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Spanish to English History Translation Glossary

Spanish term English translation
cuello de cisterna neck of the cistern/cistern's neck
Cuestiones revisadas A Reconsideration of / New Light on
cultismo (pagan) classicism
Cultura árabe Moorish culture
cuya elaboración social todavía está en curso which Chile's society is still coming to terms with.
dañar y ofender (in this case) cause pain and offence
dar una baja muy grande were greatly / severely reduced // greatly diminished
data gift / grant of land (Canary Islands)
dándole carta de naturalez legitimizing
de acostamiento retained
de acostamiento de la Corte in the keep of the Court
de ahí su vigencia en el tiempo hence its continued / timeless relevance
de bastante representación[18th C] fairly/rather/quite imposing
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
de levante itinerant (traders/merchants)
de lo que supuso el periodo de dos guerras what the period of two wars meant
de los cuales se había multiplicado el mundo whose offspring multiplied and filled the world/spread all over the world
de oreja o cambio matchmakers or exchange/currency brokers
Entered by: Edward Tully
de partes parties or entities
debían sujeción y servicio owed subjection and service
debió ser víctima de dos intentos de avasallamiento was to be the victim of two attempts to challenge its sovereignty
Entered by: patinba
Defensa defense
defensas monumentales massive (or substancial) defenses
dejarte una jubilación leave you something to retire on
Entered by: David Ronder
delante a compared with
derecho de aprisión right of aprisio
Entered by: maryblack
derecho de frontera frontier law / border law
Derecho de infantes The "Derecho de Infantes" customs duty
DERECHO PREMIAL Laudative/Laudatory/Premial Law
Entered by: Justin Peterson
derecho señorial seigneurial rights
Entered by: maryblack
deriva en leads to / results in ("El partido derivó en una pelea".)
derrumbarse como un castillo de naipes collapse like a house of cards
desamortización seizure and sale of church property
desde la reforma Following the reform(s)
Desde sus inicios since its foundation
desgarre psicológico psychological distress/stress/strain
desgastante wearing, consuming, weakening
desmonte a machete clearing / cutting by machete
Entered by: Barbara L Pavlik
dexa señores (archaic Iberian Spanish) leave them being gentlemen
dialogar con quien quiere asesinar nuestra liber... negotiating with people who want to take away our freedom never works. Appeasement never works.
Entered by: Edward Tully
diósele su despacho it was resolved
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