Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader Part 108

=lanzadera=, _f._, shuttle.

=largo=, long; =va ----!= there is plenty of time.

=latex=, _m._, sap from the rubber-tree.

=laton=, _m._, bra.s.s.

=laud=, _m._, lute.

=lazo=, _m._, la.s.so; loop; tie.

=leche=, _f._, milk; =---- de coco=, cocoanut milk.

=legua=, _f._, league.

=lento, -a=, slow, lingering.

=lena=, _f._, firewood.

=lenero=, _m._, dealer in wood; a South American woodp.e.c.k.e.r.

=lepero, -a= (_Sp. A._), of the lowest cla.s.s, one of the rabble; outcast.

=lerdo, -a=, slow, dull, obtuse.

=letra=, _f._, letter; =---- de cambio=, bill of exchange; =---- de aceptacion=, letter of acceptance.

=levadura=, _f._, leaven, yeast.

=levantamiento=, _m._, upheaval, uprising, revolt.

=levantar=, to raise, to pile up, to make; =---- una fortuna=, to make a fortune; to raise the quarry (_hunting_); to catch sight of.

=levita=, _f._, Prince Albert coat.

=ley=, _f._, law; act, ordinance, statute.

=libar=, to suck, to sip, to quaff.

=librado, -a=, freed; =---- a si mismo=, left to one's own devices.

=librar=, to free, to extricate, to exempt.

=libre=, free, unc.u.mbered, exempt; =---- de gastos a bordo=, free on board, f.o.b.

=libro=, _m._, book; =---- de propaganda=, advertising matter in general.

=licitacion privada=, _f._, sealed bids; private bid as opposed to public bid.

=lid=, _f._ (_Poet._), battle, strife, struggle.

=liga=, _f._, alloy, mixture; link, bond.

=ligar=, to link, to tie, to bind.

=ligero, -a=, light; swift.

=lima=, _f._, file; lime (_fruit_).

=limeno, -a=, applied to a native of Lima, Peru.

=limite=, _m._, limit, boundary, border.

=limitrofe=, bounded, as one country by another.

=limpio, -a= clean; =---- de=, free from.

=linaje=, _m._, cla.s.s; line, family, breed.

=linea=, _f._, line, track; rank, file; =primera ----=, first rank.

=lirico, -a=, lyric, musical; (_Sp. A._) visionary.

=lisa=, _f._, a smooth-skinned fresh-water fish common in S. A. streams; a polis.h.i.+ng stone.

=liso, -a=, plain, even, flat.

=lisonja=, _f._, flattery, compliment; high esteem.

=listo, -a=, ready, prompt, active, clever.

=litre=, _m._, a Chilean tree.

=lo=, the, it, him, you, so; =---- que=, that, which, what; =---- cual=, which.

=loado, -a=, praised, eulogized.

=loar=, to praise, to eulogize.

=lobo=, _m._, wolf; =---- marino=, seal.

=locoto=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of red pepper.

=locro=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of hash or stew composed of squash, potatoes, tender corn, meat or fish, etc.

=loma=, _f._, rising ground; a hillock; slope.

=lona=, _f._, canvas.