PARRA. _Span._ Festoons of vines; the trellis or stakes upon which these festoons are trained. PARUGAR. _Rom._ To barter, swop, chaffer. P. ii. 354; Pp. 412; M. viii. 33. PASTELEROS. _Span._ Pastrycooks. PASTESAS. _Rom._ The hands. _Ustilar á pastesas_ is to steal “with the hands,” or by any sleight of hand. Z. i. 315. The usual Span. gypsy word is _ba_, J.; _bas_, Z. i. 522. Both are doubtless variations of the more common _vast_. P. ii. 86; Pp. 573; M. viii. 94; SC. 151. PASTOR. _Span._ and _Port._ Shepherd. PATIO. _Span._ and _Port._ The court of a house; either the open space round which Spanish houses are so commonly built, or an open court in front of it. PATRON. See PADRON. PAWNEE, PANÍ. _Rom._ Water. Hind. _paní_. The one special word known to all gypsies wherever found, even in Brazil. P. ii. 343; Pp. 405; M. viii. 31; G. i. 61. PELUNI. _Arab._ Of another. See ii. 313. PENAR, PENELAR. _Rom._ To speak, say. P. ii. 386; Pp. 421; M. viii. 41. PEÑA. _Span._ A rock. PEPTNDORIO. _Rom._ Antonio; proper name. PERICO. _Span._ A small parrot. PERO. _Span._ But PERRO. _Span._ A dog. PESAR. _Span._ and _Port._ To afflict, distress. Lit. to weigh. _Me peso_, “I’m very sorry.” PESETA. _Span._ A Spanish coin, representing, down to 1870, two silver reals or four reals _vellon_, but since 1870 the standard or unit of value in Spanish finance, is nearly equal to the French _franc_, and, like it, divided for purposes of account, into 100 _centimos_. PETULENGRO, PETALENGRO. _Eng. Rom._ A shoeing smith. See note on i. 204; P. ii. 348; Pp. 427; M. viii. 37; SC. 13, 121; and, generally, Lavengro and The Romany Rye. PFAFFEN. _Germ._ Monks; a contemptuous term for clerics generally, whether regular or secular. PIAZZA. _Ital._ An open square in a town, surrounded by colonnades. In modern American parlance the word is often used for a veranda, in which sense Borrow apparently uses it, i. 276. PICADOR. _Span._ and _Port._ A riding-master, bull-fighter. See note, i. 170, and TORERO. PICARDIA. _Span._ and _Port._ Knavishness; from _picaro_, a rogue, knave, or loafer. The English adjective _picaresque_ is conventionally applied to a certain class of Spanish story of low life and sharp practice relieved by humour. PÍCARO. _Span._ and _Port._ Rogue, knave. PICARON. _Span._ Augmentative (_on_) of _pícaro_, a great scamp. PICA. _Span._ and _Port._ Peak, summit. PILA. _Span._ A water-trough. PINAR, PINAL. _Span._ Grove or wood of pine trees. PINRÓ, PINDRÓ, plur. PINDRÉ. _Rom._ Foot; _en pindré_, on foot P. ii. 351; Pp. 433; M. viii. 47; A. 33. PIO. _Span._ and _Port._ Pious. PIRAR, PIRELAR. _Rom._ To go, walk. P. ii. 382; Pp. 436; M. viii. 42. PITA. _Span._ The aloe (_Agave americana_). PLULÍ. _Rom._ A widow. P. ii. 377; Pp. 439; M. viii. 43.