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.
criminal assault. =violencia= f violence (=de obra= in act), violence to one’s self. =violentar= t do violence to. =violento= violent; adv. =—­mente=. =vireinato= m viceroyalty. =virgen= virgin (word perhaps even more completely appropriated to religious and fig. uses than in Eng.). =virgiliano= Vergilian. =Virgilio= m Vergil. =virilidad= f manhood. =virtud= f virtue. =virtuoso= virtuous, possessed of virtue(s), potent; (m in Italian, Eng., etc.; not in A.) virtuoso; this sense as adj. =—­isimo= superlative in virtuosity, of supreme virtuosity. =visagra= (A._ =bisagra=) f hinge. =visera= f visor. =visible= visible; adv. =—­mente=. =visita= f visit; visitor, visitors. =visitar= t visit. =viso= m height; (patch of) shimmer; appearance; =de——­ = conspicuous. =vista= f (=de= by) sight, view (often tr. eyes); hearing, trial; =a la——­ = in sight, before one, under one’s eyes. =visto= ptc of =ver=. =vital= of life, vital. =vitis= L acc pl grapevines. =vituperar= t abuse. =vituperio= m abusiveness, indignity. =viudez= f widowhood. =viudo= widower. =vivaracho= vivacious, rollicking. =viveza= f liveliness. =vivienda= f dwelling, abode, house. =viviente= living; living soul. =vivir= i live (=de= on; =con= by, with); =-a,-an, que-a,= long live, hurrah for. =vivo= living, alive, lively, brisk, quick, strenuous, keen; adv. =—­mente=. =vocablo= m word, term. =vociferar= t vociferate. =volante= flying. =volar= i fly, be on the wing; =echar besos—­dos= throw kisses, blow kisses. =volcan= m volcano. =volcanico= volcanic. =volcar= t upset. =voluble= circling, gyrating, ever-turning. =voluntad= f will, volition. =volver= t or i turn; go back, come back; turn to; come to, recover one’s senses; =——­ a= w. inf. again, be going to again; =que no se vuelva a hablar= that no more be said; =——­por= defend, befriend, champion, stand up for, uphold; =——­ loco= drive crazy, r go crazy; =vuelto= return (mail). =voraz= voracious; adv. =—­mente=. =voto= m vow, invocation, execration. =voz= f voice. =vuecencia= f your excellency; =mucha——­ = tr. w. quotation marks between the two words. =vuelo= m flight (of birds etc.; not of fugitives except metaphorically). =vuelta= f turn, return; =dar——­ s= go back and forth (A. ’looking for a thing without finding it’; =varias= several times), go round and round, turn over and over, shilly-shally over; =——­a manana,——­ con manana=, to-morrow to-morrow tomorrow! =dando una ——­ por= taking a roundabout course through; =por mas——­ s que le des= twist and turn it as you will; =no hay que darle——­ s= there’s no use talking. =vuelve= see =volver=. =Vulcano= m Vulcan. =vulgar= ordinary, popular; adv. =—­mente=. =vulgaridad= f commonplace.

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