Más vale maña que fuerza / Proverbio en un acto; with notes, exercises, and vocabulary

by Manuel Tamayo y Baus

#C#

#¡ca!# bah! nonsense!

#cabal# just, exact, correct

#caballerito# little gentleman

#caballero# gentleman, sir

#caballo# horse; #a ——# on horseback

#cabello# hair

#caber# to be contained, held, be within; to be

#cabeza# head

#cabo# end, extremity

#cachaza# forbearance

#cachete# m. slap or blow in the face; #andar a -s# to act aggressively

#cada# each, every

#cadena# chain, fetter

#caer# to fall; #—se redondo# to fall flat, collapse; #—— en la cuenta# to comprehend, understand; #dejarse ——# to drop

#café# m. coffee; café

#caída# fall

#caja# box

#cajón# m. box, drawer

#calaverada# folly, tomfoolery

#calentar# to heat, warm

#calor# m. heat; #hace ——# it is warm

#calzado# shod, in shoes; shoe, boot

#callar# not to speak, be or keep silent, hush, stop talking, keep still

#calle# f. street

#cama# bed

#cambiar# to change, alter; to exchange

#cambio# change, exchange; #en ——# in turn, on the other hand, in return

#camino# road, way, route, course

#camisa# shirt; chemise

#camorrista# com. noisy, boisterous person

#campal# pitched (referring to a battle)

#campanilla# bell, door-bell, hand bell

#campanillazo# violent ringing of a bell

#cana# gray hair (usually in plural)

#canario# canary-bird; #¡——!# the deuce!

#cansancio# weariness, fatigue

#cansar# to weary, tire, bore; #—se# to become weary or tired

#cantar# to sing; to crow

#cántaro# pitcher, jar; #alma de ——# gump, prattler

#canturrear# to hum (a tune)

#capaz# capable, able, competent

#capricho# caprice, whim

#cara# face, features

#carácter# m. character; disposition, temperament; stamina

#¡caramba!# ha! plague take it!

#carantoña# caress, endearment; #hacer mimos y -s# to pet and fondle

#cariño# affection, fondness, tenderness

#cariñoso# affectionate, tender

#carta# letter, card

#cartita# little letter, note

#casa# house, home; #en ——# at home

#casamiento# marriage; matrimony

#casar# to marry; #—se (con)# to marry, get married to

#casi# almost, nearly

#casilla:# #sacar de -s# to vex beyond endurance, drive to distraction

#castaño# chestnut tree; #pasar de —— obscuro# to go beyond all reason

#catarse# to look at, behold

#catorce# fourteen

#causa# cause, reason

#cazurro# taciturn, reticent, sulky

#ceder# to yield, give way, concede

#ceja# eyebrow; #ponerse entre —— y ——# to have an eye on

#celebrar# to celebrate, be glad of; to hold (a meeting, conference, etc.)

#cena# supper

#cenar# to take supper

#cepillar# to brush

#cepillo# brush

#cerca# near; #—— de# near, near to

#cerrar# to close, shut, lock

#cielo# sky, heavens; heaven

#cien# shortened from #ciento#

#ciento# hundred

#ciertamente# certainly

#cierto# certain; #es lo ——# this is certain; #es ——# it is true

#cifrar# to reckon, calculate; #—— en# to place in, set upon

#cigarro# cigar

#cinco# five

#cintura# waist; girdle, belt; #meter en ——# to put in a strait-jacket; to hold in subjection

#circunstancia# circumstance

#cita# appointment, engagement

#citar# to summon, cite to appear; to make an appointment

#clamar# to cry out, call, clamor

#claro# clear, evident; #—— está# of course

#clavo# nail

#cobarde# com. coward

#cocer# to cook, boil

#cocina# kitchen

#coger# to catch, seize, take

#coincidencia# coincidence

#cojear# to limp

#cola# tail; consequence; #traer ——# to lead to serious consequences

#cólera# f. anger, wrath, choler; m. cholera

#colgar# to hang, suspend; #—se# to hang one's self; to get caught

#colorado# red

#comer# to eat; #—se# to eat up, consume, devour

#como# as, like, as it; how

#¿cómo?# how?

#comparar# to compare

#complacerse# to take pleasure

#comprender# to understand, comprehend

#con# with; by

#conciencia# conscience

#condenado# confounded

#condenar# to condemn

#conducta# conduct

#confianza# confidence, trust

#confiar# to trust, confide

#confusión# f. confusion

#confuso# confused

#conmigo# with me

#conmover# to move, affect

#conocer# to know, be acquainted with, recognize; #—se# to be evident, apparent

#conque# so that, so, and so

#conseguir# to secure, obtain, attain, accomplish, get

#consentir# to consent, agree, allow

#consideración# f. consideration, regard

#considerar# to consider

#consigo# with one's self, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves or yourselves

#contaminar# to contaminate

#contar# to count, relate, tell

#contener# to contain, restrain, keep back, control

#contigo# with thee (you)

#contra# against, contrary to

#contrario# contrary; #por el# or #al ——# on the contrary; #llevar la contraria a uno# to oppose one, be vexed with one

#convencer# to convince

#convertir# to convert, change

#conyugal# conjugal

#corazón# m. heart

#corazoncito# little heart

#corbata# cravat, necktie

#cordón# m. cord, string

#correr# to run, elapse; #no corre prisa# there is no hurry

#corrido# run out, elapsed; #cuarenta (años) muy corridos# well past forty (years)

#corto# short

#cosa# thing, something, affair, fact

#coser# to sew

#costumbre# f. custom, habit

#costurero# (lady's) work-box

#creer# to believe, think

#criado# (man-)servant

#criar# to rear, educate, bring up, raise; #mal criado# ill-bred

#criatura# creature; infant, child

#crisis# f. crisis

#cual# which, what; #cada ——# each one, every one

#¿cuál?# which? what? which one? what one?

#cualquier# shortened from #cualquiera#

#cualquiera# any, any one, anybody, some one; whatever

#cuando# when

#¿cuándo?# when?

#cuanto# as much as, all that; #en —— a# in regard to, as regards, as for; #-s# as many as; #unos -s# a few

#¿cuánto?# how much?; #¡——!# how much!; #¿-s?# how many?; #¡-s!# how many!

#cuarenta# forty

#cuarto# room; quarter, fourth

#cuatro# four

#cuellecito# little collar, blessed (little) collar

#cuello# neck; collar

#cuenta# count, account; #hacer ——# to bear in mind

#cuerda# cord, string, rope; halter

#cuerpo# body

#¡cuidadito!# take care!

#cumplir# to fulfil, carry out, discharge, satisfy, keep (promise); to fill out, complete (years of age); #treinta y seis cumpliré# I shall be thirty-six

#curar# to cure, heal

#curiosidad# f. curiosity

#curiosito# a little curious; neat, tidy

#Ch#

#chaleco# waistcoat, vest

#chancero# joking, jocose; jester, joker

#chanza# jest, joke

#chaquet# m. jacket

#chasco# practical joke, trick; #dar ——# to play a trick on

#chimenea# fireplace, mantelpiece; chimney, grate

#chinela# slipper

#chino# Chinese; Chinaman

#chiquillo# little child

#chiquito# tiny, little

#chisporrotear# to sputter, flicker

#¡chitito!# silence! sh!

#chufa# chufa; #horchata de -s# see #horchata#