#P#
#paciencia# patience, forbearance
#pacífico# peaceful, peaceable
#pagar# to pay
#palabra# word
#palabrita# little word, just a word
#palomita# little dove
#pan# m. bread
#panada# vain scruple, much ado about nothing
#pantufla# slipper
#pañuelo# handkerchief
#papar# to swallow, eat; #—— moscas# to gape, stare
#para# for, in order to, to; #—— que# in order that, so that
#parar# to stop, halt; to remain, stay; #—se# to stop
#pardo# brown, dark gray, dark; #a picos -s# see #pico#
#pardon# (French) pardon
#parecer# to seem, appear, look; #me parece que sí# I think so
#pared# f. wall
#parroquia# parish; church
#parte# f. part, place, side; #en ninguna ——# nowhere
#particular# peculiar, striking; private
#pasaderillo# passable
#pasado# past, last
#pasar# to pass, spend; #—se# to pass; #¿qué te pasa?# what is the matter with you?
#pasearse# to walk, go walking, go for an outing
#paso# step, gait, pace
#pata# foot and leg (of animals); #a la —— la llana# plain
#patada# kick, stamp
#patalear# to stamp (the feet)
#pataleo# stamping (of the feet)
#pavo# turkey
#paz# f. peace
#pecado# sin, transgression
#pecar# to sin
#pecho# breast; #darse golpes de ——# to beat one's breast
#pedir# to ask for, request, order
#pegar# to stick, cleave; to strike, hit; #pegársela a uno# to deceive one
#peinar# to comb; #—— canas# to be gray-haired
#peligro# danger, peril
#pelo# hair; #de medio ——# shabby, ordinary
#pellizco# pinch
#pena# penalty, pain, difficulty
#pensar# to think
#peor# comparative of #malo# and #mal#
#perder# to lose, miss, waste
#pereza# laziness, idling
#perezoso# lazy, idle
#permanecer# to remain, stay
#permiso# permission
#pero# but
#perseguir# to pursue
#persona# person
#personaje# m. character (in a play)
#pesado# heavy; troublesome; grievous
#pesadumbre# f. grief
#pesar: a —— de# in spite of
#pésimo# superlative of #malo#
#picardía# knavery
#pícaro# roguish; rogue, rascal
#pico# beak, bill; #irse a -s pardos# to go out seeking idle mischief
#pie# m. foot; #en ——# standing, standing up
#piel# f. skin, hide
#pierna# leg
#pillar# to pillage, catch, seize, filch
#pintado# spotted
#placer# m. pleasure
#plan# m. plan
#plato# plate, dish (of prepared food)
#plebeyo# plebeian
#poblado# peopled, filled
#pobre# poor
#poco# little; #-s# few, a few; #a ——# in a moment, soon
#poder# to be able (can, may, could, in proper tenses)
#poder# m. power
#poner# to place, put, put on; #—— se# to become; #—— se a# (with inf.) to begin, start
#poquillo# very little, trifle
#poquito# a little bit, very little
#por# for, by, in behalf of, through, over, across; #—— no vestirte# if you don't dress
#porque# because
#¿porqué? ¿por qué?# why?
#posible# possible
#postizo# artificial, false; #cuello ——# collar
#postura# posture, position
#precipitadamente# precipitately
#precisamente# precisely, just, exactly
#precisar# to compel, force, oblige
#preciso# necessary
#predilecto# favorite
#preferir# to prefer
#pregunta# question
#preparar# to prepare, make ready
#presentar# to present, show; #—se# to appear, present one's self
#presidio# guardhouse, penitentiary
#prestar# to lend; #—— atención# to give attention
#primer# shortened from #primero#
#primero# first
#principio# beginning, commencement
#prisa# haste, hurry; #de ——# hastily, in haste
#privilegio# privilege
#probablemente# probably
#probar# to try, test, taste
#proceder# to proceed, act
#procurar# to try, attempt; to see to it
#profundamente# profoundly
#progresivamente# progressively, gradually
#prolongado# prolonged
#pronto# soon, quickly; #de ——# suddenly
#propio# own; proper; becoming
#proponer# to propose, purpose; #—se# to purpose, be bent on
#prosaico# prosaic
#proscenio# proscenium
#provecho# profit, benefit; #hacer buen ——# to do (one) good
#proverbio# proverb, saying, saw
#provocar# to provoke
#provocativo# provoking, provocative
#prudencia# prudence
#prueba# proof, evidence
#público# public, audience
#puerco# pig, swine; #—— espín# porcupine
#puerta# door
#pues# then, well, since, for
#puesto# p.p. irreg. of #poner#
#pulmonía# pneumonia
#pulsera# bracelet
#pulso# pulse
#puñal# m. dagger
#puño# fist, cuff; #meter en un ——# to intimidate
#purísimo# superlative of #puro#
#puro# pure, immaculate; #de ——# purely, genuinely