Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 79

=escamado,= irritated, worried.

=escandalizado,= shocked, scandalized.

=escandalo,= scandal; =con grave --,= to the great horror.

=escandaloso,= scandalous.

=escapar(se),= to escape, run away.

 

=escaparate,= _m._, show-window.

=escape,= _m._, flight; =a todo --,= in greatest haste.

=escapulario,= scapulary.

=escasear,= to decrease, be scarce.

=escasisimo= (_from_ =escaso=)=,= very scanty.

=escaso,= scanty, small, rare.

=escena,= scene, stage.

=escenario,= scenery, stage, stage-direction.

=esclamacion= = =exclamacion=.

=esclavitud,= _f._, slavery.

=esclavo, -a,= slave.

=escoger,= to choose, select.

=escogido,= select, choice, refined.

=escollo,= rock (_under shallow water_), reef.

=esconder,= to hide, conceal; =estar escondido,= to be in hiding.

=escondidamente,= secretly.

=escopeta,= gun; =-- de dos canones,= double-barreled gun.

=escopetazo,= (gun-)shot.

=escote,= _m._, low-cut neck (_of a dress_).

=escribir,= to write.

=escrupulo,= scruple; =--s de conciencia,= conscientious scruples; =--s de doncella,= exaggerated scruples.

=escuchar,= to listen (to), hear.

=escudo,= escutcheon; shield.

=escudrinar,= to search, examine.

=escuela,= school.

=escueto,= free, unenc.u.mbered.

=Esculapio,= Aesculapius (_among Greeks and Romans a G.o.d of healing_).

=escultor,= _m._, sculptor.

=escultura,= sculpture; _pl._, carved _or_ molded figures.

=escultural,= of sculpture; =modelo --,= sculptor"s model.

=escupir,= to spit; discharge (_b.a.l.l.s from fire arms_).

=ese, -a, -os, -as= (_adj._); =ese, -a, -os, -as, eso= (_p.r.o.n._); that, those; =eso de,= that of; =a eso de,= at about; =por eso,= for that reason.

=esencia,= essence.

=esencial,= essential, main.

=esfera,= sphere; condition.

=esferico,= spherical, round.

=esforzar (ue),= to strengthen, raise (_the voice_).

=esfuerzo,= effort, strength.

=esmeralda,= emerald.

=esmero,= great care, diligent attention.

=esnudo= = =desnudo=.

=es.p.a.cia.r.s.e,= to walk, stroll.

=es.p.a.cio,= s.p.a.ce, place.

=es.p.a.cioso,= s.p.a.cious, large.

=espada,= sword.