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Words of the Seven Madmen · 678 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

echar

set off; burst out; burst 15 times

echó, echaba, echado, echaban, echando, echaron, echar, echara

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

'Echar a' + infinitive = 'to start/set off doing something.'

efectuar

bring off; will be carried out; carried out 5 times

efectuará, efectuar, efectuaban, efectuó

verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural

'Efectuar' means 'to carry out/execute', not 'to fund' (that would be 'financiar'/'costear'). The gloss agent's own note on w28 ('se' = passive marker, 'se efectuará' = 'will be carried out') contradicts the 'funded' gloss given here.

embargo

however; nevertheless; yet 70 times

embargo

noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, singular (part of "sin embargo")

'sin embargo' is a fixed phrase meaning 'however / nevertheless'.

en cuclillas

crouched down once

encuclillas

"En cuclillas" means "squatting, crouched down"; the two words are run together here as one.

enamorarse

doted; fell in love twice

enamoróse, enamorara

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular (archaic postposed enclitic se); verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, singular

'Enamoróse' = 'se enamoró' with the reflexive clitic postposed — an archaic literary/biblical construction, 'fell in love with / doted on'.

encantado

Delighted; delighted; gladly 3 times

Encantado, encantadas, encantado

adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural

enchufado

telescoped once

enchufados

Enchufado usually means "plugged in" (electrically); here it describes tubes fitted together, rendered as "telescoped."

encocorado

irritated once

encocorado

"Encocorado" is a colloquial Argentine word meaning "annoyed/irritated."

encoger

shrugged; contracted 6 times

encogió, encogieron, encogía

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

idiom 'encogerse de hombros' = 'to shrug one's shoulders'

encontrar

found; find; met 78 times

encontraba, encontró, encontrado, encuentra, encontrar, encontraría, encuentran, encontré and 12 more

verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

encontrarse con is an idiom meaning 'to come across / meet.'

encore

Even once

Encoré

This line is quoted in broken/phonetic French ("peu" for "peux," "Encoré" for "Encore"), imitating a francophone woman's accented speech.

encurioseado

seized with curiosity; curiosity roused twice

encurioseado, encurioseada

adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, singular

Arlt coins «encurioseada» (from curioso) rather than standard curiosa — typical of his idiosyncratic prose.

encuriosear

drawn in once

encurioseado

Arlt's own coinage from 'curioso' (curious) — not a standard dictionary word; roughly 'made curious, intrigued.'

engañar

deceive; is deceiving; was deceiving 6 times

engañe, engaña, engañaba, engañado, engañan, engañaré

verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

engrupido

full of yourself once

engrupido

Lunfardo slang: 'engrupido' (from 'engrupir', to fool or con) means conceited, full of oneself.

enjugar

wiped twice

enjugó, Enjugóse

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular, with enclitic reflexive pronoun se

Enjugóse = enjugó (wiped) + se (enclitic reflexive pronoun), an older literary word order equivalent to 'se enjugó.'

enojar

are angry; angers; get angry 3 times

enoja, enojas

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular

enronquecer

gone hoarse; grew hoarse 3 times

enronquecido, enronqueció, Enronquecida

verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, participle, feminine, singular

entender

understand; understood; make sense of 17 times

entiendo, entiende, entendido, entienda, Entiéndame, entendería, entendiera, entendió and 2 more

verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

A formal command (entienda) with the object pronoun me fused onto it: 'Understand me.'

entibiar

we warmed; warming twice

entibiamos, entibiándole

verb, past, indicative, first-person, plural; verb, gerund

Gerund 'entibiando' + enclitic dative 'le' (his, referring to Erdosain).

entrar

entered; came in; enter 73 times

entrar, entró, entraba, entré, entraban, entrado, entraron, Entra and 11 more

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

entrar is used transitively here (regional/colloquial), meaning 'to put/push in' rather than its usual intransitive sense 'to enter'.

entreabrir

opened partway; opening ajar; half-open 7 times

entreabrió, entreabrir, entreabierto

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

entregar él

Hand over once

Entréguele

Entréguele = entregue (formal 'usted' command 'hand over') + le ('to him'), doubled by a Suárez; the tagger mistook this for a proper noun.

entregar él le

giving herself to him once

entregándosele

A gerund fused with two clitics: se ('herself') and le ('to him') — entregándosele means 'giving herself to him.'

entrever

glimpsed; show through twice

entrevistó, entrever

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive

Uncertain: surface form matches 'entrevistar' (to interview), but the sense and our translation ('glimpsed') point to 'entrever' — treated here as an irregular/archaic spelling.

envidiar él

envied once

Envidiábale

Envidiábale = envidiaba + le ('he envied him'); attaching the clitic pronoun to a conjugated verb (instead of placing 'le' before it) is a literary/archaic construction.

equilibrar

steadied once

equilibrio

Functions here as the verb 'steadied' (from equilibrar), though spelled like the noun 'equilibrio' — likely a source-text irregularity.

escapar

escape; escaped; escaping 23 times

escapar, escapaban, escapó, escapando, escapaba, escapara, escapa, escapan and 3 more

verb, infinitive; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular

escolazar

gambling once

escolazar

escolazar: lunfardo (Buenos Aires slang) for 'to gamble'.

escribir

wrote; written; write 9 times

escribió, escrito, escribí, escribir, escribe, Escribí

verb, past, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

escuchar

heard; listened; listened to 36 times

escuchar, escuchaba, escuchó, escuchado, escucha, escuchaban, escuchando, escuché and 4 more

verb, infinitive; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular

Gerund "escuchando" + attached pronoun "-le" ("him"); Spanish attaches object pronouns directly to gerunds.

escupir

spat; I will spit; spit on me 7 times

escupió, escupiré, escupime, escupía, escupían, escupiendo

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, future, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, imperative, second-person, singular

esgunfiar

it bored me once

esgunfiaba

"esgunfiar" is lunfardo slang (from Italian) meaning "to annoy/bore."

esperanzado

hopeful once

esperanzado

Esperanzado is a predicate adjective describing Erdosain's state as he looked, not a noun — 'he looked, [suddenly] hopeful, at...'

establecer

will establish; set up; we will establish 7 times

establecerá, estableceremos, establecer, Estableceremos, estableció, Establecería

verb, future, indicative, first-person, plural; verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive

estallar

burst out; burst; will explode 9 times

estalló, estallará, estallaría, estalla, estallado, estallaba, estallar

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, conditional, third-person, singular

estar

was; is; are 534 times

estaba, está, estar, estoy, estaban, están, Estaba, esté and 32 more

auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular

"Dejar estar" is an idiom meaning "to leave (something) resting/be."

estar él

being so once

estarlo

The clitic "lo" refers back to "enfermo" — "estarlo" literally "to be it," i.e. "being so."

esto

this; This 3 times

esto, Esto

pronoun, neuter, singular; pronoun, demonstrative, neuter, singular

Esto is fronted for emphasis; the clitic lo in entenderlo resumes it.

estrangular

strangle; will strangle 3 times

estrangula, estrangular, estrangulará

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular

estremecido

shuddering; trembling 4 times

estremecida, estremecidas, estremecido

adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural; adjective, masculine, singular

Feminine plural though it modifies the masculine plural 'hierbajos' — an inconsistency preserved from Arlt's original text.

estriar

streaked once

estrió

estriar: to groove or furrow; used figuratively here for a wrinkle 'streaking' the forehead.

estudianta

female students once

estudiantas

"Estudiantas" is a nonstandard, deliberately feminized form of "estudiante," used here for rhetorical emphasis.

estudiar

studied; study; to study 17 times

estudiado, estudiar, estudiaba, estudia, estudiarlo, estudiaría, Estudió, estudie

verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

estudiar él

study it once

estudiarlo

eso is topicalized here and resumed by the clitic lo attached to estudiarlo (clitic doubling).

exclamar

exclaimed; he exclaimed; exclaiming 26 times

exclamó, exclamaba, exclamando

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, gerund

experimentar

felt; would feel; feels 13 times

experimentaba, experimenta, experimentó, experimentaría, experimentar, Experimentaba

verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular

explicar

explained; explain; explaining 31 times

explico, explicó, explicar, explicaba, explica, explicando, explique, explicárselo and 5 more

verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular

Explicárselo fuses explicar + se (dative 'to you', from le→se before lo) + lo ('it/him'); a usted repeats the dative for clarity.

explotar

exploits; exploiting; living off 9 times

explotar, explote, explotaba, explotando, Explotaremos

verb, infinitive; verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

The elided subject of 'explote' is most naturally 'usted' (matching 'usted se consiga' just before it and the sentence-initial subject-control reading of the translation's own 'you get yourself another woman to exploit'), not 'ella' — the passage's logic has usted profiting from the new woman, echoed later by 'levante viajes... para usted.'

extender

stretched out; reached out; spread 14 times

extendió, extendía, extendíase, extendiendo, extendiera, extendería, extiende

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, gerund

Archaic literary style: the reflexive 'se' is attached to the end of the conjugated verb ('extendíase' = 'se extendía').

extenuar él

exhaust once

extenuarlo

extenuarlo a su cuerpo doubles the object (clitic lo + a su cuerpo), a common emphatic construction in colloquial Spanish.

extrañar

surprises; struck as strange; surprise 5 times

extraña, extrañaba, extrañe, extrañó

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, singular

Seen once or twice

ebrio

drunk once

echar él

throw him out; threw on twice

eco

echo once

economizar

saved once

económicamente

financially once

Ecuador

Ecuador once

edificar

edify once

Edison

Edison once

Eduardo

Eduardo once

educación

upbringing once

educado

well-bred; polished twice

educar

will be educated; raised twice

efebo

ephebe once

efectivamente

indeed twice

efecto

effect; in fact twice

efectuado

made once

efectuarse

be incurred once

eficacia

effectiveness twice

egoísmo

selfishness once

Einstein

Einstein twice

eje

axis once

ejecutado

performed once

ejecutar él

execute him twice

ejecutivo

executive once

ejemplar

specimens once

ejercer

carry on once

ejercicio

exercise once

elásticamente

springily once

elección

elections twice

electricidad

electricity twice

electricista

electrician once

electrizado

electrified once

electrolíticamente

electrolytically once

electromagnética

electromagnetic once

electromagnético

electromagnetic twice

electrometalurgia

electrometallurgy once

electrotécnica

electrical engineering twice

elefante

elephants twice

elegante

elegantly once

elevado

raised; tall twice

elevar

rose; rises twice

elíptica

orbits once

elocuente

eloquent once

elogiar

praise once

elogio

praises; tribute twice

Embajadores

Ambassadors once

embalsamiento

perfuming once

embarcar él

embark; was to embark twice

embellecer

make beautiful once

embobado

dumbstruck once

embotado

in a stupor once

embotar

dulled once

embriagar él

getting drunk once

embriaguez

drunkenness once

embrollado

tangled once

embrollar

muddled once

embrollón

swindler once

embudo

funnel once

emocionar

move; stirred twice

emocionar tú

being moved once

empalidecer

would grow pale; went pale twice

empalidecido

paled once

empaque

stiffness; solemnity twice

empedrado

cobbled once

empenachado

plumed twice

empeñar

pawn once

empeñar él

pawn it once

empequeñecer

grew smaller once

emplazar

to emplace once

emplear

employ once

empleo

job once

emporio

trading ports once

emprender

undertake once

empujado

driven once

empuje

drive once

empuñadura

hilt once

enajenado

beside himself; madman twice

enamorar

fell in love; fallen in love twice

enamorar él

fall in love once

enarbolar

hoisted once

enardecer

inflamed; inflame twice

enardecido

inflamed once

enarenado

sanded once

encadenamiento

chain once

encadenar

chained once

encajar

wedged once

encalado

whitewash once

encallar

runs aground once

encalmamiento

calm once

encaminado

under way once

encaminar él

making her way once

encanallado

debased once

encandilar

dazzled once

encanecido

greying once

Encantamientos

Enchantments once

encapotar

clouded over once

encaramar él

to clamber up once

encarcelado

imprisoned once

encargado

in charge twice

encargar

will take charge; commissioned twice

encarnizadamente

relentlessly once

encefálico

brain once

encerado

waxed once

encerrado

contained; shut up twice

enchapado

veneer once

encía

gums; gum twice

encoger él

shrugging once

encolar

we glued once

encolerizado

enraged once

encolerizar

flew into a rage once

encolerizarse

to grow angry once

enconado

festering once

encono

rancor once

encontrar yo

finding myself; find myself twice

encontronazo

collision once

encorajinarse

to become furious once

encorvado

stooped once

encorvar

stooped once

encrespado

frizzy once

encrespar

curl; crimped twice

encuadrado

framed once

endemoniado

hellish once

endemoniar

possessed once

enderezar él

straightening up once

endurecer

were hardening once

endurecido

hardened once

enervante

unnerving once

enervar

was unnerving once

enérgicamente

energetically once

enérgico

vigorous; forceful twice

enfangado

muddied; caked with mud twice

enfangar

mired once

enfardado

bundled once

enfático

emphatic once

enferma

sick woman once

enfermar

sickened once

enfermero

orderly once

enfilar

heading down once

enflaquecer

grown thin once

enfocado

aimed once

enfoscar

darkened twice

enfrente

opposite twice

enfriado

gone cold once

enfriar

cooling once

enfundar

cased once

enfurecer

enrage once

enfurruñado

sulking once

engañado

deceived twice

engendrar

father once

engolfar

plunged once

engordar

grow fat; fattens twice

engrampado

clamped once

engrilletado

shackled once

enguantado

gloved once

engullir

will gulp down once

enigma

riddles once

enigmático

enigmatic once

enjoyado

bejeweled once

enjugar él

wipe once

enjuta

meager once

enlodar

miring once

enmarañadísimo

hopelessly tangled once

enmudecimiento

hush once

ennegrecer

blackened; turn black twice

ennegrecida

blackened once

ennegrecido

blackened twice

enormemente

enormously once

enramada

boughs once

enredadera

creepers once

enredar

become tangled; tangles twice

enrejada

latticed once

enrigecer

stiffened twice

enrigecido

stiffened; rigid twice

enriquecer él

growing rich once

enrojecer

flushed; reddened twice

enrojecido

reddened once

enronquecido

hoarse once

enrosado

pinkish once

enroscado

coiled twice

enroscar

coiled once

ensayar

try twice

ensayo

rehearsal; experiments twice

enseñanza

instruction once

enseñar

was showing once

enseñar él

teach her; show you twice

enseñar él él

teach it to her once

enser

objects once

ensimismado

lost in thought; lost in himself twice

ensombrecer

dim once

ensuciar

soiling once

entablar

I struck up once

ente

being once

entender él

understand once

entendido

understood once

enteramente

entirely once

enterar

learned once

enterar él

inform once

enternecido

moved to tenderness once

enterrado

buried once

entontecer

stupefied once

entornar

half-closing once

entrado

entered once

entrar él

entering once

entreabierta

half-open once

entreabrir él

half-opening twice

entrecejo

brow once

entrecruzamiento

interlacing once

entregar yo

hand me once

entregarse

giving themselves once

entrelazado

interlaced once

entrepierna

crotches once

entretener

amused themselves once

entrevista

interview once

entrevía

tracks twice

enturbiado

clouded once

entusiasmarse

growing impassioned once

entusiasta

enthusiastic once

enumerar

list once

envarado

stiffened once

envarar

stiffened twice

envasar

canning; bottled up twice

envase

vessel once

envejecer

would grow old once

envenenar

was poisoning once

envenenar él

Poison them once

envidiar

envied; envies twice

envilecer

debase once

envite

bet once

envoltura

covering once

episodio

episodes once

equilibrio

balance twice

equipaje

luggage twice

equivaler

amounts to once

equivocado

mistaken once

equivocarse

was mistaken once

era

era once

eritematoso

erythematosus once

erizado

bristling; bristled twice

erizamiento

bristling once

erizar

bristled once

Ernesto

Ernesto twice

errante

wandering once

error

mistake; error twice

esbozar

sketched once

escala

scale once

Escalada

Escalada once

escalafón

ladder once

escalerilla

little ladder; little stairway twice

escalofriado

shivering once

escalofriar

sends a shiver once

escalonado

terraced once

escalonamiento

terracing once

escama

flakes once

escapar yo

run off once

escaparate

shop windows once

escarbadiente

toothpick once

escarbar

digging once

escarola

escarole once

escándalo

scandal; scene twice

escéptico

skeptical twice

esclava

slave once

escoba

broom once

escoger

he chose once

escogido

chosen once

escolar

schoolgirls; schoolboy twice

escolopendra

centipedes once

escolta

escort once

esconder

hid; to hide twice

escoria

slag once

escote

neckline twice

escritor

writers once

escritura

scripture once

escrupulosamente

scrupulously twice

escrutador

searching once

escrutar

scrutinized once

escuchar él

hearing it once

escuchar yo

Listen to me twice

esculpido

sculpted once

escupir yo

spit on me once

esencia

essence once

esfericidad

sphere once

esférico

spherical once

esfolear

unfurled once

esforzar

made an effort once

esfumado

blurred once

esgrimir

would brandish once

eslabón

links once

esmaltado

enameled once

esmaltar

glazing once

espaciar

spaced out once

espantar

drive away once

España

Spain once

esparcir

gave off once

espasmo

spasm once

espatarrado

sprawled once

espatarrar él

sprawling once

espárrago

asparagus once

especialmente

especially once

específico

defining once

espectador

spectator once

espectro

specter once

espejar

mirroring once

espera

wait; waiting twice

espesor

thickness twice

espesura

thickness; thicket twice

espiar él

spying on him once

espiar yo

spying on me once

espinazo

spine once

espiral

spiral once

espiritismo

spiritism twice

espiritista

spiritualist twice

espiritual

spiritual once

espía

spy once

esplendente

resplendent once

espléndido

splendid once

espolvorear

sprinkled once

esponjoso

spongy once

espontáneamente

spontaneously once

espontáneo

spontaneous once

espuma

lather once

esquela

note once

esqueleto

skeletons once

esta

this once

establecido

fixed; established twice

estada

stay once

Estado

State once

estafa

swindle once

estafar

swindle once

estalagmita

stalagmites once

estallido

burst once

estampa

figures once

estancamiento

stagnation once

estanque

pond once

estantería

shelves once

estatura

stature twice

estático

static once

estearina

stearin once

estentóreo

booming once

esterilidad

sterility once

esterilizar

sterilized once

Estero

Estero once

estéril

sterile; barren twice

Esther

Esther once

estibado

stowed once

estigma

stigma once

estilo

style once

estimar

valued once

estirado

stretched out once

estirar él

pulling him once

estornudar

sneeze twice

estragado

ravaged once

estrangulación

strangling once

estrangulado

strangled man once

estrechado

pressed close once

estrechar él

shake once

Estrella

Star once

estremecerse

would shudder once

estremecida

trembling once

estriado

streaked once

estriar él

streaking once

estribar

rests once

estrictamente

exactly; strictly twice

estridente

shrill; strident twice

estría

creases; streaks twice

estroncio

strontium once

estropear

you smash once

estropear él

roughing up once

estudiante

students twice

etapa

age once

etrusco

Etruscan once

eucaliptal

eucalyptus grove once

eucalipto

eucalyptus once

Europa

Europe once

europeo

European once

evadir

would escape once

evitar él

avoid it twice

exacción

dispossession once

exactamente

exactly; precisely twice

exactitud

exactness once

exaltado

hothead; carried away twice

exantemático

exanthematic twice

exasperado

exasperated once

excepcional

exceptional twice

excesivo

excessive once

excitadísimo

worked up once

excitado

excited once

excitar

rouse once

excluir

shut out once

exclusión

exclusion twice

exclusivamente

exclusively; only twice

exclusivo

particular once

excremento

excrement once

excusado

privy once

excusar

need hardly once

exhibir

they display; will be shown twice

exigir

demanded once

exiguo

meager once

eximio

distinguished ones once

exótico

exotic once

expectante

expectant once

expectativa

expectation; alert twice

expensa

expense once

experiencia

experience twice

explicable

explainable once

explorado

explored once

explosión

burst; explosion twice

explosivo

explosive once

explotador

exploiter once

explotar él

to exploit it once

exponer

should lay out once

expresamente

on purpose once

expresar

to express; expressed twice

exprimido

squeezed once

expulsar

they threw out once

extasiado

entranced once

extasiar él

lose themselves in rapture once

extender él

spreading it once

extenderse

spread once

extendido

stretched out once

extensión

distances once

exterior

outward; outside twice

exterminar

exterminate once

exterminar él

exterminate him once

exterminio

extermination once

extracción

extraction once

extralimitar

gone too far once

extranjero

foreign twice

extremadamente

extremely once

extremar

strained once

ébano

ebony once

éter

ether once

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Roberto Arlt, d. 1942).
Translation
Public-domain Spanish (Arlt, d. 1942). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
Data
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Two whoopie pies and a pine. An inside joke.