ing, friction rattle, sound, squeak,
swish, rasping.

chispa, _f._, spark.

chispeante, sparkling, dazzling.

chispear, to sparkle.

chisporrotear, to crackle.

chisporroteo, _m._, hissing, crackling.

chiste, _m._, joke, jest.

chocar, to clang, rattle, clatter, strike, knock.

chopera, _f._, forest (_or_ grove) of black poplars.

chopo, _m._, black poplar.

choque, _m._, shock, clang.

choza, _f._, hut, hovel.

D

dado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ dar, given, granted; considering, in view of.

dado, _m._, die, cube; _pl._, dice.

daga, _f._, dagger.

idale! the deuce! come! again! el -- que le das, the persistent
efforts.

dama, _f._, lady.

danzar, to dance.

dano, _m._, harm, injury.

dar, to give; -- credito a, to believe; -- de firme, to beat firmly
(_or_ lustily); -- en, to rush (_or_ fall) headlong into; -- en la
flor, to take into one's head; to fall into the habit; -- fin, to die,
perish; --le a los fuelles, to pump the bellows; -- lugar, to give
rise; -- gusto, to gratify; -- de palos, to beat, give a beating; to
cudgel; -- un paso, to take a step; -- por, to consider, regard (as);
-- principio, to begin; -- que hacer, to give trouble; -- que reir
(con), to ridicule, make sport (of), make a laughing stock (of); --
razon de, to give an account of; to inform regarding; -- a alguno en
el rostro con, to cast in one's face; -- por seguro, to assert,
assure; -- susto, to frighten; tanto os da de, you think as highly of;
-- tumbos, to tumble; to whirl head over heels; -- vista a, to come
into view of; -- una gran voz, to call out loudly; -- una vuelta, to
take a turn, take a walk; -- vueltas, to turn, whirl, revolve; el dale
que le das, the persistent efforts; como Dios me daba a emender, to
the best of my ability; -- se cuenta de, to realize; -- se de ojo, to
conspire, have a secret understanding.

de, of, to, from, at, with, by, in, on, as, than; el bruto Esteban,
that clownish fellow Stephen; -- improviso, unexpectedly, suddenly; --
modo que, so that; -- nuevo, again; anew; -- por si, by himself; --
prisa, rapidly; -- pronto, suddenly, abruptly; -- repente, suddenly;
--seguro, assuredly; -- no ser, if not; -- sobra, over and above; --
tarde en tarde, seldom; -- un todo, once for all; del todo, wholly,
quite.

debajo, underneath, below; por -- de, beneath, below, under.

deber, to owe, be (destined) to, must, ought.

debil, weak, feeble, faint.

debilisimo, -a, _abs. super, of_ debil