Mariquita,= f d of Maria. =marisma= f marsh. =marmolejo= m stone post (’columna pequena’ A.). =marmoreo= (of) marble, marble-like. =marques= marquis. =Marruecos= m or f Morocco. =marrulleria= f cajolery, wile. =marrullero= cajoling, wily. =Marte= m Mars. =martillazo=_m_ hammer-stroke; =a——­ -s= with one’s hammer. =martillo= m hammer. =martir= martyr. =martirio= m (as a series of sufferings also pl.) martyrdom. =marzo= m March. =mas= more, most; more of a; any more; the more (not w. =el=); all the more; else, any (=que= but); =merece——­ = deserves something better; =——­ tiranos= bigger tyrants; =a——­ = in addition (=de= to); =por——­ que= however much; =no——­ que, nada——­ que=, no more than, not anything but, only; =no hay——­ que= there’s nothing more to; =no tener——­ que= have only to; =no tener——... que= have no ... left but; =no——­ sino que= not anything more than that. =masa= f mass. =mascar= t chew. =mascara= f mask; (=de= in) masquerade (costume). =mascullar= i mumble. =masticar= t chew. =matador= killer, slayer. =matar= t (ptc =muerto= of human beings, except r.) kill; (ptc =matado=) be the death of, worry to death. =matematicas= f pl mathematics. =matematico= mathematical, mathematician. =Mateo= m Mateo, Matthew. =materia= f material, matter. =material= material. =materializar= t materialize (in depr. sense). =maternal= motherly. =materno= maternal. =maton= fire-eater, desperado, rough. =mayor= greater, larger, bigger, major, elder, greatest, largest, biggest, utmost, eldest; that amounts to something, of importance; =altar——­ = high altar. =mayoria= f majority. =mayormente= especially. =me= me; r see =se=. =mecanico= mechanical. =medalla= f medal. =mediano= medium, middling, middle, tolerable; adv. =—­mente= tolerably well, in tolerable fashion. =mediante= in consideration of. =medicina= f medicine. =medico= doctor. =medio= half; the middle of the; m mean; medium; measure, tactics; middle, midst; =a——­ as= half, half-way; =por——­ de= by means of, by way of, through. =medir= t measure. =meditabundo= pensive, preoccupied, wrapped in thought. =meditacion= f meditation, musings. =meditar= t reflect on, think over; i reflect, meditate. =medrar= i grow, have things better, be finely off. =medula= (accent permissible, but =medula= preferable) f marrow. =Mejico= m Mexico. =mejilla= f cheek. =mejor= better, best; so much the better; =a lo——­, el——­ dia=, the first you know, some fine day (esp. of untoward events; =el——­ dia= predictive and =a lo——­ = declarative, A.); cf. N =11= 8. =mejorar= t better; =—­ndo lo presente= without saying anything against present company (said in praising the absent, A.). =melancolia= f melancholy. =melancolico= melancholy. =Melibeo= m