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create

a

sensation

gordo,

-a

fat,

huge

gota

f.

drop

gozar

(de),

(con)

enjoy,

take

delight

gozo

m.

joy

gozoso,

-a

joyful

gracejo

m.

wit

gracia f. attraction, grace, cleverness, wittiness; favor;

pl.

thanks

gracioso,

-a

amusing,

funny

grande, gran great, large; n. grandee ( cf. note to

IV,

116)

grandeza

f.

greatness

grandioso,

-a

imposing

granjería

f.

profit,

profitable

trade

grano

m.

grain

gratificación

f.

tip,

gratuity

gratitud

f.

gratitude

grato,

-a

pleasing,

acceptable

gratuitamente

gratis,

free

grave

serious;

low

gravedad

f.

gravity

gritar

shout,

shriek,

call

out

grito

m.

cry,

shout,

shriek

grupo

m.

group

guante

m.

glove

guapo

m.

bold

fellow

guardar keep, observe; watch, guard; ( also refl. ) put

away,

keep

guardarropa

m.

wardrobe

guardia

m.

policeman;

f.

guard;

la

civil

the

rural

police

güelo,

güela

=

abuelo,

abuela

guerra

f.

war

guisar

cook

guitarra

f.

guitar

gustar

please;

no

me

gusta

I

don't

like

gusto m. pleasure; taste; pl. likes and dislikes; mucho

pleased

to

meet

you;

tener

en

be

glad

to

H

ha

=

hay;

III,

38

¿—

lugar?

can

I

come

in?

haber

have;

impersonal

hay,

etc.

there

is,

there

are;

hay

que

one

must;

— de hacer have to do, must do, will do, be about

to

do;

dos

meses

ha

two

months

ago

habitación

f.

room,

apartment

habituar

accustom

habladurías

f.

pl.

gossip

hablar

speak,

talk;

mal

scold

hacer

make,

do,

create,

cause;

hace

...

ago;

hace

tiempo

a

long

time

ago;

¿qué tiempo hace? what is the weather like?

—se

be

made,

take

place,

occur;

hace cuatro meses que estoy pidiendo for four months

I

have

been

asking;

—la buena make a break, get into trouble ( cf. note

to

II,

86)

hacia

toward

hacienda f. estate, property; farm, farm lands hacha

f.

hatchet

hada

f.

fairy

¡hale!:

con

ellas

go

at

them

hallar

find;

—se

be

hambre

f.

hunger;

tener

be

hungry

harapiento,

-a

ragged,

in

rags

hasta

up

to,

as

far

as;

until;

even;

que

until

hectárea

f.

hectare

( about

2

1/2 acres)

hecho

m.

fact;

deed

hechura

f.

workmanship;

—s

de

casa

homemade

model

heredar

inherit

herencia

f.

inheritance

herir

wound,

strike

hermana

f.

sister

hermanito

m.

little

brother

hermano

m.

brother;

—s brother and sister, brothers and sisters

hermoso,

-a

beautiful

hermosura

f.

beauty

heroína

f.

heroine

herramienta

f.

tool,

instrument

hierro

m.

iron

hija

f.

daughter,

child

hijita

f.

little

daughter

hijo m. son, child; offspring, result; pl. children himno

m.

hymn

hiperbólico,

-a

hyperbolical,

exaggerated

hipócrita

hypocritical

hipotecario,

-a

of

a

mortgage;

con garantía —a with collateral security

historia

f.

story;

history

hogaza

f.

large

loaf

of

bread

holganza

f.

idleness,

leisure

hombre

m.

man;

de

bien

honorable

man;

¡—

de

Dios!

man

alive!

hombro

m.

shoulder

hondo,

-a

deep,

profound

honra

f.

honor

honradez

f.

honesty,

fair

dealing

honrado,

-a

honorable,

honest

honrar

honor;

p.p.

honest,

honorable

honroso,

-a

honorable

hora

f.

hour;

time;

es primera — de la noche it is early evening horizonte

m.

horizon

hormigueo

m.

swarming,

movement

horrendo,

-a

dreadful,

hideous

horroroso,

-a

fearful

hortalizas

f.pl.

green

vegetables

hospitalario,

-a

hospitable

hostil

hostile

hoy

to-day

hueco

m.

hollow,

opening

huir (a), (de) flee, run away escape (from); IV, 398

el

cuerpo

dodge,

avoid

conflict

hulla

f.

soft

coal,

bituminous

coal

humanidad

f.

humanity

humano,

-a

human

humilde

humble

humillación

f.

humiliation

humillante

humiliating

humillar

humiliate

humo m. smoke; pl. conceit, presumption hundir

sink,

crush,

plunge;

—se

sink,

be

ruined

huracán

m.

storm

I

ídem ( Latin) the same ( as that just mentioned), ditto

identificarse con (una idea) seize, catch (an idea) iglesia

f.

church

ignominia

f.

infamy,

ignominy

ignorancia

f.

ignorance

ignorar

not

to

know

igual

equal,

like,

the

same;

que

just

as

igualar

equal

iluminar

light

up,

illuminate

ilusión

f.

illusion

iluso,

-a

deluded,

impractical

ilustre

illustrious,

noble

imagen

f.

image

imaginar

imagine;

intend,

think

of

imaginativo, -a imaginative, of vivid imagination imitar

imitate

impaciencia

f.

impatience

impaciente

impatient

impávido,

-a

undaunted,

bold

impedir

prevent

imperioso,

-a

imperious

impertinencia

f.

impertinence

impetuoso,

-a

impetuous

imponer

impose

importancia

f.

importance

importante

important

importar

matter

importunar

bore,

trouble

imposible

IV,

74

hopeless

ímprobo,

-a

painful,

laborious

impropio,

-a

(de)

unsuited

(to)

improvisar

improvise

imprudencia

f.

imprudence

imprudente

imprudent

impulsar

impel

impulsivo,

-a

impulsive

impulso

m.

impulse;

dar

set

in

motion

impune

unpunished

in

aeternum

( Latin)

forever

inaudito,

-a

unheard

of,

extraordinary

inauguración

f.

inauguration

inaugurar

inaugurate

incandescente

incandescent

incapaz

unfit,

incompetent

incierto,

-a

uncertain

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