Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader Part 93

=chasquear=, to crack with a whip or lash.

=chata=, _f._, a flat-bottomed boat; pug-nosed.

=chaucha=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), string bean. _See_ =ejote=.

=Cheviot=, _m._, name given to a variety of sheep.

=chicle=, _m._, the crude product from which chewing gum is made.

=chicozapote=, _m._, tree from which chicle is made.

=chicha=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), a little fermented wine; a beverage made from fermented corn.

=chiflar=, to whistle.

=chiguil=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of _tamal_.

=chilatole=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a dish of corn, red pepper and pork.

=chile=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), American red pepper.

=chilenismo=, _m._, word or idiom peculiar to Chile.

=chimango=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a small bird of prey.

=chimenea=, _f._, fireplace, hearth.

=chinchilla=, _f._, a small quadruped of South America well known for its fur.

=chinerio=, _m._, a term applied to a group of Chinese including both s.e.xes.

=chinguirito=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), rum made from sugar-cane.

=chino, -a= (_Sp. A._), applied to the off- spring from the union of a mulatto or negro and an Indian; _zambo_.

=chipa=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of bread made of corn-flour.

=chipio=, _m._, South American tree.

=chirimoya=, _f._, a delicious fruit of tropical America; custard-apple.

=chiripa=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a kind of trousers.

=chisme=, _m._, trifle, a maliciously false statement.

=chismear=, to tattle, to carry tales, to retail scandal.

=chismoso, -a=, tattler, tale-bearer.

=chispa=, _f._, spark.

=chiste=, _m._, joke, a funny or witty saying.

=chocarrero, -a=, rough, coa.r.s.e, gross.

=choclo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), green ear of corn.

=chorro=, _m._, a jet, a gush.

=choza=, _f._, hut.

=chucho=, _m._, a musical instrument made of a hollow cylinder of _guadua_ covered with parchment at both ends, and containing grains of corn.

=chupar=, to suck.

=chupe=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a dish made of boiled potatoes and green corn.

=dable=, possible, feasible, practicable.

=dactilografo, -a=, typist.

=dado, -a=, given.

=dama=, _f._, lady, dame; =primera ----=, leading lady in a play.

=damasco=, _m._, apricot.

=danzon=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a Cuban dance derived from the =contradanza=.

=dano=, _m._, mischief, hurt, damage.

=dar=, to give, to hit, to impart; =---- en cara=, to reproach; =---- con=, to meet with, to find out; =---- fiado=, _or_ =fianza=, to give credit _or_ security; _refl._, to yield, to give in, to give one's self up.

=decaer=, to fail, to retrogress.

=decidor, -a=, one who speaks with fluency and elegance.

=decir=, _m._, discourse, style; _vb._, to say, to tell.

=decomisar=, to confiscate, to seize, to cause to forfeit.

=decoracion=, _f._ (_and pl._), scenery and curtain of a theater.

=decreto=, _m._, decree, decision.

=decuplar=, to increase ten-fold.