Prieta Is Dreaming by Gloria Anzaldúa & Kelli D. Zaytoun & AnaLouise Keating & Suzanne Bost

Author:Gloria Anzaldúa & Kelli D. Zaytoun & AnaLouise Keating & Suzanne Bost
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Translations

tragando luciérnagas: swallowing fireflies

pelo negro: black hair

disculpe: excuse me

encino: live oak

caras güeras: white faces

platicaron de sus familias: talking about their families

mamagrande: grandmother

primo hermano: cousin/brother

nagualismo: shapeshifting

movida: move, as in “make a move on”

vatos: a pachuco word meaning dudes

los mosquitos: the gnats

palomas blancas: mourning doves

ay mijita: short term for “mi hijita,” my little daughter, a term of endearment for girls

qué calor: how hot it is

Ándale: Come on

bueno: OK

en dos semanas: in two weeks

del valle: of the Valley, as the Lower Rio Grande Valley is called

pueblos: towns

dos mujeres: two women

ojos luceros: luminous eyes

esperando el amanecer: waiting for dawn

lado a lado: side by side

una lumbrita: a small fire

esa luzecita de luciérnaga: this light of the fireflies

cuando se sentaban juntitas: when they sat close together

caballo: horse

novio: boyfriend, lover

Tú sabes.: You know.

el Sagrado Corazón de Jesus: the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Jesucristo: Jesus Christ

de una palomita: of a mourning dove

marimacha: butch dyke

la barranca: the ravine

la Llorona: the ghost woman who wept in the night for her lost children

Dile que no estoy en casa.: Tell her I’m not home.

se trago la luz: swallowed the light

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