Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader Part 116

=pejerrey=, =m.=, South American trout.

=pelado, -a=, plucked, hairless.

=pelafustan=, _m._, tramp, vagabond.

=pelando=, =agua ----=, scalding water.

=pelar=, to cut the hair; to pluck feathers; to peel; to sh.e.l.l; =agua para ----=, scalding water.

=pelea=, _f._, fight, combat.

=peleteria=, _f._, fur _or_ leather store.

=pelicula=, _f._, skin, rind.

=pelo=, _m._, hair; =en ----=, bareback.

=pelota=, _f._, ball; =juego de ----=, ball games in general.

=peluca=, _f._, wig.

=pellizcar=, to pinch.

=pena=, _f._, grief, pain.

=penacho=, _m._, topknot of birds; plumes worn as an ornament.

=pender=, to hang.

=pendiente=, _f._, slope, declivity, grade.

=peon=, _m._, day laborer.

=percata.r.s.e=, _refl._, to bethink one's self, to realize.

=percibir=, to receive, to collect; to realize (_value_).

=percha=, _f._, clothesrack, hatstand.

=perdurar=, to last for a long time.

=peregrino, -a=, pilgrim, wayfarer.

=perfil=, _m._, profile, outline; biographical sketch.

=pericon=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a folk-dance.

=peripuesto, -a=, very gay, very fine, very spruce in dress.

=perito=, _m._, skilled, expert.

=perol=, _m._, boiler, kettle, pot.

=perorar=, to make a speech, to declaim.

=persigna.r.s.e=, to cross one's self.

=perspectiva=, _f._, possibility, prospect, likelihood.

=perspicacia=, _f._, perspicacity.

=pertenecer=, to belong to; to concern.

=pertrechar=, to supply with ammunition; to lay out, to arrange, to prepare.

=peruanismo=, _m._, word or phrase peculiar to Peru.

=pescado=, _m._, a fish when caught; in the water, uncaptured, it is a =pez=; =---- de agua de mar=, salt-water fish; =---- de agua dulce=, fresh-water fish.

=pescador=, _m._, fisherman.

=pescante=, _m._, front part of a carriage including the box; crane (_Mach._).

=pesebre=, _m._, manger; stall.

=peso=, _m._, monetary unit in some of the Spanish American countries.

=pespunte=, _m._, back st.i.tching, a back-st.i.tched seam.

=pesquera=, _f._, fis.h.i.+ng banks.

=pesqueria=, _f._, fishery.

=pesquero=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), _see_ =pesquera=.

=pestillo=, _m._, bolt of a lock, door latch.

=petimetre=, _m._, beau, dandy.

=petipieza=, _f._, comedy.

=pet.i.t hotel=, _m._ (_French_), a residence more than one story high, built in the French style.

=pez-sol=, _m._, a South American fish; sunfish.

=piano=, _m._, =---- de cola=, grand piano; =---- vertical=, upright piano; =---- mecanico=, piano player.

=picadero=, _m._, circus ring.