70-12: =barco de la hora:= (lit. _hour boat) passenger boat_.
70-13: =fe de livores:= (legal phrase) _declaration of injuries
suffered_.
70-14 =hacerse a la vela:= _to set sail_.
71-1: =ciudad de Hércules=: Hercules is claimed as the founder of
_Cádiz_. Cf. note _bahía de Cádiz_, p. 67, 2.
71-2: =¡que no!=: cf. note _¿Cómo que no?_ p. 14, 1.
71-3: =¡Tío ladrón!:= _you old thief!_ Cf. note _el tío Buscabeatas_,
p. 67, 5.
71-4: =educación=: often loosely used for _cortesía_, its supposed
fruit.
71-5: =so indecentes:= _so_, expletive, is often coupled with certain
depreciative epithets like _indecente_, etc.
71-6: =faltarse:= _fail to respect_, i.e. _insult each other_.
71-7: =puñetazo=: cf. note _pistoletazo_, p. 18, 3.
71-8: =o sea=: cf. note _o sean_, p. 39, 4.
72-1: =Resignó... en:= _resigned to_.
72-2: =A quién=: cf. note _compraros_, p. 29, 2.
72-3: =Al tío Fulano:= _from old So-and-so_. _Fulano_ is used as
substitute for a real name when the latter is forgotten or avoided.
72-4: =vecino=: cf. note _vecinos_, p. 37, 2.
72-5: =abonado:= _fit, adapted, disposed_ (often in a bad sense).
72-6: =rebolonda:= _thick-set, stout_.
72-7: =cachigordeta:= _small and fat_.
72-8: =barrigona:= _big-bellied_.
72-9: =coloradilla:= _ruddy_.
73-1: =subió de punto:= _increased_.
73-2: =recién llegado:= _recién_ is used instead of _recientemente_
before a past participle.
73-3: =se lo:= cf. note _se la_, p. 4, 6.
73-4: =materialmente:= _by bodily force_.
73-5: =el mismo Regidor=: usually _mismo_ intervening between article
and noun means _same_. Occasionally it corresponds to the emphatic
pronoun _himself_, etc.
73-6: =ha de ver:= _must look to it, must beware_.
73-7: =Egido=: apparently the name of his garden.
73-8: =tirando de él:= _pulling at it_ (so as to empty it).
73-9: =libraco:= (big, ugly) _book_. The suffix _aco_ is
depreciative.
73-10: =tocón o pezuelo=: _a stub_. Cf. note _libro talonario_, p.
67, 1.
73-11: =tal o cual=: _such and such_.
74-1: =o sea=: cf. note _ó sean_, p. 39, 4.
74-2: =en tanto que=: _while_. Cf. note _mientras tanto que_, p. 82,
9.
74-3: =espectadores=: cf. note _estupefacto_, p. 9, 1.
74-4: =el mismo Concejal=: cf. note _el mismo Regidor_, p. 73, 5.
74-5: =llevárselo=: cf. note _lo que me digo_, p. 7, 5.
75-1: =fuese diciendo=: observe that the preterit (and its derived
tenses) of _ser_ and _ir_ are identical.
75-2: =He debido traerme=: _I should have brought back_.
75-3: =comérmela=: _me_, ethical dative (like _traerme_).
76-1: =Alpujarra=: coast mountains of southern Spain near _Almería_,
a ramification of the _Sierra Nevadas_. They formed the last refuge of
the Moors.
76-2: =hacia Levante=: _toward the east_.
76-3: =ni nadie=: _nor anybody else_. Cf. note _conoce nadie_, p. 2,
5.
76-4: =ponga en cuarentena=: _put into quarantine_, i.e. _regard with
suspicion._
76-5: =Aben-Humeya=: (the prefixes _ben_ and _aben_ in Moorish names
mean _son, the son_). Lived 1520-1568. He was the king of the Moors of
_la Alpujarra_, and was condemned to death by Philip II.
76-6: =(a)=: _alias_.
77-1: =el tal Juan=: _this same John_. Cf. note _la tal effigie_, p.
65, 4.
77-2: =no entendía de letra=: _was illiterate_.
77-3: =a censo enfitéutico=: _on a long-time_ (or perpetual) _lease_.
77-4: =caudal de Propios=: _public property_ (belonging to the town).
77-5: =castillejo=: the ending _ejo_ is usually depreciative as well
as diminutive.
77-6: =por lo que=: cf. note _por el que_, p. 49, 1.
77-7: =a sus solas=: _all alone_. For a similar idiomatic plural, cf.
_de veras_, and (on p. 4, line 31) _con todas las veras_.
77-8: =que daba asco=: (_such_ or _so) that it inspired disgust. Que_
is often elliptical.
78-1: =vas a echar un siglo=: _it will take you forever_.
78-2: =componértelas=: _to take the proper measures; to go about a
thing; to manage_.
78-3: =divertido=: cf. note _olvidado_, p. 31, 1.
78-4: =todo lo que es deshacer=: _destruction in any form_.
78-5: =hay que deshacer=: cf. note _lo que hay que hacer_, p. 12, 4.
78-6: =francmasón=: in Catholic countries the freemason is regarded
as the embodiment of radical and subversive ideas. The church ofticially
disapproves of freemasonry.
78-7: =que tengo=: _que_, for. _Que_ is often used elliptically for
_pues que_, etc.
78-8: =cañuto=: _tube_. Apparently soldiers carried their discharge
in a metallic tube to protect it from exposure.
78-9: =ni tan siquiera=: _not even_. Cf. note _tan sólo_, p. 13, 2.
79-1: =también me estorba a mí lo negro=: _I also am embarrassed by_
whatever is set down in black (and white), i.e. _print_ or writing.
79-2: =licencia absoluta=: the _testimonial_ given to a soldier on
completing his military service.
79-3: =Mahoma=: _Mohammed_.
79-4: =de medio a medio=: _completely_.
79-5: =entraban en quintas=: _practiced conscription_ (the drafting
of men by lot for military service).
79-6: =en torno suyo=: _round about himself_.
79-7: =Granada=: cf. note _Granada_, p. 1, 2.
79-8: =en cuanto Dios eche sus luces=: _as soon as God lights his
lamp_ (the sun).
79-9: =puerto=: _mountain pass_.
80-1: =Ugijar=: a small half-Moorish town on the southern base of the
Alpujarras.
80-2: =compadre=: the _compadrazgo_ (gossipry) is the relation which
exists between the father of a child and its godfather, who call each
other _compadre_ (gossip). It is often used also as a mere friendly
epithet: My friend!
80-3: =entiende de todo=: _understands all things_.
80-4: =todo será apretar un poco a la caballería=: _it will be a
question only of urging along the mount_ (a mule, of course) _a little_.
80-5: =cuidado=: _take care_.
80-6: =Valencia=: a large seaport of eastern Spain. Its richly
colored paving tiles are its most famous specialty.
80-7: =de más de vara en cuadro=: _more than a yard square_.
80-8: =so pena=: in this and a few other expressions the antiquated
preposition _so_ (= _bajo_, under) still survives.
80-9: =hay que excavar=: cf. note _lo que hay que hacer_, p. 12, 4.
80-10: =dice hubo trampa=: _says (that) there was some trickery_. The
conjunction _que_ is occasionally omitted after _decir_.
80-11: =tengo entendido=: cf. note _llevo echados_, p. 34, 1.
81-1: =A saber=: _it remains to be learned_.
81-2: =Por de pronto=: _meanwhile; provisionally; for the present_,
i.e. _as things now stand_.
81-3: =cuando se pronunció Riego=: this patriotic officer, by his
pronunciamento (1820), boldly set the example of revolt against the
perfidious conduct of Fernando VII (see notes pp. 34, 5, and 51, 7), who
violated the constitution adopted in 1812. After the French intervention
the king had Riego executed.
81-4: =habría que mandar=: cf. note _lo que hay que hacer_, p. 12, 4.
81-5: =Guadix=: city of southern Spain (between _Granada_ and
_Almería_) the birthplace of Alarcón.
81-6: =puede que=: (i.e. _se puede que) it is possible_.
81-7: =No serían=: cf. note _no habría andado_, p. 8, 6.
81-8: =doctor en ambos Derechos=: Latin: _doctor in utroque (jure)
doctor in civil and canonical law_.
81-9: =oído que hubo=: cf. note _echado que hubo_, p. 1, 3.
81-10: =debió de ser=: cf. note _debió de probar_, p. 65, 5.
81-11: =babuchero=: _closet_? The _babucha_ is a Moorish slipper.
82-1: =viernes=: Friday is the Mohammedan Sabbath.
82-2: =Comisaría de los Santos Lugares=: _commission_ (for the
maintenance, etc.)_of holy places_.
82-3: =onzas de oro=: the gold _onza_ is worth about sixteen dollars.
82-4: =en letra=: (sc. _de cambio) in (the form of) a draft_.
82-5: =lo del tesoro=: the matter of the treasure.
82-6: =a fe que=: cf. note _a fe que_, p. 12, 6.
82-7: =de a cuatro=: this use of _de a_ occurs in expressing the
price or value per piece of merchandise, coins, etc.
82-8: =guardárselas=: _to put them away_. For _se (+ el bolsillo_)
see note _se la_, p. 4, 6.
82-9: =mientras tanto que=: _while. Tiempo_, or rather, the notion of
time, may be understood after _tanto_, which is in reality a neuter. Cf.
_en tanto que_, p. 74, line 11, and _en esto_.
82-10: =Tudela y González=: in his or her full family name, the
Spaniard joins the mother's family name to the father's with an
(omissible) _y_.
82-11: =Maestro de capilla=: _chapel-master_ (the musical director in
a church).
82-12: =Ceuta=: a city in Africa opposite Gibraltar. It is still a
Spanish possession.
82-13: =sobrino político=: _nephew-in-law_. The various
relatives-in-law may all be indicated by analogous expressions, though
specific names also exist in most cases.
83-1: =en carta certificada=: _in a registered letter_.
83-2: =como no sea=: _unless it be, except_.
83-3: =Que estés mejor=: cf. _que_... _muera_, p. 3, 6.
83-4: =dolor de estómago=: (usually: stomach-ache) _stomachic
disorder_.
83-5: =Escrita la carta=: in the absolute construction, the favorite
position for the participle is at the beginning of the phrase.
83-6: =Encarnación=: many Spanish proper names are derived from the
mysteries of religion, as _Dolores (Maria de los Dolores)_, etc.
83-7: =meses mayores=: the months just before harvest.
83-8: =la de todos los días=: _your usual daily performance_, i.e.
chocolate that is not good.
83-9: =Tarifa=: the most southern and the most Moorish city of Spain.
84-1: =Peñón=: (sc. _de Gibraltar) the Rock of Gibraltar. Peñón_ is
an augmentative of _peña_.
84-2: =Anghera, Benzú, Atlas=: mountains of Africa, opposite Spain.
84-4: =¡Y vaya si es gorda!=: _and I tell you it's a long_ (lit. fat)
_one!_ For _vaya_ cf. note _vamos_, p. 5, 11. For _si_ cf. note _si son
de alegría_, p. 4, 2.
84-5: =¡Hombre!=: used here as a mere emotional interjection. Cf.
note _hombre_, etc. p. 44, 2.
84-6: =cata aquí=: (equivalent to _he aquí_) behold, here is, this
is_, etc.
84-7: =abencerraje=: properly: a member of the princely Moorish
family of the _Abencerrajes_. (Cf. note _Aben-Humeya_, p. 76, 5.)
Translate: _old heathen_.
84-8: =dicho esto=: cf. note _escrita la carta_, p. 83, 5.
84-9: =por sí propio=: _of its own accord_.
84-10: =gaditana=: _of Cádiz_ (Latin _Gades_). Cf. note _bahía de
Cádiz_, p. 67, 2.
84-11: =por más señas=: cf. same note, p. 57, 2.
84-12: =papelote=: _huge document_.
84-13: =En tanto que=: cf. note _mientras tanto que_, p. 82, 9.
85-1: =guardándose=, etc.: cf. note _guardárselas_, p. 82, 8.
85-2: =no se te olvide=: cf. note _se me ha olvidado_, p. 51, 3.
85-3: =¡Que si tenemos hijos!=: this may be rendered as an indirect
question dependent on the verb _pregunta_ (he asks) understood. In such
cases the redundant _que_ is generally used after the interrogative
verb. Cf. note _dices que cuándo_, p. 5, 2.
85-4: =zambombo, tonel, desagradecido=: _lout, wine-cask, ingrate_.
85-5: =Virgen de las Angustias=: cf. the Latin: _Mater Dolorosa_.
85-6: =tirando un pellizco=: _suddenly pinching_.
86-1: =plaza fuerte=: _stronghold_. Ceuta is garrisoned by Spanish
troops.
86-2: =chilava=: a garment with a hood.
86-3: =jaique=: Arab cape with a hood.