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

by Manuel Tamayo y Baus

#E#

#e# and (used before a word beginning with #i# or #hi#)

#¡ea!# come!

#echar# to throw, cast, utter; #—— a# (followed by inf.) to start; #—— a perder# to spoil, ruin

#edad# f. age

#efecto# effect, fact; #con# or #en ——# in fact, indeed, really

#eficaz# efficacious, effective

#¡eh!# eh! here! (I) say! #¿——?# eh?

#ejemplo# example

#ejercer# to exercise, practise

#el# the

#él# he, it; him, it (after a prep.)

#elegir# to elect, choose

#ella# she, it; her, it (after a prep.)

#ellos# they; them (after a prep.)

#embargo: sin ——# however, yet, nevertheless

#emborracharse# to become intoxicated, get drunk

#embudo# trick, fraud; #ley de ——# one-sided law or rule

#emoción# f. emotion

#empalagoso# cloying, sickening; tedious, vapid

#empanada# meat pie; #repulgo de ——# see #repulgo#

#empellón# m. push, shove

#empeñarse# to persist, make an effort to

#empeño# eagerness, avidity, desire

#empezar# to begin, start

#emplear# to employ, use, make use of

#empujar# to push

#en# in, into, on, at

#enamorado# in love, enamored

#enamorar# to inspire love; #—se (de)# to fall in love (with)

#encargar# to charge, encharge, commission, commit; #—se# to take upon one's self

#encender# to kindle, light, set fire to

#encierro# confinement

#encima# above, on; #—— de# above, on top of

#encontrar# to find, meet

#enemigo# enemy

#energía# energy, aggressiveness

#enérgico# energetic; aggressive

#enfadarse# to become angry

#enfado# vexation, anger

#énfasis# m. emphasis

#engañar# to deceive

#engaño# deceit, deception

#enlace# m. union, wedlock, marriage

#enojar# to irritate, anger

#enojo# irritation, anger

#enredar# to entangle, confuse

#enseñar# to show, teach

#entender# to understand; #¡cómo se entiende!# how that sounds!

#enterar# to inform

#entibiar# to cool; #—se# to become cool

#entierro# burial, funeral

#entrar# to enter, go or come in

#entretener# to entertain

#es# indic. pres. 3rd pers. sing. of #ser#

#esa, ésa# see #ese, ése#

#escampar# to clear up (sky); #¡ya escampa!# keep it up! there you go again!

#escandalizar# to scandalize, make a scandal

#escándalo# scandal

#escena# scene, stage (of a theater)

#esclavitud# f. slavery

#esclavizar# to enslave

#esclavo# slave

#escribir# to write

#ese, esa# that (as dem. adj.)

#ése, ésa# that, that one (as dem. pron.)

#esforzar# to reinforce, strengthen; to raise (the voice)

#esfuerzo# effort, attempt

#eso# that

#espada# sword

#espalda# back

#especie# f. kind, species

#espejo# mirror

#esperanza# hope

#esperar# to hope, expect; to wait for, await

#espín: puerco ——# porcupine

#espina# thorn, spine; #dar buena ——# to set at ease

#esposa# wife

#espuela# spur

#esta, ésta# see #este, éste#

#estallido# crash, crack, uproar

#estar# to be; #—se# to be, remain, stay; #—— bien a# to suit, be becoming to

#este, esta# this (as dem. adj.)

#éste, ésta# this, this one, the latter (as dem. pron.)

#estirar# to pull, stretch, jerk

#esto# this

#estrella# star

#estrujar# to crush, rumple

#eternamente# eternally

#evitar# to avoid, escape, obviate, shun

#exagerar# to exaggerate

#excepción# f. exception

#excusado# needless, useless

#excusar# to excuse

#exhortar# to exhort

#existencia# existence

#explicar# to explain

#exponer# to expose

#expresar# to express

#exquisito# exquisite

#extravagante# extravagant, queer