Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 63

=copioso,= copious, abundant.

=copita= (_dim._)=,= small cup.

=copla,= couplet.

=copleja= (_depr._)=,= little couplet.

=coraje,= _m._, wrath, rage, anger.

 

=corazon,= _m._, heart.

=corazonazo= (_aug._)=,= (big) heart.

=corcel,= _m._, charger.

=corcova,= hump.

=corcho,= cork.

=cordaje,= _m._, ropes.

_cordel,_ _m._, line.

=cordeleria,= rigging.

=cordon,= _m._, cord.

=cornisa,= cornice.

=coro,= chorus, choir (_in Spanish churches it is near the center of the building, separated from the main chapel by the transept_).

=corona,= crown.

=coronar,= to crown.

=corporacion,= _f._, =en --,= together, in company.

=corpulencia,= corpulence, stoutness.

=corral,= _m._, yard, corral, court.

=correa,= leather strap.

=corredor,= _m._, corridor, gallery; =--, -a,= runner; _adj._, swift.

=corregir (i),= to correct.

=correo,= mail, courier; =-- de gabinete,= king"s messenger.

=correr,= to run; peddle; =de vuelta de -- la sardina,= on returning from selling sardines.

=correria,= expedition.

=Correspondencia,= _prop. noun_ (_name of a Madrid newspaper_).

=corresponder,= to return a favor, make a suitable return; correspond.

=corrida; -- de toros,= bull-fight.

=corriente,= _m._, current, course; =estar al --,= to know, be acquainted (=de,= with).

=corrillo= (_dim._)=,= group, circle.

=corro,= group, circle.

=corruptela,= corruption.

=cortar,= to cut, cut short, trim; =cortado,= short (_as breathing_).

=corte,= _f._, court, =capital= (= _Madrid_).

=cortejar,= to court.

=cortesia,= courtesy.

=corteza,= bark.

=cortina,= curtain, veil, drapery.

=corto,= short; =de corta edad,= of tender age.

=corvo,= curved dagger.

=cosa,= thing, matter; =-- de,= about; =gran --,= very much, =que --,= what; =-- igual,= such a thing.

=cosecha,= crop, harvest.

=coser,= to sew.

=cosilla= (_dim. of_ =cosa=)=,= little thing, trifle.

=costa,= coast; expense, price, =a --,= at the cost.

=costado,= side; =por todos cuatro --s,= in every respect.

=costar (ue),= to cost.

=Costa Rica= (_lit._, Rich Coast; _a Central American republic_), Costa Rica.