Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 121

=predilecto,= preferred, favorite.

=predisponer,= to predispose.

=predominio,= predominance, superiority.

=preferencia,= preference.

=preferir (ie),= to prefer.

=pregunta,= question; =-- de estilo,= customary question.

=preguntar,= to ask (_a question_).

=prenda,= pledge, prize, forfeit.

=prender,= to seize, take prisoner.

=preocupado (con),= engrossed (with).

=preparar(se),= to prepare, get ready.

=presa,= prey; =-- de,= prey to.

=presbiterio,= chancel.

=prescindir (de),= to cut off, refrain (from), omit.

=presencia,= presence.

=presenciar,= to be present, witness.

=presentar,= to present, offer, give; =--se,= to appear.

=presente,= _m._, present time; =tener --,= to bear in mind, remember.

=presentimiento,= presentiment.

=presentir (ie),= to have a presentiment (of).

=presidio,= prison, penitentiary.

=preso= (_irr, p. p. of_ =prender=)=,= taken, imprisoned; _noun_, prisoner.

=prestar,= to lend, render, pay; =prestado y forastero,= wandering stranger.

=preste,= _m._, priest, prester; =Preste Juan,= Prester John (_a supposed Christian king and priest, of great piety and magnificence, whose territory was believed during the Middle Ages to lie either in Asia or Africa_).

=prestigio,= prestige.

=presumir,= to presume.

=presuntuoso,= conceited, presumptuous.

=presuroso,= hasty, quick.

=pretexto,= pretext, excuse.

=prevenir,= to antic.i.p.ate, foresee.

=previlegio= = =privilegio=.

=previo,= taken for granted.

=primavera,= spring, springtime.

=primero,= first, former; =lo --,= the first thing, the most important.

=primitivo,= old-fas.h.i.+oned, simple.

=primito, -a= (_dim._)=,= little cousin.

=primo, -a,= cousin.

=primor,= _m._, beauty, nicety, neatness; master-piece.

=primoroso,= neat, elegant.

=princ.i.p.al,= important, princ.i.p.al, excellent, distinguished.

=principe,= _m._, prince.

=principiante,= _m._, beginner.

=principio,= principle, beginning; dish after the =olla= or =cocido=; =-- final,= only one more course; =a --s,= in the beginning.

=prior,= _m._, prior (_next in rank to the abbot_).

=prioral,= of the prior.

=prisa,= hurry; =de --,= quickly; =a --!,= hurry!

=prisionero,= prisoner.

=privilegiado,= privileged.

=privilegio,= privilege, faculty.

=proa,= prow, bow.