Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 107

=mocedad,= _f._, youth.

=moco,= crest (_as of a turkey_).

=modales,= _m. pl._, manners.

=modelar,= to model.

=modelo,= model.

 

=moderar,= to moderate, restrain, curb.

=moderno,= modern.

=modestamente,= modestly, meekly.

=modo,= way, manner; =de un --,= in a way; =al -- de,= like; =de otro --,= otherwise.

=mofa.r.s.e,= to mock, scoff.

=mofletes,= _m. pl._, chub-cheeks.

=mohino; burro --,= small mule.

=mojar,= to wet, moisten; =--se,= to get wet.

=mojigato,= hypocritical.

=moler (ue),= to grind.

=molestar,= to molest, trouble.

=molido,= ground; tired out, worn out.

=molienda,= grinding.

=molinete,= _m._ (_dim. of_ =molino=)=,= little mill; =hacer -- con,= to wield, brandish.

=molinillo,= twirling-stick (_with which chocolate is stirred in a chocolate-pot_).

=molino,= mill.

=mollera,= crown of the head.

=momento,= moment; =al --,= immediately; =-- de pausa,= moment of silence.

=momificar,= to mummify.

=monadas,= affectations, airs.

=monasterio,= monastery.

=monastico,= monastic.

=moneda,= coin.

=monisimo= (_from_ =mono=)=,= pretty, funny.

=monje, -a,= monk, nun.

=mono,= pretty.

=monologo,= monologue.

=monopolizar,= to monopolize.

=monotono,= monotonous.

=monstruo,= monster.

=Montana (la),= _prop. noun_ (= _a mountainous country of northern Spain, that lies on the Bay of Biscay_).

=montar (en),= to mount.

=montaraz,= wild, rough.

=monte,= _m._, mountain, forest.

=monton,= _m._, pile, heap.

=montoncillo= (_dim._)=,= small pile.

=montura,= saddle, trappings of horses.

=monumental,= great; =de -- calibre,= of the biggest kind.

=morada,= dwelling.

=morador, -a,= inhabitant, dweller.

=moral,= _f._, ethics, morality, morals, lesson.

=morar,= to dwell.

=morbido,= soft, subdued.

=morder (ue),= to bite.

=mordisco,= bite, morsel; =tirar un -- (a),= to take a bite (from).