etc.; not of fugitives except
metaphorically).
=vuelta= _f_ turn, return; =dar---- s= go back and forth (_A._ 'looking
for a thing without finding it'; =varias= several times), go round and
round, turn over and over, shilly-shally over; =----a manana,---- con
manana=, to-morrow to-morrow tomorrow! =dando una ---- por= taking a
roundabout course through; =por mas---- s que le des= twist and turn it
as you will; =no hay que darle---- s= there's no use talking.
=vuelve= _see_ =volver=.
=Vulcano= _m_ Vulcan.
=vulgar= ordinary, popular; _adv._ =--mente=.
=vulgaridad= _f_ commonplace.
=wagon= _(A._ =vagon=; _A. does not acknowledge_ =w= _as a letter of the
modern Spanish alphabet) m_ (railway) car.
=wals= (_A._ =vals=) _m_ waltz.
=y= and; _omission of the words which should precede is commonly a sign
of exclamatory language_.
=ya= already, now (_in antithesis to past or future_; =ahora= _simply
marks the present in itself; for form of verb cf._ N =169= 13), right
away, in good time, _sometimes untr._; oh well; sure enough; =---- se me
figuraba= I had already been fancying; =---- era tiempo= it was quite
time; =---- puede= may just; =---- que= seeing that, since.
=yacer= _i_ lie (often of the dead).
=yelmo= _m_ helmet.
=yerba= _see_ =hierba=.
=yermo= waste, desert.
=yo= I.
=yugo= _m_ yoke.
=zagal= (young) shepherd, horse-boy.
=zagalillo= little horse-boy.
=zalamero= blandishing, cajoling.
=zampar= _t_ slip out of sight, juggle away; gobble.
=zangano= _m_ drone (bee).
=zapatito= _m_ little shoe.
=zapato= _m_ shoe.
=zarzuela= _f_ zarzuela (N =63= 27), vaudeville (not in sense of variety
show).
=zas= _'word expressing the sound of a blow or the blow itself' A., 'and
many other sounds' Knapp_.
=zascandil= _m_ potwalloper (_A._ 'contemptible, obstreperous,
troublesome man who tries to give himself standing by meddling and
offering what he cannot fulfill')..
=zig zag= _m_ zigzag.
=zorra= _f_ fox.
=zozobra= _f_ uneasiness, anxiety.
=zumbar= _i_ buzz, hum.
=zumbidillo= _m d of_ =zumbido=.
=zumbido= _m_ buzz.
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