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Words of the Seven Madmen · 165 headwords

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

haber

had; have; has 799 times

había, he, ha, hay, hubiera, han, habían, haber and 32 more

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

Archaic literary fusion: hubiera (pluperfect subjunctive of haber, used here for the conditional perfect) with the enclitic pronoun le attached — 'would have said to him', a construction not used in spoken Spanish.

haber + le

having once

haberle

haberle = haber + le ('to him'), the clitic referring to the pharmacist.

hacer él

do it; make him; to do it 38 times

hacerlo, hacerse, hacerle, haciéndole, Hágase, Hacíase, Hacerle, Hacerlo and 4 more

verb, infinitive; verb, gerund; verb, imperative, third-person, singular

Literary word order attaching the reflexive pronoun after the verb: Hacíase = Se hacía ('he asked himself').

halagado

flattered 3 times

halagado, halagada

adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, singular

harina

flour once

harina

Idiom 'harina de otro costal' (lit. 'flour from another sack') = 'a different matter entirely,' rendered here as 'a horse of a different color.'

hecha

time once

hecha

'De esta hecha' is a colloquial idiom meaning 'this time / on this occasion.'

helecho

ferns; fern twice

helechos, helécho

noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular

'Helécho' is an archaic/variant spelling of 'helecho' (fern).

hojalata

tin twice

hojalata

genios de hojalata = ironic idiom, roughly 'tin-pot geniuses' (fake, self-styled).

Hospicio

Hospicio; Asylum twice

Hospicio

The Hospicio de las Mercedes was a real Buenos Aires asylum/hospice; the name is left untranslated.

hueso

bones; bone 18 times

huesos, hueso

noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular

'hueso' literally means 'bone'; 'carne y hueso' (literally 'flesh and bone') is the Spanish idiom for 'flesh and blood.' The gloss must give hueso's own meaning, not swap in the English idiom's partner word.

Seen once or twice

haber los

having them once

habitante

inhabitant; inhabitants twice

habitar

dwells once

habitual

habitual once

habla

speech once

hablar él

talk to each other; speaking twice

hacer nosotros

have us once

hacer tú

get you once

hacha

axe once

hachazo

axe-blow once

hacinamiento

heap once

hallar

stood; were twice

hamaca

hammock twice

Harrods

Harrods twice

hazaña

exploits; feat twice

hábil

working once

hediondez

stench once

hediondo

reeking; stinking twice

hembra

female once

hender

cleaves once

hendidura

crack twice

hendija

gap once

Henry

Henry once

hereditario

hereditary once

herejía

heresy once

herir

wounded once

hermandad

brotherhood once

hermanita

little sister twice

heroico

heroic once

herramienta

tools once

herrería

smithy once

hervir

seethed; boiled twice

hexagonal

hexagonal once

hidrocéfalo

hydrocephalic once

hidroeléctrica

hydroelectric once

Hidrología

Hydrology once

hidrópico

dropsical; dropsical man twice

hielo

ice once

hierbajo

weeds twice

higuera

fig trees once

hilacho

threads once

hilada

courses once

hilera

Rows; row twice

hinchado

swollen twice

hipnosis

hypnosis once

hipnotizado

hypnotized twice

hipotéticamente

hypothetically once

hipotético

hypothetical once

hipócrita

hypocritical once

hipótesis

idea once

hirsuto

bristling once

histórico

historical once

hígado

liver once

hoguera

bonfire once

hojarasca

foliage once

hombrecito

little man twice

homicida

homicidal twice

homicidio

homicide once

homme

man once

hondura

depths once

honradez

honesty once

horadar

bore through; boring through twice

horario

schedule once

hormiga

ants twice

horóscopo

horoscope twice

horrorizado

horrified once

horrorizar

horrifies once

horroroso

hideous; horrifying twice

hoscamente

sullenly once

hosco

sullen twice

hospicio

asylum once

hospital

hospital once

hostil

hostile once

Houston

Houston once

hoyuelo

dimple once

hueco

gaps once

huelga

strikes; strike twice

huella

rut once

huérfana

orphan twice

huérfano

orphan twice

huir

would flee; to flee twice

humareda

smoke once

Humberto

Umberto once

humedecer

dampened once

humedecer él

to moisten once

humildad

humility twice

humilde

humble once

humillante

humiliating once

humillar ella

humiliate her once

humillar yo

humiliate me once

hundimiento

sinking; collapse twice

huraño

sullen 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.
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