alabar, to praise.

alameda, f., promenade.

alarmado, -a, alarmed.

alboroque, m., treat.

alborotar, to make a noise; —se, to become excited.

alcalde, m., judge.

Alcántara, a city in western Spain; orden de —, a religious and military order, founded in 1156.

alcanzar, to attain; catch up with.

Alcarria, a mountainous district in Eastern Spain.

alcázar, m., castle.