Part 7

#C#

la #cabalgadura# mount #cabalgar# to ride on horseback el #caballo# horse el #cabello# hair el #cabestro# halter la #cabeza# head la #cabezota# _aug. of_ #cabeza# la #cabida: tener ----# to find room, find a place el #cabildo# municipal government la #cabra# goat #cada# each, every; #---- uno,---- a# each, every one; #más ---- vez# more and more #caer# to fall, drop; #----se# to fall la #caja# box la #cajita# _dim. of_ #caja# el #cajón# box la #cal# lime la #calavera# skull el #caldo# broth #calentito,-a# _dim. of_ #caliente# #caliente# hot, warm la #calma# calmness, tranquillity #callar# to be silent la #calle# street; #---- abajo# down the street; #---- arriba# up the street la #calleja# lane, narrow street la #cama# bed #cambiar# to change el #cambio# change el #camellito# _dim. of_ #camello# el #camello# camel el #camino# road, path la #camisa# shirt la #campana# bell la #campanilla# small bell el #campesino# peasant la #campiña# countryside el #campo# country #Campoamor#, Ramón de (1817-1901) _Spanish poet, philosopher and statesman_ el #canario# canary bird, song bird el #canasto# basket la #cancela# iron door, grating #cándido,-a# white, snowy, candid #canoro,-a# musical #cansado,-a# tired, weary #cantar# to sing el #cantor# singer la #cañada# glen _or_ dale (_between mountains_) #capaz# capable el #capitán# captain el #capote# short bright-colored cloak la #cara# face la #carabela# caravel el #caracol# snail, spiral-shaped shell #caracterizar# characterize la #carbonera# woman _or_ girl who sells charcoal el #carbonero# charcoal maker, coal man el #cardo# thistle la #carga# load, burden #cargado,-a# loaded, heavy la #caricia# caress #cariñoso,-a# affectionate, kind el #carmín# carmine el #carnaval# carnival (_three days of festivity preceding Ash Wednesday_) la #carne# flesh, meat la #carrera# race, run, running la #carreta# long narrow cart la #carretera# high road la #carretilla# small cart el #cartero# letter-carrier, postman la #casa# house; #a ----# home el #cascabel# bell el #cascabeleo# jingling (_of bells_) la #cascada# cascade, waterfall #cascado,-a# broken, cracked el #casco# hoof la #casera# housekeeper #casi# almost el #caso# case, fact; #en todo ----# at any rate, #no hacer ----# not to mind, pay no attention #castellano,-a# Castilian #Castilla# Castile (_province approximately in center of Spain_) el #castillo# castle el #catrecillo# camp stool #cautivo,-a# captive #ceder# to yield #cegar# (_ie_) to grow blind #celeste# blue el #cementerio# cemetery la #cena# supper el #cenit# zenith #ceñir# to surround, encircle la #cepa# vine #cerca# near el #cercado# garden _or_ enclosed field #cercar# to enclose, surround, fence #cerrar# (_ie_) to close, shut la #cidra# citron #ciego,-a# blind el #cielo# sky, heaven; #---- de la boca# roof of the mouth el #ciprés# cypress tree la #ciudadela# fortress #civil# civil; _see_ #guardia# #claramente# clearly #claro,-a# clear, limpid, bright #clásico,-a# classic la #cláusula# clause #clavar# to nail, stick in, pierce la #clavellina# carnation plant (_plant which bears the common pink_) el #clavo# nail; #los ----s de la puerta# (_in Spain, many doors have large nails as an adornment_) #cobijar# to cover, spread over #cobrar# to collect; #---- un aspecto extraño# to assume a strange appearance el #cobre# copper #cocer# (_ue_) to boil el #coche# carriage, coach; #---- del correo# mail coach #coger# to grasp, seize, take la #coincidencia# coincidence, agreement #cojear# to limp #cojo,-a# lame el #cojo# cripple la #coja# cripple la #col# cabbage la #colcha# quilt, counterpane el #colegio# college, school #colgar# (_ue_) to hang up, suspend; to hover la #colina# hill la #Colombia# Colombia (_a republic of South America_) el #color# color #colorado,-a# ruddy, red, colored #colorear# to color, redden, to grow red el #comedor# dining room #comenzar# (_ie_) to begin, commence #comer# to eat la #comida# meal, dinner, food #como# like, as; #---- si# as if la #comparación# comparison el #compás# pair of compasses #complejo,-a# complicated el #complemento# object #completar# to complete #completo: por ----#entirely #complicado,-a# complicated, intricate la #composición# composition, free reproduction #comprar# to buy #comprender# to understand #compuesto: tiempo ----# compound tense #con# with la #concesión# concession el #concierto# concert; conglomeration la #concordancia# agreement el #conde# count el #condicional# conditional #confiado,-a# confident la #confianza# confidence, courage la #congestión# congestion #congestionar# to congest, produce la #conjugación# conjugation la #conjunción# conjunction #conmover# (_ue_) to move, affect, disturb #conocer# to know, be acquainted with la #consagración# consecration, recognition #consagrarse# to devote la #consideración# consideration #considerar# to consider, take into account #consigo# with himself #constituír# to constitute, form el #consuelo# consolation, comfort el #cónsul# consul #contagiar# to infect, affect (_by example_) #contar# (_ue_) to relate, tell #contemplar# to contemplate, watch #contener# contain #contestar# to answer, reply #contra# against, across #contrario,-a# contrary; #lo contrario# the opposite #conveniente# suitable, accordant #convenir# to agree, be fitting; #según convenga# as it is suitable, according to the sense el #coñac# cognac (_a kind of brandy_) la #copa# cup; branches and foliage (_of a tree_) la #copla# couplet, ballad el #corazón# heart; #tener el ---- encogido# to be down-hearted la #corneta# cornet, horn (_musical instrument_) la #corona# crown, wreath #coronar# to crown el #corral# yard, inclosure (_for animals_) el #correo# mail, post office #correr# to run; #corrida de sangre# covered with blood #correspondiente# correspondent, corresponding, suitable la #corrida# race; #---- de toros# bull fight #corrido,-a# exceeding in weight _or_ measure #corriente# running el #corro# circle (_of people_) #cortar# to cut, break open el #cortejo# procession la #corteza# crust (_of bread_) el #cortijo# farm, farm house #corto,-a# short, brief la #corveta# leap, bound la #cosa# thing la #costa# shore el #costal# sack, bag el #costalillo# _dim. of_ #costal# la #coz# kick; #dar coces# to kick #crear# to create #crecer# to grow, grow up #creciente# growing, increasing #creer# to believe, think el #crepúsculo#, twilight el #criado# servant la #criada# servant la #crin# mane, horse hair el #cristal# crystal; window pane #cristalino,-a# crystalline, transparent #cruzar# to cross, go across; #---- se# to cross each other la #cuadra# stable la #cuadrilla# procession (_of bull fighters in the arena_) #cual(es)# which; like; #el, (la, lo) ----, los, las ----es#, who, which, whom #cual(es) quier(a)# whatever; any #cuan# (_contr. of_ #cuanto#) how, as #cuando# when; #¿cuándo?# when? #cuanto,--a# all that; #en ----# as soon as; #¿cuánto(s), ----a(s)#? how much? how many? el #cuarterón# quarter, quarter of a pound el #cuarto# room, apartment #cuatro# four #cuatrocientos# four hundred el #cubo# bucket el #cuento# story la #cuerda# rope, halter el #cuerno# horn, spur _or_ outgrowth (_resembling a horn_) el #cuerpo# body; _see_ #ir# la #cuesta# hill, slope; #---- arriba# up the slope el #cuestionario# questionnaire, series of questions el #cuidado# care, solicitude; ¡#cuidado#! be careful! #y cuidado si# ... my, how.... #cuidar# to take care of, attend to el #cuido# carefulness #cultivar# to cultivate la #cultura# culture, civilization el #cúmulo# heap, pile la #cuna# cradle, foundling hospital la #cúpula# cupola, dome el #cura# curate, priest #Curros Enríquez# _a modern Galician poet who wrote in the dialect of his regiona_ #cuyo# whose

#Ch#

el #chamariz# blue titmouse el #charret# two-wheeled cart #chico,-a# little, small; _n. m. and f_. small child #chillar# to scream, shriek la #chimenea# chimney, hearth, fire place #chiquillo,-a# _dim. of_ #chico# el #chivillo# _dim. of_ #chivo# el #chivo# goat #chocar (con)# to strike against, hit #chocarrear# to joke #chocarrero,-a# vulgar la #choza# hut

#D#

#dar# to give, strike; #---- a# to face, push; #---- coces# to kick; #---- de comer# to feed; #---- miedo a uno# to strike fear into one; #---- pena# to excite pity; #cuando nos es dado# when we have a chance #de# of, from, about, as #deber# to owe, ought, must #debido,-a# suitable, convenient #débil# weak, feeble #decidido,-a# decided, resolute #decir# to say, tell; #es ----# that is to say; #querer ----# to mean; #dicho,-a# aforesaid, same #declinar# to descend, sink, approach the end #definir# to define, explain la #dehesa# pasture ground la #dejadez# lassitude, indifference #dejar# to let, allow, leave; #---- de# + _inf_. to stop el #delantal# apron #delante# ahead, in front; #---- de# in front of #delicado,-a# delicate la #delicia# delight, comfort el #delirio# delirium la #demanda# demand #demás# rest, others #demasiado# too #demostrativo,-a# demonstrative #dengoso,-a# fastidious #dentro# inside, within; #por ----# within #derecho,-a# right (_opposite of left_); straight el #derredor# circumference; #al ---- de# round about; #en ----# round about el #desahogo# relief, outlet #descolorido,-a# discolored, pale #describir# to describe #descubrir# to discover #desde# from, since; #---- muy joven# from early youth #desdentado,-a# toothless #desentonado,-a# out of time, discordant #deseoso,-a# desirous, eager #deslumbrar# to dazzle, glare el #desmayo# swoon #desnudo,-a# bare, uncovered #despacio# slowly, leisurely #despacioso,-a# slow, deliberate #despacito# _dim. of_ #despacio# #despecharse# to fret, despair #despejado,-a# clear, serene, cloudless #despertar# (_ie_) to awake; #----se# wake up, awaken el#desprecio# disregard, contempt #después# afterward, then; #---- de# after #destrozar# to destroy; waste; #se destrozaba# was wasting his strength #desvelar# to keep awake #detener# to detain, keep back; #----se# to stop #detrás# behind, after el #día# day #Diana# _name of a dog_ #dicho,-a# _see decir_ #dichoso,-a# blessed el #diente# tooth el #diestro# bull fighter #difícil# difficult #dilatar# to dilate, swell el #diminutivo# diminutive el #dinero# money #Dios# God #discutir# to discuss, argue el #disfraz# mask, costume, disguise #disfrazar# to mask el #disgusto# disgust #disimulado,-a# dissembling #disimular# to pretend, dissemble #dispuesto,-a# ready, disposed la #distinción# distinction #distinguir# to distinguish #distinto,-a# different, separate #divertirse# (_ie_) to amuse oneself #divino,-a# divine, heavenly #doblar# to duplicate, make double; to bend #doce# twelve #doliente# sad el #dolor# pain, suffering #doloroso,-a# sad, sorrowful #dominante# dominant el #domingo# Sunday el #don# natural gift, ability, faculty #don, doña# Mr., Mrs. (_titles applied only to baptismal names; no English equivalents_) #donde# where; #¿dónde?# where? #de ----# whence; #----quiera# anywhere #doquiera# _contr. of_ #dondequiera# #dorado,-a# gilded, golden #dormir# (_ue_) to sleep; #----se# to go to sleep #dos# two; #los, las ----# both la #duda# doubt; #sin ----# no doubt, doubtless #dudar# to doubt, hesitate el #dueño# master, owner la #dueña# owner, mistress #dulce# sweet, pleasing #dulcemente# softly, sweetly la #dulzura# sweetness, softness la #dureza# harshness, difficulty #duro,-a# hard, cruel el #duro# dollar (_silver coin worth five pesetas_)

#E#

#¡ea!# _inter, used to express firmness or emphasis_ el #eco# echo #echar# to throw, fling, expel, emit; #----se al suelo# to dismount la #edad# age #educado,-a# educated la #elegancia# elegance #elegante# elegant, graceful #elevar# to raise, lift up; #----se# to rise #embargo: sin ----# nevertheless, yet el #embeleso# charm, fascination #embestir# (_i_) to attack, rush against #empedrar# to pave #empezar# (_ie_) to begin #emplear# to use, employ la #empresa# undertaking el #empuje# push, pressure #en# in, on #encalar# to whitewash #encantado,-a# enchanted, charmed el #encantamiento# enchantment #encantar# to enchant el #encanto# enchantment, charm #encargar# to order, command #encender# to light, kindle, set fire to; #----se# to be kindled, take fire #encendido,-a# inflamed, red, on fire #encerrar# (_ie_) enclose, contain #encoger# to contract, shorten #encogido,-a# contracted, shortened; #tener el corazón ----# to be downhearted #encontrar# (_ue_) to meet, find, #----se# to meet, encounter #endulzar# to sweeten, soften el #enemigo# enemy #enfermo,-a# sick #enfrente# opposite, in front #engalanar# to adorn #enganchar# to hitch #enhestar# (_ie_) to erect, raise; #----se# rise #enhiesto,-a# erect, upright el #enjambre# swarm, crowd #enmascarar# to mask, disguise #enorgullecerse# to take pride #enorme# enormous, very large la #enredadera# vine #enredar# to tangle; #----se# to be entangled #enseñar# to show el #ensueño# dream #entender# (_ie_) to understand #enteramente# entirely #entero,-a# entire, whole el #enterrador# grave digger, sexton #enterrar# (_ie_) to bury el #entierro# burial, grave #entonadamente# proudly, haughtily #entonces# then #entornar# to half close (_a door or window_) #entrar (en), (a)# to enter; form a part of, to be used #entre# between, among #entrecortar# to cut incompletely; to interrupt el #entusiasmo# enthusiasm #envolver# (_ue_) to wrap, surround la #época# epoch la #era# vegetable patch, field where threshing is done #erguir# (_ie_) or (_i_) to erect, raise up straight #errar# (_ind_. #yerro#; _subj_. #yerre#) to wander about, roam la #esbeltez# tall and elegant stature, slenderness la #escalera# stairway el #escalofrío# chill, shiver #escapar# to escape, run away el #escarabajo# scarab, common black beetle la #escarcha# frost #esclavo,-a# enslaved #escoger# to choose, select #esconder# to hide, conceal; #----se# to hide oneself la #escopeta# gun #escribir# to write el #escrito# writing; #por ----# in writing el #escritorio# writing desk #escuchar# to listen, hear #esculpir# to engrave, carve el #esfuerzo# courage, effort la #esmeralda# emerald #eso: a ---- de# about; #por ----# therefore, on that account el #espacio# space la #espada# sword la #espadaña# cat tail la #espalda# back, shoulders #espantar# to frighten, terrify la #España# Spain #español,-a# Spaniard, Spanish la #especie# kind el #espectáculo# spectacle, show el #espejo# mirror la #esperanza# hope #esperar# to hope, expect, wait (for) la #espina# thorn, splinter el #espíritu# spirit el #esplendor# splendor, magnificence #espontáneamente# spontaneously la #espuma# froth, foam la #espumela# see #espuma# la #esquina# corner la #estación# season, station los #Estados Unidos# United States la #estampa# picture la #estampilla# rubber stamp, seal la #estancia# sitting room #estar# to be; #---- bien# to be proper el #estío# summer la #estopa# tow, burlap #estrecho,-a# close la #estrella# star #estrellado,-a# bestarred #estremecer# to shudder #estremecido,-a# trembling, moved el #estrépito# crash, din, noise #estudiar# to study el #éter# ether #eterno,-a# eternal el #eucalipto# eucalyptus #evitar# to avoid, escape #exaltado,-a# exalted, passionate el #exceso# excess #existir# to exist #explicar# to explain #expresar# to express la #expresión# expression #extendido,-a# extensive #extranjero,-a# foreign #extraño,-a# strange, odd, queer

#F#

#fácil# easy la #facilidad#, ease, facility la #falda# skirt #falso,-a# false; #puerta ----a# side door la #falta# lack #faltar# to be lacking, fail; #---- algo a uno# to need la #fama# fame la #familia# family el #fango# mire, mud la #fantasía# fantasy, imagination, image #fantástico,-a# fantastic la #farola# large lantern, lighthouse el #fastidio# weariness el #fémur# femur; #calavera y ----es# skull and cross bones #fervoroso,-a# fervent #fiel# faithful la #fiesta# feast, holiday la #figura# figure #figurarse# to imagine el #fin# end, limit; #por ----# at last, finally; #al ----# finally #finalmente# finally #finamente# finely, delicately #fingir# to pretend, imagine what does not exist #fino,-a# fine, excellent #flaco,-a# thin, frail, meagre, lean #flamante# flaming, bright la #flauta# flute la #flecha# arrow, dart la #flor# flower, blossom; #en ----# in bloom #florecer# to blossom, bloom la #florecilla# _dim. of_ #flor# #florido,-a# florid, flowery, elegant el #fondo# bottom, depth, content #forastero,-a# strange (_applied to persons belonging to another town_) la #forma# form, way #formar# to form, make #formular# to formulate, give la #fosca# thicket, jungle #fosco,-a# rough, harsh la #fragancia# fragrance, scent #fragante# fragrant #francés,-a# French la #frase# sentence, phrase la #frente# forehead, countenance #frente# in front, opposite #fresco,-a# fresh, cool #fresquito,-a# _dim. of_ #fresco# #frío,-a# cold, chilly el #frío# cold el #fuego# fire la #fuente# fountain #fuera: por ----# on the outside; # ---- de# out of, outside #fuerte# strong, secure, firm la #fuerza# force, strength la #fuga# flight, escape #fugaz# fugitive; brief, fleeting #fundirse# to blend, combine, unite la #fusta# whip el #futuro# future

#G#

#galante# gallant, courtly la #galería# underground passage; veranda, porch #galopar# to gallop #gallardo,-a# graceful, elegant #gallego,-a# Galician (_belonging to the Spanish province of Galicia_) el #gallo# rooster la #gana# inclination, desire #ganar# to gain, win, earn #gastar# to spend, wear out el #gato# cat el #gazpacho# _Andalusian dish made of bread, oil, vinegar, onions, and garlic_ el #general# general #general# general, usual, customary la #gente# people; #las ----s# people #genuino,-a# genuine el #geranio# geranium el #gerundio# gerund el #gesto# gesture #girar# to revolve, turn round el #gitano# gypsy la #gitana# gypsy la #gloria# glory, delight; heaven #glorioso,-a# glorious, blessed #Góngora,# Luis de (1561-1627) _Spanish poet_ #gordo,-a# thick, stout el #gorrión# sparrow la #gota# drop (_of liquid_) #goteado,-a# spotted #gotear# to drop, leak la #gotita# _dim. of_ #gota# #gozar# to rejoice la #gracia# grace, pleasing manners, attractiveness; #en ---- de# for the sake of; #----s# thanks el #grajo# jackdaw la #gramática# grammar; #repaso de ----# grammar review #gran# _see_ #grande# la #grana# fresh red color el #granado# pomegranate tree #grande# great, large, big #grato,-a# grateful, pleasing #gris# gray #gritar# to shriek, cry el #grito# cry, shriek la #grupa# rump, haunch (_of a horse or donkey_) el #grupo# group #gualdo,-a# yellow, gold color #guapo,-a# pretty, good looking el #guarda# guard, keeper #guardia# guard, watch; #la ---- civil# body of rural police in Spain; #el ---- civil# member of rural police la #guirnalda# garland, wreath #gustar# to please el #gusto# taste; pleasure, delight

#H#

la #Habana# Havana (_capital of Cuba_) #haber# to have; #hay# there is (are); #---- de + #_inf_. to be to; #hay que# one must el #habla# language #hablar# to talk #hacer# to make, do; #no ---- caso# not to mind, pay no attention; #---- pedazos# to break into pieces; #----se# to become; #----se el cojo# to pretend to be lame; #----se ilusiones# to form illusions; #hace cuatrocientos años# four hundred years ago #hacia# towards el #hambre# _f_ hunger; #con ----# hungry el #harapo# rag #harto,-a (de)# satiated (_with_) #hasta# _prep_. as far as, until, to; _conj_. also, even el #hecho# action, fact la #herida# wound la #heridilla# _dim. of_ #herida# la #hermandad# brotherhood el #hermano# brother #hermoso,-a# beautiful, lovely la #hermosura# beauty el #herradero# cattle branding el #hervor# boiling; heat #hervoroso,-a# fiery, ardent la #hierba# grass, food (_for cattle_) el #hierro# iron el #higo# fig el #hilo# thread; failing drops (_of liquid_) #hinchado,-a# swollen #hinchar# to swell la #historia# history, story el #hocico# nose (_of an animal_) el #hogar# home la #hogaza# large loaf of bread la #hoguera# bonfire, blaze la #hoja# leaf, #holgar# (_ue_) to rest, be idle #holgazanear# to idle, loiter el #hombre# man el #hombro# shoulder el #homenaje# homage, tribute el #honor# honor, fame la #hora# hour; time el #horizonte# horizon el #hormigón# concrete el #horno# Dutch oven el #hospital# hospital #hoy# today, now (_the present time_) el #hueco# hollow #hueco,-a# hollow, empty la #huerta# vegetable garden el #huerto# orchard, fruit garden el #hueso# bone #huír# to escape, run away #humano,-a# human #humear# to smoke; emit smoke la #humedad# dampness #húmedo,-a# damp #humilde# humble, meek el #humor# humor, disposition

#I#