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centenario
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chal
- tenar de personas en el local. There were a hundred people in the hall.
○ a centenares by hundreds Murieron las gentes a centenares. People died by the hundreds. - centenario centenary.
- centeno rye.
- centímetro centimeter.
- céntimo cent [Sp].
- centinela [m] sentry, guard.
○ de centinela on sentry duty Está de centinela. He's on sentry duty. - central [adj; f] central.
○ central eléctrica electric power plant, power house. - centro center Vivimos en el centro (de la ciudad). We live in the center of the city. ▲ business district, downtown Vamos al centro. Let's go downtown. ▲ club Hubo un baile en nuestro centro. There was a dance at our club.
- ceñir [rad-ch III] to fit tightly Esta cinturón me ciñe demasiado. This belt fits me too tightly.
○ ceñirse to confine or limit oneself Cíñase Ud. al asunto. Confine yourself to the facts.
|| No se ciña tanto en la curva. Don't hug the inside of the curve. - ceño ○ mirar con ceño to frown.
- ceñudo [adj] scowling, frowning Siempre está ceñudo. He's always scowling.
- cepillar to brush Tengo que cepillar el sombrero. I have to brush my hat. ▲ to plane, make smooth Estas tablas no están bien cepilladas. These boards haven't been planed right.
- cepillo brush (flat, with bristles on one side) ¿Dónde puedo comprar un cepillo? Where can I buy a brush?
○ cepillo de cabeza hairbrush. ○ cepillo de carpintero carpenter's plane. ○ cepillo de dientes toothbrush. ○ cepillo de ropa clothes brush. - cera wax.
- cerca fence La huerta tiene una cerca de madera. The garden has a wooden fence.
- cerca de near (in place) La estación está cerca del hotel. The station's near the hotel. ▲ nearly, about, almost Son cerca de las once. It's about eleven o'clock. ° por aquí cerca near here, somewhere near here ¿Hay un buen restaurante por aquí cerca? Is there a good restaurant somewhere near here?
- cercado fenced in, enclosed.
- cercano near, close Viven en una casa cercana a la nuestra. They live in a house close to ours.
- cercar to surround, fence in Cercaron la finca con alambrado. They fenced in the property with wire.
- cerdo pig, hog; pork.
○ chuletas de cerdo pork chops, cereal [adj; m] cereal. - ceremonia ceremony La ceremonia fué muy solemne. The ceremony was very impressive.
- cereza cherry.
- cerilla match Voy a comprar una caja de cerillas. I'm going to buy a box of matches.
- cerillo match [Mex].
- cero zero La temperatura está a cuarenta grados bajo cero. The temperature's forty below.
- cerradura lock.
- cerrar to close, shut Cierre Ud. la puerta, por favor. Please close the door. ▲ to seal Añade unas palabras antes de que yo cierre la carta. Add a few words before I seal the letter.
- cerro hill Desde ese cerro hay muy buena vista. There's a very good view from that hill.
- cerrojo bolt, latch.
- certero well-aimed Fué un disparo certero. It was a well-aimed shot.
- certeza assurance, certainty Tengo la certeza de que vendrá. I'm certain he's coming.
- certificado (see certificar) certificate ¿Necesita Ud. un certificado médico? Do you need a doctor's certificate? ▲ piece of registered mail.
- certificar to register (a letter) Voy a certificar estas cartas. I'm going to register these letters.
- cervecería bar, saloon.
- cerveza beer, ale Vamos a tomar unos vasos de cerveza. Let's drink a few glasses of beer.
- cesar to stop, cease El ruido no ha cesado en todo el día. The noise hasn't stopped all day. ▲ to dismiss, fire Ayer cesaron a siete empleados. Yesterday they fired seven employees.
- césped [m] lawn, grass.
- cesta basket Compraron una cesta de fruta. They bought a basket of fruit.
- cesto large basket.
- chabacano vulgar, in bad taste Siempre hace chistes chabacanos. He always tells vulgar jokes. ▲ [m] apricot [Mex].
- chacra small farm [S.A.].
- chal [m] shawl.
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