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carmen s.m. 1. villa. 2. carmen (poesía). 3. REL.
Carmelite Order.
carmenador o cardador s.m. carder.
carmenar v.t. to card, to teasel, to comb, to
disentangle.
carmesí adj. crimson.
carmín s.m. 1. carmine. 2. rouge. 3. BOT. dog
rose.
carminativo -va, adj. MED. carminative.
carmíneo -a, adj. carmine-coloured.
carminoso -sa, adj. carmine-coloured.
carnada s.f. 1. bait. 2. lure.
carnadura s.f. 1. musculature. 2. healing flesh.
carnal adj. carnal.
carnalidad s.f. carnality.
carnaval s.m. carnival.
carnavalada s.f. carnival escapade.
carnavalesco -ca, adj. carnivalesque.
carnaza s.f. 1. bait. 2. inner skin. 3. fatness.
carné o carnet s.m. identity card.
carne s.f. 1. BOT. flesh. 2. meat. 3. ~ de
cañón, cannon fodder. 4. (fig.) ~ de gallina,
gooseflesh. 5. ~ de membrillo, quince jelly.
6. carnes blancas, tender meat. 7. echar
carnes, to get fat. 8. en ~ viva, raw.
carneada s.f. (Am.) slaughtering.
carnear v.t. (Am.) to slaughter.
carnerada s.f. flock of sheep.
carnero s.m. 1. ram. 2. ~ del cabo, albatross. 3.
~ marino, seal.
carneruno -na, adj. sheeplike.
carnestolendas s.f. pl. carnival.
carnicería s.f. butcher’s shop.
carnicero adj. 1. ZOOL. carnivorous. 2.
bloodthirsty. s.m. y f. 3. butcher.
cárnico adj. meat.
carnificación s.f. MED. carnification.
carnívoro -ra, adj. carnivorous.
carniza s.f. 1. meat remains. 2. rotten flesh.
carnosidad s.f. obesity.
carnoso -sa, adj. 1. fleshy. 2. fat.
caro -ra, adj. dear, expensive.
Carolina s.p.f. 1. Caroline. 2. GEOG. Carolina
del Norte, del Sur, North, south Carolina.
carolingio adj. Carolingian.
carolino adj. caroline.
carona s.f. 1. cushion. 2. back (caballo).
caroñoso -sa, adj. mangy (caballo).
carota s.m. cheeky person.
caroteno s.m. BIOL.QUIM. carotene.
carótida s.f. ANAT. carotid artery.
carotina s.f. QUÍM. carotene.
carozo s.m. 1. corn cob. 2. (Am.) stone.
carpa s.f. 1. carp. 2. (Am.) tent. 3. ZOOL. carp.
carpanel adj. ARQ. basket-handle.
carpanta s.f. 1. keen hunger. 2. laziness. 3.
(Am.) rowdy crowd.
Cárpatos s.p.m pl. GEOG. Carpathian
Mountains.
carpe s.m. hornbeam.
carpelar adj. carpel.
carpelo s.m. BOT. carpel.
carpeta s.f. 1. folder (para documentos). 2. table
cover (tapete). 3. (Am.) savoir faire.
carpetazo s.m. (fig.) dar ~, to shelve.
carpetovetónico adj. Spanish through and
through.
carpiano adj. ANAT. carpal.
carpincho s.m. ZOOL. capybara.
carpintear v.t. to carpenter.
carpintería s.f. carpentry.
carpintero -ra, s.m. y f. 1. carpenter. 2. ~ de
armar/de obra de afuera, construction
carpenter. 3. ~ de blanco, joiner. 4. ~ de
prieto, cartwright. 5. ~ de ribera, shipwright.
carpo s.m. carpus.
carpología s.f. BOT. carpology.
carraca s.f. 1. MAR. carrack. 2. desp. old boiler.
3. rattle (matraca). 4. ratchet (trinquete).
carracuca s.p.f. to be hopelessly lost, to be
caught.
carrada s.f. cartload.
carral s.m. wine barrel, drum.
carraleja s.f. ZOOL. oil beetle.
carrasca s.f. BOT. kermes oak.
carrascal s.m. BOT. kermes-oak grove.
carrasco s.m. 1. kermes oak. 2. (Am.) forest.
carraspear v.i. to clear one’s throat.
carraspeño -ña, adj. rough.
carraspeo s.m. clearing the throat.
carraspera s.f. hoarseness.
carrasqueño -ña, adj. rough.
carrera s.f. 1. running. 2. race. 3. career. 4.
course of studies. 5. route. 6. row. 7. ladder
(media, etc.). 8. parting (pelo). 9. ARQ. girder.
10. MEC. stroke (pistón). 11. (fig.) hacer ~,
to get on.
carrerilla s.f. 1. run up. 2. MÚS. scale. 3. de ~,
straight off.
carrerista s.f. streetwalker.
carrerista s.m. 1. racegoer. 2. better, punter. 3.
cyclist. 4. runner.
carrero s.m. cart driver.
carreta s.f. cart.
carretada s.f. 1. cartload. 2. a carretadas, by
the ton.
carrete s.m. 1. reel. 2. ELEC. coil. 3. ~ de fotos,
roll of film.
carretear v.t. 1. to cart. v.pron. 2. to stoop.
carretel s.m. 1. spool, reel. 2. MAR. log reel.
carretera s.f. 1. road. 2. ~ comarcal, B-road. 3.
~ nacional, A-road. 4. por ~, by road.
carretero -ra, s.m. y f. 1 .carter, cart driver. 2 .
fumar como un ~, to smoke like a chimney.
carretilla s.f. 1. wheelbarrow. 2. go-kart (niños).
3. firecracker (petardo). 4. (Am.) jaw (quijada).
5. de ~, by heart.
carretón s.m. 1. small cart. 2. wheeled box.
carricoche s.m. 1. wagon. 2. desp. crock.
carriel s.m. (Am.) briefcase.
carril s.m. 1. lane. 2. rut. 3. rail (ferrocarril).
carrilada s.f. track.
carrilera s.f. rut.
carrilero s.m. (Am.) railwayman.
carrillada s.f. pig grease.
carrillera s.f. 1. jaw. 2. MIL. chin strap.
carrillo s.m. 1. small cart. 2. ANAT. cheek. 3.
pulley.
carrilludo -da, adj. round-cheeked.
carriola s.f. 1. truckle-bed, brit.; trundle-bed
(EEUU). 2. cariole.
carrito s.m. trolley.
carrizal s.m. reedbed.
carrizo s.m. BOT. reed grass.
carro s.c. 1. cart. 2. cartload. 3. MEC. carriage
(máquina de escribir). 4. tank. 5. (Am.) car. 6.
Carro Mayor, Great Bear. 7. ASTRON. Carro
Menor, Little Bear.
carrocería s.f. 1. bodywork. 2. coachbuilder’s.
carrocero -ra, s.m. y f. coachbuilder.
carrocha s.f. eggs (insectos).
carrochar v.i. to lay eggs.
carroéro adj. vulture.
carromato s.m. cart.
carroño -ña, adj. rotten.
carroza s.f. carriage.
carruaje s.m. carriage.
carrujo s.m. treetop.
carrusel s.m. merry-go-round, roundabout.
carta s.f. 1. letter. 2. card. 3. GEOG. map. 4.
constitution. 5. MAR. charter. 6. ~ abierta,
open letter. 7. ~ blanca, carte blanche. 8. ~
credencial, credentials. 9. ~ de navegación,
marine chart. 10. ~ de naturaleza,
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naturalization papers. 11. ~ pastoral, pastoral
letter. 12. a ~ cabal, completely. 13. echar las
cartas, to tell someone’s fortune. 14. tomar
cartas en un asunto, to intervene in an affair.
cartabón s.m. set square, drawing triangle.
cartaginés adj. HIST. Carthaginian.
Cartago s.p. Carthage.
cartapacio s.m. 1. notebook. 2. portfolio.
cartapel s.m. useless piece of writing.
cartear v.i. 1. to play low (cartas). v.r. 2. to write
to one another.
cartearse v. pron. to write letters to each other.
cartel s.m. 1. poster, bill. 2. pasquinade. 3.
sardine net. 4. COM. cartel. 5. tener ~, to be
famous.
cartelera s.f. 1. hoarding. 2. listings (de
espectáculos).
cartelista s.m. poster designer.
carteo s.m. exchange of letters.
cárter s.m. housing, casing.
cartera s.f. 1. wallet. 2. POL. portfolio. 3. ECON.
holdings. 4. pocket flap (coser). 5. handbag. 6.
postwoman (persona).
cartería s.f. sorting room.
carterista s.m. pickpocket.
cartero s.m. postman.
cartesianismo s.m. FIL. Cartesianism.
cartesiano -na, adj. FIL. Cartesian.
cartilagíneo -a, adj. cartilaginous.
cartilaginoso -sa, adj. ANAT. cartilaginous.
cartílago s.m. ANAT. cartilage.
cartilla s.f. 1. primer. 2. information book. 3.
liturgical calendar. 4. ~ de ahorros, savings
book.
cartografía s.f. cartography, mapmaking.
cartógrafo -fa, s.m. y f. cartographer,
mapmaker.
cartograma s.m. statiscal map.
cartomancia s.f. fortune-telling.
cartomántico -ca, s.m. y f. fortune-teller.
cartometría s.f. cartometry.
cartómetro s.m. cartometre.
cartón s.m. 1. cardboard (material). 2. carton
(envase, caja). 3. ART. cartoon. 4. ~ piedra,
papier mâché.
cartonage s.m. cardboard articles.
cartoné s.m. en ~, hardback.
cartonero s.m. cardboard maker or seller.
cartuchera s.f. cartridge belt.
cartucho s.m. 1. cartridge. 2. roll. 3. cone.
cartuja s.f. 1. Carthusian order. 2. Carthusian
monastery.
cartujo -ja, adj. /s.m. y f. Carthusian.
cartulario s.m. cartulary.
cartulina s.f. Bristol board.
carúncula s.f. ANAT. ZOOL. caruncle.
carvallo s.m. oak.
casa s.f. 1. house (vivienda). 2. home (hogar). 3.
establishment (empresa). 4. ~ consistorial,
town hall. 5. ~ cuna, orphanage. 6. ~ de
Dios/del Señor, church. 7. ~ de expósitos,
foundling hospital. 8. ~ de la moneda, mint.
9. ~ de socorro, first-aid building. 10. ~ de
vecindad, tenement block. 11. ~ mortuaria,
house of mourning. 12. ~ profesa, convent.
13. echar la ~ por la ventana, to splash out.
casabe o cazabe s.m. cassava.
casaca s.f. smock, overall.
casación s.f. cessation.
casacón s.f. cassation, abrogation, annulment.
casadero -ra, adj. marriageable.
casado -da, p.p. 1. de casar. adj. 2. married.
casal s.m. country house.
casamentero -ra, s.m. y f. matchmaker.
casamiento s.m. wedding.
casapuerta s.f. porch, vestibule.
casar s.m. 1. hamlet. v.pron. 2. to get married.