salsa gravy, sauce
Lieutenant Sol saluted Colonel Davy:
“Sir, may I ask you how you made that gravy?”
sazón (m.) seasoning
Elsa, Sonya only tried, by reasoning,
To show that men, like food, improve with seasoning.
según according to
Men say goons like you will have to go to school,
Although they never learn to live according to a rule.
seguro sure, certain, safe
The girls say goo rolled out of the oven door.
I’m sure we’ll have to scrub the kitchen floor.
sentar to seat
The general sent Army troops to save us
And barber chairs in which to seat and shave us.
A ceremony will be held at seven
To celebrate the child’s new life in heaven.
siempre always
You should see Em pray daily at the shrine.
When she gets home she always seems to shine.
silbar to whistle
Seal Barbara in blooms of thistle.
Just think how all the boys will whistle!
sol (m.) sun
The sole objection under the sun
I have to Nick: he’s not much fun.
soltar to loosen, untie
The shoe-sole Tarzan once had thought so neat
Was loosened by the puddles on the street.
sucio, -a dirty
Can’t Sue see over the window sill?
Her dirty laundry is out there still.
suegro father-in-law
Our garments sway grotesquely on the line:
My child’s, my mate’s, my father-in-law’s, and mine.
I swear tame pigs have all the luck.
They roll in mud and don’t get stuck.
sumir to sink, plunge (tr.)
Sue mirrors one of my most secret wishes:
To sink my body in the world of fishes
And never have to rise and do the dishes.