Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 92

=hombro,= shoulder.

=homeopatico,= h.o.m.oeopathic, tiny.

=honda,= sling-shot.

=hondo,= deep; =lo mas --,= the most retired part.

=hondura,= depth.

 

=honor,= _m._, honor, fame; _pl._, dignity, rank.

=honra,= honor.

=honradez,= _f._, honesty; =hay mucha --,= honesty prevails.

=honrado,= honest, respectable.

=honroso,= honest, decent.

=hora,= hour; =a estas horas,= at this hour; =--s muertas,= leisure hours.

=horda,= horde, band.

=horizonte,= _m._, horizon.

=hormiga,= ant.

=hormiguero,= ant-hill.

=hornacina,= (vaulted) niche.

=horno,= furnace.

=horrorizado,= terrified, shocked.

=hospital,= _m._, hospital, poorhouse; =-- provincial,= Provincial Insane Asylum.

=hostigar,= to hara.s.s, molest, trouble.

=hostil,= hostil, adverse.

=hoy,= to-day; =-- en dia,= now-a-days.

=hoyo,= hole, grave.

=huaso= (_or_ =guaso=)=,= herdsman, "cowboy" (_in Chile, called_ =huaso= _or_ =guaso=; _in Argentina,_ =gaucho=_; in Mexico,_ =vaquero=).

=hube, -iste, -o,= _etc._, _pret. of_ =haber=.

=hubiera, hubiese,= _imp. subjs. of_ =haber=.

=hueco,= gap, hollow, intermission.

=hueleme,= _see_ =oler=.

=huelga,= strike; =declara.r.s.e en --,= to strike.

=huella,= track.

=huerfano,= orphan; =-- de padre,= fatherless.

=huerta,= garden, garden land(s).

=hueso,= bone, stone, core, pit.

=huesped, -a,= boarder, guest.

=huevo,= egg.

=huir,= to flee, shun; =que habia de --!,= why should I run away!; =me huye Vd. la cara,= you avoid me, refuse to look at me.

=hule,= _m._, oil-cloth.

=humanidad,= _f._, humanity.

=humano,= human; =en lo --,= during his life on earth.

=humear,= to smoke.

=humedad,= _f._, dampness, moisture.

=humedecer,= to moisten; =--se,= to become wet, tear-stained.

=humedo,= damp.

=humildad,= _f._, humility, modesty.

=humildemente,= humbly.

=humildito= (_dim._)=,= humble, modest.

=humo,= smoke.

=humor,= _m._, humor, fluid _(of the body_).

=hundir,= to submerge; =--se,= to sink.

=huracan,= _m._, hurricane.