Glossary | Compulsory English XI | 2. A Sunny Morning | by Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero

 

Unit 4: One Act Plays

2. A Sunny Morning

by Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero

(translated from the Spanish by Lucretia Xavier Floyd)

 

Glossary

 

adios	a courteous way of saying ‘goodbye’ in spanish	विदाई, गुडबाई
affirm	insist, uphold	दृढतापूर्वक भन्नु
appearance	look, facade	रुप, स्वरुप
Aravaca	a village near Madrid	अराभाका
atrocious	very bad; disgusting; horrifyingly wicked	नराम्रो तरिकाले, अत्याचारी
audience	listener, hearing	दर्शक
barbarism	brutality, cruelty	बर्बर अवस्था, जंगलीपना
beads	pearls, gems	मोती
Bécquer	Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870), a Spanish poet	बेकर
beholding	witnessing, observing	हेरिरहेको
boudoir	a woman’s bedroom	श्रृंगारकक्ष
bouquet	garland, bunch	फूलको गुच्छा, बुके
calamity	disaster, catastrophe	विपत्ती
Campoamor	a Spanish poet and philosopher	क्याम्पोआमोर
caravels	ships built in Spain and Portugal in the fifteenth century	पानी जहाज
civilization	culture, development	सभ्यता
coincidence	chance, luck	संयोग
conciliatory	appeasing, pacifying	मिलनसार
crumbs	bits, specks	रोटीका टुक्राहरु
disappear	vanish, fade away	बिलाउनु
distorted	twisted, fuzzy	विकृत
duel	a contest between two people with deadly weapons in order to settle a point of honour	द्धन्द्ध
eccentricities	peculiarities, oddities	असामान्यता, विषम्तता
Espronceda	José de Espronceda (1808–1842), a Spanish romantic poet	इस्प्रोन्सेडा
eternal	everlasting, immortal	अनन्त
exaggerated	overstated, extravagant	बढाएको
extraordinary	exceptional, wonderful	असाधारण
eyesight	vision, view	दृष्टि, ज्योति
Ferdinand and Isabella	the king and queen of Spain who financed christopher columbus’s voyage across the atlantic ocean in the late 1400s	फर्डीनान्ड, इजाबेला
fictitious	fictional, untrue	काल्पनीक
fragrant	perfumed, aromatic	सुगन्धित
funeral	burial, cremation	अन्त्येष्टि
fussy	fastidious, aggressive	सजिलै रिसाउने
gallant	gallant, gallant	बहादुर
glutton	a person who is greedy for food	खञ्चुवा
gouty	suffering from the swelling in the joints	वाथरोग
graven image	carved	कुदिएको
grotesque	comically or repulsively ugly or distorted	विकृत, विचित्र, भद्दा
grumble	complain, moan	गुनगुन गर्नु, गुनासो गर्नु
horrifyingly	frighteningly, disturbingly	डरलागदो गरी
humorous	funny, amusing	हासोलाग्दो
hurried	rushed, hasty	हतार गरिएको
ill-natured	bad-natured, sick-natured	दुष्ट, बिरामी प्रकृति
improvement	progress, upgrading	सुधार
incredible	remarkable, extraordinary	अविश्वसनीय
incredulously	doubtfully, suspiciously	अविश्वसनीय रूपमा
indignant	feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unfair	क्रोधित
indignantly	feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unfair	क्रोध व्यक्त गर्नु
mass	a religious celebration held regularly in the roman catholic church	धार्मिक पर्व
merchant	trader, business holder	ब्यापारी
murmured	whispered, grumbled	गनगन
muttering	moaning, mumbling	गनगन
nursemaids	nanny	धाईआमा
obliged	compelled, forced	बाध्य
outright	openly, obvious	स्पष्ट
parasol	a small, colourful umbrella used for protection from the sun	छाता
partridge	bobwhite quail, a kind of bird	तित्रा चरा
passionate	loving, ardent	भावुक, कामुक
persistent	relentless, tenacious	हठी, जिद्दी, लगातार
perspiration	sweat, moisture	पसीना
philosopher	logician, theorist	दार्शनिक
pleasure	joy, enjoyment	खुशी
precisely	accurately, exactly	शुद्ध रुपमा
prelude	foreword, introduction	प्रस्तुत गर्नु, शुरु गर्नु
providence	a force that determines human fate; god	विधाता
pupil	student, scholar	विद्यार्थी
radiance	glow, brightness	चमक
repulsively	disgustingly, revoltingly	प्रतिक्रियात्मक रूपमा, धृणात्मक रुपमा
seemed	appeared, look like	लाग्यो, प्रतित भयो
senora	a Spanish way of addressing a married woman, similar to ‘madam’. senorita is the term used to address unmarried women, and senor is used to address men.	म्याडम
Seville	a city in southern Spain	सेभिल
sneeze	sternutation, sneezing	हाछ्यु
snuff	powdered tobacco	श्वासको साथ तान्नु सघ्नु
speculating	guessing, considering	अनुमान लगाउदै
spin	whirl, whirl	घुम्नु, घुमाउनु
sprinkled	scattered, drizzled	छर्कियो
spryest	active and lively	फुर्तिलो
stoops	bends, crouches	झुक्छ
suspect	suspicious, doubt	संदिग्ध, शंकास्पद
threnody	a song of lament for the dead	शोकगति
trench	ditch, deep	खाडल
uncommonly	unusually, surprisingly	असामान्य
undoubtedly	certainly, definitely	विना शंका
unexpectedly	unpredictably, all of a sudden	निसन्देह, अप्रतयाशित रूपमा
unfortunate	unhappy, disastrous	दुर्भागय
unparalleled	unmatched, unequaled	अनुपम, असमान
unprecedented	unparalleled, extraordinary	अभूतपूर्व
unreasonable	irrational, unfair	अनुचित
Valencia	a city on the eastern coast of spain	भ्यालेन्सिया
violently	brutally, forcefully	हिंसात्मक रूपमा
Zorrilla	Jose Zorrilla (1817–1893), a Spanish romantic poet and dramatist	जोरिला