Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be dry (for example of a tree)

(Spanish) estar seco (por ejemplo de un arbol)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

April

(Spanish) abril

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

phrase from a long time ago

(Spanish) desde hace mucho

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

baby

(Spanish) bebé, nene, nena

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

tepache made with pulque

(Spanish) tepache de pulque

Speaker: Minerva Gonzáles Hernández

listen!

(Spanish) ¡escúcha!

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

adjective raw meat

(Spanish) carne cruda

Speaker: Camelia Lazo Chávez

noun hen, chicken

(Spanish) gallina

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

’spirit animal’

(Spanish) nahual

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez

head person, person in charge

(Spanish) persona que encabeza, persona encargado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

peso (Mexican currency)

(Spanish) peso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

they learned (animal)

(Spanish) aprendieron (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) se manchó

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

adjective dry (of e.g. wood)

(Spanish) seco (p. ej. de palo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

chicatana (type of ant)

(Spanish) chicatana

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez

noun type of worm that grows in manure

(Spanish) especie de gusano que crece en el estiércol

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

feather

(Spanish) plumas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun saint

(Spanish) santo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

COVID-19

(Spanish) covid-19

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun the state of being sold

(Spanish) el estado de venderse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

will find (an animal)

(Spanish) encontraron (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun tortilla

(Spanish) tortilla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

nail

(Spanish) clavo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb I went to wash

(Spanish) fui a lavar

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

noun last week

(Spanish) la semana pasada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Eat, drink (polite invitation that the guests at a party eat and drink)

(Spanish) Reciban (invitación de cortesía para que los invitados de una fiesta coman y beban)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase now let’s go

(Spanish) ya vámonos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun broom

(Spanish) escoba

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

late (in the day)

(Spanish) tarde (en el dîa)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

1. dancer in the dance of the feather; 2. dance of the feather

(Spanish) 1. danzante en la danza de la pluma; 2. la danza de la pluma

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

loom net

(Spanish) mallas para el telar

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

(Spanish) tipo de flor

flower

(Spanish) flor

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

vegetable garden; orchard

(Spanish) huerta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) sembrar

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

noun thigh

(Spanish) muslo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun cockroach

(Spanish) cucaracha

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

place, spot

(Spanish) lugar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) terreno

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

noun tongue (of everyone)

(Spanish) lengua (de todos)

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

moss

(Spanish) musgo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

noun rabbit

(Spanish) conejo

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

noun spider

(Spanish) araña

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

jaguar

(Spanish) jaguar

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez

(Spanish) pepita o semilla de calabaza

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

we live

(Spanish) vivimos

Speaker: Edison Hipolito

kind; good-natured; generous; good; calm

(Spanish) bondadoso/a, generoso; bueno; traquilla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

adjective bad, rotten

(Spanish) malo, descompuesto

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

adverb now

(Spanish) ahora

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

carelessly

(Spanish) mal hecho, imprudente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

a soup like dish made with diced and cooked nopal and masa

(Spanish) amarillo de nopal

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

adjective fat

(Spanish) gordo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun young girl

(Spanish) niña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun water

(Spanish) agua

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun hour

(Spanish) hora

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kite

(Spanish) papalote

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

mortar

(Spanish) molcajete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) se seca el hilo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

appear, show up

(Spanish) aparecer, asomarse, presentarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

feels sad, feels sorrowful; feels homesick, feels nostalgic; misses someone

(Spanish) se siente triste; se siente nostálgico; extraña a alguien

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

My side hurts.

(Spanish) Me duele el costado.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ties bands of cloth across (a baby’s) chest (to prevent bad coughs or other illness)

(Spanish) amarra tiras de tela al pecho de un (un bebé)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

kill, butcher [animals]

(Spanish) matar [animales]

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ask for lodging for Mary and Joseph during a traditional procession at Christmas time

(Spanish) pide alojamiento para Maria y Jose durante un procesión tradicional de Las Posadas en Navidad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

puts, gets (something, in or on a place)

(Spanish) pone, mete (algo, en algún lugar)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase it’s two o’clock

(Spanish) son las dos

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

I love you.

(Spanish) Te quiero.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to swim

(Spanish) nadar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

(Spanish) rodillo

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

phrase we two, two of us

(Spanish) nosotros dos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

possessed noun your mouth

(Spanish) tu boca

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

verb is inside out

(Spanish) al revés

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

make a sound, make noise

(Spanish) sonar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

give lodging for the night

(Spanish) dar posada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

prayers are said for someone after he dies

(Spanish) se dicen oraciones para un difunto

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

verb to laugh hard

(Spanish) reír fuerte

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

smile

(Spanish) sonreírse

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

noun relation, family member

(Spanish) pariente, familiar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

taste good (liquid)

(Spanish) saber bien (líquido)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

two cents

(Spanish) dos centavos

Speaker: Elena García Jiménez

who, how

(Spanish) quién, cómo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

a while

(Spanish) un rato

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

less (for non-countable objects)

(Spanish) menos (como en cosas que no se pueden contar)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

clean

(Spanish) lavar

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

phrase during the evening we say...

(Spanish) cuando es la tarde decimos...

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun goat

(Spanish) chivo

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

small red ant with a nasty bite

(Spanish) hormiga roja chiquita que pica feo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

cotton

(Spanish) algodón

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

(Spanish) maiz

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(Spanish) maiz desgranado

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

What is it?

(Spanish) ¿Qué es?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

interrogative why

(Spanish) por qué

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

number six

(Spanish) seis

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

type of green tree

(Spanish) árbol verde

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez

firewood

(Spanish) leña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to say

(Spanish) decir

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

many years

(Spanish) muchos años

Speaker: Celso Gutiérrez Montaño

type of agave

(Spanish) tipo de maguey