=casta,= race, family; =de mala --,= from too bad a family; =eso es de --,= it is in your blood.
=castanera,= chestnut woman.
=castano,= chestnut; _adj._ (chestnut) brown.
=Castelar; Emilio --= (_1832-99; a Spanish republican leader and famous orator_).
=castellano,= Castilian; =-- viejo,= old-fashioned Castilian.
=castidad,= _f._, chast.i.ty.
=castigado,= culprit.
=castigar,= to punish, chastise.
=castigo,= punishment.
=Castilla,= Castile (_a former kingdom of north-central Spain, now known as Old Castile [=Castilla la Vieja=], immediately to the south lies New Castile [=Castilla la Nueva=], which was conquered from the Moors in 1085 by Alfonso the Valiant, king of Castile and Leon. Both Toledo and Madrid are in New Castile_); =de --,= Castilian.
=castillo,= castle, fort.
=casto,= chaste.
=casualidad,= _f._, chance; =daba la -- de que,= chance ordained it that.
=casuca,= hovel.
=casucho= (_depr._), miserable dwelling.
=cataclismo,= deluge, upheaval.
=Catanilla= (_dim. of_ =Catana=), little Catana.
=catar,= to observe; =cate Vd. ahi,= lo and behold.
=catastrofe,= _f._, catastrophe.
=catedra,= professorial chair, department.
=catedral,= _f._, cathedral.
=categoria,= category, cla.s.s.
=caterva,= crowd, swarm.
=catolico,= catholic.
=catorce,= fourteen.
=cauce,= _m._, channel.
=caudal,= _m._, property, wealth.
=caudaloso,= rich; carrying much water (_as a river_).
=caudillo,= chief, commander.
=causa,= cause, reason; =a -- de,= on account of.
=causante= (_from_ =causar=), one who _or_ that which causes.
=causar,= to cause, produce.
=cautela,= caution.
=cavar,= to dig.
=cavilacion,= _f._, brooding, persistent thought, fault finding.
=cavilar,= to ponder (deeply), find excuses.
=cayendo,= _pr. p. of_ =caer=.
=cayo,= _pret. of_ =caer=.
=cazar,= to hunt, chase.
=ceder,= to resign, yield, submit.
=cedro,= cedar.
=cedula,= identification card (_describing the person, telling his occupation, residence, etc. Every Spaniard must have a_ =cedula de vecindad=).
=ceguedad,= _f._, blindness.
=ceja,= eyebrow.
=celaje,= _m._, (light, swiftly moving) cloud.
=celda,= cell.
=celdita= (_dim._), small cell.
=celebrar,= to celebrate, be glad of; applaud.
=celebre,= famous, celebrated.
=celeste,= celestial, heavenly.