Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 47

=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.

B

=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_).