Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader - LightNovelsOnl.com
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=canto=, _m._, song; poetry, verse; edge, border, side.
=cantor=, _m._, poet, singer.
=cana=, _f._, sugar-cane; a hollow-stemmed reed; (_Sp. A._) rum.
=canada=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), rivulet, brook, canyon, gully.
=canagua=, _f._, South American plant.
=canaveral=, _also_ =ca.n.a.l= (_Mex._), _m._, sugarcane plantation.
=caneria=, _f._, drain-pipes, water-pipes, piping.
=caoba=, _f._, mahogany-tree.
=capa=, _f._, cloak, mantle; layer _or_ stratum; wrapper-leaf (tobacco).
=capataz=, _m._, overseer, superintendent, warden, foreman.
=capaz=, capable.
=capear=, to challenge a bull with cloak or flag.
=capellan=, _m._, chaplain; clergyman on a large plantation who has charge of the religious welfare of the family and laborers.
=capital=, _m._, money invested or drawing interest; _adj._, princ.i.p.al, leading, capital, essential.
=capote=, _m._, cloak; =---- para lluvia=, raincoat.
=caracol=, _m._, snail; =escalera de ----=, winding stairs.
=caracteristica=, _f._, actress who takes character parts in plays and comedies.
=caramba=, _int._, hah! strange!
=caramelo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), caramel, candy.
=carancho=, _m._, small South American bird of prey.
=carbon=, _m._, coal, charcoal.
=cardenal=, _m._, cardinal; a South American bird with brilliant red plumage.
=careo=, _m._, the act of confronting the accuser and accused.
=cargamento=, _m._, load.
=cargar=, to load, to charge, to attack.
=cariacontecido=, sad, mournful.
=carne=, _f._, flesh, pulp of fruit.
=carnoso, -a=, fleshy, pulpy.
=caro, -a=, expensive; dear, beloved.
=carrera=, _f._, race; =---- con obstaculos=, hurdle race.
=carretera=, _f._, roadway.
=carrillo=, _m._, cheek, the fleshy part of the face.
=carta=, _f._, letter; =---- de recomendacion=, a letter recommending the bearer; =---- de presentacion=, letter of introduction; =---- de credito=, letter of credit; chart; =---- de naturaleza=, naturalization papers.
=cartel=, _m._, (theater) bill, announcement.
=carton=, _m._, cardboard, pasteboard.
=cartucho=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), paper cone in which grocers wrap purchases.
=cartulina=, _f._, bristol board, cardboard.
=casa=, _f._, house; firm; =---- de compra y venta=, buyers and venders; =---- de empeno=, p.a.w.nshop; =---- de remate=, auctioneer's.
=casaisaco=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a parasitic plant.
=casamiento=, _m._, marriage.
=cascara=, _f._, sh.e.l.l.
=caserio=, _m._, village or small town.
=casero, -a=, domestic.
=casi=, almost; =---- nunca=, very seldom.
=castillo=, _m._, castle; =---- de polvora=, fireworks.
=castizo, -a=, pure (_referring to literary style_).
=casualidad=, _f._, hazard, contingency, chance, accident.
=catedra=, _f._, seat or chair of a professor, head professors.h.i.+p in the Faculty of a university school.
=categoria=, _f._, degree, rank.
=catimbao=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), name applied to a person wearing a mask in a Corpus Christi procession.
