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


