=Avangelios = Evangelios=.
=avanzar,= to advance.
=avaro,= miser.
=ave,= _f._, bird; =-- nocturna,= night-bird (_the owl, etc._).
=avecilla= (_dim. of_ =ave=)=,= little bird.
=aventura,= adventure.
=aventurar(se),= to venture.
=avergonzado,= ashamed.
=avergonzar (ue),= to fill with shame, put to shame.
=averiar,= to damage, spoil.
=averiguar,= to ascertain, find out, inquire, pry.
=Averno= (_= Avernus, a lake near Naples, famous for its poisonous vapors and supposed by the ancients to be connected with the infernal regions_), Hades.
=avidez,= _f._, greed; =con --,= eagerly.
=avisar,= to advise, inform, give notice.
=avispa,= wasp.
=avivar,= to enliven, stir up (_as a fire_).
=ay!= _interj._ (_expressing grief or pain_), oh! ah! alas!
=ayer,= yesterday; =-- noche,= last night.
=ayudar (a),= to help, a.s.sist.
=ayunar,= to fast.
=ayuno,= fasting; _adj._, ignorant.
=ayuntamiento,= city council, munic.i.p.al government.
=azabache,= _m._, jet.
=azorado,= terrified, trembling, agitated.
=azotar,= to whip, beat.
=azote,= _m._, lash, blow, whip; =que daba --s en cierta parte,= who was spanking.
=azul,= blue; =-- turqui,= dark blue.
=azulado,= blue, bluish.
=azumbre,= _f._, (_a liquid measure = about_) two quarts.
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=bacalao,= codfish.
=Baco,= Bacchus (_the G.o.d of wine_).
=baculo,= staff.
=bachiller,= _m._, bachelor (_one who has obtained a degree in the_ =inst.i.tuto= _or_ =colegio=); =-- en humanidades,= Bachelor of Arts.
=bagaje,= _m._, baggage; _pl._, baggage (_of an army_).
=bahia,= bay.
=bailar,= to dance.
=baile,= _m._, dance, ball.
=baja,= fall (_of price_).
=bajar,= to descend, cast down, lower; =--se,= to stoop down; =al --,= when going down.
=bajito= (_dim. of_ =bajo=)=,= low, in a low voice, under; small.
=bajo,= low; =por lo --,= in an undertone.
=bala,= ball, bullet.
=balancear(se),= to balance, sway.
=balaustrada,= bal.u.s.trade.
=balazo,= shot, bullet-wound.
=balcon,= _m._, balcony.
=balconcillo= (_dim._)=,= little balcony.
=Baleares,= Balearic Islands (_east of, and belonging to Spain_).