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=acudir=, to have recourse to, to apply to.
=acurrucado, -a=, m.u.f.fled up.
=achatado, -a=, flattened; _see_ =achatar=.
=achatar=, to flatten.
=achura=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), intestines, viscera.
=adelantar=, to pay beforehand, to advance, to loan (_money_); _refl._, to step forward, to get ahead.
=adelanto=, _m._, advance, progress.
=ademan=, _m._, gesture.
=ademas=, in addition to, moreover.
=aderezar=, to dress.
=adios=, good-by.
=adiosito= (_Sp. A._), _an intimate, affectionate form of_ =adios=.
=admitir=, to accept, to receive.
=adonde=, where.
=aduana=, _f._, custom-house.
=adular=, to flatter.
=adusto, -a=, austere, gloomy, intractable, sullen.
=advertir=, to take notice, to advise, to warn; to discover.
=afamado, -a=, celebrated, noted.
=aficion=, _f._, inclination.
=aficionado=, _m._, amateur.
=aflojar=, to loosen, to relax.
=aforrado=, lined.
=aforrar=, to line.
=agarrar=, to grasp, to seize, to take.
=agasajar=, to receive well, to treat kindly.
=agavilladora=, _f._, an agricultural machine which reaps and binds grain in sheaves; steam reaper and binder.
=agencia=, _f._, office, bureau; =---- maritima=, office of a steams.h.i.+p company; =---- de colocaciones=, employment bureau; =---- de mensajeros=, district messenger office; =---- de transportes=, express office; =---- de mudanzas=, moving van office; =---- de alquileres=, real estate office; =---- de cambio=, money changer's office.
=agil=, nimble, ready, rapid, light.
=agio=, _m._, speculation.
=agonizante=, a dying person, in the death-throes.
=agresivo, -a=, hostile.
=agricola=, agricultural.
=agrimensor=, _m._, surveyor.
=agua=, _f._, =---- dulce=, fresh water; =----s servidas=, waste waters, sewage.
=aguacate=, _m._, alligator pear _or_ the tree which bears this fruit.
=aguantar=, to bear, to sustain, to endure, to hold out.
=aguara=, _m._, a. species of fox found in S. A.
=aguardar=, to await, to look for.
=aguardiente=, _m._, brandy; =---- de cana=, rum.
=agudeza=, _f._, witty saying; shrewdness; subtlety.
=agudo, -a=, witty.
=aguileno, -a=, aquiline.
=aguinaldo=, _m._, a Cuban vine which blooms about Christmas time.
=aguti=, _m._, agouti, a species of small rodent.
=aguzado, -a=, pointed, keen, sharpened, stimulated, excited.
=ahinco=, _m._, ardor, earnestness, zeal.
=ahondar=, to sound, to penetrate, to dip into, to become acquainted with.
=ahora=, now; =---- bien=, well, granted, nevertheless; =---- mismo=, just now; =por ----=, for the present; =desde ----=, from now on; =hasta ----=, until now.
=ahorrar=, to save.
