alto, m., halt; mandar hacer —, to give orders to halt; ¡—! halt!

altura, f., height, summit.

alucinación, f., hallucination.

alumbrar, to give light to; to enable to see; to light up.

alzar, to raise, lift up; refl., to rise, heave.

allá, there; más —, farther; beyond; on past; — al filo de la media noche, just about midnight; — por ..., back there in...; port —, in that direction, thither, there; de acá para —, from point to point; hither and thither.

allegados, m. pl., friends, allies.

allegar, to collect, get together.

allí, there; desde en adelante, from that time on; ya —, (when they had) arrived there.