=circundar=, to surround.
=circunstantes=, _m. pl._, bystanders, persons present.
=circunvecino, -a=, neighboring, adjacent, contiguous.
=cirio=, _m._, long, thick wax candle.
=ciruela=, _f._, plum.
=cita=, _f._, appointment, summons; quotation.
=claraboya=, _f._, skylight; transom.
=clarificador=, _m._, a machine in sugar mills which clarifies and purifies sugar.
=claro=, _m._, lacune, gap, skylight, void.
=clase=, _m._, cla.s.s, rank; (_Mil._) petty officer.
=clausura=, _f._, closure, confinement, retirement.
=clave=, _f._, key.
=clerical=, relating to clergymen or religion.
=cloaca=, _f._, sewer.
=coartar=, to limit, to restrain.
=cobrar=, to collect, to acquire.
=cobrizo, -a=, coppery, copper-colored.
=coca=, _f._, the dried leaves of coca, coca.
=cocer=, to boil, to cook.
=cocotero=, _m._, cocoanut tree.
=cocuyo=, _m._, firefly.
=coche=, _m._, coach; (_Sp. A._) railroad or street car.
=cochino=, _m._, hog, pig.
=codear=, to elbow.
=cohete=, _m._, rocket, firecracker.
=coliseo=, _m._, theater, coliseum.
=colmado, -a=, filled, heaped.
=colmar=, to fill, to crown, to heap.
=colocacion=, _f._, position, job, employment.
=coloniaje=, _m._, colonial period in Spanish American history.
=colono=, _m._, colonist, planter, agricultural worker.
=colorido=, _m._, coloring.
=collado=, _m._, foothill; fell, a small eminence.
=comadreja=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), weasel.
=comarca=, _f._, district, territory, countryside.
=comedia=, _f._, comedy; =---- de enredo=, a comedy, the merit of which consists princ.i.p.ally in the complexity of the plot and the ingenuity shown in its development as contrasted with the _comedia de costumbres_, the object of which is to portray the life and customs of a country.
=comedido, -a=, civil, polite, obliging.
=comedimiento=, _m._, kindness, willingness to oblige.
=comercio=, _m._, commerce; shop.
=comite=, _m._, committee.
=comoda=, _f._, bureau, a chest of drawers.
=compas=, _m._, pair of compa.s.ses, callipers.
=competir=, to compete with, to vie, to contest, to rival.
=componer=, to compose _or_ write; to mend, to repair.
=comportar=, to carry, to bring together; _refl._, to behave _or_ conduct one's self.
=compostura=, _f._, mending, repairing; composure.
=comprometer=, to expose, to endanger.
=compuerta=, _f._, lock _or_ sluice-gate.
=con=, with, toward; =para ----=, toward; =---- tal que=, provided that; =---- que=, so then; =---- todo= _or_ =todo eso=, nevertheless, notwithstanding.
=conciliabulo=, _m._, secret meeting _or_ confab.