la (gente) que sele alcanza, those (persons) who are
good judges of.

alcazar, _m._, castle.

aldaba, _f._, bar, cross-bar, knocker.

aldea, _f._, village, hamlet.

aldeano, _m._, peasant, villager.

alegar, to allege, adduce.

alegrarse, to rejoice, exult, be glad.

alegre, pleasant, joyful, bright, joyous, merry.

alegremente, joyfully, merrily.

alegria, _f._, joy, gladness.

alejar, to remove, take away; _refl._, to go away, disappear.

alerce, _m._, larch, genus of coniferous trees.

alfombra, _f._, carpet, rug.

Alfonso, _m._, Alphonso.

alga, _f._, seaweed, alga.

algarabia, _f._, jargon, babble, clatter, hubbub.

algazara, _f._, rejoicing, shout(s), shouting.

algo, something, anything, some what; -- es --, something is better
than nothing; that is something.

algodon, _m._, cotton.

alguacil, _m._, constable, alguazil.

algun. See alguno.

alguno, -a, some, any; -- que otro, here and there one; a very few;
some.

aliaga, _f._, furze, a thorny evergreen shrub with beautiful yellow
flowers.

aliento, _m._, breath.

aligerar, to lighten, ease.

alimana, _f._, (_obs._) animal.

aliviar, to alleviate, mitigate, relieve.

alma, _f._, soul, spirit.

almena, _f._, turret.

almohada, _f._, pillow.

alojamiento, _m._, lodging, quarters.

alojarse, to lodge, find lodgings (_or_ quarters).

alondra, _f._, lark.

Alonso, _m._, Alonzo, Alphonso.

alqueria, _f._, farmhouse.

alrededor, around; -- de, about, round; a su --, around him; _subst.
m. pl._, environs, neighborhood.

altanero, -a, haughty, proud.

altar, _m._, altar; -- mayor, high altar, chief altar.

alterarse, to be disturbed.

alternado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ alternar, alternating, intermittent,
recurrent.

alteza, _f._, highness.

altisimo, -a, _abs. super. of_ alto, very high, lofty.

altivo, -a, haughty.

alto, -a, tall, high, deep, lofty; important, late, loud; en la alta
noche, in the dead of night; late at night; _subst. m._, height,
summit, top.

alto, _m._, halt; mandar hacer --, to give orders to halt; i--! halt!

altura, _f._, height, summit.

alucinacion, _f._, hallucination.

alumbrar, to give light to; to enable to see; to light up.

alzar, to raise, lift up; _refl._, to rise, heave.

alla, there; mas --, farther; beyond; on past; -- al filo de la media
noche, just about midnight; -- por ..., back there in...; port --, in
that direction, thither, there; de aca para --, from point to p