Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 62

=consuelo,= comfort, consolation.

=consulta,= consultation; =a puras --s,= by dint of consultations.

=consultar,= to consult.

=consumir,= to consume, exhaust.

=consumos,= food-stuffs; munic.i.p.al tax on food-stuffs.

 

=contacto,= contact.

=contador, -a,= narrator.

=contar (ue),= to tell, relate, count; =-- con,= to count on, be sure of; =a -- de,= counting from; =son contados,= they are few.

=contemplacion,= _f._, contemplation, holy meditation.

=contemplar,= to contemplate; =--se los unos a los otros,= to look at one another.

=contemplativo,= meditative; =devoto --,= pious devotee.

=contemporaneo,= of the same age.

=contener,= to contain, restrain.

=contenta.r.s.e,= to be contented, limit oneself (=con,= to).

=contento,= contentment; _adj._, contented, happy.

=contera; por -- y remate,= lastly and in conclusion.

=contestacion,= _f._, answer.

=contestar,= to answer.

=contiguo (a),= adjacent (to).

=continuar,= to continue.

=continuo,= continuous.

=contorno,= contour, outline; =en --,= round about.

=contra,= against; =en -- de,= against; _noun_, _m._, inconvenience, disadvantage.

=contrabandista,= _m. or f._, smuggler.

=contrabando,= forbidden article; smuggling.

=contradecir,= to contradict.

=contramaestre,= _m._, boat-swain.

=contraproducente,= contrary to what is expected.

=contrapuesto,= opposite, contrary.

=contrario,= contrary; =al --,= on the contrary; =al -- de,= the opposite of.

=contrastar,= to contrast.

=contraste,= _m._, contrast.

=contravenir,= to oppose, act against.

=contribucion,= _f._, tax.

=contribuir,= to contribute.

=conturbar,= to disturb.

=convecino,= neighbor.

=convencer (de),= to convince.

=convenir,= to suit; =-- en,= to agree; =conviene,= it is expedient.

=convento,= convent.

=conversacion,= _f._, conversation; =dar= _or_ =entrar en --,= to engage in conversation (=a,= with).

=conversar,= to converse, chat.

=convertir (ie),= to convert, change, turn (=en,= into).

=convidado,= guest; =-- de cuatro anos,= four-year old guest.

=convidar,= to invite.

=convite,= _m._, invitation; =-- de dias,= birthday-dinner.

=convulso,= convulsed.

=conyuges,= _m. pl._, husband and wife.

=copa,= cup; top (_of a tree_).

=copiar,= to copy.