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=ofrenda=, _f._, offering, oblation, gift.
=oidor=, _m._ (_in Colonial times_), judge of the =audiencia=.
=ojalera=, _f._, ring, loop.
=ojo de buey=, _m._, loophole.
=oleo=, _m._, oil; =al ----=, in oils, oil painting.
=olla=, _f._, saucepan, pot; =---- podrida=, dish composed of different sorts of meats and vegetables boiled together.
=ombu=, _m._, South American tree of dense foliage.
=ondear=, to undulate, to wave.
=opera bufa=, _f._, light opera.
=operario=, _m._, operator, factory hand.
=optar=, to choose, to select.
=ora=, at present; whether.
=oracion=, _f._, prayer, vespers, the _Angelus_.
=ordenanza=, _m._, orderly (_mil._); porter, bell-boy.
=ordenes=, _f. pl._, ordination, the a.s.sumption of Holy Orders.
=ordenar=, to milk.
=organo=, _m._, hand organ _or_ street piano.
=orillero, -a=, suburbanite.
=oro=, _m._, gold; =---- en tejos=, gold in bullion.
=oruga=, _f._, caterpillar.
=orujo=, _m._, baga.s.se of grapes, skin and seeds of crushed grapes; refuse.
=ostentar=, to show off, to boast, to brag.
=oveja=, _f._, female sheep.
=paca=, _f._, a South American rodent; a bale or pack.
=padecer=, to suffer, to endure.
=padres=, _m. pl._, forefathers, ancestors; parents.
=padron=, _m._, standard; census or tax-list.
=pagare=, _m._, promissory note.
=paila=, _f._, pail, pan, ca.s.serole.
=paisano=, _m._, countryman.
=palco=, _m._, box; =---- avant scene=, stage box; =---- bajo=, lower tier box; =---- alto=, parterre tier box.
=palidecer=, to become pale; to lose brilliancy.
=palitoque=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), the game of bowls; nine-pins.
=palomitas=, _f. pl._ (_Sp. A._), pop-corn.
=paludico, -a=, a sufferer from malaria.
=pampa=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), an extensive gra.s.s-covered plain.
=pan=, _m._, bread, loaf, cake.
=pandereta=, _f._, tambourine.
=panela=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), brown sugar in cone-shaped molds.
=pantano=, _m._, pool of stagnant water, marsh, mora.s.s.
=pantorrilla=, _f._, calf of the leg.
=papa=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), potato.
=papaito=, m., an affectionate diminutive of =papa=.
=papaya=, _f._, the fruit of the papaw tree.
=paquebote=, _m._, packet boat, mail steamer; =---- fluvial=, river ferry-boat.
=paquete=, _m._, bundle, parcel; (_Sp. A._) elegant, well dressed, dandy.
=par=, _m._, pair; =al ---- de=, nearly alike; =al ---- que=, as well as.
=para=, for, to, in order to, toward, wherefore, to the end that; =---- con=, toward; =---- que=, in order that, that; =---- si=, to _or_ for one's self.
=paracaida=, _f._, parachute.
=parada=, _f._, stop-over, a stay, halt, halting place.
