Authors: Julie Gutin
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| el cabello | hair |
| caber | to fit |
| cada | each |
| caer | to fall |
| café | brown |
| el café | coffee |
| la caja | box |
| el calamar | squid, calamari |
| el caldo | clear soup |
| caliente | hot |
| la calificación | grades |
| callarse | to be quiet, |
| to shut up | |
| la calle | street |
| el calor | heat |
| la cama | bed |
| la camarera | waitress |
| el camarero | waiter |
| el camarón | shrimp |
| cambiar | to change |
| caminar | to walk |
| el camino | road, way |
| el camión | truck |
| la camiseta | shirt |
| el campamento | camp |
| el campanario | bell tower |
| el campo | field, countryside |
| el Canadá | Canada |
| canadiense | Canadian |
| la canción | song |
| la canción de cuna | lullaby |
| cansado | tired |
| cantar | to sing |
| la capa | top |
| el capítulo | chapter |
| el capricho | caprice |
| la cara | face |
| cargar | to load |
| cariñoso | affectionate |
| la carne | meat |
| la carne de cerdo | pork |
| la carne de res | beef |
| la carpeta | folder |
| la carta | menu, letter |
| la carta de acompañamiento | |
| | cover letter |
| el cartel | poster |
| la casa | house, home |
| casar(se) | to marry |
| | (each other) |
| casi | almost |
| el caso | case |
| castaño | chestnut-colored |
| castellano | Spanish |
| | language |
| el catedrático | professor |
| el catolicismo | Catholicism |
| católico | Catholic |
| catorce | fourteen |
| la cebolla | onion |
| la cena | dinner |
| el centro | downtown |
| cepillar(se) | to brush |
| | (teeth, hair) |
| cerca (de) | close by, near |
| cero | zero |
| cerrar | to close |
| la certidumbre | certainty |
| el césped | lawn |
| la cesta | wastebasket |
| el ceviche | fish or seafood |
| | cured in lemon juice |
| el champiñón | mushroom |
| la chaqueta | jacket |
| la charla | lecture |
| charlar | to chat |
| la chica | girl |
| el chicle | chewing gum |
| el chico | boy |
| chileno | Chilean |
| los chiles rellenos | stuffed |
| peppers | |
| chino | Chinese |
| el chisme | gossip |
| el chiste | joke |
| el chivo | goat |
| chocar | to crash |
| el chocolate | chocolate |
| el chorizo | pork sausage |
| la chuleta | (pork) chop |
| la cicatriz | scar |
| el cielo | sky |
| cien | hundred |
| cierto | some, true, certain |
| cinco | five |
| cincuenta | fifty |
| el cine | movies |
| la cita | date |
| la ciudad | city |
| claramente | clearly |
| claro | bright, clear |
| la clase | class |
| el cliente | client |
| cobrizo | coppery |
| el coche | car |
| la cocina | kitchen |
| cocinar | to cook |
| el cocinero, | la cocinera cook, |
| | chef |
| la cocineta | kitchenette |
| coger | to grab |
| el colchón | mattress |
| el colegio | high school |
| el coliflor | cauliflower |
| el collar | necklace |
| colocar | to put |
| colocarse | to get a job, |
| | to find one’s place |
| colombiano | Colombian |
| color de avellana | hazel |
| la coma | comma |
| el comedor | dining room |
| comenzar a | to begin to |
| comer | to eat |
| el cómico | comedian |
| las comillas | quotation marks |
| cómo | how? |
| como | as, like |
| cómodo | comfortable |
| compadecer to sympathize with | |
| la companía | company |
| comportarse bien | to be well |
| | behaved |
| comprar | to buy |
| compromiso | obligation, |
| | commitment |
| la computadora | computer |
| común | common |
| la comunidad | community |
| comunista | communist |
| con | with |
| concluir | to end, to conclude |
| conducir | to drive |
| el conejo | rabbit |
| la conferencia | lecture |
| confiar | to confide |
| la conjunción | conjunction |
| conjugar | to conjugate |
| conmigo | with me |
| conmover | to move, to touch |
| conocer | to know |
| con permiso | excuse me |
| consagrar | to consecrate |
| la consecuencia | consequence |
| conseguir | to get, to achieve |
| el conservador | preservative |
| el consorte consort, accomplice | |
| constiparse | to catch a cold |
| con tal de que | provided that |
| contar | to tell, to count |
| la contemplacióncontemplation | |
| contestar | to answer |
| contigo | with you |
| continuar | to continue |
| con todo | despite, as |
| contra | against |
| la contracubierta | back cover |
| el contragolpe | counter-blow |
| contrapelo | against the grain |
| la contraseña | password |
| contribuir a | to contribute to |
| convenir(le) | to suit |
| el cordero | lamb |
| Corea | Korea |
| coreano | Korean |
| la corpulencia | stoutness |
| corpulento | fat |
| el correo electrónico | e-mail |
| correr | to run |
| corte de pelo | haircut |
| la cortina | curtain |
| corto | short |
| coser | to sew |
| el/la cosmopolita cosmopolitan | |
| costar | to cost |
| costarricense | Costa Rican |
| crecer | to grow |
| creer | to believe |
| la crema | cream |
| la croqueta | croquette |