=proscribir=, to proscribe, outlaw =prosperar=, to prosper =prosperidad=, prosperity =prosternarse=, to prostrate oneself =protagonista=, _m._, protagonist, chief character in a narrative or drama =protección=, protection =protector=, protector =proteger=, to protect =protestar=, to protest =provecho=, advantage, profit, gain =proveedor=, purveyor =proveer=, to provide =provenir=, to come from, be derived =provenzal=, Provençal, from old French province of Provence =próvido=, =-a=, provident, diligent =provincia=, province =provincial=, provincial =provisión=, provision =provocación=, provocation =provocar=, to provoke =proximidad=, proximity =próximo=, =-a=, next, near =proyecto=, project =prudencia=, prudence =prudente=, prudent =prueba=, trial, proof; =a ----=, proven, tested =púa=, barb, sharp point =publicar=, to publish =publicista=, _m._, publicist, authority on international law =público=, =-a=, public =pueblo=, people, town =puente=, _m._, bridge, gangplank; =---- levadizo=, drawbridge =pueril=, boyish =puerilizarse=, to become boyish =puerta=, door, gate =puerto=, port, harbor, haven; =tomar el ----=, to make port =pues=, therefore, then, well, but =puesto=, place, post, watch =pugnar=, to fight, strive =pujante=, powerful, rampant =pulgar=, _m._, thumb =pulido=, =-a=, polished =pulmón=, _m._, lung =pulpería=, _Arg._, country store and bar =pulsar=, to strike, beat =puma=, _m._, puma, American lion =punta=, point =punto=, point, place; =de todo ----=, entirely =punzante=, sharp, bitter =punzantemente=, poignantly, keenly =puñado=, handful =puñal=, _m._, dagger =puñalada=, dagger-thrust =puño=, fist =purgar=, to purge, clear =purísimo=, =-a=, very pure =puro=, =-a=, pure, sweet =purpúreo=, =-a=, purple Q =que=, that, which, who; =a que=, to the fact that; =de que=, of the fact that =¿qué?= which? what? =¿por ----?= for what reason? why? =quebrada=, ravine, opening =quedarse=, to remain =quemar=, to burn =querencia=, haunt, den =querer=, to wish, will =querida=, mistress =querido=, =-a=, dear, beloved =quichuo=, =-a=, pertaining to Indians of Perú and north-western Argentina; _also applied to their language_ =quiebra=, crack, gap =quien=, who =¿quién?= who? =quienquiera=, whoever =quietamente=, quietly =quietito=, =-a=, _diminutive of_ =quieto=, =-a=, quiet =quietud=, quiet =quilate=, _m._, carat =quimera=, fancy, illusion =quince=, fifteen =quinientos=, five hundred =quinta=, farm, orchard =quintilla=, stanza of five verses =quirquincho=, armadillo =quiste=, _m._, cyst; apathy; stratum =quitar=, to remove =Quito=, capital of Ecuador =quizás=, perhaps; _also written_ =quizá= R =rabioso=, =-a=, mad =ración=, ration =radiante=, radiant =radicar=, to take root =radio=, radius =radioso=, =-a=, radiant, beautiful =raíz=, _f._, root; =propiedad ----=, real estate =ralear=, to thin, diminish =rama=, branch