ar.

catar, to see, consider, notice; catale aqui que asoma, why! (_or_
lo!) here it (_or_ he) comes. See ruin.

catastrofe, _f._, catastrophe.

catedral, _f._, cathedral.

catorce, fourteen.

cauce, _m._, drain, bed, stream, rivulet.

causa, _f._, cause.

causar, to cause.

caverna, _f._, cave, cavern.

cavidad, _f._, cavity, hollow.

cavilacion, _f._, pondering, worrying, preoccupation.

caza, _f._, chase, hunt; andar a -- de, to go in pursuit of; to go
hunting (_or_ seeking); salir de --, to go hunting.

cazador, _m._, hunter, huntsman; --es furtivos, poachers.

cazar, to hunt.

ceder, to yield, submit.

cegar, to blind, make blind; to fill up, obstruct.

ceja, _f._, eyebrow.

cejar, to relax.

celda, _f._, cell.

celebrado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ celebrar, celebrated, famous.

celebrante, _m._, officiating priest.

celebrar, to celebrate; _refl._, to be celebrated.

celeste, celestial, heavenly.

celo, _m._, zeal, ardor, devotion; _pl._, jealousy.

celoso, -a, jealous; tener --, to make jealous.

cena, _f._, supper.

cenagoso, -a, muddy, miry.

cencerrada, _f._, charivari.

cendal, _m._, crape, gauze.

cenizas, _f._ _pl._, ashes.

cenobita, _m._, cenobite.

centella, _f._, lightning, lightning flash (_or_ bolt), thunderbolt.

centesimo, -a, hundredth.

centinela, _m._, sentry, sentinel.

cerca, near, near at hand; -- de, near; tan de --, so closely; muy de
--, very closely, very well.

cercano, -a, near, close, next, neighboring.

cercar, to surround.

cerciorarse, to assure oneself; to ascertain.

cerco, _m._, circle.

cerebro, _m._, brain.

ceremonia, _f._, ceremony, service.

cernerse, to soar; to flit; to hover.

cerrar, to close, shut; la noche habia cerrado, night had come (_or_
fallen); night had closed in (around him); _subst._, shutting; en un
abrir y -- de ojos, in the twinkling of an eye; in an instant;
_refl._, to close, shut.

cerrojo, _m._, bolt.

cesar, to cease, stop, end; ir cesando, to cease, die out; sin --,
incessantly, continually.

cesped, _m._, grass, sod, grass-plot, turf; _pl._, grasses.

cicerone, _m._, guide, cicerone.

ciego, -a, blind, blinded.

cielo, _m._, sky, heaven.

cien. See ciento.

ciencia, _f._, science, art, knowledge.

cieno, _m._, mire, filth.

ciento, hundred.

ciertamente, certainly, indeed.

cierto, -a, certain.

ciervo, _m._, deer, stag.

cierzo, _m._, north wind.

cifra, _f._, cipher; written