ute, altercation,
debate.
=cueva= _f_ cave.
=cuidadito= _m_ take mighty good care (=con= about).
=cuidadoso= careful, cautious; _adv._ =--mente=.
=cuidar= _t, or i w._ =de=, take care, care for, tend; _r_ regard
(=de=), concern one's self; =--do= _m_ (=tener= take) care, anxiety,
have a care, be careful, look out, O my, O my what, I must say; =estar
con--do= be apprehensive; =estar sin--do= have no fears.
=cuita= _f_ trouble, trial.
=culebra= _f_ snake.
=culebrear= _i_ twist and turn, meander (_A._ 'go making S's').
=culminante= culminating, capital, transcendent.
=culpa= _f_ fault, (=tener, tener la=, be to) blame.
=culpabilidad= _f_ blameworthiness, guilt.
=culpable= culpable, guilty, party at fault.
=cultivar= _t_ cultivate.
=culto= civilized; _m_ worship (_in broad enough sense to include,
without metaphor, the 'worship' of saints_).
=cultura= _f_ culture.
=cumplimiento= _m_ fulfillment.
=cumplir= _t_ fulfill; =--do= _m_ courteous words, act of courtesy.
=cumulo= _m_ pile.
=cuna= _f_ cradle.
=cundir= _i_ spread (esp. of liquid soaking in and of popular movement).
=cunado= brother-in-law.
=cura= _m_ pastor, priest; _f_ cure.
=curar= _t_ cure.
=curia= _f_ court; lawyers and court officers.
=curiosidad= _f_ curiosity.
=curso= _m_ course=.
=cuyo= whose, of which ('of which' _may be indistinguishable from, or
confused with, adjectival_ 'which,' N =24= 7).

=chaco= _m_ shako.
=charla= _f_ chatter.
=charlar= _i_ talk (_A._ 1, 'much and pointlessly'; 2, 'for mere
pastime'), chatter.
=charlatan= chatterer, gabbler, prater.
=charolar= _t_ japan.
=chasquido= _m_ whiz, crepitation, click.
=chaveta= _f_ forelock, key; =perder la---- = _c_ go off one's nut.
=chico= little; boy.
=chichear= _i_ chirrup (_A._ as token of displeasure, e.g. at theater).
=chillon= strident, shrill.
=china= _f_ pebble.
=chiquillo= _d of_ =chico=.
=chirrido= _m_ strident noise, scraping, creaking.
=chisme= _m_ (bit of) gossip; gimcrack.
=chismoso= gossiper, gossipy.
=chispa= _f_ spark; acumen, brightness.
=chispilla= _f d of_ chispa.
=chiste= _m_ witticism, joke; facetiousness, wit.
=chocante= clashing, harsh, jarring, repellent, offensive.
=chocar= _i_ strike, hit (=con= against).
=chocarreria= _f_ (piece of) buffoonery.
=chocolate= _m_ chocolate.
=chopo= _m_ black poplar (tall).
=choza= _f_ hut, booth.
=chucheria= _f_ knickknack.
=chupar= _t_ suck.
=chusma= _f_ gang (_when said of respectable people it is 'slang,' A._).

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