Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader - Part 130
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Part 130

=trozo=, _m._, piece or part of a thing; excerpt.

=trucha=, _f._, trout.

=tualeta=, _f._ (_from French, toilette_), the outer garments, as a whole, of a girl or woman; costume, dress; =hacer la ----=, to dress.

=tuesta=, _from_ =tostar=.

=tul=, _m._, tulle.

=turba=, _f._, crowd, confused mult.i.tude.

=turbar=, to disturb, to roil; to alarm, to confuse.

=turbion=, _m._, hurricane; violent concussion.

=tazado, -a=, clipped; shorn.

=tuzar= (_Sp. A._), to clip the horse's mane.

=ubre=, _f._, udder.

=ufano, -a=, proud, haughty, arrogant.

=ulpo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), porridge made of ground parched corn mixed with water.

=umbrio=, _m._, a shady place; shade.

=umbroso=, -a, shady, umbrageous.

=Union=, _f._, =la ----=, the United States.

=uno, -a=, one; =---- a ----=, =---- por ----=, one by one; =---- a otro=, one another, reciprocally; =---- que otro=, a few; =---- tras otro=, one after the other.

=usanza=, _f._, usage, custom.

=usina=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), (_from the French usine_), power house.

=util=, useful; _m._, utensil.

=utilidad=, _f._, benefit, profit.

=uva=, _f._, grape.

=vacio, -a=, empty; void.

=vagar=, to wander or loiter about; to range; to be idle.

=vaho=, _m._, vapor; light fog.

=vajilla=, _f._, porcelain or china table service.

=valentia=, _f._, "s.p.u.n.k," energy; imagination, uncommon dexterity.

=valor=, _m._, worth, value; =---- en prenda=, the amount for which an article is pledged or p.a.w.ned.

=valla=, _f._, barrier.

=vaqueria=, _f._, dairy.

=vaquero=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), cowboy, cowherd; dairyman.

=vaquira=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), peccary.

=vara=, _f._, a non-metric linear measure equivalent to three feet or about 34 inches.

=varar=, to run aground.

=vasco, -a=, Basque.

=vastago=, _m._, stem, bud, offshoot; descendant, offspring.

=vecino, -a=, neighbor; inhabitant.

=vega=, _f._, an open plain; a tract level, fruitful ground; (_Sp. A._) a tobacco field.

=vegetar=, to live in inertness or obscurity.

=vela=, _f._, vigil, watch.

=velador=, _m._, night table, bedside stand.

=velay= (_Sp. A._), behold! look! here it is!

=velorio=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), the old custom of "watching" by the body of a decedent; wake.

=vellon=, _m._, fleece, one sheep's wool.

=venal=, mercenary; venal.

=vendar=, to blindfold; to hoodwink.

=vendimia=, _f._, vintage.

=venia=, _f._, salutation with the head.

=venir=, to come, to draw near.