Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories Part 57

=Celinina= (_dim._), little Celina.

=celo,= zeal; _pl._, jealousy.

=celoso,= jealous.

=cellisca,= storm, snow-storm.

=cementerio,= cemetery.

 

=cenador,= _m._, arbor, bower.

=cenar,= to eat supper.

=cen.o.bita,= _m._, cen.o.bite (_one of a religious order dwelling in a convent or community_).

=censurable,= open to blame.

=censurar,= to criticise, find fault.

=centella,= lightning.

=centimo,= centime (_= the one-hundredth part of a_ =peseta=).

=centinela,= _m._, sentry, guard.

=centro,= centre.

=cenir (i),= to gird, circle; m=e ceni a la pared,= I kept close to the wall.

=ceno,= frown.

=cenudo,= grim, gruff.

=cepillar,= to brush.

=cepillo,= poor-box.

=cera,= wax.

=cerca,= near; =-- de,= near(ly); =de --,= closely.

=cercania,= neighborhood, vicinity.

=cercano (a),= near, close (to), neighboring.

=cercar,= to surround, hem in, fence.

=cerdoso,= bristly.

=cerebro,= brain.

=ceremonia,= ceremony, formality.

=ceremonial,= _m._, ceremonial, formality.

=ceremonioso,= ceremonious, formal.

=cereza,= cherry.

=cerillas,= matches, wax-tapers.

=Cerinola,= Cerignola (_in Italy, near Naples, where the Spanish, led by the "Great Captain," defeated the French in 1503. The loss of this battle cost Louis XII his Italian possessions_).

=cerrar (ie),= to close; =la noche habia cerrado,= night had closed in around them.

=cerril,= wild, unkempt.

=cerrillo= (_dim. of_ =cerro=)=,= hillock, little eminence.

=cerro,= hill, high land.

=cerrojo,= bolt.

=certificado,= certificate.

=cerveza,= beer.

=Cesar,= Caesar.

=cesar (de),= to cease; =sin --,= continually.

=cesped,= _m._, lawn, sod covered with gra.s.s.

=cesto,= basket.

=cetrino,= jaundiced, lemon-colored.

=cevilacion = civilizacion.=

=Cid,= Cid (_a personage partly historical and partly mythical; the national hero of Spain. His name was Ruy Diaz de Bivar, and he lived in the eleventh century. His exploits in the wars between Christians and Moslems, much exaggerated, are told in verse and prose_); =los nietos del --,= the Spanish people.

=ciego,= blind.

=cielo,= sky, heaven; =quiso el --,= Heaven willed it.

=ciencia,= science.

=cien(to),= (one, a) hundred.