Doña Perfecta eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 512 pages of information about Doña Perfecta.

Doña Perfecta eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 512 pages of information about Doña Perfecta.
bill; pick; peak; odd (i.e. odd units in excess of a round number, as in ’200 and odd’); c mouth; =——­ de oro= ’persona qui habla bien’ A.; not personal at =165= 32. =picotazo= m peck. =pide= see =pedir=. =pie= m foot; bottom; leg (of furniture etc.); =en——­ = on his feet; =a cuatro——­ s= on all fours; =al——­ de la letra= literally; =ponerse sobre un——­ = (A. =andar en un——­, andar en un——­ como grulla= (crane), =estar en un——­ =) put one’s best foot foremost, bestir one’s self, be up and doing. =piedad= f piety; pity (=de= on). =piedra= f stone. =piedrecilla, piedrecita=, f little stone. =piel= f skin, hide; =de la——­ del miedo= just made of fear (A. =de la——­ del diablo= a limb of Satan). [=pienso= m obs thought]; =ni por——­ = not a bit, not in the least. =pierna= f =leg=. =pieza= f piece (not often in sense of =pedazo=, fragment, scrap), room; =buena——­ = rogue, fine thing. =pila= f basin (large, of stone etc.); font; (galvanic) cell. =pilleria= f scoundrelism, rascality. =pillo= scoundrel, blackguard. =pinchar= t prick (as with pin or thorn). =pintar= t paint, depict. =pintoresco= picturesque. =pintura= f painting. =pinon= m pine nut (seed, not cone). =pio= pious. =piquillo= m (d of =pico=) driblet, trifle. =piros= L acc pl pear trees. =pisar= t or i tread. =piso= m floor, story; N =92= 14. =pistolita= f d pistol handy. =pitillo= m cigarette. =placentero= pleasurable. =placer= m pleasure. =placido= placid. =plaga= f plague (not as disease), calamity, infestation (A. 1, national ‘calamidad grande’; 2, personal; ... 4, fig. any trouble; 5, ’abundance of a harmful thing—­said also of things not harmful’). =plan= m plan. =planetario= planetary. =plano= flat, plane; =de——­ = plainly, outright; (of judgment) summarily, off-hand. =planta= f plant. =plantar= t set out; c put (’against one’s will’ A.); r c get (to a place, with speed); plant one’s self (’de pie firme’ A.). =plantear= t mark out; establish; start (topic). =planidero= wailing. =plato= m a plate (to eat on). =Plauto= m Plautus. =plaza= f plaza, market; fortress; =——­ fuerte= fortified town. =plazo= m date (set so as to give time). =plazoleta= f little plaza. =plegaria= f supplication. =pleiteante= litigant. =pleitear= i have a lawsuit, carry on lawsuits. =pleitista= litigious. =pleito= m lawsuit, (=poner= bring) suit, litigation, case. =pletorico= plethoric. =pleyade= f Pleiad (coterie). =pliego= m sheet (of paper); (sealed) letter; N =225= 5. =pliegue= m fold. =Plinio= m Pliny. =plinto= m plinth. =pluma= f feather; pen. =poblacion= f town (A. defines =ciudad, villa, pueblo, lugar=, as different grades
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