Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 113

=oscilar,= to swing, sway, hover, oscillate.

=oscuridad= = =obscuridad=.

=ostentacion,= _f._, ostentation; =hacer --,= to boast.

=ostentar,= to display.

=ostracismo,= ostracism.

 

=otorgar,= to grant.

=otro,= other, another; =esto o lo --,= this or that; =otra!= again!

=ovalado,= oval.

=oveja,= ewe, sheep.

=ovillo,= ball (of thread); =hacerse un --,= to be perplexed, tangled up.

=oye; oyo; oyera, oyese:= _see_ =oir=.

=oyendo,= _pr. p. of_ =oir=.

P

=P.= = =padre=; =P. P.= = =padres=. (_The initial letter is doubled to denote plurality. Cf. E. E. U. U. = Estados Unidos._)

=pa= = =para=.

=Paca= (_coll._) = =Francisca=.

=paciencia,= patience.

=pacifico,= peaceful, gentle.

=pacto,= compact, pact.

=padecer,= to suffer.

=padecimiento,= suffering, complaint.

=padre,= father, priest, monk; _pl._, parents, forefathers; =Padres de la Iglesia,= Fathers of the Church (_a t.i.tle of honor applied to the early writers of the Christian church_); =Padre Provincial,= _see_ =provincial=; =Padres de Provincia,= Provincial Fathers (_in the Basque provinces a body of distinguished men who were consulted in questions regarding the application of the_ =fueros=_, or special privileges and exemptions of these provinces. Many of these_ =fueros= _have now been abolished_); =-- Nuestro,= Lord's Prayer.

=pagar,= to pay.

=pagina,= page.

=pais,= _m._, country.

=paisano,= peasant, countryman.

=paja,= straw.

=pajarraco= (_aug. of_ =pajaro=)=,= large bird.

=pajaro,= bird.

=palabra,= word.

=palacete,= _m._ (_dim. of_ =palacio=)=,= little palace.

=palacio,= palace.

=Palacio,= _prop. noun_.

=paleta; -- de lavar,= paddle _or_ pallet (_a flat board with a handle, used for was.h.i.+ng the linen_).

=palidecer,= to turn pale.

=palidez,= _f._, pallor, paleness.

=palido,= pallid, pale.

=palique,= _m._, small talk, chit-chat.

=palitroque,= _m._, rough stick.

=paliza,= mauling, thras.h.i.+ng.

=palma,= palm.

=palmada,= slap.

=palmera,= palm-tree.

=palo,= stick, perch, timber, wood; =mucho --,= use the stick.

=paloma,= pigeon, dove.

=palomar,= _m._, dovecot.

=palpar,= to feel, touch; =--se,= to feel (of).

=palpitante,= throbbing, palpitating.

=pan,= _m._, bread, loaf of bread; =-- de municion,= coa.r.s.e brown bread (_for soldiers or sailors_).