ap) up.

apinado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ apinar, pyramidal, heaped up, crowded,
closely pressed, dense; --os grupos, dense crowds, closely packed
groups; -as matas, tangled (_or_ dense) shrubbery (_or_ under-brush);
-as olas, tossing waves.

apinar, to heap up, press (_or_ crowd) together; to mass; _refl._, to
a crowd.

aplastar, to flatten, crush, weigh down, smash, destroy.

aplauso, _m._, applause; _pl._, applause.

aplicar, to apply.

aplomo, _m._, assurance, self-possession.

apoderarse, to take possession (de, of).

aposentador, _m._, quartermaster; sargento --, quartermaster-sergeant.

apostarse, to post oneself, take up a position.

apoyado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ apoyar, supported, leaning.

apoyarse, to rest, be supported, support oneself, bear upon, lean (en,
on, upon).

apreciar, to value, appreciate.

aprecio, _m._, esteem, regard.

aprehender, to take; to capture.

aprender, to learn; -- de memoria, to memorize, learn by heart.

aprension, _f._, apprehension, imagination, groundless fear (de, on
the part of).

aprestarse, to make preparations.

apresurar, to hasten, quicken; _refl._, to hasten, make haste.

apresurado, _adj. pp. of_ apresurar, quickened, hasty, rapid, in
haste, convulsive; _adv._, convulsively.

apretado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ apretar, crowded, dense, difficult.

aprisionar, to confine, imprison.

aprobar, to approve, show one's pleasure.

aproposito de, about, with regard to.

aprovechar, to take advantage of, profit by, avail oneself of, seize..

aproximacion, _f._, approach, proximity.

aproximarse, to approach, draw near; ir aproximando, to approach.

apurar, to exhaust, clean up, drain; to try, test.

apuro, _m._, difficulty, straits.

aquel, --la, --lo, that.

aquel, --la, --lo, the one, that one, the former.

aqui, here; pasar de --, to go (any) further (_or_ farther); por --,
here, hereabouts, hither; he --, here is (_or_ are); behold.

ara, _f._, altar.

arabe. Arabic, Moorish.

aragones, Aragonese, of (_or_ pertaining to) Aragon.

arana, _f._, spider.

arbol, _m._, tree.

arbusto, _m._, shrub, bush.

arca, _f._, chest, coffer.

arcada, _f._, arcade, arch.

arcangel, _m._, archangel.

arco, _m._, arch, archway, entrance

arch, niche, recess; --iris, rainbow.

arder, to burn, blaze, glow.

ardid, _m._, cunning, trick.

ardiente, ardent, fiery, burning, glowing.

ardor, _m._, ardor, fire, heat.

ardoroso, -a, burning, glowing.

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