=lonja=, _f._, grocery; leather strap.

=loza=, _f._, china; =---- -piedra=, a kind of earthenware.

=lozania=, _f._, exuberant growth; elegance; bloom.

=lozano, -a=, luxuriant, fresh; sprightly.

=luciernaga=, _f._, firefly.

=lucir=, to glitter, to shine; to display.

=luego=, presently, immediately, forthwith, instantly; =desde ----=, from the present moment; at the outset; _conj._, then, therefore.

=lugarejo=, _m._, hamlet, small village.

=luto=, _m._, mourning; =---- riguroso=, deep mourning.

=llaga=, _f._, ulcer, sore, wound.

=llanero=, _m._, a plainsman, a prairieman.

=llaneza=, _f._, straightforwardness, simplicity.

=llanura=, _f._, plain, prairie.

=llorar=, to weep; to deplore.

=llucta=, _f._, a limy substance which, mixed with coca leaves, is chewed by the Indians of Bolivia and Peru.

=maceracion=, _f._, act or state of bruising, crushing or cutting into pieces.

=machetazo=, _m._, blow or stroke with a =machete=.

=machete=, _m._, a sort of cutla.s.s used in cutting cane.

=madeja=, _f._, skein; lock of hair.

=madrastra=, _f._, stepmother.

=madreselva=, _f._, honeysuckle.

=madrigalizar=, to compose madrigals.

=madrina=, _f._, G.o.dmother.

=madrono=, _m._, madrone, a tree used for firewood and to make charcoal; a tree, the fruit of which resembles strawberries.

=maduracion=, _f._, maturity; completion.

=madurar=, to mature, to ripen.

=maduro, -a=, ripe, mature, perfect.

=maestria=, _f._, mastery; mastership, complete knowledge.

=magisterio=, _m._, the profession of teaching.

=magno, -a=, great; grandiose.

=maguey=, _m._, American agave.

=maizal=, _m._, corn-field.

=majada=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), flock of sheep.

=maldad=, _f._, wickedness; (_Sp. A._) practical joke.

=maldito, -a=, d.a.m.ned, cursed, confounded.

=maleza=, _f._, undergrowth, thicket; weeds.

=malilla=, _f._, a game of cards resembling whist.

=maloja=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), the leaves and stalks of corn used as fodder.

=malla=, _f._, mesh, network.

=mamey=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), mammee-tree; its sweet, melon-like fruit.

=mamposteria=, _f._, masonry.

=manada=, _f._, flock, herd.

=mancarron=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), a worn-out old horse.

=mandadero=, _m._, porter, messenger, errand-boy.

=mandar=, to send, to command; =---- a paseo=, to send "to Jericho."

=mandarina=, _f._ mandarin orange.

=mando=, _m._, command, government.

=manejo=, _m._, handling, management; measure, time in music.

=manga=, _f._, hurricane, whirlwind, waterspout.