que exclam. what, why; interrog. how, what; adv. how; a ——­ (with inf.) why; de ——­ how, in what way

quebrantar break, crush

quedar(se) remain

quehacer m. duty, occupation

quejarse complain

quemar burn

querer love; like; wish, want; *——­ decir* mean; *—–­se* love each other

querida f. beloved one; dear one

qui pro quo m. misunderstanding

quiebra f. failure

quien who

quien who

Quijote Don Quixote (hero of Cervantes’s novel of the same name)

quince fifteen

quinientos five hundred

Quintana, Manuel Jose (1772-1857), noted Spanish poet and historian ardently opposed to the French invasion

quinto fifth

quitar take away, remove; prevent

quiza perhaps

rabo m. tail

rapto m. abduction

raro rare; strange; scarcely (any)

rasgo m. trait; great action

rato m. short space of time; hace ——­ a moment ago

rayado (pp. of rayar) striped

rayo m. thunderbolt; flash of lightning

raza f. race

razon f. right; reason; tener ——­ be right; tener mil ——­es be perfectly right; be a thousand times right

real m. real (one fourth of a peseta in Spanish money, equivalent to about five cents; in Mexico a real is one eighth of a peso, or about six cents); adj. royal

realizar realize, gain; *—­se* take place

realmente really

rebelar(se) rebel

rebozo m. shawl-like covering or scarf worn by Spanish and Spanish-American women on the head and shoulders; sin ——­ openly

recado m. message (written or verbal)

recaer devolve; fall

recibimiento m. reception

recibir receive

recien recently

reclamar claim, demand

recobrar recover

recoger gather, gather up; receive

recomendar recommend

recompensar recompense, reward

reconciliar reconcile

reconocer reconnoiter

reconocimiento m. recognition

recordacion f. remembrance

recordar remember; remind

recorrer run over; travel through

recuperar recover, make up

recurso m. resort; means

redondo round; caer(se) ——­ faint, fall in a heap