Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

1. to dye, 2. to color

(Spanish) 1. teñir, 2. pintar

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

verb gets cooked, roasted, grilled

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

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kill, butcher [animals]

(Spanish) matar [animales]

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

look for

(Spanish) buscar

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

to play

(Spanish) jugar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

plays with, teases, kids;*flirts with

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

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb be mischievous

(Spanish) travesear

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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

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

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb tell

(Spanish) contar, narrar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb to pay

(Spanish) pagar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

appears in, shows his face in (a place)

(Spanish) asomar(se)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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

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

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

distributes, gives out

(Spanish) distribuye, da

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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

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

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

smokes (cigarettes, tabacco, a pipe)

(Spanish) fumar ( cigarros, tabaco, una pipa)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

thinks poorly of, looks down on, criticizes

(Spanish) piensa mal de; criitica

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

pulls (something), pull something, pull something aways

(Spanish) tira, jala, saca, algo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

pulls on (a child’s) ears (discipline him)

(Spanish) jala las orejas de (un niño) (para disciplinarlo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

do 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: Janet Chávez Santiago

hairstyle with two braids

(Spanish) se peina de dos trenzas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

cooking pot

(Spanish) cazuela

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

tie into

(Spanish) atar, amarrar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

tie (like around logs)

(Spanish) atar (como alrededor de leña)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

to dye

(Spanish) teñir

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

they wear gold earrings (referring to women participating in the parade)

(Spanish) se ponen aretes de oro (en referencia a las mujeres que participan en el convite)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

they wear huaraches

(Spanish) se ponen huaraches

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase it’s two o’clock

(Spanish) son las dos

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

it’s one o’clock

(Spanish) es la una

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

1.love 2. want

(Spanish) 1.amar 2. quierer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I love you.

(Spanish) Te quiero.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I love you a lot.

(Spanish) Te quiero mucho.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

borrows (something) from

(Spanish) le toma prestado (algo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

feel like (doing something relatively important)

(Spanish) tener ganas ( hacer algo relativamente importante)

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

verb to want; to love

(Spanish) querer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

want, love

(Spanish) querer, amar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb I want

(Spanish) quiero

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

I want; I love

(Spanish) quiero

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

I want a lot, I love a lot (intense)

(Spanish) quiero mucho, amo mucho (intenso)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

they (pl.) want (animal)

(Spanish) quieren (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I want a lot, I love a lot

(Spanish) quiero mucho, amo mucho

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lift the rug

(Spanish) levantar el tapete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

hit one’s head, bump one’s head

(Spanish) pegarse en la cabeza

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

rancid smell

(Spanish) huele rancio

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

is hungry

(Spanish) tiene hambre

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

They are very hungry (animals)

(Spanish) tienen mucha hambre (animal)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

stink (of sweaty part of the body or spoiled lard/chicharrones)

(Spanish) apesta, (de un parte del cuerpo sudorosa o de manteca/chicharrones malos)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

boil

(Spanish) hierve

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lick (of animals)

(Spanish) lamer (de los animales)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

grows (plants)

(Spanish) crece la planta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

raises

(Spanish) levantar

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

end

(Spanish) terminar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

plow

(Spanish) arar

Speaker: Rocío Mendoza Bazán

I'm starving!

(Spanish) ¡como qué tengo hambre!

Example: Rilyana la xix neky!! see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

grab, to catch

(Spanish) agarrar, atrapar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

tell, say

(Spanish) decir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb speaks, tells

(Spanish) habla, dice

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

lightning strike, there is lightning

(Spanish) relampaguea, cae un relámpago

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

verb to request

(Spanish) pedir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ask God for something

(Spanish) pedirle algo a Dios

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

order

(Spanish) mandar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb move

(Spanish) mover

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb they say

(Spanish) dicen

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

verb to speak

(Spanish) hablar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb accept

(Spanish) aceptar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

grow up

(Spanish) crecer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb to forget

(Spanish) olvidarse

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb lie

(Spanish) mentir

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

Patrick

(Spanish) Patricio

Speaker: Edison Hipolito de los Angeles

take, peel, flake

(Spanish) despegra, descascarar, pelar, quitar

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

verb peel (as of onions or garlic)

(Spanish) pelar (cebollas o ajos)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb put in its place; accomodate

(Spanish) poner en su lugar de; acomodar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be in a hurry

(Spanish) apurarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

he/she interrupts (what someone is saying)

(Spanish) él/ella interrumpe (lo que alguien está diciendo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

pulls out (weed, hair) by the roots, pulls (a tooth)

(Spanish) arranca (una hierba, cabello) de su raíz, sacar

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

squeeze out

(Spanish) exprimir

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it earthquakes

(Spanish) tiembla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to swim

(Spanish) nadar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb rub, scrape

(Spanish) tallar, raspar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb like

(Spanish) gustar? como?

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

works (of an object)

(Spanish) servir de funcionar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I wring out

(Spanish) yo exprimo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

verb Open

(Spanish) Abrir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gets irrigated, gets watered

(Spanish) se riega

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb milk (a cow)

(Spanish) ordeñar (una vaca)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

gets burned, burns

(Spanish) se quema

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

verb peel (fruit), skin (animals); be out of money (or other commodity)

(Spanish) pelar (fruta), despellejar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb walk

(Spanish) caminar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb walk

(Spanish) caminar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb appear to be, picture

(Spanish) aparecer, figurar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb think

(Spanish) creer, pensar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

verb buy

(Spanish) comprar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kneel

(Spanish) arrodillarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

drunk

(Spanish) borracho

Speaker: Celso Gutiérrez Montaño

sets (something) on fire

(Spanish) enciende, prende fuego a (algo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

intransitive verb dawns

(Spanish) amanace

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

throw up, vomit

(Spanish) vomitar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

has a pain in

(Spanish) tiene un dolor en

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be located somewhere (temporarily, for people)

(Spanish) estar ubicado en un lugar temporalmente (aplica a persones)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago