The Bible in Spain

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.



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