=---- si= (_iron._), yes indeed!
=---- y que?= why not? what else? what then?
=---- que!= why! =---- bien=, well; =acerquese ----=, come nearer then, _or_ well, come nearer.
=puesto=, _m._, shop or place where anything is exposed for sale at retail department; market.
=puf!= an exclamation expressing the unpleasant sensation of a bad smell.
=pujanza=, _f._, power, might, strength, push.
=pulperia=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), a country grocery store and bar.
=pulular=, to swarm, to be alive with.
=puma=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), mountain lion, a species of wildcat or panther.
=puntilla=, _f._, a narrow lace edging.
=punto=, _m._, point; =a ---- de=, on the point of; =---- menos=, a trifle smaller; =a buen ----=, opportunely; =al ----=, at once; =al ---- que=, at the time; =por ---- general=, as a rule; =a ---- fijo=, exactly; =estar en su ----= (_Culinary_), done; st.i.tch; =de ----=, knitted or crocheted.
=puntualidad=, _f._, promptness, punctuality; precision.
=punzante=, p.r.i.c.king, sharp.
=punzar=, to p.r.i.c.k, to puncture, to grieve.
=purificar=, to refine, to clear, to purify.
=puro=, _m._, a cigar.
=purpureo, -a=, purple.
=que=, which, that, who; =lo ----=, that which, what; for, than, as; =tener ----=, to have to, must; =de ----=, of the fact that.
=quebracho=, _m._, a South American hardwood tree.
=quebrada=, _f._, ravine, a deep pa.s.s.
=quebradon=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), _see_ =quebrada=.
=quedar=, to remain; =queda.r.s.e con=, to prefer.
=queja.r.s.e=, _refl._, to complain of, to grumble.
=quemar=, to burn; to clear.
=quemazon=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), sale at which goods are sold very cheap.
=quena=, _f._, a musical instrument used by the Bolivian and Peruvian Indians.
=querer=, to love.
=quetzal=, _m._, a trogon of Mexico and Guatemala having golden green plumage.
=quevedos=, _m. pl._, _pince-nez_.
=quiebra= (_Sp. A._), possessed of all the qualities a _gaucho_ admires.
=quien=, who, whom, he who, him who; =---- ... ----=, some ... some, (the) one ... (the) other.
=quina=, _f._, cinchona, quinine.
=quincalleria=, _f._, hardware store and trade.
=quincha=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), humming-bird.
=quinoa=, _f._, a South American plant.
=quintuplicar=, to multiply by five.
=quizas=, perhaps, possibly, in case of.
=rabano=, _m._, radish.
=rabia=, _f._, anger, rage.
=rabioso, -a=, furious, choleric, raging, fierce.
=racimo=, _m._, bunch of grapes.
=racion=, _f._, ration, food for one meal.
=raf.a.ga=, _f._, a violent gust of wind.
=ralo, -a=, thin, tenuous, not compact.
=rallado, -a=, grated, powdered.
=rallar=, to grate, to reduce to a paste or to powder.
=ramal=, _m._, anything springing from another; branch, division; offset.
=ramificado, -a=, branched, divided.
=ramificar=, to branch, to divide.
=rancho=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), farm, ranch; native hut.