*esperar* wait; hope
*espina* f. thorn; splinter; physical cause of annoyance or discomfort; figurative meaning suspicion, worry; *no me da buena ——* arouses my suspicion (cf. English doesn't look good to me)
*esportilla* f. flexible basket or pannier (woven of esparto grass or something similar)
*esposa* f. wife
*esposo* m. husband
*espumar* skim; remove the scum; *saber cómo se espuma el puchero* know how to skim a stew
*esquina* f. corner
*esta* adj. this (f. form; m. *este*)
*establecer* settle
*establecimiento* m. establishment