The Fountains of Silence

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by Ruta Sepetys


  Buenos días

  Good morning

  Buenas noches

  Good night/evening

  Buenas tardes

  Good afternoon

  Caballero

  Gentleman/Sir

  Cálmate

  Take it easy/Calm down

  Capea

  Caping

  Caramba

  Wow

  Caray

  Wow

  Cariño

  Darling

  El Caudillo

  Leader/Leader of armies (in reference to Franco)

  Cava

  Sparkling wine

  Chabolas

  Shanties

  Chaquetilla

  Short jacket worn by bullfighters

  Chico

  Boy

  Churros

  Fried dough dusted with sugar

  Claro

  Clear, understood/Of course

  Cocido a la madrileña

  Stew of chickpeas, meat, and vegetables

  Corrida

  Bullfighting

  Cuadrilla

  The matador’s team

  ¡Cúcú!

  Cuckoo/Peekaboo

  Culón

  To have a big bottom

  De nada

  You are welcome

  ¡Dios Mío!

  Oh my God!

  Entonces

  So/Then

  España

  Spain

  ¡Espere!

  Wait!

  Estamos más guapas con la boca cerrada

  We (women) are prettier with our mouths shut

  ¿Estás ahí?

  Are you here?

  ¿Estás bien?

  Are you okay?

  Estás loco

  You’re crazy

  Exactamente

  Exactly

  Excelentes

  Excellent

  Fabulosa

  Fabulous

  La Falange

  Fascist movement founded in Spain in 1933

  ¡Qué fantástico!

  How fantastic!

  Felicidades

  Congratulations

  El fin

  The end

  Flamenco

  A genre of Spanish music and dance from Andalusia

  Franco ha muerto

  Franco has died

  Fuga

  Escape

  Futbolista

  Soccer player

  Generalísimo

  General (in reference to Francisco Franco)

  González Byass

  A well-known Spanish sherry producer

  Goya

  Francisco Goya—Spanish painter and printmaker

  Gracias

  Thank you

  Los grises

  The grays. Slang term for police in gray uniforms.

  Hermano

  Brother

  Hola

  Hi

  Huérfano

  Orphan

  Inclusa

  Orphanage

  Jerez

  Sherry

  Federico García Lorca

  Spanish poet, playwright, and theater director

  Lo siento

  I’m sorry

  Madre

  Mother

  Maletilla

  Untrained, amateur bullfighter—a novice

  Manzanilla

  Chamomile; also a type of sherry

  Maravilloso

  Marvelous

  El matadero

  Slaughterhouse

  Matador

  During a bullfight, the one who kills the bull

  Mentirosos

  Liars

  Mi amor

  My love

  Ay, mi madre

  Oh, my mother/Oh, my goodness

  Miedo

  Fear

  El momento

  The moment

  Morcilla

  Blood sausage

  Mucho gusto

  Nice to meet you

  Muleta

  In bullfighting, a stick with a red cloth that is used in the final third of a bullfight

  Muy bonito

  Very beautiful

  Muy guapa

  Very pretty

  Nenaza

  Sissy

  Nepotismo

  Nepotism

  Niño

  Child

  No era mi intención asustarte

  I didn’t mean to scare you

  No le hagas daño

  Don’t hurt her

  Novilladas

  An event with younger bullfighters who have not yet achieved the rank of matador

  No, soy yo el que lo lamenta

  No, I’m the one who’s sorry

  Novillero

  Junior bullfighter

  Oh, qué chiquitita

  Oh, she’s so tiny

  Olé

  Exclamation of approval at a bullfight

  Padre

  Father

  Papá

  Papa

  Pasodoble

  Musical Spanish military march

  Pequeñines

  Little ones

  Perdón

  Excuse me

  Periodista

  Journalist

  Permiso marital

  A set of laws that prohibited a wife from employment, owning property, and traveling away from home without her husband’s approval, and in most cases, written marital permission

  Pesetas

  Monetary unit, currency in Spain until 2002

  Placita

  Plazita, plaza

  Por favor

  Please

  ¿Por qué?

  Why?

  Portales

  Entrance gates to apartment buildings

  Qué bien

  How good, that’s great

  Qué bonito

  How beautiful

  Qué duro

  How difficult/tough

  ¿Qué haces aquí?

  What are you doing here?

  ¿Qué hay, amigo?

  What’s up, friend?

  ¿Qué pasa?

  What’s the matter?

  ¿Qué piensas?

  What do you think?

  Él quería ser torero

  He wanted to be a bullfighter

  Querida

  My dear

  Rioja

  Spanish wine, region in Spain

  Rojilla

  A derogatory term for a woman who aligns with the political left

  Sección Femenina

  Women’s section of the Falange political movement in Spain

  Señor

  Sir or Mr.

  Señora

  Madam or Mrs.

  Sensacional

  Sensational

  Sentido

  Bullfighting term describing the bull’s realization that the man is the challenger, not the cape.

  El Sereno

  Night watchman

  Sí

  Yes

  Siesta

  Break period in the afternoon when the heat is most intense

  Sin datos

  Without data or information

  Sí, tú

  Yes, you

  Sorolla

  Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter

  Suerte

  Luck/Good luck

  Tandas

  Bullfighting term describing a series of passes with
the bull

  Tesoro

  Treasure

  Texano

  Texan

  Tío Pepe

  A brand of Spanish sherry produced by González Byass

  El torero

  Bullfighter

  El torno

  The lathe or wheel

  Toro

  Bull

  Tortilla de patata

  Potato (and often onion) omelette

  Traje de luces

  Suit of lights

  Tranquilo

  Calm/Calm down

  Uy

  Oops

  El Valle de los Caídos

  The Valley of the Fallen

  Virgen Santa

  Holy virgin

  ¡Viva España!

  Long live Spain!

  Voy a ser torero

  I’m going to be a bullfighter

  ¿Y qué?

  And so?

  Ya lo veo

  I can see that

  Yo

  I

  Yo hablo español

  I speak Spanish

  Creative Commons via Wikimedia

  General Francisco Franco.

  Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

  Francisco Franco waving to the Spanish people from the balcony of the Royal Palace.

  World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

  Children in Spain salute an image of Francisco Franco on the street.

  Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

  Maternity ward in Madrid.

  World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

  Auxilio Social home for boys.

  Author Collection

  Original ad for the Castellana Hilton in Madrid.

  The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images

  The Guardia Civil.

  Creative Commons via Wikimedia (Jorge Díaz Bes)

  The Valley of the Fallen, which contains the remains of forty thousand people who fought in the Spanish Civil War. The site remains controversial in Spain.

  World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

  Nationalist painting on a building in Bilbao, containing symbols of the Falange.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Ruta Sepetys (www.rutasepetys.com) is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Sepetys is considered a "crossover" novelist, as her books are read by both teens and adults worldwide. Her novels Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, and Salt to the Sea have won or been shortlisted for more than forty book prizes, and are included on more than sixty state award lists. Between Shades of Gray was adapted into the film Ashes in the Snow, and her other novels are currently in development for TV and film. Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Ruta is passionate about the power of history and literature to foster global awareness and connectivity. She has presented to NATO, to the European Parliament, in the United States Capitol, and at embassies worldwide. Ruta was born and raised in Michigan and now lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee. Follow her on Twitter @RutaSepetys and Instagram @RutaSepetysAuthor.

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