almorzar breakfast; eat for breakfast

almuerzo m. breakfast

altar m. altar

alternativa f. alternative

alto high, loud

altura f. height

alla there; *——­ se van* are one and the same thing

alli there

ama f. mistress; *——­ de casa* house-wife

amable kind

amador m. lover

amanecer dawn

amansar tame, soften

amante m. and f. lover

amar love

amargar embitter; be bitter

amargura f. bitterness

amenazar threaten

americano American

amigo m. friend

amistad f. friendship

amo m. master

amor m. love; *——­ propio* self-esteem

amoroso love (as in “love letters"), loving

amueblar furnish

analisis m. analysis

anciano m. old man

ancho wide

andaluz Andalusian

andar walk, go; *—­se en miramientos* be too particular; *——­ a tientas* grope (as in darkness)

angel m. angel

Angostura f. Angostura (name of a narrow pass about seven miles from the town of Saltillo in the state of Coahuila, Mexico)

anhelar long for

animacion f. animation

animar encourage, animate

animo m. courage, spirit

anis m. anise

anoche last night; lo de ——­ what happened last night

anochecer grow dark

anotar note

antano last year; times gone by

ante before

anterior former

antes before; rather; first

antesala f. antechamber, hall

antiguo old; former; a la antigua in the old style

antiparras f. pl. glasses, spectacles

antojarse fancy, imagine

anublar cloud

anunciar announce

anadir add

ano m. year

apagar put out, extinguish

aparecer appear

aparentar assume, sham

apariencia f. appearance

apartamiento m. apartment

apartar separate; apartados entre si removed from each other

aparte aside

apelacion f. appeal

apelar appeal; resort to

apenas scarcely

apetecer crave