making S’s’). =culminante= culminating, capital, transcendent. =culpa= f fault, (=tener, tener la=, be to) blame. =culpabilidad= f blameworthiness, guilt. =culpable= culpable, guilty, party at fault. =cultivar= t cultivate. =culto= civilized; m worship (in broad enough sense to include, without metaphor, the ‘worship’ of saints). =cultura= f culture. =cumplimiento= m fulfillment. =cumplir= t fulfill; =—­do= m courteous words, act of courtesy. =cumulo= m pile. =cuna= f cradle. =cundir= i spread (esp. of liquid soaking in and of popular movement). =cunado= brother-in-law. =cura= m pastor, priest; f cure. =curar= t cure. =curia= f court; lawyers and court officers. =curiosidad= f curiosity. =curso= m course=. =cuyo= whose, of which (’of which’ may be indistinguishable from, or confused with, adjectival ‘which,’ N =24= 7).

=chaco= m shako. =charla= f chatter. =charlar= i talk (A. 1, ‘much and pointlessly’; 2, ’for mere pastime’), chatter. =charlatan= chatterer, gabbler, prater. =charolar= t japan. =chasquido= m whiz, crepitation, click. =chaveta= f forelock, key; =perder la——­ = c go off one’s nut. =chico= little; boy. =chichear= i chirrup (A. as token of displeasure, e.g. at theater). =chillon= strident, shrill. =china= f pebble. =chiquillo= d of =chico=. =chirrido= m strident noise, scraping, creaking. =chisme= m (bit of) gossip; gimcrack. =chismoso= gossiper, gossipy. =chispa= f spark; acumen, brightness. =chispilla= f d of chispa. =chiste= m witticism, joke; facetiousness, wit. =chocante= clashing, harsh, jarring, repellent, offensive. =chocar= i strike, hit (=con= against). =chocarreria= f (piece of) buffoonery. =chocolate= m chocolate. =chopo= m black poplar (tall). =choza= f hut, booth. =chucheria= f knickknack. =chupar= t suck. =chusma= f gang (when said of respectable people it is ‘slang,’ A.).

=D.=, =Don=. =dama= f lady (f. of =caballero=). =danza= f dance; c (ill-contrived) affair, doings, carrying on. =danado= evil, wicked. =dano= m damage, harm, injury. =dar= t or i give, deal (blows etc. acc. or =de=); take (a walk etc.); run (one’s head against the wall =con la cabeza en la pared=); land; strike; =me da= I am taken with, I am taken with a fancy, cf. N =38= 6; =——­ en tierra con= floor, swamp, make away with; =——­ con el cuerpo en= get into, come to; =——­ por= consider, deem, take, profess, acknowledge; =——­ diente con diente= have one’s teeth chattering. =darsena= f dock. =Darwinismo= m Darwinism. =dato= m datum, item of information. =de= of, from; made of; one of, among; in; than; w. inf. to; superfluous in phrases like =el bueno——­