Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 104

=maravilla,= marvel, miracle.

=maravilloso,= marvelous.

=marcar,= to mark; =-- huella,= to leave a trace, an impression.

=marcial,= martial, warlike.

=marcha,= march, course; =en --!= march! let us go!

 

=marchar,= to march, walk; =--se,= to leave, go away.

=marchito,= faded, withered; =marchitas las esperanzas,= his hopes were dead.

=marea,= tide.

=mareante,= _m._, mariner.

=marear,= to molest, vex, tire.

=marejada,= swell, high wave.

=marfil,= _m._, ivory.

=margarita,= daisy.

=margen,= _f._, border, edge.

=Maria,= Mary; =-- de la Cabeza,= _prop. noun_ (_the wife of San Isidro_); =-- Santisima=, the Virgin Mary.

=Marianito= (_dim. of_ =Mariano=)=,= my dear Marion.

=Mariano,= Marion.

=marido,= husband.

=marina,= maritime affairs; marine; =Marina Real,= royal navy.

=marinero,= sailor; =gente marinera,= sea-faring folk.

=marino,= mariner, sailor; _adj._, of the sea.

=mariposa,= b.u.t.terfly.

=Mariquilla= (_dim. of_ =Maria=)=,= Molly.

=Mariquita= (_dim. of_ =Maria=)=,= Molly.

=marmol,= _m._, marble.

=marmoreo,= marble, of marble.

=marques, -esa,= marquis, marchioness.

=marquesa,= marchioness.

=martil= = =martir=.

=martir,= _m. or f._, martyr.

=martirio,= martyrdom, torture.

=martirizar,= to torture, afflict deeply.

=mas,= but.

=mas,= more, rather, longer; =por -- que,= however much, although; =a -- y mejor,= to their utmost capacity.

=masa,= ma.s.s, dough; =las --s populares,= the ma.s.ses.

=mascullar,= to mumble.

=mastil,= _m._, mast.

=mata,= bush, shrub, under-brush.

=matar,= to kill.

=materia,= matter, question.

=material,= _m._, material; _adj._, corporeal, material.

=materialista,= _m. or f._, materialist.

=materialmente,= in reality.

=matraca,= wooden rattle; =dar --,= to tease, taunt.

=matricula,= register; =nombre de --,= registered name.

=matrimonio,= marriage; married couple.

=matritense,= _m. or f._, native _or_ resident of Madrid.

=maxime,= princ.i.p.ally, especially.

=mayor= (_comp. and sup. of_ =grande=)=,= older, larger, greater; =el= _or_ =la --,= the eldest, largest, greatest.

=mayorcito= (_dim._)=,= (a) little older.