#M#

#machacar# to pound, crush; to importune, harp on

#madrugada# dawn, daybreak, morning

#mal# badly, ill, amiss; bad (shortened from #malo# in this sense)

#maldecir# to curse

#maldito# cursed, confounded, worthless

#malísimo# very bad

#malo# bad, ill; #estar ——# to be ill

#malva# mallow; #ser una ——# to be meek and mild, be submissive

#mandar# to command, order, send

#manera# manner, way

#manga# sleeve

#manifestar# to state, tell

#mano# f. hand

#manso# tame, gentle; meek

#mantenerse# to persist, hold one's ground

#maña# skill, shrewdness, diplomacy

#mañana# tomorrow; #la ——# morning

#marchar, marcharse# to go away, leave

#marido# husband

#martirio# martyrdom, torture

#mas# but

#más# more; #—— bien# rather

#máscara# mask; #baile de -s# masquerade ball

#matar# to kill

#matrimonio# marriage, matrimony; married couple

#máxima# maxim

#mayonesa# mayonnaise

#mayor# comparative of #grande#

#me# me; to me

#medio# half; middle; means

#meditabundo# meditative, pensive

#mejor# comparative of #bueno# and #bien#

#memoria# memory

#menor# comparative of #pequeño# and #chico#

#menos# less; #lo ——# the least

#mentir# to lie, tell a falsehood

#mentir# m. lie, falsehood

#menudito# very fine, minute; drizzling (rain)

#merecer# to deserve, merit

#merecido# deserts

#mes# m. month

#mesa# table

#meter# to put, put in; to cause (fear); #le meto miedo# I make him afraid

#mi# my

#mí# me, to me (after a prep.)

#miedo# fear

#mientras# while, as or so long as

#mil# thousand

#milagro# miracle, marvel

#mimo# petting, caress

#ministro# minister; #—— de gobernación# minister of the interior

#minué# m. minuet

#mío# my, mine

#mirar# to look, look at; to see, behold

#mismo# same, self, very, even

#modesto# modest

#modo# mode, manner, way, method

#momento# moment

#monótono# monotonous

#monstruo# monster

#morder# to bite

#morir, morirse# to die

#moro# Moorish; Moor

#mortificar# to mortify, vex, disgust

#mosca# fly

#mosquita# little fly

#motivo# reason, motive, cause

#mover# to move

#muchacho# boy

#mucho# much, a great deal; #—— que sí# very much so

#mudo# mute, dumb

#muellemente# softly, easily

#muero# indic. pres. 1st pers. sing. of #morir#

#muerto# dead

#mujer# f. woman; wife

#mujercilla# worthless woman

#mundo# world; #todo el ——# all the world, everybody

#muñeca# doll; baby, infant

#música# music

#mutuamente# mutually

#muy# very