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Words of the Seven Madmen · 155 headwords

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

obsequio

favor once

obsequio

"en obsequio de" is an idiom meaning "as a favor to."

observar

watched; noticed; observed 38 times

observó, observaba, observar, observado, observando, observaban, observándolo

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

ocupar

occupied; filled; taken 16 times

ocupaba, ocupa, ocupando, ocupado, ocupo, ocupaban, ocupar, ocupara and 1 more

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

ocurrir

occurred; happened; happens 54 times

ocurrió, ocurrido, ocurre, ocurrir, ocurrían, ocurría, ocurriendo, Ocurre and 3 more

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

Se le ocurrió is idiomatic for "it occurred to him" — se and le carry no independent meaning here.

ocurrir él

occurring to him once

ocurriéndosele

"ocurrírsele algo a alguien" = "something occurs to someone" — a dative-experiencer construction like "gustar."

olvidar

forgotten; forget; forgot 20 times

olvidado, olvide, olvidó, olvidaría, olvidar, olvidé, olvidaron, olvidará

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

ondular

rippled; undulated 5 times

ondulaba, Onduló, ondulaban, ondularon

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

oponer

put up; putting up; stand in the way 4 times

oponer, opongo

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

«Oponerse» literally means 'to oppose/object'; rendered idiomatically here as 'stand in the way.'

organizar

organized; organize; to organize 19 times

organizar, organizaremos, organizado, organizando, Organizaremos, organizó, organizarán, organizamos

verb, infinitive; verb, future, indicative, first-person, plural; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

orvallar

was drizzling once

orvallaba

orvallar is a regional verb (from Galician orballo, 'dew') meaning 'to drizzle lightly'; less common than lloviznar.

oscuras

darkness; the dark twice

oscuras

noun, feminine, plural; noun

"a oscuras" is an idiom meaning "in the dark."

oscuridad

darkness; dark; darknesses 40 times

oscuridad, oscuridades

noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural

Word order is inverted: 'una oscuridad' is the subject of 'flotaba' ('a darkness floated'), placed after the verb as is common in Spanish for introducing new information.

Seen once or twice

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Or twice

objetivo

aim; objective twice

oblicuidad

slant once

obligar yo

forcing me once

obrerista

workers' man once

obscenidad

obscenities; obscenity twice

observación

contemplation once

observar ella

watch her once

observar él

observing him once

observarse

eyeing one another once

obsesionado

obsessed once

obsesión

obsession; obsessions twice

obstaculizado

cluttered once

obstáculo

obstacle; obstacles twice

obstinado

stubborn once

obtención

extraction once

obtener

obtained once

ocasión

occasion once

oceánico

oceanic once

ochava

chamfered corners once

ochenta

Eighty once

ocultar

hide; to hide twice

oculto

occult; hidden twice

ocurrencia

idea; notion twice

ocurrido

had happened; happened twice

ocurrir yo

happen to me once

odisea

odyssey once

ofender

offending; offended twice

ofrecer él

offering her once

Oh

Oh; oh twice

Ohio

Ohio once

oir

hearing once

ojal

buttonholes once

ojalá

I hope once

ojera

dark circle; rings twice

ojillo

little eyes once

Oklahoma

Oklahoma twice

oleada

surge once

oleaje

surf; swell twice

oler

reeks; nosing twice

olla

pot; cooking pot twice

opacamente

dully once

opacidad

opacity once

opaco

opaque once

operación

operation once

opereta

operetta twice

opinar

think twice

opinión

opinions once

opio

opium once

oponerse

stands in the way once

oprimido

crushed once

oprimir

pressed once

oprobioso

shameful once

opuesto

opposite; opposing twice

oración

prayer once

Orden

Order twice

ordenadamente

in order once

ordenar

arranged; order them twice

Oregón

Oregon once

Orfilia

Orfilia once

organismo

organism; body twice

organizado

organized twice

organizador

organizer once

orgánico

organic once

orgía

orgies once

orgullosamente

proudly once

orgulloso

proud twice

orientar

orients once

origen

origins; origin twice

original

original once

originar

to cause once

orinal

chamber pot once

orinar

urinate once

orín

rust; urine twice

ortopédico

orthopedic once

oscilar

swayed; flickered twice

oscurecer

would darken once

ostensible

plain once

ostensiblemente

plainly once

otorgar

granting; will be granted twice

ova

roe once

ovario

ovaries once

oxicloruro

oxychloride once

oxidado

rusted once

oxidar

rusted twice

óbice

obstacle once

órbita

sockets once

órgano

organ; organs twice

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).
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Public-domain Spanish (Arlt, d. 1942). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
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