado, nieve

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

yarn, thread

(Spanish) hilo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

clay griddle (used for cooking tortillas)

(Spanish) comal

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sandal

(Spanish) huarache

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martínez

(Spanish) jarabe del valle

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

weaving

(Spanish) acción de tejer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to sweep

(Spanish) barrer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

bobbin

(Spanish) canillo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

down; downhill, downstairs

(Spanish) abajo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

skin

(Spanish) piel

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

market (event)

(Spanish) mercado (evento)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

vulture

(Spanish) zopilote

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

1. storage chest; 2. database

(Spanish) 1. baúl; 2. base de datos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

quickly

(Spanish) rapido

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lightning (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) relámpago (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to be dry (of skin)

(Spanish) estar seco (del piel)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

wooden spoon

(Spanish) cuchara de madera

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

fire, flame

(Spanish) fuego

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

little kid

(Spanish) nino pequeno

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

shaft frame on a loom (where the weavings are stretched)

(Spanish) estirador en el telar (donde los tejidos son estirados)

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

grasshopper

(Spanish) saltamontes

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

wasp

(Spanish) avispa

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

knife

(Spanish) cuchillo

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

fine

(Spanish) bien

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

calenda (type of celebration)

(Spanish) calenda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

don’t bother me

(Spanish) no estés molestando

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

will not, will fail to

(Spanish) no (hará algo)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

not anymore

(Spanish) ya no

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it’s not good, it’s not nice

(Spanish) no está bueno, no es bonito

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

there is nothing

(Spanish) no hay nada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I don’t feel like doing anything.

(Spanish) No tengo ganas de hacer nada.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I don’t understand what you’re saying.

(Spanish) No entiendo lo que dices.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

tejate

(Spanish) tejate

Speaker: Celso Gutiérrez Montaño

wait

(Spanish) esperar*

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) hierba de cáncer

Speaker: Camillo Alavéz Alavéz

moss

(Spanish) musgo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

you

(Spanish) ti, tú

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

school teacher

(Spanish) maestro(a) de escuela

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

swing

(Spanish) Columpio

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) animal que toma baba de los niños

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

swallow

(Spanish) golondrina

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

it's obvious

(Spanish) se nota / se obvio

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

delicate

(Spanish) delicado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

hard

(Spanish) duro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

toasted

(Spanish) tostado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

fat

(Spanish) gordo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

who, which, that (relative pronoun)

(Spanish) quien, cual, que (pronombre relativo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

dry

(Spanish) secarse

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

jump

(Spanish) saltar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lie down to sleep

(Spanish) echarse a dormir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sold by the (unit of measure)

(Spanish) se vende por (unidad de medida)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

cooking pot

(Spanish) cazuela

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

tie into

(Spanish) atar, amarrar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

order

(Spanish) mandar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to forget

(Spanish) olvidarse

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

give lodging for the night

(Spanish) dar posada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

know (people or places)

(Spanish) conocer

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

the two of us

(Spanish) los dos de nosotros

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

He or she makes candles.

(Spanish) Él o ella que hace las velas.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to lose

(Spanish) perder

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

feeds

(Spanish) le da de comer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

traditional and extravagant wedding

(Spanish) boda de fandango

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

atole

(Spanish) atole

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

so that you learn to read

(Spanish) para que aprendas a leer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

with permission

(Spanish) con permiso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

island (piece of land in the middle of water)

(Spanish) isla (un pedazo de tierra en el medio del agua)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

one year

(Spanish) un año

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) antes, entonces

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

three

(Spanish) tres

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

seventy (for money)

(Spanish) sesenta (para dinero)

Speaker: Elena García Jiménez

now

(Spanish) ahora

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

How is your brother? (speaking to a woman); How is your sister (speaking to a man)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu hermano? (hablando a una mujer); ¿Cómo está tu hermana? (hablando a un hombre)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

small red ant with a nasty bite

(Spanish) hormiga roja chiquita que pica feo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

my nose

(Spanish) mi nariz

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

idea; thought

(Spanish) idea; pensamiento

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kitty

(Spanish) gatito

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

something

(Spanish) algo

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

why

(Spanish) por qué

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the place of

(Spanish) el lugar de

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

centipede

(Spanish) cienpies

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

(Spanish) olote para desgranar maíz

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

surname

(Spanish) apellido

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

we stayed, we were

(Spanish) estábamos

Speaker: Gario Ángeles