Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 60

=compasion,= _f._; =por --,= for pity"s sake.

=compatriota,= _m. or f._, compatriot.

=competidor, -a,= rival.

=complacencia,= good nature.

=complacer,= to please; =--se,= to delight (in).

 

=completar,= to complete.

=completo,= complete, whole of it; =por --,= completely.

=complexion,= _f._, const.i.tution.

=complicado,= complicated.

=componer,= to compose, make up; =--se,= to be composed, be made up, dress up.

=composicion,= _f._, making _or_ building up.

=compostura,= composure.

=comprender,= to understand, know, realize.

=comprension,= _f._, comprehension, understanding.

=compresion,= _f._, compression, restraint.

=comprobante,= proving, proof.

=comprometer,= to engage, bind; expose to danger _or_ suspicion.

=compuesto,= combination.

=comun,= common; =de --,= in common.

=comunicacion,= _f._, communication, connection.

=comunicar,= to communicate, impart; =--se alientos,= to encourage oneself. =comunidad,= _f._, community, order; =en --,= the whole order; =guerra de las --es,= war of the communes (_or of the League, 1520-1523.

This revolt was occasioned by the arbitrary exaction of taxes by Charles V_).

=comunion,= _f._, communion.

=con,= with, by; =-- que,= so then.

=concebir (i),= to conceive, understand; express.

=conceder,= to concede, grant.

=concejo,= (ancient) munic.i.p.al council; _in Asturias and Leon_, district composed of several parishes with one common jurisdiction.

=concentrado,= intensified.

=concentrar,= to concentrate.

=concepto,= thought, idea.

=concerniente,= concerning.

=concertar (ie),= to agree, settle.

=conciencia,= conscience; =de --,= conscientious.

=conciliar,= to reconcile, consider, win.

=concluir (de),= to end, finish, conclude; =concluyese el potaje,= the mess is finished.

=concluyente,= conclusive.

=concreta.r.s.e,= to combine, unite.

=concurrencia,= a.s.sembly.

=concurrente,= _m. or f._, member of an a.s.sembly; =--s,= those present.

=concurrido,= frequented.

=concurso,= crowd, a.s.sembly.

=conde,= _m._, count.

=condenao= = =condenado,= condemned, d.a.m.ned; =esta --a=, this confounded woman; =este --,= this useless thing.

=condenar,= to condemn, find guilty.

=condescendencia,= condescension, kindness.

=condicion,= _f._, condition; habit, natural quality of mind.

=conducir,= to conduct, take, lead; =hacerse --,= to have oneself taken.

=conducta,= conduct.

=conductor,= _m._, channel.

=confeccionar,= to make, construct.