=escalon= m stair (step). =escandalizar= t scandalize. =escandalo= m scandal; row, racket. =escapar= i escape. =escape= m escape, hasty flight; =a——­ = at full speed. =escarbar= t paw, scratch in. =escarmentar= t chastise. =escasear= i fail, fall off, give out. =escaso= scanty, slight. =escena= f scene. =escenario= m stage. =esclarecido= illustrious. =escoba= f broom. =escoger= t choose; =—­ido= select, chosen. =escolastico= scholastic. =escollo= m reef, sunken rock. =esconder= t hide, go into hiding; =—­ido= recondite, in hiding. =escondite= m hiding-place; hide-and-seek. =escondrijo= m hiding-place, hidden recess. =escopeta= f gun. =escribano= m notary public, clerk of court. =escribir= t write. =escritor= writer. =escritura= f writing. =escrupulo= m scruple. =escrupulosidad= f scrupulousness. =escrupuloso= scrupulous, punctilious. =escuadra= f square (as tool), T-square, draftsman’s triangle. =escuadron= m squadron (cavalry, not navy). =escuchar= t listen to. =escudero= m squire. =escudo= m shield. =escudrinar= t scrutinize, probe. =escuela= f school. =escueto= bare. =escultor= sculptor. =escultura= f sculpture. =escupir= i or t spit (on, dat.). =escurrir= i slide; r slide; slip out. =ese, eso=, that (where you are; what you speak of; you know what; or less remote than =aquel=); N =1= 9; =eso es= that’s it, that’s right, just so; =a eso de= (of hour) about. =esencia= f essence. =esfera= f sphere. =esforzar= r endeavor, strive (=a, en, por=, to); =—­do= valiant. =esfuerzo= m effort, endeavor. =esgrimir= t ply (as sword in fencing); say level at one. =esmerado= careful, scrupulous, attentive, fine. =esmero= m nicety. =espacio= m space. =espada= f sword. =espalda= f mostly pl back (above waist); =de——­ s= from behind; =por la——­ = in the back. =espantable= ‘espantoso’ A.; =125= 31 of remoter hearsay, =espantoso 50= 12, =98= 7, of observed or accredited fact. =espantar= t frighten. =espanto= m fright. =espantoso= frightful. =Espana= f Spain. =espanol= Spanish, Spaniard. =espanolismo= m Spanishness. =espartano= Spartan. =especie= f sort (esp. in phrase =una——­ de=), species; (loose) statement, story. =espectaculo= m spectacle. =espejo= m mirror. =espejuelos= m pl spectacles. =espera= f faculty of waiting, self-restraint. =esperanza= f hope; expectation. =esperar= t hope, expect; await, wait for; i wait; =tan—­do= so long-awaited. =espeso =dense. =espesura= f density; thicket, mass (of trees etc.). =espiar= t spy on, shadow. =espigar= r shoot up (young person in growth); treated as passive in =86= 23.