Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader - LightNovelsOnl.com
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=chasquear=, to crack with a whip or lash.
=chata=, _f._, a flat-bottomed boat; pug-nosed.
=chaucha=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), string bean. _See_ =ejote=.
=Cheviot=, _m._, name given to a variety of sheep.
=chicle=, _m._, the crude product from which chewing gum is made.
=chicozapote=, _m._, tree from which chicle is made.
=chicha=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), a little fermented wine; a beverage made from fermented corn.
=chiflar=, to whistle.
=chiguil=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of _tamal_.
=chilatole=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a dish of corn, red pepper and pork.
=chile=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), American red pepper.
=chilenismo=, _m._, word or idiom peculiar to Chile.
=chimango=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a small bird of prey.
=chimenea=, _f._, fireplace, hearth.
=chinchilla=, _f._, a small quadruped of South America well known for its fur.
=chinerio=, _m._, a term applied to a group of Chinese including both s.e.xes.
=chinguirito=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), rum made from sugar-cane.
=chino, -a= (_Sp. A._), applied to the off- spring from the union of a mulatto or negro and an Indian; _zambo_.
=chipa=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of bread made of corn-flour.
=chipio=, _m._, South American tree.
=chirimoya=, _f._, a delicious fruit of tropical America; custard-apple.
=chiripa=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of trousers.
=chisme=, _m._, trifle, a maliciously false statement.
=chismear=, to tattle, to carry tales, to retail scandal.
=chismoso, -a=, tattler, tale-bearer.
=chispa=, _f._, spark.
=chiste=, _m._, joke, a funny or witty saying.
=chocarrero, -a=, rough, coa.r.s.e, gross.
=choclo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), green ear of corn.
=chorro=, _m._, a jet, a gush.
=choza=, _f._, hut.
=chucho=, _m._, a musical instrument made of a hollow cylinder of _guadua_ covered with parchment at both ends, and containing grains of corn.
=chupar=, to suck.
=chupe=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a dish made of boiled potatoes and green corn.
=dable=, possible, feasible, practicable.
=dactilografo, -a=, typist.
=dado, -a=, given.
=dama=, _f._, lady, dame; =primera ----=, leading lady in a play.
=damasco=, _m._, apricot.
=danzon=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a Cuban dance derived from the =contradanza=.
=dano=, _m._, mischief, hurt, damage.
=dar=, to give, to hit, to impart; =---- en cara=, to reproach; =---- con=, to meet with, to find out; =---- fiado=, _or_ =fianza=, to give credit _or_ security; _refl._, to yield, to give in, to give one's self up.
=decaer=, to fail, to retrogress.
=decidor, -a=, one who speaks with fluency and elegance.
=decir=, _m._, discourse, style; _vb._, to say, to tell.
=decomisar=, to confiscate, to seize, to cause to forfeit.
=decoracion=, _f._ (_and pl._), scenery and curtain of a theater.
=decreto=, _m._, decree, decision.
=decuplar=, to increase ten-fold.
