Glosario: Champán y Chocolate...

     
  1. cuentos de hadas = Fairy tales
  2. cursilerías = tackiness
  3. enlace = union, that is, wedding
  4. infanta = Spanish royal title: the daughter of a Spanish king is an infanta
  5. procedencia = origin
  6. dispar = uneven, that is, different
  7. En principio = In principle
  8. a nadie se le escapa que = no one ignores that (escapársele algo a alguien = for someone to miss or ignore something)
  9. escenario = stage, backdrop
  10. ha acogido = has welcomed (acoger)
  11. afecto = affection
  12. retransmisión = broadcast
  13. sobriedad = sobriety
  14. ligó = linked, joined (ligar = to link or join)
  15. andadura = path, course, destiny (andar = to walk)
  16. transición democrática = transition: Reference to the Spanish transition from the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco (1939 - 1975) to Democracy (1975 - ).  The dates of the "transición" are vague, but most agree that it is over soon after the attempted coup d'ètat in 1981, in which the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, played a great role by standing up against the plotters in defense of the democratic institutions.
  17. aficiones = hobbies, pastimes
  18. descalificar = to discredit or disqualify
  19. generó = generated, created (generar)
  20. dar la enhorabuena = wish the best, congratulate


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