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=cuadra=, _f._, stable; (_Sp. A._) a city block.
=cuadrilla=, _f._, pack of dogs; gang of laborers; s.h.i.+ft of men.
=cuadro=, _m._, frame, picture, description, episode; square body of troops; division of the acts in a play or drama; =---- de flores=, flower bed; =---- de cafetos=, a plantation of 10,000 coffee plants.
=cual=, which; =el= (=la=) =cual=, who, which, whom; =tal ----=, a few, so so; =---- mas, ---- menos=, much alike; =cada ----=, each one.
=cuando=, when, in case that, though, although, even; =de ---- en ----=, from time to time; =---- mas= _or_ =---- mucho=, at most; =---- menos=, at least.
=cuanto, -a=, how much, as much, all the, all that; =todo ----=, all that; =---- antes=, as soon as possible; =-os, -as=, _pl._, how many, as many, all the; =en ---- a=, as to; =---- mas=, besides; =por ----=, inasmuch.
=cuarta=, _f._, palm (_an old linear measure_).
=cuartel=, _m._, quarter; ward of a city.
=cubanismo=, _m._, words or idioms peculiar to Cuba.
=cubierto, -a=, covered, protected; =a ---- de=, safe from.
=cubrir=, to cover, to protect, to shelter.
=cuenta=, _f._, computation, account, bill; bead; =da.r.s.e ----=, to realize.
=cuentas=, _f. pl._, accounts; =en buenas ----=, in fact, in short.
=cuento=, _m._, _see_ =chisme=.
=cuerno=, _m._, horn.
=cuesta=, _f._, the slope of a mountain; =a cuestas=, on one's shoulders or back.
=culminante=, highest, overtopping, culminating.
=cultor=, _m._, one who professes a cult, an admirer or adherent of an idea or art.
=c.u.mbre=, _f._, top, topmost.
=c.u.mpleanos=, _m. pl._, birthday.
=c.u.mplido, -a=, civil, talented, estimable, faultlessly polished.
=cupon=, _m._, coupon, an interest-bearing stub attached to a bond.
=cura=, _m._, priest.
=curato=, _m._, parish.
=curioso, -a=, inquisitive.
=curso=, _m._, course, direction, career.
=curtido, -a=, tanned; hardened.
=curtir=, to tan leather; to harden, to inure to hards.h.i.+p.
=chacra=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), small farm, market garden.
=chachara=, _f._, trinket.
=chaflan=, _m._, bevel; obtuse angle; chamfer; a dealer in horses; a young laborer.
=chala=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), corn husk.
=chalet=, _m._ (_French_), country-house.
=chalilones=, _m. pl._ (_Sp. A._), carnival celebrations.
=chambergo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), soft hat.
=chambon=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a blunderer; an unskilled person.
=champus=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a pudding made with corn flour, sugar and orange juice.
=chancaca=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), raw sugar; a sweet dish with corn or wheat.
=chancho=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), pig.
=chapear= (_Sp. A._), to clear ground of undergrowth with the _machete_.
=chapeton, -a=, formerly a Spaniard lately arrived in America.
=chapetonada=, _f._, a disease incident to newly arrived Europeans in Spanish America before they become acclimated; hence, new, unskilled, unversed.
=charabon=, _m._, ostrich chicken.
=charanga=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), a band; a dance.
=charca=, _f._, or =charco=, _m._, pool of water.
=charlar=, to chat, to converse.
=charol=, _m._, patent leather.
=charqui=, _m._, jerked beef.
=Charrua=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), name of an Indian tribe; a bird.
=chascarrillo=, _m._, spicy anecdote.
