absurdo, da, adj., absurd.

abuelo, m., grandfather; pl.
abuelos, grandparents, ancestors.

abusar, v. n.,
— de, to abuse, to take advantage of.

abuso, m., abuse, ill-custom.

acá, adv., here, hither;
por —, hither, this way.

acabar, v. a., to complete, to finish, to achieve, to end;
—de hacer una cosa, to have just done a thing;
— por hacer una cosa, to end by doing a thing, to do a thing at last, v. n., to end, to come to an end;
—se, v. refl., to come to an end.

Académico, m., academician;
— correspondiente de la Historia, corresponding member of the Academy of History; see note to [13], 24.

acariciar, v. a., to caress.

acaso, conj., perhaps, perchance.

acaudalado, da, adj., wealthy.