Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

puts (grease, ointment, sunscreen) on (something, another person)

(Spanish) unta (grasa, ungüento, protector del sol) a (algo, otra person)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

caresses

(Spanish) acaricia

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets fast, is fast

(Spanish) se pone rápido, es rápido

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

happens to

(Spanish) (hace) de casualidad

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

in case

(Spanish) en caso que

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

hugs

(Spanish) abraza

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets sour

(Spanish) se hace agrio

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

squezes (someone’s hand) presses (a button), rings (a door bell

(Spanish) aprieta (la mano de alguien o un botón)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

strangles (someone) wrings (someone’s neck

(Spanish) estrangula (a alguien), le retuerce el cuello a (alguien)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

pierces, makes a hole in

(Spanish) agujera

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets stuck on

(Spanish) se pega en

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets stuck, gets poked (into something)

(Spanish) se mete (en algo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

irrigates, waters

(Spanish) riega

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

tries to avoid having (something happen)

(Spanish) intenta evitar que (algo pase)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

stomps his foot

(Spanish) golpea el suelo con su pie

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

hits his head, bumps his head

(Spanish) pega en la cabeza

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

kills (usually, an animal)

(Spanish) mata (usualmente, un animal)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

verb hit

(Spanish) pegar

Speaker: CC

borrows (something) from

(Spanish) le toma prestado (algo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

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: Munro et al 1999

hits his face against

(Spanish) se pega la cara en

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

lays (a long obj) down, puts (a long obj. ) down

(Spanish) pone, acuesta (un obj. largo, en un lugar)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

lays down, puts down (a long obj. in a place)

(Spanish) pone, acuesta (un obj, largo, en un lugar)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

appears in, shows his face in (a place)

(Spanish) aparece en, se muestra en (un lugar)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

pays the fare for

(Spanish) paga el pasaje de

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

distributes, gives out

(Spanish) distribuye, da

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

rip

(Spanish) rasgar

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

scratches (an itch)

(Spanish) rasca

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

combs her hair (of a woman or possibly a man with long hair)

(Spanish) se peina (dicese de una mujer, o posiblemente de un hombre de pelo largo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

kills

(Spanish) mata

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

marries (performs marriage for)

(Spanish) casa

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets (a woman) pregnant

(Spanish) embaraza, deja (a una mujer) encinta

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

shaves (someone), shaves (someone’s) face

(Spanish) afeita (alguien), rasura (a alguien), le rasura la barba a alguien

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

shaves, shaves his face

(Spanish) se afeita, se afeita la barba, se rasura, se rasura la barba

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

interrupts (what someone is saying)

(Spanish) interrumpe (lo que alguien está diciendo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gives (something) away

(Spanish) regala, da

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

cuts (hair, agave leaves); prunes the top of (a plant), cuts mows (short grass or alfalfa); shears (sheep)

(Spanish) corta (el pelo, hojas de maguey, el cort pasto, o alfalfa); poda la parte superior de (una planta); esquila (ovejas)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

cooks

(Spanish) cocina, cuece

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

hardboils

(Spanish) hierve ( un huevo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

boils, softboils (an egg)

(Spanish) hierve (un huevo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

wraps (someone) in (something), puts ( a garments that covers the upper body) on (someone)

(Spanish) envuelve (a alguien) en (algo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

sets (something) on fire

(Spanish) enciende, prende fuego a (algo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

cooks (corn from which atole or tortilla will be made)

(Spanish) coce (maíz que se va a usar para hacer atole o tortillas)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

pay one’s respect at the home where a dead person is laid out before the funeral

(Spanish) presentar sus respetos en la casa donde una persona muerta está acostada, antes del funeral

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets (something) wet

(Spanish) moja

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

speaks, talks

(Spanish) habla

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

says, speaks

(Spanish) dice, habla

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

says one thing but means another

(Spanish) dice una cosa pero quiere decir otra coasa

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

talks about

(Spanish) habla de

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

tells the truth

(Spanish) dice la verdad

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

makes (someone) drink, gets (someone) drunk; nurse breastfeeds (a baby)

(Spanish) hacer beber( a alguien), emborracha (a alguien); amamanta, le da pecho a (un bebé)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

braids

(Spanish) trenza

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

nurses, breastfeeds (of a baby)

(Spanish) amamanta, le da pecho a un bebé

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

talks with, speaks with

(Spanish) habla con, platica con

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

looks ( in a direction)

(Spanish) mira (hacia alguna dirección)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

visits

(Spanish) visita

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

looks at, watches; checks out, looks over

(Spanish) ve, mira, observa; revisa

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

looks through, looks out

(Spanish) mira por

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looks wide-eyes at

(Spanish) mira con los ojos completamente abierto a

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

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

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

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

stares

(Spanish) mira fijamente

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

stares at

(Spanish) mira fijamente (a alguien

stares at

(Spanish) mira fijamente (a alguien)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

watches from a concealed position, watches stealthily

(Spanish) mira desde una posición oculta, mora cautelosamente

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

takes a good look at, analyzes

(Spanish) ve bien, observa, analiza

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

dances

(Spanish) baila

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

goes dancing along (in fear)

(Spanish) va bailando por el camino (con miedo?)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

feeds

(Spanish) le da de comer

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

scolds

(Spanish) regaña

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

argues

(Spanish) discute

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

plays

(Spanish) juega

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

plays with, teases, kids;*flirts with

(Spanish) juego con, le toma el pelo a, bromea; coquetea con

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets vigorously massaged (of a part of the body)

(Spanish) se masajea vigorosamente (de una parte del cuerpo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

argues

(Spanish) discute

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets cooked, roasted, grilled

(Spanish) se cocina, se asa (al horno o en la brasas)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

puts to bed, puts to sleep

(Spanish) acuesta, pone a dormir

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

gets incompletely cooked; gets cooked rare (of meat)

(Spanish) se cocina imcompletamente; se cocina medio crudo (carne)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

get cooked so that it is crisp (of pork, for example)

(Spanish) dorarse para que se ponga crujiente (de puerco, por ejemplo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

adjective cloudy

(Spanish) nublado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun jug

(Spanish) cántaro

falls;falls out

(Spanish) se cae

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

it snows, snow falls

(Spanish) nieva, cae nieve

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

it hails

(Spanish) graniza, cae granizo

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

it drizzles

(Spanish) llovizna , cae llovizna

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

falls of

(Spanish) se cae de

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

verb realize, have an instinct about something

(Spanish) darse cuenta, tener un impulso de conocer algo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb rob

(Spanish) robar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rob

(Spanish) robar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb waits for

(Spanish) esparar algo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb become nightfall

(Spanish) anochece

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb sow (seeds)

(Spanish) sembrar maiz

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase they put spices on the food

(Spanish) le ponen especias a la comida

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

Sadness

(Spanish) Tristeza

verb return, come back

(Spanish) volver

Speaker: CC

verb be sold

(Spanish) venderse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

intransitive verb gets sold, sells

(Spanish) se vende

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sold by the (unit of measure)

(Spanish) se vende por (unidad de medida)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

water (plants)

(Spanish) regar (plantas)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

passes by, pass

(Spanish) pasar, aprobar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago