ataque m. attack

atar tie; hay que —­lo he needs a strait-jacket; *——­ tantos cabos* arrange so many things

atencion f. attention; en ——­ a bearing in mind

atender a heed, listen to; attend

atento attentive; su ——­ y seguro servidor sincerely yours

atisbar take a peep; spy out

atras backwards

atravesar cross; pierce

atreverse a dare

atrevido bold

atribuir attribute

atufarse be angry

aturdir stun, bewilder

aun yet; still; even; when placed before the word modified it is written without the accent

aunque although

ausencia f. absence

autor m. author

autoridad f. authority

autorizar authorize

avalorar estimate, appreciate

avanzado (pp. of avanzar) advanced

aventura f. adventure

averiguar find out

avisar inform, notify

ay exclam. oh

ayer yesterday

ayuda f. help

ayudar help

ayuno in a state of fasting; en ——­, en ayunas, without knowing, without understanding

ayuntamiento m. municipal governing body

baba f. drivel; caerse la ——­ drivel, slaver with pleasure; cf.  English lick one’s chops

bagatela f. trifle

bailar dance; esta es otra que bien baila here’s another one just as bad

baja m. pasha

bajar come down; go down; bring down

bajeza f. lowness

bajo under; on; adj. and adv. low

balde m. (from balda f. a thing of trifling value):  de ——­ free; en ——­ in vain

bandera f. flag

bando m. party, faction

barato cheap

barba f. beard; pl. whiskers; decir en sus ——­s say to one’s face

Barbara Barbara; Santa ——­ patron saint of gunnery; the powder-house

barrer sweep

barrigoncito dim. of barrigon pot-bellied

barrio m. district, neighborhood

Basilio Basil; as adj. applied to a monk of the order of St. Basil

bastante enough; quite; considerable

bastar be enough

batalla f. battle

batallon m. battalion

batir strike; _—­se_ fight