Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader Part 85

=borrar=, to erase, to obliterate, to rub out.

=boscaje=, _m._, cl.u.s.ter of trees, grove.

=bostezo=, _m._, yawn, yawning.

=bota=, _f._, boot; =---- de potro=, a crude kind of boot made from the hide covering the joints of the horse's hind legs; =---- granadera=, boot with a stiff cuff, worn by Napoleon's grenadiers.

=botafuego=, _m._, a very highly seasoned dish.

=botica=, _f._, drug-store.

=boudoir=, _m._ (_French_), small parlor. The resulting neologism =budoar= is now in current use.

=boveda=, _f._, vault, arch; =---- celeste=, sky.

=bovino, -a=, relating to cattle.

=boyero=, _m._, ox-driver; a South American bird.

=bozal=, _m._, muzzle; head-stall for a horse.

=bracero=, _m._, day laborer.

=bramido=, _m._, roar of wild beasts; bellowing.

=brasileno, -a=, Brazilian.

=bravio, -a=, ferocious, savage, wild, untamed.

=bravo, -a=, brave; savage, wild; also applied to beasts; =indio ----=, savage Indian.

=brazo=, _m._, arm; bracket.

=breva=, _f._, name applied to the first yearly crop of fruit from a fig-tree.

=brida=, _f._, bridle, reins.

=brinco=, _m._, leap, jump.

=brindar=, to drink one's health, to toast.

=brio=, _m._, strength, force, vigor; manliness, spirit, resolution, courage.

=brizna=, _f._, blade of gra.s.s.

=brocal=, _m._, curbstone of a well.

=broma=, _f._, joke.

=bronceado, -a=, bra.s.s-paved, brazen.

=brotar=, to gush, to flow _or_ rush out; to bud.

=brusco, -a=, rude, peevish, brusque.

=bruto, -a=, coa.r.s.e, rough, crude; =en ----=, in a crude state.

=bufete=, _m._, desk or writing-table; lawyer's office.

=buhonero=, _m._, peddler.

=buitre=, _m._, vulture.

=bullicioso, -a=, noisy, lively, restless, clamorous.

=buque=, _m._, vessel, s.h.i.+p; =---- mercante=, merchant s.h.i.+p.

=burgues, -esa=, common, not refined.

=burla=, _f._, mockery, abuse, sneer.

=burlon=, _m._, mocking-bird.

=busca=, _f._, search.

=butaca=, _f._, armchair; proscenium seat in a theater.

=cabalgadura=, _f._, the horse or mule one is riding.

=cabalgar=, to ride on horse-back.

=caballeriza=, _f._, stable.

=caballero=, _m._, knight, gentleman; =---- andante=, knight-errant.

=caballerosidad=, _f._, the condition or quality of being a gentleman.

=cabana=, _f._, shepherd's hut; (_Sp. A._) stock-breeding establishment.

=cabanero=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), stock-breeder.

=cabecera=, _f._, railroad terminal; head waters, source of a river.

=cabeza=, _f._, head; (_Sp. A._) pommel of a saddle.

=cabezada=, _f._, head-stall of a bridle.