Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

Are you serious?, Really?

(Spanish) ¿En serio?, ¿De veras?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

three months has passed, three months later

(Spanish) tres meses han pasado, tres meses después

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

That’s enough! Stop it! (addressed to people who are arguing)

(Spanish) ¡Ya no! ¡Basta!

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I already know.

(Spanish) Ya sé.

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

April

(Spanish) abril

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

my finger

(Spanish) mi dedo de mano

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

how much (money)

(Spanish) cuánto (dinero)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

toad

(Spanish) sapo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

apply

(Spanish) aplicar, poner

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

hen, chicken

(Spanish) gallina

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

butcher of pigs

(Spanish) tocinero

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

person from out of town; foreigner

(Spanish) gente de fuera

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

a small wild cat

(Spanish) tigrillo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

peppermint

(Spanish) yerbabuena

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

(Spanish) mes

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

sapodilla

(Spanish) zapote

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

(Spanish) culebra de agua

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

people

(Spanish) gente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(spindle to make warp yarn)

(Spanish) cuñas (malacate para levantar la urdimbre)

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

(Spanish) epazote

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

(Spanish) tlacuache

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

earthquake, shake

(Spanish) temblor

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

green

(Spanish) verde (color)

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

well

(Spanish) pozo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ball of yarn

(Spanish) bola de hilo

Speaker: Manuel de Jesús Mendoza Chávez

young woman

(Spanish) muchacha

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

not yet

(Spanish) todavía no

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

memela (small masa tortilla with beans and cheese)

(Spanish) memela

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

river

(Spanish) río

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

heaven

(Spanish) el cielo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

flower of the prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) flor del nopal

Speaker: Manuel de Jesús Mendoza Chávez

my hair

(Spanish) mi cabello

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to be empty (of liquid)

(Spanish) estar vacio (de líquido)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

Eat!

(Spanish) ¡Come!

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

well

(Spanish) bien

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) lagartija

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

Settle down! / Calm down!

(Spanish) (estate) Quieto/quieta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

late (in the day)

(Spanish) tarde (en el dîa)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

go to sleep!

(Spanish) vete a dormir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it wandered (animal)

(Spanish) fue a andar (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

seven

(Spanish) siete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) riego

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(Spanish) estás poniendo los hilos para el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

never

(Spanish) nunca

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

hurry! move! (informal)

(Spanish) apúrate

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

meat market; butcher shop (where meat is sold)

(Spanish) carnicería (donde se vende carne)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I don’t know

(Spanish) no sé

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

wool rug

(Spanish) tapete de lana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it (animal)

(Spanish) él/ella (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre

(Spanish) fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

(Spanish) flor de calabaza

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

rug fringe

(Spanish) fleco de tapete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

you (singular)

(Spanish) tú

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

dirty

(Spanish) sucio

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ash Wednesday

(Spanish) miércoles de ceniza

Speaker: Celso Gutiérrez Montaño

gray

(Spanish) gris

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

wool bag

(Spanish) morral de lana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

then

(Spanish) entonces

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

we live

(Spanish) vivimos

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

delicate

(Spanish) delicado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lethargic, hungover

(Spanish) desguazado, crudo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

mischievous

(Spanish) travieso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

happy, full of happiness (you)

(Spanish) abundante, alegria (tú)

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

that

(Spanish) ese, esa

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

scorpion

(Spanish) escorpión, alacrán

Speaker: Rocío Mendoza Bazán

smells like eggs, lamb or goat meat

(Spanish) huele a huevos o carne de cordero o chivo

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

piloncillo (a type of unrefined brown sugar or molasses)

(Spanish) piloncillo

Speaker: Miroslava

get tired

(Spanish) cansarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

warm up, limber up (of a part of the body)

(Spanish) se calienta (dicese de una parte del cuerpo)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

lie down

(Spanish) ir a acostarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to visit

(Spanish) visitar, ir a ver

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

goes in

(Spanish) se va a meter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gets sold, sells

(Spanish) se vende

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

passes by, pass

(Spanish) pasar, aprobar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it gets windy

(Spanish) se pone ventoso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to play

(Spanish) jugar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be in a hurry

(Spanish) apurarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

stings (of a bee)

(Spanish) pica (dicese de una abeja)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

work

(Spanish) trabajar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

spin

(Spanish) hilar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

because

(Spanish) porque

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

let’s count

(Spanish) contemos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

one hundred

(Spanish) cien

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

backstrap loom

(Spanish) telar de cintura

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

huehuete (master of ceremonies, village protocol expert)

(Spanish) ahuehuete (maestro de ceremonia, experto del protocolo del pueblo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

eighteen

(Spanish) dieciocho

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) paño

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

hat

(Spanish) sombrero

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

your (sg) dog

(Spanish) tu perro

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

something

(Spanish) algo

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the place of

(Spanish) el lugar de

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

my elbow

(Spanish) mi codo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

greeting with handshake

(Spanish) saludo de mano

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

beef stew

(Spanish) caldo de res

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

dancer’s shirt

(Spanish) la camisa del danzante

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martínez

reed

(Spanish) carrizo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Good evening! Hello! (said in the evening)

(Spanish) ¡Buenas noches!

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

keep on [doing something], keep on occurring

(Spanish) seguir [haciendo algo], seguir ocurriendo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

we stayed, we were

(Spanish) estábamos

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

I wait for, I hope

(Spanish) espero

Speaker: Gario Ángeles