Vocabulario para Los Mayas
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auge |
peak |
n. the point of highest intensity,
achievement, value, position, or the like. economic growth. |
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ceiba |
ceiba |
n. the name of a genus of many species of
large trees found in tropical areas, including Mexico, Central and South
America, The Bahamas, Belize and the Caribbean, West Africa, and Southeast
Asia. |
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códice |
codex |
n. a book in the format used for modern books, with
separate pages normally bound together and given a cover. |
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colapso |
collapse |
n. a sudden falling down or inward. |
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contundente |
resounding |
adj. very thorough; complete. |
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cosmología |
cosmology |
n. philosophy concerned with the nature,
origin, and development of the universe. |
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cosmos |
cosmos |
n. any unified, orderly whole or system
concerned with the nature, origin, and development of the universe. |
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cosmovisión |
vision (understanding) of the cosmos |
n. the way a certain culture understands the cosmos, cosmos
being either the physical universe or the phylosophical
knowledge of the totality. |
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declive |
decline |
n. a falling off or loss. |
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desembocar |
culminate |
v. to arrive at a climax or conclusion
(usu. fol. by in). to bring to a climax or conclusion. |
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estela |
stele |
n. a stone or wooden slab, generally taller
than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually
decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed,
carved in relief (bas-relief, sunken-relief, high-relief, and so forth), or
painted onto the slab. |
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florecimiento |
flourishing period |
n. a time of full strength, influence, or
the like. |
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foliada |
leafy |
adj. of, covered with, or consisting of
leaves. |
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glifo |
glyph |
n. is a carved or inscribed symbol. |
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caso omiso |
ignore, pay no attention to |
v. to refuse to recognize or fail to take
notice of; pay no attention to; disregard. |
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hambruna |
famine |
n. an extreme and widespread shortage of
food. |
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inframundo |
underworld |
n. a generic term approximately equivalent to the
lay term afterlife, referring to any place to which newly dead souls go. In
most cultures the term refers to a neutral or dystrophic realm of the
afterlife, instead of a heavenly one. Sometimes the underworld is identified
as "Hell" because Hell is thought to be under the Earth. |
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macizo |
solid, stout, sturdy |
adj. made entirely of a single substance. sturdy, strong, or well-constructed. sound or reliable. |
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pilastra |
pilaster |
n. a slightly-projecting column built into or
applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in
form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of
column, including tortile. |
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recóndito |
remote |
adj. at a far distance in space or time. |
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sequía |
drought |
n. an unusually prolonged lack of rain. |
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supramundo |
supraworld |
n. a generic term approximately equivalent
to the lay term heaven, referring to the place above or over the real world,
where the beings of light dwell. |
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tildar |
brand |
v. to mark with disgrace or shame;
stigmatize. |