Chapter 69
PICARON. _Span._ Augmentative (_on_) of _picaro_, a great scamp.
PICA. _Span._ and _Port._ Peak, summit.
PILA. _Span._ A water-trough.
PINAR, PINAL. _Span._ Grove or wood of pine trees.
PINRo, PINDRo, plur. PINDRe. _Rom._ Foot; _en pindre_, on foot P. ii.
351; Pp. 433; M. viii. 47; A. 33.
PIO. _Span._ and _Port._ Pious.
PIRAR, PIRELAR. _Rom._ To go, walk. P. ii. 382; Pp. 436; M. viii. 42.
PITA. _Span._ The aloe (_Agave americana_).
PLULi. _Rom._ A widow. P. ii. 377; Pp. 439; M. viii. 43.
PLAKO or PLACO. _Rom._ Tobacco. Russ. _prak_ = powder. P. ii. 361; Pp. 445; M. viii. 52. A gypsy model at Granada gave it as _prajo_ in 1876, "L" and "R" being often interchanged by the peasants thereabouts.
G. i. 177 and J. has _polvo_ = _praco_.
PLAN, PLANORo, PLAL. _Rom._ Brother, comrade. Eng. Rom. _pal_. P. ii.
383; A. 79; Pp. 445; M. viii. 43.
PLAYA. _Span._ The strand.
PLAZA. _Span._ A square or open s.p.a.ce in a town. Ital. _piazza_, q.v.
PLAZUELA. _Span._ Dimin. of PLAZA.
POBLACION. _Span._ (1) Population; (2) act of populating; (3) a town.
POBRECITA. _Span._ "Poor thing!" Dimin. of _pobre_, poor.
POLITICO. _Span._ and _Port._ Political, civil. See note, ii. 127.
POLK. _Russ._ A regiment.
POQUITO. _Span._ Dimin. of _poco_. Small, little.
POR. _Span._ and _Port._ For.
PORQUE. _Span._ and _Port._ Because.
POSADA. _Span._ "A lodging; from _posar_, to sit
POSADERO. _Span._ Innkeeper.
POSTA. _Span._ and _Port._ Post, post-house. _Casa de las Postas_, General Post-office.
PRAcA. _Port._ Square, place.
PRADO. _Span._ and _Port._ A lawn or meadow. The great promenade at Madrid.
PRAIA. _Gal._ Seash.o.r.e, strand.
PRESIDIO. _Span._ and _Port._ Place of imprisonment, penitentiary; prim. a fortress, or the garrison thereof.
PRESTAR. _Port._ To be of use.
PRIMERO. _Span._ First.
PRINCIPE. _Span._ and _Port._ PRINCEPS. _Lat._ Prince.
PROPINA. _Span._ Lat. _propinare_. Drink-money; _pour boire_, a tip.
PUCHERA or PUCHERO. _Span._ A stew; prim. the pot in which the stew is made, which, as in the case of the _olla_, has come to signify the contents. The _puchero_ is more used in the north, the _olla_ in the south of the Peninsula. The combination _olla podrida_ is now at least never heard in Spain.
PUEBLO. _Span._ A small town, or village. _El pueblo_, the common people.
PUENTE. _Span._ A bridge.
PUERTA. _Span._ Door, gate. _Puerta del Sol_, Gate of the Sun. The central point of Madrid.
PUERTO. _Span._ A bay, or port; also a pa.s.s in the mountains.
PULIDO. _Span._ Neat, delicate, charming.
QUATRO. _Span._ and _Port._ Four.
QUE. _Span._ and _Port._ What, that.
QUER. _Rom._ A house. See KER.
QUIEN. _Span._ Who.
QUIERO. _Span._ I wish.
QUINTA. _Span._ and _Port._ A country house.
RABBI. _Hebr._ Master.
RAINHA. _Port._ Queen.
RAIS. _Arab._ Chief; captain of a s.h.i.+p.