=atender (ie),= to attend, listen, pay attention.

=atenerse,= to adhere, hold to.

=atentado,= offence, transgression.

=atentamente,= attentively.

=atento (a),= attentive (to), bent (upon), watching.

=aterecio = aterecido,= benumbed with cold.

=aterrado,= terrified.

=Atlante,= Atlas, Atlante (_figure of a man used as a column to support an entablature_).

=Atlantico,= Atlantic Ocean.

=atmosfera,= atmosphere, air.

=atolondrado,= stunned, in consternation; thoughtless, confused.

=atolondra.r.s.e,= to be stunned.

=atonito,= astonished.

=atracar,= to lie alongside of, moor; =--se,= to stuff oneself (_with food and drink_).

=atraer (a),= to draw, attract (to, toward), bring down (upon).

=atrajo,= _pret. of_ =atraer=.

=atrancar,= to bar.

=atrapar,= to catch, nab.

=atras,= backwards, behind, back.

=atravesar (ie),= to cross, pa.s.s through.

=atreverse (a),= to dare, make bold.

=atrevido,= bold, daring, fearless.

=atribuir,= to attribute, ascribe, charge to.

=atribulado,= afflicted, worried, distressed.

=atrocidad,= _f._, atrocity.

=atrofiar(se),= to waste away.

=atronador, -a,= thundering, deafening.

=atronar (ue),= to make a deafening noise (_like thunder_).

=atroz,= atrocious.

=at.u.r.dido,= thoughtless.

=at.u.r.dimiento,= perturbation, stupefaction.

=audaz,= fearless, valient.

=auditorio,= audience.

=augusto,= grand, imposing, venerable, sacred.

=aumentar,= to increase.

=aumento,= increase; =seguir en --,= to continue to increase.

=aun= _or_ =aun,= even, yet, still; =ni aun,= not even.

=aunque,= although, even if.

=ausencia,= absence.

=austeridad,= _f._, austerity, severity.

=austero,= stern.

=auto de fe,= _auto de fe_ (_better known by the Portuguese name,_ =auto da fe=: _a ceremony that used to take place in Spain, in which heretics were publicly punished, or even burned, together with their heretical writings_), great fire.

=automata,= _m._, automaton.

=autor, -a,= author, auth.o.r.ess; =--de mis dias,= my father.

=autoridad,= _f._, authority.

=autoritario,= domineering.

=autorizar,= to authorize.

=auxiliar,= auxiliar, a.s.sistant.

=auxilio,= aid, a.s.sistance.

=avance,= _m._, advance, attack.