lustrade, railing.

barba, _f._, beard; _pl._, beard; y se le rieron en sus --s; and they
laughed in his face.

baron, _m._, baron, lord.

barra, _f._, bar.

barranco, _m._, gorge, precipice.

barrio, _m._, ward, quarter.

base, _f._, base, basis.

basta, enough, halt, stop.

bastante, sufficient, enough, sufficiently, rather, considerable; lo
--, sufficiently, enough.

bastar, to be sufficient; baste, let that suffice; enough.

batallar, to disagree, battle, be at odds.

batir, to beat, strike, clap; -- el cobre de firme, to be most
diligent; -- las palmas, to clap the hands; _subst._, beating; _refl._
to fight a duel.

beata, _f._, pious woman; lay sister.

bebedor, _m._, tippler, toper.

beber, to drink.

belleza, _f._, beauty.

bellisimo, -a, _abs._ supper. of bello, very (_or_ most) beautiful.

bello, -a, beautiful, handsome.

bendecir, to consecrate, bless.

bendicion, _f._, benediction, blessing; que era una -- del cielo, in a
surprising way.

bendito, -a, _adj. pp. (irr.) of_ bendecir, blessed, holy,
consecrated.

benevolo, -a, benevolent, gracious.

besar, to kiss; to touch; llegar y -- el santo, to succeed in a brief
space of time; to find good fortune quickly.

beso; _m._, kiss.

biblioteca, _f._, library.

bien, _m._, good deed (or act), good, benefit; un -- de caridad, a
good turn, a benevolent favor; _pl._, property; _adv._, well, very; si
--, although, even if; mas --, rather; pues --, well, well then, well
now; o --, or, or else; -- ... o, whether ... or; either, or; porque
... o por ser, whether because ... or because it was; -- que ... --
que, whether ... or; either because ... or because.

bigote, _m._, mustache.

birrete, _m._, cap, barret.

bisojo, -a, cross-eyed.

bizarro, -a, gallant, brave, highspirited, generous.

blanco, -a, white.

blancura, _f._, whiteness, whiteness of complexion.

blancusco, -a, whitish, gray.

blandamente, softly.

blandir, to brandish.

blando, -a, soft.

blanquear, to whiten, shine white; to bleach.

blasfemar, to blaspheme, curse.

blasfemia, _f._, blasphemy.

blason, _m._, blazon.

bobo, _m._, dunce, fool.

boca, _f._, mouth; de --, on (his) face; de manos a --, all of a
sudden; unexpectedly; punto en --, silence, hush.

boca-calle, _f._, entrance (end _or_ opening) to a street.

bocado, _m._, morsel, bite.

boceto, _m._, sketch, outline.

bocina, _f._, trumpet, horn, bugle.

bofetada, _f._, buffet, bl