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El Vocabulario de los Cuentos M&N Flashcards

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Macizo

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solid, massive, thick, firm

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Maduro

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ripe

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Maestría

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skill

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Majadería

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foolish speech or act, the absurd

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majestuoso

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majestic

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malaventurado

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miserable

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maldecir

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to curse

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maleta

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valise, suitcase

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malhumorado

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ill-humored, out of sorts

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malsonante

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uncouth, coarse

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maltrecho

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badly injured

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malvado

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ill-fated; m. rascal, wretch

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mamar

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to suck, imbibe

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mando (de)

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deficient, defective, lacking, maimed (in)

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mancha

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blot

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mandarino

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mandarin, mandarin orange tree

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mandil

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m. apron

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mandioca

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manioc, tapioca, casava

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mandón

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m. bossy

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manequí

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m. mannequin

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manga

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sleeve, hood

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manga de costillas

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accordion-like hood

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manjar

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m. dish, food

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manotada: sacudir a manotadas

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to slap with one’s hands

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manso

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gentle, tame

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de condición mansa

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mild-mannered

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manta

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blanket

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manzana

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street block, block of house, apple

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maña

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skill, trick,artifice

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darse buena maña

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to make good use of one’s wits

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mañanica: a las maãnicas

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in the very early morning

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mañero

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clever, shewk, balky, mulish, shy, scary

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mañoso

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skillful, tricky, cunning

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máguina de retratar

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camera, portrait camera

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marasmo

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wasting away

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maravedí

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m. old spanish coin

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marcar

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to mark, brand

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marcar la hora

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to tell time

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39
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marcar el paso

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to keep time, keep in step

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marco

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frame, door-case, mark (coin)

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marchar

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to go

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marchar como la seda

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to go smooth as silk

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marcharse

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to run off

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marchitar

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to wither away

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maridito

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(dim. of marido) poor, dear husband

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marqueasa

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marquise

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marquesillo

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(dim. of marqués) little marquis

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marquesito

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(dim. of marqués) little marquis

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marrar

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to miss, fail

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50
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marras: de marras

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of bygone days, aforementioned

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martillar

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to hammer, pound

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mascado

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chewed

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mata

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plant

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materia

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subject

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55
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en materia de

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on the subject of

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mayorazgo

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rightful heir, firstborn son, entailed estate

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mechón

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m. a lock of hair

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media

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stocking, sock

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medianamente

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toleraby, fairly, moderately

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meditar

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to meditate (upon), muse

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mejilla

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cheeck

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mejorar

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to improve

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mendicante

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m. mendicant, beggar

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mendigo

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beggar

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menear

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to stir, move

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meneo

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movement, sway

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menester

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need, purpose, trade

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ser menester

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to be necessary

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haber menester

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to need

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menosprecio

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contempt

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menar

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old spanish for nombrar to name, mention

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merced

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f.mercy, grace, favor, worship

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a merced de

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to or at the mercy of

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hacer merced

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to be merciful

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mercenario: pecho mercenario

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hired breast, wetnurse

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meridiano

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noonday

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merienda

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light lunch

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meseta

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plateau, tablehand

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mesón

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. inn

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mesonera

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proprietress of an inn, landlady

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metro

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meter (about 39 inches)

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mezquino

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niggardly, miserly

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miel

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honey

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migaja

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crumb

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mili

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f. militia

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milicia

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militia

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mimo

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pet, darling

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minio

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minimum, red lead

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mirador

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m. summerhouse, belvedere

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mirilla

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peephole

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misa

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mass

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misericordia

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mercy

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mitigar

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to spare

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mitralleta

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submachine gun

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mixto

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mixed, composite

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escuela mixta

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co-education schol

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mocedad

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f. youth

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mocetón

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m (aug of mozo) big, robust young fellow, brawny young man

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mohino

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dejected, peevish, sullen

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mojar

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to wet

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molinero

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miller

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mono

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overalls

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morador

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m. occupant, tenant

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mordisco

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bite

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moreno

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brown, dark, swarthy

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morisco

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Moorish

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moro

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Moor, an Arabic-speaking, Spanish Moslem (Mohamedan)

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Morra

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head

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morriña

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nostalgia, homesickness, blues

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morsa

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walrus

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mozuelo

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(dim. of mozo) young lad

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buen mozuelo

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quite grown up, handsome

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muchachón

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m. (aug. of muchacho) big fellow

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muchedumbre

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f. crowd

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mudo

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mute, dumb, silent, inactive

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mueble

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m. piece of furniture; pl. furniture

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mueca

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wry face, grimace, mock;

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hacer muecas

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to make faces

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muela

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molar, tooth

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muelle

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f. wharf

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muerto

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dead; m. dead person, corpse

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mugriento

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dirty, filthy, greasy, stained

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mujercilla

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(dim. of mujer) woman, wench

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mullido

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soft

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municipal

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municipal; m. councilman

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nabo

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turnip

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naciente

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rising, growing; f. source

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nacimineto

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birth

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naja: salir de naja

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to scram

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narices

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f. pl. nostrils, nose

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necisitado

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needy person

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necio

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fool, dunce, ninny

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nene

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m. baby

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niebla

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fog mist

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nieto

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grandson

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nimbo

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halo, nimbus

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nublarse

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to cloud over

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nudo

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knot, bond

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nuevas

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f. pl. report

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