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sabe : he / she knows

sacerdote : priest

sacrificados : selfless

sal : salt

salir : to go out

salvación : salvation

salvado : saved

salvajes : savage, wild

sana : healthy

sangre : blood

sans adieu : phrase in french

Santiago : the author published his Excursion in daily columns of a Buenos Aires newspaper, La Tribuna, under the form of letters to a friend called Santiago.

Sarmiento : President of Argentina with a strong personality.

sazón : a la sazón: at that time (only used in literature)

se : him / her / it / them / himself / herself / itself / themselves. Ya se lo dije: I already told him. When added to the end of a verb (traerse: to bring for yourself) means to oneself, for oneself , or by oneself.

sea : Present subjunctive of verb to be. Sea por: it could be because.

secreto : secret

sed : thirst

seguido : followed

segundo : second

semblantes : expression of their faces

semejante : similar, fellow men

sentí : I felt

sepa : to be known

ser : to be

servicios : services

serás : you will be

sería : he / she would be

serían : they would be

setenta y dos : seventy two

si : if

sido : been

siendo : being

sierra : hill, small mountains

sigilo : stealth

siguiente : following

silenciosos : silent

silvestres : wild

simpatía : por simpatía: because of being fond of somebody

sin : without

sino : but

sobre : over

sociales : social

sol : sun

soldado : soldier

sólido : solid

solo : alone

sólo : only

somos : we are

son : they are

sorprendido : surprised

soy : I am

su : his

subirlos : to put them up

suceder : to happen

sucederme : to happen to me

sucedido : happened

sucedió : it happened

susceptible : capable

suele : suele ser: it usually is

suelo : ground

suerte : lack

sufren : they suffer

sujetar : to hold

supongo : I suppose

supuesto : supposed. Por supuesto: of course

sur : south

sus : your

 

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