asar, to roast, broil; — á contribuciones, to roast with taxes, i.e., tax to death.
ascenso, promotion.
asco, nausea, repugnance.
ascua, red-hot coal; pasar sobre —s, to be uneasy, be "on pins and needles."
aseado, neat, tidy.
asedio, siege, attack.
asegurar, to assure.
asemejarse, to resemble.
asentimiento, assent, consent.
aserto, assertion.