letra f. letter

levantar raise; *——­ la cama* make the bed; *——­ la tapa de los sesos* blow one’s brains out; *—­se* get up

ley f. law; loyalty

liberal liberal

libertad f. liberty

libra f. pound

libraco m. old trashy book

librar deliver, free

libre free, unguarded

libro m. book

licencia f. permission, consent

lija f. dogfish; shark-skin (the dried skin is used for polishing woods and metals); sandpaper

limitar limit

limite m. limit

limosna f. alms

limpieza f. cleanliness

limpio clean

lindo charming, lovely; neat; fine; *——­ mozo* fine-looking young fellow

lisonjear flatter

lista f. list

listo ready

literario literary

literato m. writer

lo him; it; so; with m. sing. adj. lo forms abstract noun; *——­ unico* the only thing (cf. *——­ mismo* the same thing; likewise); *——­ que* that which, what; how much, how; *——­ es* it is; it is so

lobreguez f. darkness

loco crazy; *——­ de atar* raving lunatic

locura f.madness; act of madness

lograr succeed; succeed in

Londres m. London

losa f. slab

lucha f. struggle

luego then; soon, immediately

lugar m. place; space; time

lumbre f. fire

luz f. light

llamar call; knock; attract; hacer ——­ have called

llave f. key

llegar arrive, reach; *——­ a* (with inf.) come

llenar fill

llevar carry; take; *——­ a cabo* carry out, accomplish; *——­ a los labios* raise to the lips; *——­se* take with one; take away

llorar cry

lloro m. weeping

madre f. mother; bed (of a river)

Madrid m. Madrid

maestrante m. member of a maestranza or riding club of Spanish noblemen

magnanimo magnanimous

mal m. wrong; harm; adv. badly

maldito cursed (pp. of maldecir); (in exclam.) confound, plague take (the); (used to express strong negation) little; none; sin maldita la oposicion without any opposition whatever

malo bad; estar ——­ be sick

malsonante ill-sounding