Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 119

=platillo,= small dish, subject; =hacer -- de,= to speak about.

=plato,= plate, dish.

=playa,= sh.o.r.e, strand, beach.

=plaza,= central square (_or_ "plaza"), market-place, place, position; =-- del Rey,= King's Square (_in Madrid_); =-- de toros,= bull-ring; =-- Mayor,= princ.i.p.al square (= =Plaza de la Const.i.tucion,= _a s.p.a.cious square in Madrid, near the center of the older town_).

=plazo,= term, time (_set for anything_).

=plazoleta= (_dim. of_ =plaza=)=,= little square; level, open s.p.a.ce.

=plazuela= (_dim. of_ =plaza=)=,= little square.

=plebe,= _f._, populace, common people.

=plegar (ie),= to fold, furl.

=plegaria,= public prayer.

=pleito,= lawsuit.

=pletorico,= plethoric (_characterized by excess of blood_).

=pliegue,= _m._, fold.

=plomo,= lead; =color de --,= lead colored.

=poblacion,= _f._, town, village.

=poblachon,= _m._ (_deprec. of_ =pueblo=)=,= wretched town.

=poblar (ue),= to populate, fill.

=Poblet,= _prop. noun_ (_a famous Cistercian abbey in northeastern Spain, now in ruins. It was the burial-place of the kings of Aragon, and afterwards of the counts of Segorbe and Cardona_).

=pobre,= poor; =el --,= the poor man.

=pobrecillo, -a= (_dim. of_ =pobre=)=,= poor little boy, poor little girl; poor young man.

=pobrecito, -a= (_dim._)=,= poor child.

=pobreza,= poverty.

=poco,= little, (_pl._) few; =a --,= soon; =a -- tiempo de,= soon after; =-- a --,= little by little, gradually; =a -- mas,= almost; =no --,= badly; =-- ha,= only recently; =-- ni mucho,= not at all; =tener en --,= to underestimate, set little value on.

=poder,= _m._, power, might, force; =caer en -- de,= to fall into the hands of.

=poder (ue),= to be able, can, may; =no -- menos de,= not to be able to help; =no -- mas,= not to be able to do more; =o he de --poco,= or I am of no account; =no -- con,= not to get along with; =puede,= it may be; =y como pudo,= and as best he could; =pudierase pensar,= one might think; =puede fuese,= was perhaps.

=poderosisimo= (_from_ =poderoso=)=,= most powerful.

=poderoso,= powerful, mighty.

=podredumbre,= _f._, decay, corruption.

=podrido,= decayed, corrupt; _noun_, villain.

=podrir= _or_ =pudrir,= to rot, decay.

=poema,= _m._, poem.

=poesia,= poem, poetry.

=poeta,= _m._, poet.

=poetico,= poetical.

=polainas,= _pl._, leggings; =que se le iban a mojar las -- al Santo,= that it was going to rain.

=policia,= police.

=Policrates,= Polycrates (_called the "Tyrant of Samos", in the sixth century B. C. Alarmed at his uninterrupted good fortune, he decided to cast away what he held dearest, and he therefore threw into the sea a beautiful ring; but a fisherman brought him a fish that had swallowed the ring. This incident was believed to foretell the downfall of Polycrates_).

=politica,= politics.

=politico,= political.

=polvo,= dust.

=polvora,= powder, gunpowder.

=polvorilla= (_dim. of_ =polvora=)=,= one who flares up, _or_ is easily angered; =que --,= how peppery.

=pollero,= chicken-vender.

=pollo,= chicken.

=polluelo= (_dim._)=,= chick.

=pomposo,= pompous, boastful.

=poncho,= cloak (_made of a blanket, with a hole in the middle to pa.s.s the head through_).

=ponderar,= to ponder, imagine.

=poner,= to put, place, set; =-- en escena,= to make a spectacle of; =-- por fuera,= to apply externally; =sin -- trabajo alguno,= without making any effort; =--se,= to put on, become; =me lo puse,= I put it on; =--se a,= to begin; =--se de pie,= to stand up; =--se en marcha,= to start out.

=ponga,= _pres. subj. of_ =poner=.