Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader Part 117

=picante=, highly seasoned; piquant.

=picanteria=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), a cheap eating place; "hashery."

=picaru=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a South American fish.

=pieza=, _f._, piece, fragment; room; bird or animal of the chase, quarry; =---- de moneda=, coin; =---- de autos=, records or pleadings of a lawsuit st.i.tched together.

=pila electrica=, _f._, battery.

=pilcha=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), any piece of wearing apparel; saddle trappings.

=pileta=, _f._, pool; trough, vat, basin.

=pillo, -a=, rascally.

=pimenton=, _m._, ground red pepper.

=pimiento=, _m._, capsic.u.m, pepper (_fruit of the capsic.u.m_).

=pincelada=, _f._, brush stroke.

=pingo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a fine saddle-horse.

=pingue=, plentiful, abundant.

=pino-limon=, _m._, a South American fruit tree.

=pintada=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), Guinea-fowl.

=pintor=, _m._, painter, artist, delineator.

=pintorrear=, to daub, to paint without skill.

=pira=, _f._, pyre; bonfire.

=pisar=, to trample, to crush, to tread.

=piso=, _m._, floor, pavement; story _or_ floor; loft, flat.

=pisoteado, -a=, trampled.

=pisotear=, to tread under foot.

=pista=, _f._, track, footprint; scent, clue.

=pistonudo, -a= (_Sp. A._), fine, big, great, admirable.

=pito=, _m._, pipe, small flute, whistle.

=placar=, to placate; to mitigate.

=plafonnier=, _m._, ceiling electric light.

=plan=, _m._, plan, design, scheme.

=planada=, _f._, plain, level ground.

=planilla=, _f._, list, account sheet.

=planta=, _f._, sole of the foot, foot; plan of a building, its site or plant.

=plantel=, _m._, nursery garden; (_Sp. A._) herd of highly bred animals; establishment.

=planidero, -a=, plaintive, wailing, sobbing.

=plata=, _f._, silver; =---- en barras=, silver bullion.

=platano=, _m._, banana.

=platea=, _f._, that section of the theater called "pit" in England and "orchestra" in the U. S.

=platillos=, _m. pl._, bosses (_metal work_).

=plaza=, _f._, square; market.

=plazo=, _m._, credit, term, time; =a ----=, on credit.

=pleito=, _m._, litigation, lawsuit.

=pleno, -a=, full, ample.

=pliegue=, _m._, fold or pleat; gathers.

=poblado=, _m._, town, village or other inhabited place.

=poco, -a=, little; =---- a ----=, gently, softly, little by little; =de ---- tiempo aca=, latterly; =a ----=, in a short time; =por ----, en ----=, almost, nearly; =un ----=, a little.

=podar=, to prune, to clip.

=poder=, _m._, power; =en ---- de=, in the possession of, in the hands of.

=podrido, -a=, rotten, putrid.

=podrir=, to rot, to become putrid.

=polaco, -a=, a Pole; a Polish dance.

=polemista=, _m._, polemic; a controversialist.