Contigo Pan y Cebolla (Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza)

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*alto* high, loud

*altura* _f._ height

*allá* there; *---- se van* are one and the same thing

*allí* there

*ama* _f._ mistress; *---- de casa* house-wife

*amable* kind

*amador* _m._ lover

*amanecer* dawn

*amansar* tame, soften

*amante* _m. and f._ lover

*amar* love

*amargar* embitter; be bitter

*amargura* _f._ bitterness

*amenazar* threaten

*americano* American

*amigo* _m._ friend

*amistad* _f._ friendship

*amo* _m._ master

*amor* _m._ love; *---- propio* self-esteem

*amoroso* love (_as in_ "love letters"), loving

*amueblar* furnish

*análisis* _m._ analysis

*anciano* _m._ old man

*ancho* wide

*andaluz* Andalusian

*andar* walk, go; *--se en miramientos* be too particular; *---- a
tientas* grope (as in darkness)

*ángel* _m._ angel

*Angostura* _f._ Angostura (name of a narrow pass about seven miles
from the town of Saltillo in the state of Coahuila, Mexico)

*anhelar* long for

*animación* _f._ animation

*animar* encourage, animate

*ánimo* _m._ courage, spirit

*anís* _m._ anise

*anoche* last night; *lo de ----* what happened last night

*anochecer* grow dark

*anotar* note

*antaño* last year; times gone by

*ante* before

*anterior* former

*antes* before; rather; first

*antesala* _f._ antechamber, hall

*antiguo* old; former; *a la antigua* in the old style

*antiparras* _f. pl._ glasses, spectacles

*antojarse* fancy, imagine

*anublar* cloud

*anunciar* announce

*añadir* add

*año* _m._ year

*apagar* put out, extinguish

*aparecer* appear

*aparentar* assume, sham

*apariencia* _f._ appearance

*apartamiento* _m._ apartment

*apartar* separate; *apartados entre sí* removed from each other

*aparte* aside

*apelación* _f._ appeal

*apelar* appeal; resort to

*apenas* scarcely

*apetecer* crave

*apetito* _m._ appetite

*apoderado* _m._ business representative

*apoderarse de* take possession of

*aposento* _m._ room

*apostar* place, station

*apreciar* appreciate

*aprecio* _m._ appreciation

*aprender* learn

*apretar* press, tighten; *aprieta* _exclam._ hush, stop

*aprobar* approve of

*aprovechar* take advantage of

*aproximar(se)* approximate; approach

*apurar* find out, clear up

*aquel, aquella*, _dem. adj._ that, that very

*aquél, aquélla, aquello*, _dem. pron._ that one, he, she, the former,
_etc._

*aquí* here

*aquiescencia* _f._ acquiescence

*ara* _f._ altar

*Aranjuez* Aranjuez (town and royal palace near Madrid. Here occurred
in 1808 the popular uprising against Godoy, the Spanish minister,
which caused Charles IV to abdicate in favor of his son Ferdinand)

*Araucana* _f._ Araucana (epic by Alonso de Ercilla, on the conquest
of Chile and the bloody encounters of the Spaniards with the native
*araucanos*)

*arbitrio* _m._ power, means

*argumento* _m._ plot (of a play or story)

*arma* _f._ arm, weapon

*armar* lay, set up (as a plot)

*armatoste* _m._ clumsy article

*arrancar* snatch, pull

*arrastrar* drag, drag out, draw

*arrebatar* carry off, snatch; *----se* be led away; rush

*arredrar* terrify; *----se* become terrified

*arreglar* arrange

*arreglo* _m._ arrangement, settlement

*arrepentirse* repent

*arriero* _m._ muleteer

*arriesgar* risk

*arrimar* draw near, draw up

*arrodillarse* kneel

*arrojar* throw

*arrullar* rock to sleep

*arte* _m. and f._ art

*artesano* _m._ artisan

*Ascalonita* _m._ native of Askelon (in Palestine), Askelonite

*ascendiente* _m. and f._ ancestor (direct or collateral)

*asegurar* assure; assert positively

*así* this way; that way; so; *---- como* just as

*asimismo* likewise

*asomar* thrust out; *----se* appear

*asombrar* astonish

*aspaviento* _m._ demonstration of terror

*áspero* rough

*aspirar* aspire

*astuto* astute

*asumir* assume

*asunto* _m._ subject, matter

*asustar* frighten

*Atala* Atala (heroine of Chateaubriand's novel "Atala")

*ataque* _m._ attack

*atar* tie; *hay que --lo* he needs a strait-jacket; *---- tantos
cabos* arrange so many things

*atención* _f._ attention; *en ---- a* bearing in mind

*atender a* heed, listen to; attend

*atento* attentive; *su ---- y seguro servidor* sincerely yours

*atisbar* take a peep; spy out

*atrás* backwards

*atravesar* cross; pierce

*atreverse a* dare

*atrevido* bold

*atribuir* attribute

*atufarse* be angry

*aturdir* stun, bewilder

*aún* yet; still; even; _when placed before the word modified it is
written without the accent_

*aunque* although

*ausencia* _f._ absence

*autor* _m._ author

*autoridad* _f._ authority

*autorizar* authorize

*avalorar* estimate, appreciate

*avanzado* (_pp. of_ *avanzar*) advanced

*aventura* _f._ adventure

*averiguar* find out

*avisar* inform, notify

*ay* _exclam._ oh

*ayer* yesterday

*ayuda* _f._ help

*ayudar* help

*ayuno* in a state of fasting; *en ----, en ayunas*, without knowing,
without understanding

*ayuntamiento* _m._ municipal governing body


*baba* _f._ drivel; *caerse la ----* drivel, slaver with pleasure;
_cf. English_ lick one's chops

*bagatela* _f._ trifle

*bailar* dance; *esta es otra que bien baila* here's another one just
as bad

*bajá* _m._ pasha

*bajar* come down; go down; bring down

*bajeza* _f._ lowness

*bajo* under; on; _adj. and adv._ low

*balde* _m._ (_from_ *balda* _f._ a thing of trifling value): *de
----* free; *en ----* in vain

*bandera* _f._ flag

*bando* _m._ party, faction

*barato* cheap

*barba* _f._ beard; _pl._ whiskers; *decir en sus ----s* say to one's
face

*Bárbara* Barbara; *Santa ----* patron saint of gunnery; the
powder-house

*barrer* sweep

*barrigoncito* _dim. of_ *barrigón* pot-bellied

*barrio* _m._ district, neighborhood

*Basilio* Basil; _as adj. applied to a monk_ of the order of St. Basil

*bastante* enough; quite; considerable

*bastar* be enough

*batalla* _f._ battle

*batallón* _m._ battalion

*batir* strike; _--se_ fight

*batista* _f._ batiste

*bayoneta* _f._ bayonet

*baza* _f._ trick (at cards)

*beber* drink

*belleza* _f._ beauty

*bello* beautiful, fine

*bendecir* bless

*berenjena* _f._ plant one of whose varieties is the egg-plant (_to
eat its fruit was once popularly supposed to cause insanity_); *qué
----s* what craziness; what stuff

*Berlín* Berlin

*berroqueña* _adj. used with noun_ *piedra* (rock, stone) _to mean_
granite, _as_ *piedra ----* granite, granite rock; *ser de piedra
----* be hard as stone

*besar* kiss

*biblioteca* _f._ library

*bibliotecario* _m._ librarian

*bien* well; quite; *más ----* rather; _m._ good, benefit; object of
love; _pl._ property; *----es de fortuna* worldly treasures

*bienestar* _m._ well-being

*bigote* _m._ mustache; *decir en sus ----s* say to one's face (_cf._
*decir en sus barbas*)

*blanca* _f._ old silver coin (no longer in use)

*blanco* white

*blanquear* whiten

*boardilla* _f._ garret

*boca* _f._ mouth

*bocado* _m._ mouthful

*boda* _f._ wedding; marriage

*bodorrio* _m._ (_fam. for_ *bodijo*) unequal marriage

*bollo* _m._ roll, cake

*Bonaparte, Joseph* (1768-1844), brother of Napoleon I, through whose
agency he became Spain's unwelcome ruler from 1808 to 1813

*bondad* _f._ goodness

*bondadoso* kind, generous

*bonito* pretty; good-looking

*boquirrubio* simple, artless

*bordar* embroider

*borraja* _f._ borage

*bosque* _m._ forest

*bostezar* yawn

*botica* _f._ drug store; drug

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