minucioso - meticulous, detailed
  el padrino - godfather (as at a baptism), best man...
  la mugre - filth, muck, grime
  el apodo - nickname
  el fontanero, la fontanera - plumber
  el trébol - clover, trefoil, club (on a playing...
  el trillizo, la trilliza - triplet (generally referring to a...
  la piña - pine cone, pineapple, close-knit...
  la pega - difficulty, obstacle, problem, glue...
  la búsqueda - search
  el prado - meadow
  mimado - spoiled (said of a person), pampered
  lejano - distant, far off
  el pastizal - pasture
  la escritura - writing, the act of writing,...
  el esfuerzo - effort, use of resources to...
  la paridad - similarity, evenness, parity (in...
  la laguna - lagoon, gap (as in memory or a piece...
  la camisa de fuerza - straitjacket (literal or figurative)
  la morsa - walrus