envoltorios
wrappers (packets)
bulto
backpack
atadito
little bundle (tied up)
abracé
hugged, clung to, clasped
antojaba
seemed (parecía)
cofrecillo
small box (put treasured things in)
forrados
lined/ covered
condicípulos
classmates
feucas
ugly
gordinflón
fatty, chubby
hurgaba
picking (his nose)
tambaleante
wobbly, shaky
oloroso a reverbero
smelling of cheap liquor/alcohol
un palto
a jacket
acallar
to silence
palabrotas
curse words (swearing)
endosar (endosábamos)
to endorse, to tell us about
predilecto
teacher's pet/ favorite
buscando pleito
looking for a fight/ to provoke
chillido
shriek, yelling/bawling
mojicón (es)
golpes en la cabeza (hits to the head)
solterona
old maid (caring)/ spinster
penacho
feather ornament (trail of smoke in story)
fardo
bag
tullido
crippled
mendigar
to beg (pedir limosna)
mueca
grimace
puntero
pointer
empellón
shove, push
tinajero
big filter for water (water filter)
palpar
to touch, to feel
enchirona
in jail
propuesto (proponerse)
decided/ to decide
gemir
to moan
gente de duelo
people in mourning/ mourners
rezonga
murmur
cuchichear
to whisper
los pésames
the condolences
una chupa
a short jacket
se suena
he blows his nose
clavada
nailed