callejones (Spanish) alleys.
melcocchas and charamuscas (Spanish) taffy(s) and candy twists.
Alcatraz shape to stuff things in.
Quién fue el Pensador Mexicano? (Spanish) Who was this Mexican thinker?
Cierra la puerta (Spanish) Close the door.
Criada (Spanish) maid.
Mande? (Spanish) Come again? What?
Ya estás, viejo? Sí, cómo no. Ven aqui. (Spanish) You are already old? Yes, of course. Come here.
No lo mire a él. Te lo digo yo. Ándale. (Spanish) Don’t look at him. I tell you. Go forward.
quiero mi caballo (Spanish) I want my horse.
Tú. Dónde están los otros caballos. (Spanish) You. Where are the other horses.
Tenemos un preso (Spanish) I have a prisoner.
Un ladrón (Spanish) A thief.
Tenemos que ver un caballo (Spanish) We have to see a horse.
Qúe pasó, hombre? (Spanish) What happened, man?
Quién está contigo? (Spanish) Who is with you?
No tire el caballo (Spanish) Don’t shoot the horse.
No me mate (Spanish) Don’t kill me.
Pásale. Nadie le va a molestar. (Spanish) Pass on. No one will hurt you.
Está loco (Spanish) You are crazy.
Tiene razón (Spanish) I have my reasons.
Carabinero (Spanish) rifleman.
Quítese su camisa (Spanish) Take off your shirt.
No tiene otra salida (Spanish) No other way out.
Está compuesto? (Spanish) Is it set?
Deme las llaves (Spanish) Give me the keys.
Cuáles de los caballos son suyos? (Spanish) Which of the horses are yours?
Todos son míos. (Spanish) They are all mine.
Donde está su serape? (Spanish) Where is your blanket?
No tengo. (Spanish) I have none.
Veronica (Spanish) pass with the cape; a special movement in bullfights. Veronica refers to how the cape is held, in the manner of St. Veronica as she wiped Christ’s brow. A very graceful movement in the bullfight.
Hombres del país (Spanish) Men of the country.
huevos revueltos (Spanish) scrambled eggs.
Canela (Spanish) cinnamon.
Comal (Spanish) a hot iron or grill used over an open fire.
lay hands on in Christianity, a way of passing on the power of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes used by clergy, like Reverend Blevins, for healing purposes.
crystal set an old kind of radio, with an earphone for hearing. The crystal picked up the sounds.
