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=lanzadera=, _f._, shuttle.
=largo=, long; =va ----!= there is plenty of time.
=latex=, _m._, sap from the rubber-tree.
=laton=, _m._, bra.s.s.
=laud=, _m._, lute.
=lazo=, _m._, la.s.so; loop; tie.
=leche=, _f._, milk; =---- de coco=, cocoanut milk.
=legua=, _f._, league.
=lento, -a=, slow, lingering.
=lena=, _f._, firewood.
=lenero=, _m._, dealer in wood; a South American woodp.e.c.k.e.r.
=lepero, -a= (_Sp. A._), of the lowest cla.s.s, one of the rabble; outcast.
=lerdo, -a=, slow, dull, obtuse.
=letra=, _f._, letter; =---- de cambio=, bill of exchange; =---- de aceptacion=, letter of acceptance.
=levadura=, _f._, leaven, yeast.
=levantamiento=, _m._, upheaval, uprising, revolt.
=levantar=, to raise, to pile up, to make; =---- una fortuna=, to make a fortune; to raise the quarry (_hunting_); to catch sight of.
=levita=, _f._, Prince Albert coat.
=ley=, _f._, law; act, ordinance, statute.
=libar=, to suck, to sip, to quaff.
=librado, -a=, freed; =---- a si mismo=, left to one's own devices.
=librar=, to free, to extricate, to exempt.
=libre=, free, unc.u.mbered, exempt; =---- de gastos a bordo=, free on board, f.o.b.
=libro=, _m._, book; =---- de propaganda=, advertising matter in general.
=licitacion privada=, _f._, sealed bids; private bid as opposed to public bid.
=lid=, _f._ (_Poet._), battle, strife, struggle.
=liga=, _f._, alloy, mixture; link, bond.
=ligar=, to link, to tie, to bind.
=ligero, -a=, light; swift.
=lima=, _f._, file; lime (_fruit_).
=limeno, -a=, applied to a native of Lima, Peru.
=limite=, _m._, limit, boundary, border.
=limitrofe=, bounded, as one country by another.
=limpio, -a= clean; =---- de=, free from.
=linaje=, _m._, cla.s.s; line, family, breed.
=linea=, _f._, line, track; rank, file; =primera ----=, first rank.
=lirico, -a=, lyric, musical; (_Sp. A._) visionary.
=lisa=, _f._, a smooth-skinned fresh-water fish common in S. A. streams; a polis.h.i.+ng stone.
=liso, -a=, plain, even, flat.
=lisonja=, _f._, flattery, compliment; high esteem.
=listo, -a=, ready, prompt, active, clever.
=litre=, _m._, a Chilean tree.
=lo=, the, it, him, you, so; =---- que=, that, which, what; =---- cual=, which.
=loado, -a=, praised, eulogized.
=loar=, to praise, to eulogize.
=lobo=, _m._, wolf; =---- marino=, seal.
=locoto=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of red pepper.
=locro=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of hash or stew composed of squash, potatoes, tender corn, meat or fish, etc.
=loma=, _f._, rising ground; a hillock; slope.
=lona=, _f._, canvas.
