Meanings (ES + gloss)
desmayarse
To faint, to lose consciousness.
I dropped the vessel quickly to a lower level. Nor was I a moment too soon. The girl had swooned.
I threw myself down on the island ground, like a dead man, and drowned in desolation swooned away, nor did I return to my senses till next morning, when the sun rose and revived me…
derretirse
To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
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