=ofrenda=, _f._, offering, oblation, gift.

=oidor=, _m._ (_in Colonial times_), judge of the =audiencia=.

=ojalera=, _f._, ring, loop.

=ojo de buey=, _m._, loophole.

=oleo=, _m._, oil; =al ----=, in oils, oil painting.

=olla=, _f._, saucepan, pot; =---- podrida=, dish composed of different sorts of meats and vegetables boiled together.

=ombu=, _m._, South American tree of dense foliage.

=ondear=, to undulate, to wave.

=opera bufa=, _f._, light opera.

=operario=, _m._, operator, factory hand.

=optar=, to choose, to select.

=ora=, at present; whether.

=oracion=, _f._, prayer, vespers, the _Angelus_.

=ordenanza=, _m._, orderly (_mil._); porter, bell-boy.

=ordenes=, _f. pl._, ordination, the a.s.sumption of Holy Orders.

=ordenar=, to milk.

=organo=, _m._, hand organ _or_ street piano.

=orillero, -a=, suburbanite.

=oro=, _m._, gold; =---- en tejos=, gold in bullion.

=oruga=, _f._, caterpillar.

=orujo=, _m._, baga.s.se of grapes, skin and seeds of crushed grapes; refuse.

=ostentar=, to show off, to boast, to brag.

=oveja=, _f._, female sheep.

=paca=, _f._, a South American rodent; a bale or pack.

=padecer=, to suffer, to endure.

=padres=, _m. pl._, forefathers, ancestors; parents.

=padron=, _m._, standard; census or tax-list.

=pagare=, _m._, promissory note.

=paila=, _f._, pail, pan, ca.s.serole.

=paisano=, _m._, countryman.

=palco=, _m._, box; =---- avant scene=, stage box; =---- bajo=, lower tier box; =---- alto=, parterre tier box.

=palidecer=, to become pale; to lose brilliancy.

=palitoque=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), the game of bowls; nine-pins.

=palomitas=, _f. pl._ (_Sp. A._), pop-corn.

=paludico, -a=, a sufferer from malaria.

=pampa=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), an extensive gra.s.s-covered plain.

=pan=, _m._, bread, loaf, cake.

=pandereta=, _f._, tambourine.

=panela=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), brown sugar in cone-shaped molds.

=pantano=, _m._, pool of stagnant water, marsh, mora.s.s.

=pantorrilla=, _f._, calf of the leg.

=papa=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), potato.

=papaito=, m., an affectionate diminutive of =papa=.

=papaya=, _f._, the fruit of the papaw tree.

=paquebote=, _m._, packet boat, mail steamer; =---- fluvial=, river ferry-boat.

=paquete=, _m._, bundle, parcel; (_Sp. A._) elegant, well dressed, dandy.

=par=, _m._, pair; =al ---- de=, nearly alike; =al ---- que=, as well as.

=para=, for, to, in order to, toward, wherefore, to the end that; =---- con=, toward; =---- que=, in order that, that; =---- si=, to _or_ for one's self.

=paracaida=, _f._, parachute.

=parada=, _f._, stop-over, a stay, halt, halting place.