_Español_, Spanish; Spaniard. _Está_, is, he is, it is, &c. _Estacado_, staked. _Estrangero_, stranger, foreigner. _Estufa_, cell; stove. _Factura_, invoice. _Fandango_, dance; ball. _Fiera_, wild beast. _Fe_, faith. _Feria_, fair. _Fierro_, iron; branding-iron, &c. _Fiesta_, feast. _Fonda_, eating-house, inn. _Fraile_, _Fray_, friar. _Frijol_, bean. _Fueros_, chartered privileges. _Gachupin_, Spaniard in America. _Gallina_, hen. _Gallo_, cock. _Ganado_, cattle. _Gefe_, chief. _Gobernador_, governor. _Gobernadorcillo_, petty governor, or chief. _Gobierno_, government. _Grama_, species of grass. _Gran_, _grande_, great, large. _Grandeza_, greatness, grandeur. _Grano_, grain. _Gauge_, gourd, flask. _Guardia_, guard, watch; watch-house. _Guerra_, war. _Guia_, sort of passport for goods. _Guisado_, cooked, stewed. _Guitarra_, guitar. _Hacienda_, estate; lands; treasure. _Haciendero_, proprietor of an hacienda. _Herradura_, horse-shoe. _Herrero_, blacksmith. _Hidalgo_, nobleman. _Hoja_, leaf, husk, &c. _Hombre_, man. _Hombre bueno_, arbitrator. _Ilustrísimo_, most illustrious. _Imprenta_, printing-office. _Inocente_, innocent. _Jacal_, hut, wigwam. _Jola_, copper coin, penny. _Jornada_, day's travel; journey. _Juez_, judge. _Junta_, council; union. _La_, _las_, the; her, it, them. _Labor_, labor; field; mining-pit. _Labrador_, laborer, farmer. _Ladron_, thief, robber. _Laguna_, lake. _Lanzada_, thrust with a lance. _Layador_, nooser. _Lazito_, little lazo. _Lazo_, noosing rope. _Legua_, league. _Lépero_, vagabond, _sans-culotte_. _Ley_, law. _Limosnero_, beggar. _Llano_, plain; prairie; smooth. _Lo_, _los_, the; it, them, &c. _Lobo_, wolf. _Madre_, mother. _Manifiesto_, manifest; bill of goods presented to the custom-house. _Manta_, covering; cotton-cloth. _Marco_, weight of eight ounces; mark. _Mayor_, great, superior. _Mayordomo_, overseer. _Médano_, sand-hill. _Medio_, half; picayune. _Menor_, less, inferior. _Mesa_, table; table-plain. _Meson_, inn, hotel. _Mestizo_, mongrel. _Mezquite_, a tree, acacia. _Mi_, _mis_, my. _Militar_, military. _Monte_, a game; grove; mount. _Mora_, mulberry. _Muerto_, dead; dead man. _Mula_, mule; unsalable item. _Negro_, black; a black person. _Noria_, machine for drawing water; well. _Norte_, north. _Noticioso_, giving information. _Número_, number. _Oficial_, official; officer. _Ojo_, eye; spring of water. _Oro_, gold. _Padre_, father; priest. _Padrino_, godfather, sponsor. _Paisano_, countryman. _Palacio_, palace. _Panza_, paunch. _Papa_, pope; potato. _Parage_, place; camping-site. _Pariente_, relative, kin. _Parroquia_, parish; parish church. _Pasa_, raisin.