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andamios |
Scaffolding |
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arrieros |
muleteer (person that transports things by mule (like stones to build a cathedral?!?... or transport "mercaderías") |
muletero |
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barquero |
boatman, ferryman, waterman |
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Alhóndiga |
Local destinado a la venta, compra y depósito de cereales y otros alimentos. |
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lindes |
boundaries |
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transcurría |
it passed |
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plateros |
silversmiths |
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despejar de arenales |
clear of sand |
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terrenos extramuros |
extramural lands (extramural: outside the walls or boundaries of a town, college, or institution.>>"extramural researchers"additional to one's work or course of study and typically not connected with it.>>"extramural activities") |
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dar cabida |
to accomodate |
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recinto |
enclosure |
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el peligroso trajinar de los obreros |
the dangerous work of the workers |
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andamiaje |
scaffolding |
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adusta |
grim, austere, dour, serious |
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chata |
flat |
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sin ventanales |
no windows |
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murallas lindanado con el mar |
walls adjoining the sea |
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tirones |
pulls |
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caución idónea |
suitable bond |
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le solicitó el veguer |
vegueries: was the feudal administrative territorial jurisdiction of the Principality of Catalonia (looks like counties; the leader was called something similar (translation of phrase: the veguer (mayor, official, or some such person) solicited from him (he solicited "la caución" from him) |
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galimatías |
rigmarole |
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embudos |
funnels (in this case it describes the crowded narrow streets of medieval Barcelona, so I thought it might mean mazes from the context) (upon more Internet search, it is literally "funnels") |
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atarazanas |
shipyard, pier, wharf |
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escudilla |
bowl, basin, pan |
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portaba la rodela |
he carried the wheel |
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arracimados en la playa |
clustered on the beach |
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varar |
to beach (e.g. a ship) |
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ajetreo |
hustle and bustle; hubbub |
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turrón |
turon (/tuˈɾon/) or nougat is a confection, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, with toasted almonds or other nuts, and usually shaped into either a rectangular tablet or a round cake. |
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apartado del trajín |
apart from the hustle and bustle |
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trajinar (verb); comenzó a trajinar las calles, ; No más trajinar con fórmulas caseras; Inevitablemente he comenzado muy pronto a trajinar en el taller de mi familia, |
began to hit the streets; No more fumbling with homemade [...]; I have inevitably started very soon to work ( to "frequent") in my family's workshop, |
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suministro |
supply |
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engalanada |
decked out |
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lanzaba unos gorgoritos que erizaban el vello de Bernat |
threw (let loose) gorgorites (gurgles, coos) that ruffled Bernat's hair (or perhaps gave him goosebumps (?)) |
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azuzado |
Induced, encouraged, stirred up |
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Contonearse |
Swagger, strut (contoneo = swagger) |
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Caza |
Hunt, game (food) |
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volatería |
poultry |
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fardos |
bale (or load, perhaps, of rock, or 1 rock; or of fish (these are the past two contexts)) |
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