Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 125

=Ramon,= Raymond.

=rampa,= stairs, steps, ramp.

=rapaz,= _m._, young boy.

=rapazuelo= (_dim._)=,= urchin, little boy.

=rapidamente,= rapidly.

 

=rapina,= pillage, plundering.

=raro,= rare, strange.

=rasgar,= to tear, lacerate.

=raso,= satin.

=rastro,= track, trace, vestige.

=rata,= rat.

=rato,= moment, while; =a --s,= now and then; =por un buen --,= a good while; =al poco --,= soon; =a corto --,= after a short while.

=raudal,= _m._, torrent, stream; =a --es,= in rapid streams.

=raya,= line, mark.

=rayado,= ruled, striped.

=rayo,= ray, beam; =mal -- me parta treinta veces y media!,= would that a thousand thunderbolts struck me!

=raza,= race, clan.

=razon,= _f._, reason, mind, understanding; =tener --,= to be right.

=real,= _m._, real (== 25 centimos de peseta,= _or about 5 American cents_); _adj._, royal.

=realidad,= _f._, reality; =en --,= really, in truth, actually.

=realizar,= to realize, see fulfilled.

=realmente,= really.

=reanudar,= to resume.

=rebaja,= reduction, rebate.

=rebajar,= to reduce, lessen.

=rebano,= flock, herd.

=rebosar (de),= to overflow (with).

=rebozo,= scarf (_long scarf with a broad fringe worn by the women of the lower cla.s.ses in Spanish America, to cover head and shoulder_); =sin --,= frankly, straightforward.

=rebuscar,= to hunt, rummage.

=recaer,= to fall (back), turn; wane, decline (_as the day_).

=recayera, recayese,= _imp. subjs. of_ =recaer=.

=rece,= _pret. of_ =rezar=.

=recetar,= to prescribe.

=recibir,= to receive.

=recien= (+ _p. p._), newly, recently; =-- entrado,= new-comer; =--venido= _or_ =llegado,= recent arrival.

=reciente,= new, fresh, recent.

=recinto,= precinct, place.

=recio,= stout, strong, loud.

=reciprocamente,= reciprocally.

=reclamar,= to claim.

=reclinatorio,= praying-desk, priedieu.

=reclusion,= _f._, imprisonment.

=recobrar(se),= to recover.

=recodo,= bend.

=recoger,= to pick up, gather, shelter; contract, retreat, draw back; =flancos recogidos,= slender sides.

=recogimiento,= devotion; =-- de espiritu,= spiritual devotion; abstraction from worldly things.

=recoleto,= Recollect, living under strict monastic rules.

=reconcentrado,= rooted, concentrated.

=reconcilia.r.s.e,= to confess (_to the priest_); become reconciled.

=reconocer,= to recognize, examine, realize.