Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 50

=bizcocho,= biscuit.

=blanco,= white.

=blandengue,= _m._ (_coll._), easy-going person, "softy."

=blandir,= to brandish.

=blando,= soft.

 

=blasfemia,= blasphemy.

=blusa,= blouse.

=boca,= mouth; =-- arriba,= (lying) on one's back; =-- calle,= _f._, opening _or_ end of a street.

=boda,= marriage.

=bodega,= wine-cellar, store-room.

=bofetada,= blow (_on the face_), buffet.

=boga,= ox-eyed cackerel (_a fish_).

=boina,= cap (_the flat one worn in the Basque provinces_).

=boldo,= boldu (_peumus boldus, a fragrant, ever-green shrub of Chile_).

=bolina,= bow-line; "=Bolina,=" "Closehauled" (_as a nickname_).

=bolita= (_dim._)=,= small ball.

=bolsa,= purse, bag.

=bolsillo,= pocket.

=bomba,= bomb.

=bonachon, -a= (_aug._)=,= kindly, good-natured.

=bondad,= _f._, kindness.

=bondadoso,= kind.

=bonitamente,= dexterously.

=bonito,= pretty, fine.

=borboton,= _m._; =a --es,= in torrents, in clouds (_as smoke_).

=borde,= _m._, edge.

=bordo,= side of a s.h.i.+p; =a --,= on board.

=borracho,= drunk; intoxicated person.

=borrachon, -a= (_aug._)=,= drunkard, tippler.

=borrar,= to erase, efface.

=borrasca,= tempest.

=borrascoso,= stormy, wild.

=borrico,= donkey.

=bosque,= _m._, woods.

=bosquejo,= sketch.

=bostezar,= to yawn.

=bota,= boot; =ponerse las --s,= to be enriched.

=bote,= _m._, small boat, yawl.

=botella,= bottle.

=botellita= (_dim._)=,= small bottle.

=boton,= _m._, b.u.t.ton; =echar los --es,= to fasten the b.u.t.tons, sew on b.u.t.tons.

=bou= (_lit._ ox, _in the Valencian dialect_)=,= _m._; =barcas del --,= fis.h.i.+ng-boats that the oxen pull into the water (_when launched by the oxen, these boats set out in pairs, each pair letting out a net_).

=boveda,= vault.

=bramar,= to groan, roar, cry.

=Braulio,= _proper noun_.

=bravo,= angry, fierce.

=brazo,= arm, clutch; =del --,= on the arm.

=bregar,= to struggle.

=brenal,= _m._, craggy ground overgrown with brambles; =por aquellos --es,= through the thicket.

=breva,= (early) green fig.