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