cerciorar inform
cerebral cerebral
ceremonia f. ceremony
cerezo m. cherry-tree; cherry-wood
cerrar close; lock
Cerro Gordo Cerro Gordo (site near Jalapa in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, scene of an important victory for the American forces under General Winfield Scott, April 18, 1847)
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616), author of “Don Quixote”
ciego blind
cielo m. heaven
cien one hundred
ciertamente certainly
cierto true; certain; por —— certainly, of course; lo —— es the fact is
cifrar(se) reckon, count
cimarron wild, maroon (term applied to runaway slave living wild in the woods or mountains)
cinco five
circunstancia f. circumstance, condition; event
citar cite
ciudadania f. citizenship
civil civil
clandestino clandestine
Clari f. girl’s name
claro clear
clase f. class
claustro m. cloister
Clementina f. Clementine
cocinero m. cook
cocotero m. coconut tree
coche m. coach
codiciar covet
codillo m. codille; card term in the game of tresillo or hombre (French hombre, English ombre); in tresillo the hombre or solo player plays against two others; dar —— defeat the solo player; the solo player loses if either one of the other two takes more tricks than he does
coger catch
cola f. tail, train
colchon m. mattress
colegiala f. schoolgirl
colegio m. school
color m. color
colorado red
collereta f. (dim. of collera) collar
coma f. comma
combate m. conflict, engagement
combustion f. combustion
comedia f. comedy; entablar la —— stage the play; begin operations
comenzar commence
comer eat
comerciante m. merchant
comercio m. commerce
cometa f. kite
comico comic, comical, humorous
comision f. commission
como as; how; like
como interrog. how; de a —— at how much
comodidad f. comfort


