Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

adverb all

(Spanish) todo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be on a diet

(Spanish) estar a dieta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

itchy

(Spanish) dar comezón

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

become happy

(Spanish) alegrarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be happy, be content

(Spanish) alegrarse, estar feliz

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) emocionado/alegre

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

phrase I’m very happy.

(Spanish) Estoy muy contento.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

intransitive verb dry (intransitive)

(Spanish) secarse

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

(Spanish) se seca el hilo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

appear, show up

(Spanish) aparecer, asomarse, presentarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

show up unexpectedly

(Spanish) se aparece

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb we dye

(Spanish) teñimos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb to pay

(Spanish) pagar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

finish (something, not liquid)

(Spanish) se acaba

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb get tired

(Spanish) cansarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be thirsty

(Spanish) tener sed

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

need to pee

(Spanish) tener ganas de hacer pipí

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

feels pitty

(Spanish) siente lastima, siente piedad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to mix

(Spanish) mezclar

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gets soft, gets flexible, gets tanned (of leather)

(Spanish) se pone blando, se pone flexible; se curte (dicese de cuero)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

attentive with others, responsible

(Spanish) Atento con otros, responsable

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

root

(Spanish) raíz

Speaker: Celso Gutiérrez Montaño

there is a job opening

(Spanish) hay un puesto de trabajo disponible

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

loses a baby, has a miscarriage

(Spanish) pierde a un bebé

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

be; can

(Spanish) ser, estar; poder

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun birthday

(Spanish) cumpleaños

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sweating

(Spanish) sudando

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb be sick

(Spanish) estar enfermo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gets summmoned (for ceremonial purpose)

(Spanish) es llamado, perir la mano de una mujer (para un proposito ceremonial)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

gets pale (because of illness)

(Spanish) se pone pálido ( a causa de una enfermedad)

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

learn

(Spanish) aprender

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be in pain

(Spanish) doler

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

The tip of my tongue hurts.

(Spanish) La punta de mi lengua duele.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

My side hurts.

(Spanish) Me duele el costado.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

My face hurts.

(Spanish) Me duele la cara.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun sweat

(Spanish) sudor

Speaker: janet Chávez Santiago

I help

(Spanish) ayudo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

help

(Spanish) ayudar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

help each other

(Spanish) ayudarnos entre nosotros

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb shakes, gets anxious

(Spanish) agita

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

you are presumptuous

(Spanish) te crees mucho

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

get taken off, get loosend

(Spanish) se quita, se afloja

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

gets straight, gets flat

(Spanish) se endereza, se aplana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be born

(Spanish) nacer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb I remember well

(Spanish) me acuerdo mucho

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

adverb everywhere

(Spanish) por todos lados

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb have

(Spanish) tener

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb have

(Spanish) tener

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb dawn

(Spanish) amanace

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sunrise

(Spanish) amanecer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb jump

(Spanish) saltar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb jump

(Spanish) saltar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb sleep

(Spanish) dormir

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb sleep

(Spanish) dormir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be equally inadequate (for example, of a group of workers)

(Spanish) ser igualmente incompetentes (por ejemplo, un grupo de trabajadores)

Speaker: Edison Hipolito de los Angeles

vibrate

(Spanish) vibrar

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

looks wide-eyes at

(Spanish) mira con los ojos completamente abierto a

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to die

(Spanish) se muere

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb eat

(Spanish) comer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb be thirsty for

(Spanish) tener sed

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb find

(Spanish) encontrar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

rest

(Spanish) descansar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb leave

(Spanish) salir

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

here

(Spanish) aquí

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb go

(Spanish) ir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

here

(Spanish) aquí

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

intransitive verb the sun sets

(Spanish) se pone el sol

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

swallows

(Spanish) tragar

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

round, circular

(Spanish) redondo, circular

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

afternoon (3 p.m. until dark)

(Spanish) la tarde (3 p.m. until oscureser)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

adverb there

(Spanish) allí

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

this (very close)

(Spanish) aquí (muy cercano)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb drink

(Spanish) beber

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun blood

(Spanish) sangre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

nurses, breastfeeds (of a baby)

(Spanish) mama (dicese de un bebé)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

right here

(Spanish) aquí, aquí mismo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb to block

(Spanish) atorar, atascar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lie down

(Spanish) ir a acostarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lie down to sleep

(Spanish) echarse a dormir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

insults (someone)

(Spanish) insulta (alguien)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

to visit

(Spanish) visitar, ir a ver

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

fruit in baskets that are carried to the fiesta

(Spanish) fruta en las canastas que se llevan en la fiesta

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez

verb I wake up

(Spanish) me levanto

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

verb Get up

(Spanish) Levantarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

like

(Spanish) gustar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I like you the way you are

(Spanish) me gusta como eres

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sink

(Spanish) hundir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

boast about the future; makes a promise

(Spanish) presume del futuro; hace una promesa

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gossips to

(Spanish) le chismea a

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

leaves (someone) in a bad position, abandons (someone) after encouraging him

(Spanish) deja (a alguien) en una mala posición, abandona (alguien) después dehaberlo animado

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

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

ties (oxen) together at the neck

(Spanish) amarra (a los bueyes) juntos por el pescuezo

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

hobbles (donkey or horse)

(Spanish) manea (a un barro o caballo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

yokes (oxen)

(Spanish) enyunta, enyuga (a bueyes)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

grunts (due to exertion or straining)

(Spanish) gruñ (por esfuerzo o al pujar)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

plays the top and ball game

(Spanish) participa en un juego de trompo y pelota

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

prepare food (for eating away from home)

(Spanish) preparar comida (para que se como afuera de casa)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

irrigates, waters

(Spanish) riega

Speaker: Munro et al 1999