The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2] / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

by George Borrow

Conde. Span. and Port. A count, or earl. Lat. comes. A title at one time greater than that of duke in Spain. See Burke’s Hist. of Spain, i. 148.

Condenado. Span. Condemned, damned.

Conquistar. Span. and Port. To conquer.

Constitucion. Span. Constitution; the constitution of 1812.

Contrabandista. Span and Port. A smuggler.

Conversacion. Span. Conversation. As an interjection, “Folly! rubbish!”

Copita. Span. A wine-glass, or small drinking-cup; dimin. of copa.

Copla. Span. and Port. A couplet, or a few lines of poetry. The original Spanish of the lines quoted ii. 62 is as follows—

“Un manco escribió una carta;
Un siego [395] la está mirando;
Un mudo la está leyendo;
Y un sordo la está escuchando.”

(Rodriguez Marin, Cantos Populares Españoles, tom. iv. p. 364, No. 7434.)

Corahai or Corajai. Rom. The Moors of Northern Africa. P. ii. 127; A. 27; Pp. 320; M. vii. 64.