Contigo Pan y Cebolla (Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza)

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*brasero* _m._ brazier, pan to hold coals

*bravo* brave, fierce

*brazo* _m._ arm

*breve* brief

*bribón* _m._ rascal

*brillante* brilliant

*brinco* _m._ leap

*Bruno* Bruno (brown)

*Bruselas* Brussels

*buche* _m._ crop, craw; "chest"

*bueno* good; all right; *estar ----* be well; *estar ---- para* be in
the mood for (_often with the opposite meaning_, be in no mood for)

*buey* _m._ ox

*Burgos* Burgos (city in northern Spain)

*burlarse de* make fun of, mock

*busca* _f._ search

*buscar* look for

*Bustamante, General Anastasio* (1780-1853), vice-president of Mexico
under President Guerrero in 1829; president of Mexico in 1830; again
president from 1837 to 1841


*cabal* exact; exactly

*cabalito* (_intensive of_ *cabal*) just exactly so

*cabalmente* exactly, precisely

*caballerito* _m._ (_dim. of_ *caballero*) young gentleman, young
master (_expression used by servants in addressing a young master_)

*caballero* _m._ sir; gentleman

*cabecera* _f._ head (of a bed)

*caber* be contained; *si cabe* if possible

*cabeza* _f._ head; *irse la ----* go mad

*cabo* _m._ end; *al ----* after all, finally, at last; *de ---- a
rabo* from start to finish

*cacao* _m._ cocoa

*cachivache* _m._ broken crockery; _pl._ worthless pots and pans

*cada* each, every; *---- cual* each one

*cadete* _m._ cadet

*Cádiz* Cadiz (city in Spain; in 1810 the scene of the radical
outburst of the Cortes that embodied the Spanish spirit of democracy;
here in Cadiz was drawn up the famous Constitution of 1812)

*caer* fall; *----se* fall down; *ya caigo* now I remember, now I
understand

*caída* _f._ fall

*caja* _f._ drum; *echar con ----s destempladas* send away angrily

*calabaza* _f._ pumpkin, squash; *dar ----s* jilt, reject

*calabozo* _m._ cell, dungeon

*calceta* _f._ under-stocking; *hacer ----* knit

*calcular* calculate

*caliente* hot

*California* _f._ California; _pl._ Upper and Lower California

*cáliz* _m._ chalice, cup

*calor* _m._ heat

*calumniar* slander

*calzar* put on shoes, put on spurs, _etc._

*calzoncillos* _m. pl._ drawers

*calzones* _m. pl._ breeches

*callado* (_pp. of_ *callar*) silent

*callar* hush; be silent; not mention; *calla, calle,* whew, why

*calle* _f._ street

*cama* _f._ bed

*camaranchón* _m._ garret

*cambiar* change

*cambio* _m._ change; *en ----* on the other hand; on the contrary

*camino* _m._ road, way

*camisa* _f._ shirt; chemise

*campanada* _f._ stroke of a bell

*campanudo* high-sounding

*campo* _m._ country; field

*canario* _exclam. of astonishment as_ good gracious

*cancel* _m._ inner door or wooden screen just inside the main
entrance; space between the inner door and the outer one (many of the
public buildings in the United States have an arrangement similar to
the Spanish *cancel*)

*candelero* _m._ candlestick

*canónigo* _m._ canon (of a church)

*cantar* sing; *---- de plano* speak out plainly

*Cantarranas (Cantaranas)* _literally_ croaking frogs. _The name of
the street was later changed to_ *Calle de Lope de Vega*

*caña* _f._ reed, cane

*cañón* _m._ cannon

*caoba* _f._ mahogany

*capaz* capable

*capital* _f._ capital city

*capitán* _m._ captain

*cara* _f._ face

*Caracas* Caracas (capital of Venezuela)

*carácter* _m._ office; character

*caramba* _commonest exclam. in Spanish, expressing surprise,
admiration, vexation, etc._ indeed, the deuce

*carbón* _m._ coal

*carbunclo* _m._ carbuncle (glowing precious stone)

*cargo* _m._ care, charge; *a su ----* under his charge

*cariño* _m._ tenderness, affection

*Carlos* Charles; Charles III, king of Spain from 1759 to 1788

*caro* dear; expensive

*carraspera* _f._ hoarseness (necessitating frequent clearing of the
throat)

*carrera* _f._ career

*carta* _f._ letter

*cartilla* _f._ primer

*cartucho* _m._ cartridge

*casa* _f._ house; *en ----* at home

*casamiento* _m._ marriage.

*casarse con* marry

*cascada* _f._ cascade, waterfall

*casco* _m._ skull, head (_used also in pl._)

*casero* _m._ landlord

*casi* almost

*caso* _m._ case; *el ---- es* the fact is

*cáspita* _exclam. indicating surprise_ wonderful, gracious

*castigar* punish

*castillo* _m._ castle

*castizo* chaste, pure

*causa* _f._ cause, sake

*cé* ts (hissing sound made to call some one's attention)

*cebolla* _f._ onion

*cebón* fattened

*ceder* yield

*ceja* _f._ eyebrow; *entre ---- y ----* in one's head

*cenar* dine

*cenefa* _f._ border. (In what the ladies style a "dress pattern," the
*cenefa* is of the same material as the body of the goods with the
design so modified that the *cenefa* may serve as trimming at sleeves,
waist line, edge of skirt, etc.)

*ceniza* _f._ ashes

*centinela* _m._ sentinel; *de ----* on guard, on the lookout

*cepillar* brush

*cepillo* _m._ brush

*cerca de* near; about

*cerciorar* inform

*cerebral* cerebral

*ceremonia* _f._ ceremony

*cerezo* _m._ cherry-tree; cherry-wood

*cerrar* close; lock

*Cerro Gordo* Cerro Gordo (site near Jalapa in the state of Vera Cruz,
Mexico, scene of an important victory for the American forces under
General Winfield Scott, April 18, 1847)

*Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de* (1547-1616), author of "Don Quixote"

*ciego* blind

*cielo* _m._ heaven

*cien* one hundred

*ciertamente* certainly

*cierto* true; certain; *por ----* certainly, of course; *lo ---- es*
the fact is

*cifrar(se)* reckon, count

*cimarrón* wild, maroon (term applied to runaway slave living wild in
the woods or mountains)

*cinco* five

*circunstancia* _f._ circumstance, condition; event

*citar* cite

*ciudadanía* _f._ citizenship

*civil* civil

*clandestino* clandestine

*Clari* _f._ girl's name

*claro* clear

*clase* _f._ class

*claustro* _m._ cloister

*Clementina* _f._ Clementine

*cocinero* _m._ cook

*cocotero* _m._ coconut tree

*coche* _m._ coach

*codiciar* covet

*codillo* _m._ codille; card term in the game of *tresillo* or
*hombre* (_French_ *hombre*, _English_ *ombre*); _in tresillo the
hombre or solo player plays against two others;_ *dar ----* defeat the
solo player; _the solo player loses if either one of the other two
takes more tricks than he does_

*coger* catch

*cola* _f._ tail, train

*colchón* _m._ mattress

*colegiala* _f._ schoolgirl

*colegio* _m._ school

*color* _m._ color

*colorado* red

*collereta* _f._ (_dim. of_ *collera*) collar

*coma* _f._ comma

*combate* _m._ conflict, engagement

*combustión* _f._ combustion

*comedia* _f._ comedy; *entablar la ----* stage the play; begin
operations

*comenzar* commence

*comer* eat

*comerciante* _m._ merchant

*comercio* _m._ commerce

*cometa* _f._ kite

*cómico* comic, comical, humorous

*comisión* _f._ commission

*como* as; how; like

*cómo* _interrog._ how; *de a ----* at how much

*comodidad* _f._ comfort

*cómodo* comfortable

*compadecer* feel sorry for

*compañera* _f._ companion, mate

*compañía* _f._ company

*compartir* share

*compasión* _f._ compassion

*complacerse en* take delight in

*completamente* completely

*complot* _m._ plot, conspiracy

*composición* _f._ composition, piece of work

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