apetito m. appetite

apoderado m. business representative

apoderarse de take possession of

aposento m. room

apostar place, station

apreciar appreciate

aprecio m. appreciation

aprender learn

apretar press, tighten; aprieta exclam. hush, stop

aprobar approve of

aprovechar take advantage of

aproximar(se) approximate; approach

apurar find out, clear up

aquel, aquella, dem. adj. that, that very

aquel, aquella, aquello, dem. pron. that one, he, she, the former, etc.

aqui here

aquiescencia f. acquiescence

ara f. altar

Aranjuez Aranjuez (town and royal palace near Madrid.  Here occurred in 1808 the popular uprising against Godoy, the Spanish minister, which caused Charles IV to abdicate in favor of his son Ferdinand)

Araucana f. Araucana (epic by Alonso de Ercilla, on the conquest of Chile and the bloody encounters of the Spaniards with the native araucanos)

arbitrio m. power, means

argumento m. plot (of a play or story)

arma f. arm, weapon

armar lay, set up (as a plot)

armatoste m. clumsy article

arrancar snatch, pull

arrastrar drag, drag out, draw

arrebatar carry off, snatch; *——­se* be led away; rush

arredrar terrify; *——­se* become terrified

arreglar arrange

arreglo m. arrangement, settlement

arrepentirse repent

arriero m. muleteer

arriesgar risk

arrimar draw near, draw up

arrodillarse kneel

arrojar throw

arrullar rock to sleep

arte m. and f. art

artesano m. artisan

Ascalonita m. native of Askelon (in Palestine), Askelonite

ascendiente m. and f. ancestor (direct or collateral)

asegurar assure; assert positively

asi this way; that way; so; *——­ como* just as

asimismo likewise

asomar thrust out; *——­se* appear

asombrar astonish

aspaviento m. demonstration of terror

aspero rough

aspirar aspire

astuto astute

asumir assume

asunto m. subject, matter

asustar frighten

Atala Atala (heroine of Chateaubriand’s novel “Atala”)