- •Interminable.—y 20-5
- •Viene por allí completamente solo...¡y tan tempranito!...—Ese trae plan...—¡Por lo visto, tú
- •Viejo Corregidor, poniéndose más pálido de lo que ya
- •Ves, que no puedo quererla más ni sentir menos!...—¡Mientras 38-10 que por coger esa mano, ese brazo, esa
- •Veía claramente que el Corregidor se asustó al principio, creyendo que el Molinero lo había oído todo;
- •Ves que sigo tu plan al pie de la letra! ¡Desgraciado de ti si me metes en un callejón sin salida!
- •Vaya Usía a pie, y no lleve linterna...
- •Ver, Frasquita! ¡alumbra! 55-30 56
- •Vida, en alguna bufonada ignominiosa y ridícula para su mujer y para el Corregidor, lejos de buscar aquella
- •Veces rivales, y notaron con gran sorpresa que sus almas 104-25 se aplacieron la una en la otra, como dos hermanos que
- •V. (continuó, encarándose con el Alcalde de monterilla, 106-30 107 que estaba aterrado): mi marido, el Corregidor de la
- •V. Es mi esposo.... Supongamos que V. Es d. Eugenio 107-25 de Zúñiga y Ponce de León....
- •V..., y, aunque nadie se figuraba que V....
- •Abbreviations
- •Vamos andando, 89, 18, let's be getting along, let's be making haste. Andarín, m., fast walker, nimble fellow, 85, 10, 85, 29.
- •Vamos al —, 51, 6, we'll come to the point, let's get to business. Asustarse, V. Refl., to be frightened, to be afraid, to take fright. Atar, V. A., to bind, 27, 4; to tie, 65, 6.
- •Very short.
- •Venir a — , 6, 30, to be in place. Cuerda, f., cord.
- •71, 30, To go on all fours, to creep. Gato, m., cat.
- •Voz gorda, 55, 17, oily voice. Gota, f., drop.
- •Venir con sus —s lavadas, to come with improper proposals or intentions, 119, 15;
- •Vigésima —, twentieth descendant; "greatest granddaughter," 102, 8. Nieto, m., grandson; grandchild.
- •Vino de —, 11, 6, home-made wine. ¡pum! bang! 97, 16.
- •A., to guess at, 45, 11. 240
Vamos andando, 89, 18, let's be getting along, let's be making haste. Andarín, m., fast walker, nimble fellow, 85, 10, 85, 29.
anfitrión, m., host.
ángel, m., angel.
angosto, ta, adj., narrow; tight, close-fitting, scant, 41, 12. angustia, f., anguish.
angustiado, da, adj., heart-broken, 93, 8. anillo, m., ring.
animación, f., animation, liveliness. animado, da, adj., living, animated. animal, m., animal, 13, 22.
Ánimas, fpl., the tolling of a bell, to announce prayers for souls in purgatory; usually shortly after sunset. See note to 8, 14.
anoche, adv., last night.
ansiar, v. a. , to long for, to desire, 34, 13. ante, prep. , before, in the presence of. antecesor, m., predecessor.
Antecristo, m., Antichrist.
Anteo, m. npr. , Antaeus. anterior, adj., preceding, 15, 5.
antes, adv., before, beforehand; sooner, the sooner, 47, 5; rather. 163 antes de, prep., before.
antes de que, conj., before, 60, 13, 93, 14. antes que, conj., before; rather than, 69, 16. anticipación, f., anticipation;
habían llegado con bastante —, 45, 4, had arrived considerably ahead, before.
anticiparse, v. refl., to forestall, 108, 21.
anticuado, da, adj., antiquated, grown old; 25, 3, discarded; 91, 24, former, old-time.
antigüedad, f., antiquity, 13, 23.
antiguo, gua, adj., old, 58, 25; old-time, former, 91, 24.
antojarse, v. refl., used only in the third person, to wish, to be pleasing; como se te antoje, 36, 30, as you will, any way you please. antonomasia, f., antonomasia.
anunciar, v. a., to inform, to declare, 72, 29. añadir, v. a., to add.
año, m., year;
al —, 11, 21, by the year, in the course of the year; tener cuarenta —s, to be forty years old. apagar, v. a., to extinguish, to put out.
aparato, m., preparation, 70, 8. apareado, da, adj., paired, 124, 5. aparecer, v. n., to appear, to show oneself.
aparejar, v. a., to prepare, to get ready; to saddle, 57, 17, 65, 11. aparición, f., appearance, 105, 10.
apartar, v. a., to put aside, to push aside, push away, 109, 14; pp. apartada, 99, 14, standing aside, apart;
—se, v. refl., to go aside, turn aside, turn from, 67, 26. aparte, adv., apart, aside, 96, 5.
apearse, v. refl., to dismount, to get down, 67, 9. apegado, da, adj., attached, clinging, devoted, 6, 20. apenas, adv., scarcely.
apéndice, m., appendix, 28, 2.
aplacerse, v. refl., to take pleasure, 104, 26. aplicar, v. a., to apply, 97, 17.
apoderado, m., plenipotentiary, 106, 9.
apoderarse, v. refl., to gain possession, to get into one's power (de). aposento, m., room, 69, 23.
apoyar, v. a., to lean, to rest, 35., 19. apreciar, v. a., to reckon.
aprecio, m., esteem, 17, 13. apremiante, adj., urgent, 62, 23.
apresurarse, v. refl., to hasten, to make haste, 39, 1.
aprovechar, v. a., to take advantage of, to make use of, to turn to account, to profit by, 41, 5, etc. 164
apuntar, v. a. , to aim at, to cover. apurar, v. a., to drain, 63, 20.
apuro, m., trouble, trial, difficulty, need, 36, 16. aquel, —lla, adj. dem., that.
aquél, —lla, pron., that, the former. aquello, neuter, that.
aquí, adv., here;
por —, 34, 6, here, hereabouts;
por —, 47, 4, 64, 20, this way, in this direction; cf. tomar.
Archena, f., Archena (town of Spain, on the Segura, 16 miles N. W. of Murcia).
arder, v. n., to burn, to glow, 70, 2. ardid, m., deceit, deception, 61, 9. argentino, na , adj., silvery. aristocrático, ca, adj., aristocratic, 26, 5. arma, f., weapon; pl.
—s, arms; cf. descansar.
armarse, v. refl., to break out, to begin, 99, 7, 126, 9. arqueado, da, adj., bent, bowed;
piernas arqueadas, 25, 23, bow-legs, bandy-legs. arracada, f., pendant, earring, 16, 9.
arranque, m., arch, curve, 16, 4. arrastrar, v. a., to drag, 118, 4, 79, 16; cf. sacar.
¡arre! interj., get up! (call used to draught animals) tit. IX. arrear, v. a., (cf.
arre) to drive, to urge (horses, etc.), 60, 4, 82, 15. arrebatar, v. a., to snatch, 50, 1.
arreglar, v. a., to arrange, 30, 7, 96, 6, 105, 4. arremangar, v. a., to pull up the sleeves; pp.
arremangado, with brazo, 15, 28, uncovered, bare, short-sleeved. arrestado, da, adj., confined, in custody, 122, 9.
arrestar, v. a., to arrest, 79, 7. arriba, adv., above, upward; piso de —, 77, 9, upper story; de — abajo, 80, 7, up and down. arriesgar, v. a., to risk. arrimar, v. a., to lean;
le arrimó una bofetada, 119, 10, dealt him a blow; pp. arrimado, 118, 11, leaning;
—se, v. refl., to lean, 96, 21.
arriscado, da, adj., bold, dashing, 102, 15. arroba, f., see note to 126, 5.
arrogante, adj., arrogant, proud, applied to stature, 14, 13. arrogantemente , adv., boldly, impertinently, 108, 17. arrojar, v. a., to throw, to throw down.
arrollar, v. a., to roll up, 37, 9. arrugado, da, adj., wrinkled, 25, 28. 165
arruinarse , v. refl., to become bankrupt, to be ruined, 12, 16. artero, ra, adj., sly, crafty, 26, 4.
artísticamente, adv., artistically. asado, da, adj., roasted, roast. asador, m., spit.
asalto, m., assault, storm, storming, 15, 15.
asegurar, v. a. , to secure, to make fast, to fasten, 65, 13. asesinar , v. a., to assassinate, to murder, to kill. asesino, m., assassin, murderer.
así, adv., thus, so;
—... como, as well... as, both... and;
— que, when.
asiento , m., seat, place, 34, 9. asistir, v. n., to be present, to attend. asmático, ca, adj., asthmatic.
asomar, v. a., to show, to thrust out, to project, 38, 24; pp. asomada, 100, 5, leaning from, appearing at; v. refl., asomarse a, 64, 8, to lean over.
asombrarse, v. refl., to be astonished.
asombro, m., astonishment, 95, 20. asomo, m., suspicion, conjecture;
ni por —, 6, 7, not in their wildest dreams; 90, 17, don't dream of it. astuto, ta, adj., astute, 90, 7.
asuntillo, m., little matter, little affair, 63, 2. asunto, m., matter, business;
— reservado, private matter, secret matter, 56, 20;