Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 102

LL

=llama,= flame; =echando --s por los ojos,= his eyes flas.h.i.+ng with anger.

=llamar,= to knock, call; =--se,= to be called; =como se llama usted?= what is your name?; =a mi me llaman,= my name is.

=llano,= plain; _adj._, simple, una.s.suming.

=llanto,= weeping, flood of tears.

 

=llanura,= plain.

=llave,= _f._, key.

=llegada,= arrival.

=llegar,= to arrive; =-- a,= to begin, reach, come to (be); =-- y besar el santo,= quick work; =al que se llega,= which is reached.

=llenar (de),= to fill, overwhelm (with); =--se,= to be filled.

=lleno,= full; =de --,= fully; =-- de,= filled with.

=llevar,= to carry (off), wear, take, live, bear, (+ _p. p._) have; =--se,= to carry off, win; =-- a cabo,= to carry out; =-- la palabra,= to be spokesman.

=llorar (a),= to cry, weep (over, for), mourn (for); =-- a gritos,= to cry aloud.

=lloro,= weeping.

=lloroso,= tear-stained, red with weeping.

=llover (ue),= to rain; =-- a mares,= to rain in torrents, pour.

=lluvia,= rain, shower.

M

=ma= = =mas=; =-- e= = =mas de=.

=macareno,= dandy, "sport"; _adj._, loud, boasting.

=maceracion,= _f._, maceration, mortification (_of the flesh_).

=madera,= wood.

=madre,= _f._, mother; bed (_of stream_); =salirse de --,= to overflow.

=madreselva,= honey-suckle.

=Madrid,= _prop. noun_ (_pop. about 600,000; the capital of Spain; situated on the plains of New Castile. Madrid is a handsome, modern city_).

=madrileno,= native _or_ resident of Madrid.

=madrugada,= early morning, dawn, day-break.

=maduro,= ripe.

=maestro, -a,= master, mistress, teacher, master-workman.

=magico,= magician.

=magnifico,= magnificent, splendid.

=Mago,= _see_ =rey=.

=magra,= slice of ham.

=maiten,= _m._, maytenus (_a tree of the genus Celastraceae, important on account of its wood and the medicinal qualities of its leaves and seeds_).

=maitines,= _m. pl._, =matins=.

=maiz,= _m._, Indian corn, maize.

=majo,= dandy (_of the lower cla.s.ses_).

=mal,= _m._, harm, evil, wrong, disease; _adv._, badly; =si -- no recuerdo,= if I remember rightly.

=mal-dao= = =mal-dado,= bewitched.

=maldecir,= to curse.

=maldicion,= _f._, curse.

=maldito= (_p. p. of_ =maldecir=)=,= cursed.

=malefico,= malefic, injurious, mischievous.

=malhechor, -a,= malefactor, criminal.

=malicia,= evil intent.

=malicioso,= malicious.

=maligno,= evil, malignant, malicious.

=malisimo= (_from_ =malo=)=,= very bad.

=mal(o),= evil, bad, wicked, wrong; =estar --,= to be ill; =en -- sentido,= with a wrong construction; =lo -- era,= the trouble was; =lo -- es que,= unfortunately.

=maltratar,= to abuse, ill-treat.